Data Migration: Best Practices

Posted on: April 20, 2022 | By: David Kwo | QAD Practice News, Logan Consulting News, Acumatica, Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing

Data conversion is an important part of any ERP upgrade project, and Logan's team has extensive experience in completing this crucial step. This blog details the best practices for a data migration. Make decisions about what history to bring forward Companies must make decisions about which data to transfer over to the new system. These decisions may include: How much history to bring Whether to bring all Customers/Supplier/Items or just those...


Project Code Modifiers in Dynamics GP

Posted on: November 13, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics GP

Earlier this month, we announced that we are doing a blog series discussing different new features for Dynamics GP in celebration of the new October release of updates for the solution. In our previous post, we highlighted the ability to implement default sorting options. Today, we are going to go over a brand new window called the Project Code Modifier. This new window allows users to add modifications to Project...


How To Create A New Account Schedule in Business Central

Posted on: October 21, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

In our last blog post for Business Central, we discussed how to utilize account schedules in the modules in order to facilitate and simplify financial reporting for users. Account schedules typically show and sort accounts in a way that fits best with the information for each individual account. Doing this allows users to make various calculations that can’t be done in the chart of accounts. Today, we are going to...


Default Sorting Options in New GP Release

Posted on: October 21, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics GP

In anticipation of the newest release for Dynamics GP, we announced in our last GP blog post that we will be highlighting some of the new features for users to get excited about! Today, we will be discussing the new feature Default Inquiry Sort options for Payables, Receivables, and Bank Reconciliation in GP. This feature is so exciting because it will increase efficiency and save time for users by cutting...


Key Components of Dynamics 365’s Marketing Module

Posted on: October 16, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Thorough, data-driven marketing is at the heart of any successful company, and having the software capabilities to target the right audience and create a personalized customer journey and experience is crucial for any marketing efforts. Microsoft Dynamics 365 comes equipped with a marketing module that allows you to do all of that and more. In this video, a Logan consultant reviews and shows some of the key components within the...


Dynamics 365 Release Wave 2: What To Look Forward To

Posted on: October 7, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics AX/365

In such a competitive, online marketplace, it’s imperative that companies use the most updated software available to manage their day-to-day operations. Microsoft understands this need for constant technological evolution and gives users updated releases of their solutions throughout the year to address the ever changing needs of their users.  Dynamics 365’s 2021 release wave 2 will occur throughout the months between October 2021 and March 2022, and includes updates to...


Setting Up Financial Reporting Using Account Schedules in Business Central

Posted on: October 5, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Business Central is a great comprehensive solution for companies because of the ability to leverage different modules with one another in order to maximize the efficiency and benefits of the system. It’s important for users to understand the advantages they can have within the system, so in today’s post, we are going to give an overview of how to set up financial reporting through the utilization of account schedules in...


Updating Sales Dashboards in Dynamics 365

Posted on: September 19, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics AX/365

One of the most important parts of any software solution is the functionality of dashboards. These provide you with insightful, real-time data on your business practices and can help point out any areas where changes need to be made. Dynamics 365 has dashboards for a lot of different areas and being able to skillfully navigate and analyze them is crucial to having a successful user experience.  In this video, a...


Intelligent Order Management in Dynamics 365

Posted on: September 19, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics AX/365

Starting at the beginning of August, a new feature of Dynamics 365 called Intelligent Order Management became generally available for users. In today’s post, we are going to give an overview of the capabilities of this new application and how it can benefit your business. What is Intelligent Order Management? Customers globally want their purchasing experience to be as simple as possible, expecting to be able to browse, select, purchase,...


The Future of Dynamics GP

Posted on: September 14, 2021 | By: Rosie Gill | Microsoft Dynamics GP

Dynamics GP is a well-known, popularly used Microsoft solution that has been around since the 1980s. However, in this digital age we are starting to see a shift from on-premises data to using the cloud for data storage and analysis. This begs the question, what is going to happen to Dynamics GP?  In the video below, one of our expert consultants talks about the future of Dynamics GP and the...