I’ve been involved in the consultative sales profession for almost a decade. About 8 years ago, I was living out of a suitcase and traveling 50% of the time for business. While being out or in the office, I managed to track client information using everything from white boards, to…
The Long and Winding ERP Road It has been a three-decades-long journey for DSD Business Systems, who celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. In 1984, selling ERP software was easy – all you had to do was show up. The typical prospect was a company doing their books manually or…
How many times have you walked into an office and all you see are closed doors and cubicle walls? When activity and movement are low, you get the feeling that the business is not thriving and generally it’s not. This closed office environment usually prevents companies from collaborating and creating…
Over my tenure with DSD Business Systems, I have always been proud that DSD makes sure to display employee recognition and appreciation. This starts on the first day with new hires and it continues with birthdays, work anniversaries and even family members are provided personalized cards and gifts on special…
Over the years, the DSD Business Systems approach to custom programming has evolved. The balance between enhancements and custom programming has shifted radically throughout my 23 years in this industry. Fundamentally, this is an ROI exercise and throughout this blog, I’ll explain to you why that is the case. Before…
Parting the Cloud Sage 100 ERP is moving quickly to the cloud. The 2014 release of Sage 100 ERP is just now hitting the streets and it promises to add significant cloud functionality for all Sage 100 ERP users, whether their system is installed on-premises, in a hybrid cloud, or…
Whether you are looking up a vendor, customer, invoice, sales order or inventory item within Sage 100 ERP, setting up filters is a great resource. It’s always nice to have a tool that can allow you to streamline steps and save a little bit of time. Who doesn’t like to…
The Invoice Payment Selection is a great tool to use for invoices due, payment amounts and to print multiple checks. A common practice I see is many businesses send payments on a regular basis, such as once a week or every other Friday. The payment selection is helpful for the…
It’s 4:45 PM on a Friday afternoon. After having put in many hours of hard work this week, you begin thinking of happy hour. Just as you begin dreaming about margaritas, the company’s CEO walks into your office and requests a financial report be exported into Microsoft Excel. The CEO…
“To everyone who cares enough to improve the place. You are outstanding!” Here at DSD Business Systems, we often read books and review them as a group during company meetings. Recently, we were given the opportunity to read the book Outstanding!, by John G. Miller. This book highlights 47 ways…
