Harnessing the Power of Cloud-Native ERP

Posted by Tom Rogers on June 7, 2023 in Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL, Business Central

In today's era of technological advancements, cost constraints, and demanding customers, cloud-native finance applications have become vital tools for companies striving to stay competitive. In an environment that demands nimbleness and flexibility, cloud-native ERP software is more crucial than ever. It provide the capability to adapt...

Strengthening Financial Management: The Power of Integrated Data

Posted by Tom Rogers on May 24, 2023 in Sage Intacct, Business Central

For years, organizations have been on the quest for a financial management Holy Grail—a single source of truth for accurate reporting and budget planning. However, the reality is that financial information often resides in disconnected spreadsheets and applications, leading to cumbersome and time-consuming data management.

Accelerating Efficiency and Growth through Automation

Posted by Tom Rogers on May 10, 2023 in Sage Intacct, Business Central

According to Gartner's research, human error in finance functions leads to approximately 25,000 hours of avoidable rework, costing around $878,000 per year. This conflicts with the drive for organizational efficiency that most modern businesses prioritize. If improving employee productivity and performance are the primary objective for...

Empowering Growth: Switching from Financial Reporting to Data Visualization

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 27, 2023 in Sage Intacct, Business Central

As companies undergo digital transformations, they amass vast amounts of operational and customer data. By collecting this information, leaders and teams gain valuable insights they can utilize to make better decisions. Consequently, the adoption of visual reporting is on the rise. Many organizations are now piloting or utilizing visual...

How Isolated Financial Data Poses Cybersecurity Risks

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 14, 2023 in Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL, Business Central

In today's intricate threat landscape, CFOs and their finance teams find themselves at the epicenter. Unfortunately, vital information is often scattered across disconnected databases, hard drives, and software applications. These teams resort to exporting data into spreadsheets and sending them as email attachments within the...

Important Option – Why Dynamics Clients Need to Look at Sage Intacct

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 30, 2023 in Long Term Care, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Many clients using Microsoft Dynamics GP & SL realize it is important to do their due diligence when it comes to evaluating other ERP solutions. If you are currently doing so, one solution that should be on your radar is Sage Intacct.

Hosting Dynamics in Azure: Should You Make the Move?

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 15, 2023 in Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL

As Microsoft has rolled out their Lifecyle policies for Dynamics GP and Dynamics SL, moving to cloud-based solutions has become more frequent. But many clients are not ready to make the move - their Dynamics solution has worked well for several years and migration to a new ERP solution is a large undertaking. At the same time, they would...

Clearing the Confusion: What Dynamics Clients Need to Know About Business Central

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 28, 2023 in Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL, Business Central

If you are a Dynamics SL or Dynamics GP user looking to upgrade your ERP system, you are well are of Microsoft Business Central. Business Central is Microsoft's cloud-based ERP solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses. While it has many benefits, it is important to understand what it means as it relates to your current on...

When You’re Ready to Move to the Cloud from Dynamics SL

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 25, 2022 in Sage Intacct

Many clients of ours have used Microsoft Dynamics SL for the accounting needs for decades. In addition to have solid financials, Dynamics SL has a very solid track record of adding new functionality, and being an intuitive and powerful system. Now that Microsoft has announced the end of support for Dynamics SL in July 2028, many of our...

Migrate from Dynamics SL to Business Central

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 25, 2022 in Dynamics SL

Users of Microsoft Dynamics SL have a strong loyalty to the software and it really is no surprise. In addition to have a long track record as a solid and stable platform, Dynamics SL has added strong functionality over the past 20 years while becoming easier to use. We at Intellitec would show new releases at our User Group events and...

Senior Living Accounting - when to replace your AP/GL solution?

Posted by Tom Rogers on October 23, 2021 in Dynamics 365, Long Term Care, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, General, Dynamics SL, Business Central Tips

A question we commonly hear from Senior Living facilities is: How do we know it is time to move off our all-in-one solution when it comes to Financials? In our experience, when a facility is so much as asking the question, that probably means the time to evaluate is now. While each facility is unique, there are common themes we see among...

The future of Microsoft Dynamics GP - 2028 and beyond

Posted by Tom Rogers on July 21, 2021 in Dynamics GP

Microsoft has recently published an updated Lifecycle for Dynamics GP, showing the plans for the product many years into the future. This notification reinforces the commitment Microsoft has to the Dynamics GP product and provides direction to customers as they navigate through the decision of upgrading to the current release of...

