How To Begin An ERP Software Implementation?

When it comes to rolling out new company software, most ERP professionals will tell you something similar: the best-case scenario is that every affected employee is aware of the change, knows what to expect, has been fully trained on the changes, and understands what will be expected when it comes to…

Read More

EDI Document Mapping: What and Why Is It Important?

Automating commerce requires cross-connecting electronic versions of ordinary business documents such as POs, Invoices, and Shipping Notices between the buyers’ and supplier’s ERP systems. “Mapping” refers to the setup of each required field in each document so that they correspond correctly on both sides of the transactions. Uniqueness is the…

Read More

21st Century ERP: Why Organizations Are Moving to the Cloud

“I don’t need a hard disk in my computer if I can get to the server faster… carrying around these non- connected computers is byzantine by comparison.” – Steve Jobs, late chairman of Apple (1997) Organizations across the world are moving their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to the cloud….

Read More

Make Sage ERP Your Sales Tax Survival Tool

Imagine this.  You just received word that your organization was randomly selected for a sales tax audit and you only have 3 days to prepare.  Your company has never been audited before, but you feel pretty confident that all of your sales and associated sales tax rates have been recorded…

Read More

Acumatica Wins Two Industry Software Awards

Acumatica, a leader in cloud ERP software, had quite the eventful week this past week.  The company received two very prestigious awards within the technology community.  Acumatica started out the week by receiving the PCMag Editors’ Choice Award for ERP software.  Later that same week, Acumatica found out that they were also recipients of the…

Read More

A Glimpse into Acumatica Summit 2016

Acumatica, leading provider of Cloud ERP and Cloud Accounting Software, held their annual conference in Orlando, FL the first week of February.   The event was a 2 day partner and customer conference, followed by 3 days of training (optional). OVERVIEW: Attendance peaked at nearly 600 people, including partners, customers, Acumatica…

Read More

FASB Section 52 Reporting and Consolidation for Sage 100

DSD Business System’s General Ledger Multi-Currency (GLMC) module for Sage 100 ERP is invaluable for international and multinational companies.  This module supports the accounting requirements of the Financial Account Standards Board – Section 52.  The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) serves as a public information clearinghouse, and has been the…

Read More

DSD’s Strategic Consultation: A Software Health Check

As the end of the year begins to approach, we like to remind our clients annually how important it is to conduct regular system health checks for their business management software.  A regular system health check allows our client’s business software to run efficiently, reliably, securely, and at peak performance. …

Read More