How to Reopen a Period in Project Controller for Dynamics SL
If you are using Project Controller you are probably already aware that closing the period (or year) for Project Controller is different than closing the period (or year) for the financial modules. You close the financial modules (i.e. GL, AP, AR, etc.) using the Closing (01.560.00) screen found in the General Ledger processes section. But, closing the period for Project Controller is done within that module using the Close Period (PA.CLO.00) screen. But, how do you reopen a period in Project Controller?
Why Acumatica Makes Even More Sense After the NetSuite Acquisition Announcement
On July 28th Oracle announced plans to acquire NetSuite for $9.3 billion in cash. This didn’t come as a complete surprise as Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chairman, is the single largest shareholder of NetSuite and Oracle is aggressively trying to increase their cloud-based revenue. For NetSuite, a merger, in theory, could make sense for a company that has never made a GAAP profit in any quarter or year in its existence, and according to their last 10-k filing “may not achieve profitability in the future“.
Dynamics SL 2011 Mainstream Support Ends July 12, 2016
On July 12th, 2016 Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 will be moving from mainstream support to extended support. Support will still be available for supported versions.
Acumatica Releases Version 5.3
Acumatica unveiled the newest version of their cloud-based accounting and ERP software at their annual Summit for partner and customers. The new features in Acumatica 5.3 is focused on increasing the performance, stability and mobility of Acumatica 5.0, a full ERP suite that includes financials, distribution, account and CRM.
You Should Not Rely on Spreadsheets for Cash Flow Forecasts
Finance executives and professionals must rely on purpose-designed planning, budgeting and analysis software solutions that will deliver complete and accurate forecasted financial statements for all budgeted period. Use of spreadsheets or pure guessing of anticipated future results can never deliver this level of completeness and accuracy and any cash flow projections done in this manner will be a gross estimate that should not be relied on.
Dynamics SL and Leap Day
Today is Leap Day and if you spend most of your day using Dynamics SL you won’t notice anything real different. It is, just another day. However, there are a couple places in the system you may want to check or update to make sure there isn’t any surprises.
Why You Should Consider Acumatica For Your New ERP
Perhaps you used QuickBooks to start your business, but now you are thinking that it may be keeping you from growing your business. Or you are on a legacy client-server ERP system but you have users that need access to data remotely and on mobile devices. Or maybe you are on another cloud ERP but feel like you should be able to control your data or the timing of upgrades. Then it is time to consider the move to Acumatica.
Is A New ERP Solution One of Your New Year’s Resolutions? Dynamics SL Could Be The Answer.
Implementing a new ERP solution hardly sounds like a fun new year’s resolution, but as you are going through your year-end closing perhaps you are thinking there has to be a better way. Perhaps you lack visibility across your entire operation? Or you have limited reporting capabilities (is there a way to get the information together for the auditors without typing everything again in Excel)? Perhaps your organization has grown to the point where you have other applications that are needed, but they aren’t integrated with your current ERP? […]
Dynamics SL 2015 Year End Updates
Microsoft has released the 2015 Year End Updates for Dynamics SL. They include changes for 1099 and W-2 reporting to comply with 2015 tax year regulations. These updates are only compatible with the following versions:
- 2011 Feature Pack 1
- 2011 Service Pack 2
- 2011 Service Pack 3
- 2015
- 2015 Cumulative Update 1
Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015 CU1 Released
Microsoft recently released Dynamics SL 2015 CU 1 and we have highlighted some of the points that Project users would find interesting.
CU (Cumulative Update) is the new name for Feature Packs/Service Packs. It includes some fixes to the Contract Management, Flexible Billings, Project Allocator, Project Budgeting and Project Controller modules. Support for SQL Server 2012 SP 2 is now available. Pre- and Post-Processes used when running reports have all been converted to Stored Procedures which will allow for them to run in both the rich client and in Web Apps. […]
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