Customize Dynamics 365 to get User Adoption

Posted by Tom Rogers on July 1, 2021 in Dynamics 365, Microsoft CRM, Office 365

“Our CRM Solution met all our needs right out of the box”

Why Attend Our User Group? Reason 4 - Time With Intellitec Staff

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 28, 2021 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Why Attend Our User Group? Reason 3 - Free Training

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 7, 2021 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Having built a large and loyal client base of 35 years, we are fortunate enough to be hosting our 18th annual User Group this coming May. We have seen clients attend and gain value for quite a number of reasons. As we approach this years virtual event, we are making a series of posts discussing the 5 main reasons our clients have told us...

Why Attend Our User Group? Reason 2 - Learn From Other Users

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 31, 2021 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Intellitec Solutions has hosted Client User Groups since 2004. Along the way, we have seen many clients benefit from the experience in a variety of ways. As we prepare for our 18th Annual event, we thought we would share the 5 main reasons our clients have told us they benefited from attending. Already we looked at making the most of...

Why Attend Our User Group? Reason 1 - Make the Most of Your Investment

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 10, 2021 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Intellitec Solutions has hosted Client User Groups since 2004. Along the way, we have seen many clients benefit from the experience in a variety of ways. As we prepare for our 18th Annual event, we thought we would share the 5 main reasons our clients have told us they benefited from attending. 

Sales Reps are more productive with Dynamics 365

Posted by Tom Rogers on November 11, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Office 365

We recently published two blog posting around how companies take advantage of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to streamline their work processes. We showed you how company owners rely on it as an all-in-one business management solution that helps manage financials, sales, and operations easier.

Dynamics 365 provides the tools to manage companywide operations

Posted by Tom Rogers on October 26, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Office 365

If you own a business, you know your company from the ground up. You know your customers, your vendors, and you're involved in the day-to-day operations. But the bigger your enterprise gets, the more complex your business processes have become. Every email you receive is going to add up to something on your to-do list, which often...

Dynamic 365 Business Central and Office 365 - Better Together

Posted by Tom Rogers on October 14, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Office 365

To stay competitive, companies need to take advantage of tools and resources that streamline their work processes. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one business management solution that helps manage financials, sales, service, and operations easier and faster from day one.

3 Critical Questions Senior Living CFOs Should Ask

Posted by Tom Rogers on October 5, 2020 in Long Term Care, Sage Intacct

Running a senior living facility requires adhering to a number of regulations, one of the most important of which is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA. Depending on the nature of your operations, you may need a HIPAA-compliant financial system today, or at a minimum, you may need one in the...

4 Reasons Your Office 365 Licences Should Be With Intellitec

Posted by Tom Rogers on August 24, 2020 in Office 365

If you are like most Dynamics ERP clients, you are using Microsoft Office 365 for your email and business productivity suite. As a Tier 1 Cloud Solution Provider, Intellitec Solutions can manage your Office 365 licenses for you, at the same cost you are paying currently. This is especially important for clients that purchased their...

Dynamics 365 & Office 365 Working as One

Posted by Tom Rogers on July 6, 2020 in Dynamics 365

Imagine your business has a new sales opportunity. Different teams need to work together to build a presentation to capitalize on the opportunity. If your business applications work in silos, it's up to individual employees to compare and consolidate feedback. Additionally, it can be very difficult to ensure everyone is working in the...

Healthy Strategies for Healthcare Finance Leaders

Posted by Tom Rogers on June 8, 2020 in Long Term Care, Sage Intacct

The healthcare industry has been experiencing exceptional change, which has caused many finance leaders to to evaluate their forecasting and reporting. As organizations navigate the crisis, they need strategies to re-ignite growth. A key part of that is staying on top of the clinical, financial, and operational data that can used to make...

4 Tips on Surviving Uncertain Business Times

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 9, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, General, Dynamics SL

The changes to our country with the COVID-19 crisis is unlike anything we have encountered in quite some time. What seemed unthinkable just a short while ago has become the new normal in just a matter of weeks. In the business community, that has created a need to shift very fast, adjust to very a very different way of operating. We...

Dynamics 365 Business Central Tip - Import a Journal Transaction

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 24, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Business Central Tips

In this post, we will discuss you how to do an import into the general ledger in Dynamics 365 Business Central, using the Edit in Excel function. The first thing you will want to do is go into finance and general journals, then select the template you want to use.

Let say you need to import a payroll transaction. You will enter a salary...

