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Logan Consulting recently hosted our Middle Market ERP Showdown, where we provided a side-by-side comparison of three leading ERP platforms: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Acumatica, and Oracle NetSuite.  The session explored how each platform approaches financial management, reporting, usability, scalability, integrations, and operational workflows, helping organizations better understand which ERP solution may align best with their business needs.    For those who were unable to attend live, the full recording is available and...

Staying current with NetSuite's direction is a real challenge for the finance and operations leaders who depend on the platform every day. New features arrive throughout the year, artificial intelligence is changing how core workflows get done, and it can be difficult to know which updates actually matter to your business versus which are simply marketing talk. Attending NetSuite's flagship conference in person remains one of the most reliable ways to get that clarity directly from the source,...

Business leaders who rely on NetSuite for financial and operational reporting often run into the same bottleneck: getting a quick answer means waiting on a report, building a saved search, or pulling in an analyst just to understand something that should take seconds to know. That gap between having data and actually understanding it in the moment is exactly what Oracle is targeting with Ask Oracle, NetSuite's new conversational AI assistant now...

Many organizations running Microsoft Dynamics GP have heard that Microsoft is winding down the product, but the phrase "end of support" gets used loosely and often creates more confusion than clarity. Some businesses assume their system will simply stop working on a set date. Others assume nothing changes at all until that date arrives. Neither assumption is accurate, and the difference determines how a business plans its next several years. Understanding exactly what changes, and...

Client Announcement | August 2026 What this independent Microsoft validation means for organizations choosing a Dynamics 365 partner. The badge isn't the story. The evidence behind it is. FINANCE SUPPLY CHAIN AI BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Microsoft specialization Microsoft specialization Solutions Partner badge Choosing a Dynamics 365 partner is a consequential decision. You are trusting that firm with the systems that run financial operations, supply chain execution, manufacturing, inventory and customer commitments....

Government contractors working with the Department of Defense are under new pressure to prove where their data lives and how it is protected. With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program now in effect, many finance and operations leaders assume their entire technology stack, including their ERP system, needs to move into a government cloud environment. For organizations running Business Central, that assumption is worth examining closely, because the actual...

Artificial intelligence is quickly changing how manufacturers approach ERP, automation, supply chain management, and everyday business processes. But understanding where AI can create measurable value is very different from simply hearing about its potential. From September 21–23, QAD | Redzone will bring the Champions of Manufacturing Conference to the Hyatt Regency Chicago. For the first time, the QAD Midwest User Group and other regional user groups will join the event,...

Growing distribution and manufacturing businesses often juggle multiple shipping carriers, comparing rates, printing labels, and tracking packages through separate logins. This manual approach slows fulfillment and makes shipping costs harder to control. Acumatica addresses this with its native EasyPost integration, which connects major carriers directly inside the ERP at no additional licensing cost.      What is the EasyPost Integration in Acumatica?  EasyPost is a shipping connector built directly into Acumatica, so there is no separate...

LOGAN CONSULTING · AUGUST 2026  |  Companion to Logan’s free Field Guide to Dynamics 365 Agents Executive Perspective The honest agent list is shorter, and more useful, than the hype As of August 2026, Microsoft’s finance-and-operations overview documents one named first-party AI agent experience for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: the Supplier Communications Agent. Microsoft’s detailed SCM documentation presents the broader managed experience as the Procurement Agent, combining supplier communications...

The month-end close is often treated as a calendar problem. Add people, move deadlines, and hope the reconciliations arrive on time. In reality, most close pressure is accumulated operational debt. Exceptions sit unresolved, supporting detail lives in spreadsheets, customer communication stays in Outlook, and explanations get assembled after the result is already late. This is Part 3 of Logan Consulting's Dynamics 365 Agent Series, a practical field guide to the...