Top Questions to ask Before any ERP Upgrade

Posted on: May 17, 2023 | By: Emily Aro | QAD Business Process, Uncategorized

At one point or another, you are bound to be faced with the task of changing your ERP software to best compete in the changing market around you. When it comes to any selection, it's important to streamline the search by focusing on the things that will make a difference. Below are some of our top questions to ask before any ERP upgrade to ensure a smooth transition. Does the...


Inventory Visibility in Acumatica’s Warehouse Management System

Posted on: April 26, 2023 | By: Page Wildridge | Acumatica

Acumatica’s Warehouse Management System (WMS) software provides comprehensive inventory management features that enable businesses to optimize their warehouse operations, increase efficiency, and reduce costs. One of the key features of Acumatica’s WMS is inventory visibility, which allows businesses to track inventory levels and movements in real-time. Inventory visibility is the ability to see and manage inventory levels across all warehouse locations and channels. Acumatica’s WMS software provides real-time inventory visibility...


Optimizing Reports in Business Central

Posted on: April 12, 2023 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Producing good reports in Business Central can optimize your company’s daily operations because it provides timely, accurate, and actionable information that helps decision-makers make informed business decisions. Without good reporting, you may miss important trends, opportunities, and potential risks that could impact your organization’s bottom line. Effective reporting helps business leaders track key performance indicators, measure progress towards goals, and identify areas for improvement. Additionally, clear and concise reporting can...


Quote-to-Cash in Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

Posted on: March 10, 2022 | By: Rosie Gill | Acumatica

Quote-to-Cash is an integral part of the manufacturing industry. This process is essentially a complete outline of the sales process from beginning to end. It encompasses product creation and pricing, quoting, customer acceptance, ordering, and overseeing revenue.  Customers seeking out a specific product often ask for a quote before making any decisions. Companies need to be able to efficiently present comprehensive quotes that address that individual’s needs and desires. Moreover,...


Advanced Billing in Acumatica

Posted on: December 13, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Acumatica

Acumatica is one of the most comprehensive cloud ERPs on the market right now. Its integrated CRM-ERP software paired with its ability to be accessed from virtually anywhere in the world make it an attractive solution for companies looking to remain competitive in the modern marketplace. One of the key benefits of Acumatica is its advanced billing module. With advanced billing, Acumatica users can oversee any project billing scenario using...


The Impact of Integrating Acumatica for Professional Services

Posted on: November 10, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Acumatica

Companies in the professional services industry understand the importance of having comprehensive and accurate management of financial information in order to generate growth and success. Because of the complex and unique nature of various clients’ needs, having inefficient accounting systems results in decreased productivity and profitability for professional service businesses.  Acumatica’s unique pricing model, open APIs, and integration of manufacturing models make it the best ERP solution for companies seeking...


Logan Consulting Effectively Leverages SharePoint for ERP Implementations

Posted on: December 30, 2020 | By: Tim Lovely | ERP Selection, QAD Business Process, Uncategorized, QAD Practice News, Logan Consulting News

Logan Consulting will start a number of new ERP implementation projects in thee new year! For our new clients who do not have a well-defined SharePoint structure, Logan Consulting's SharePoint structure does an excellent job of supporting our ERP implementation projects. Logan Consulting utilizes Sharepoint extensively as part of our methodology, and it has become an integral tool to support our projects. In addition to the SharePoint lists for a...


Equipment Preparation and Testing as a Critical Part of an ERP Conversion

Posted on: December 27, 2020 | By: Tim Lovely | Uncategorized, QAD Practice News

As Logan Consulting continues to work with clients to successfully implement ERP systems at client facilities, a detailed cutover plan needs to not only account for ERP related end user training and data conversion to prepare the ERP system for the go-live, it also needs to consider related equipment. In addition to data related tasks, it is critical to test the use of all equipment prior to cutover to confirm...


ERP Implementation – Go-Live Metric Definition and Utilization

Posted on: September 28, 2020 | By: Tim Lovely | QAD Manufacturing, QAD Business Process, QAD Distribution, QAD Financials, QAD Practice News

As this is continual area of emphasis for ERP go-lives that we are involved in, we thought we would re-iterate the importance of this topic, written about back in 2014 as the importance of it has not diminished! The cutover to a new ERP system, or Go-Live, is often a difficult and stressful event for those involved. As the typical cutover weekend approaches and passes, teams often neglect the definition...


Restructure your ERP Support Model Through this Effective Approach:

Posted on: August 18, 2020 | By: Craig Thompson | Uncategorized, Microsoft Dynamics AX/365

As you may already know, the Logan Solution Center (LSC) provides our clients assistance with targeted ERP system support requests. However, what you may not know is how this approach is positively affecting our client’s bottom line. LSC support for Microsoft Dynamics AX or Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain Management assists our clients in transforming how they manage ERP-related business issues and projects and work to maximize the...