Sage Intacct Best Practices – Global Consolidations

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 17, 2020 in Sage Intacct, Sage Intacct Best Practices

Businesses that operate different lines of service will at times have a separate Chart of Accounts for separate companies. For instance, a business may distribute parts that they also provide service on, and have separate companies for each. The Distribution company would perhaps have a separate Chart of Accounts from the Service side.

Reinvent Productivity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Office 365

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 10, 2020 in Dynamics 365

Businesses today are looking for a competitive edge where ever they can. Increasingly, we find leaders of organization telling us that their current accounting package is holding back growth. They tell us they need to automate some functions that currently have to be done in Excel. They would like to generate better dashboards, and have...

Dynamics 365 Business Central Tip - Enter a Journal Transaction

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 9, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Business Central Tips

One of the benefits of using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the ease of use to do common tasks. In this post will take a look at how to enter a journal transaction, using the simple look-up features. To enter a journal transaction, you first will want to click on the Finance tab, then navigate to General Journals (tip: if you...

Sage Intacct Best Practices – Standard & User Defined Dimensions

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 24, 2020 in Sage Intacct, Sage Intacct Best Practices

When speaking with businesses evaluating Sage Intacct, a question we usually hear is "How many Dimensions come with the software?" This is not surprising – Sage Intacct’s Dimensions are one of the more well know and popular features, and many time businesses have heard of the great feature prior to speaking with a partner.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Tip - Enter a GL Account

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 17, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Business Central Tips

As part of our ongoing series on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, this post will take a look at how to enter a chart of accounts in the software. There are two ways that you can start your entry. The first is that you can simply click on finance and go to the chart of accounts. The second way is to go to the search menu and type...

Sage Intacct Best Practices – Gain Organizational Insight

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 10, 2020 in Sage Intacct, Sage Intacct Best Practices

Operating a multi-entity organization across requires a flexible financial management system. Some ERP solutions achieve this through expensive add-on software tools and manual processes. Sage Intacct provides a foundation to handle complex multi-entity operations in real-time - even if those entities are all in different states. This...

Dynamics 365 Business Central Tip - General Ledger Set Up

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 3, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Business Central Tips

In this post, we will take a look at the steps to access your general ledger setup card in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The steps outlined are part your general ledger set up. The first step is to go to the search tab in the upper right and type “General Setup”. Then pick the “General Ledger Setup” from the options listed....

Sage Intacct Best Practices – Create Dashboards to Gain Visibility

Posted by Tom Rogers on January 27, 2020 in Sage Intacct Best Practices

One of the many benefits of Sage Intacct is the ability to have immediate visibility of your financial health through built in dashboards that allow a view of key performance metrics. By “immediate visibility”, what we mean is you can get current, up to date information about your entire organization in an easy to view format. Say, for...

Dynamics 365 Business Central Tip - General Navigation

Posted by Tom Rogers on January 20, 2020 in Dynamics 365, Business Central Tips

General navigation in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is driven by the actual security role of a user. For instance, you may be signed in as a business manager. Your menu will look very different then the menu a relationship manager or a general a team member would see. For example, if I you wanted to look at the finance areas,...

5 Signs a Company has Outgrown its Accounting Solution

Posted by Tom Rogers on January 6, 2020 in Dynamics 365

This infographic highlights five tell-tale signs that demonstrate when a business has outgrown its accounting software. For example, siloed systems, complicated reporting, and duplicate entries are just a few of the symptoms to watch out for. What's more, learn how to grow beyond the limits of accounting software and how to start a free...

4 Reasons Why Companies are Choosing CRM Over Traditional Marketing tools

Posted by Tom Rogers on October 22, 2019 in

Within this digital marketing environment, relationship marketing is the name of the game and customer relationship management (CRM) is the method. With its ability to break down silos and offer insights across multiple functions, CRM is helping companies provide a cohesive and well-coordinated experience to customers. Check out this...

Dynamics 365 Business Central - what GP and SL users should know

Posted by Tom Rogers on June 26, 2019 in Dynamics 365

If you are using Dynamics GP or Dynamics SL for your accounting, you are surely familiar with Dynamics 365 Business Central, the fully cloud based ERP solution from Microsoft. In all likelihood, you also have many questions around what it means for your current Dynamics set-up, and what a migration to Business Central would entail. You...

Dynamics 365 for Customer Service - Create lifetime customers

Posted by Tom Rogers on June 12, 2019 in Microsoft CRM

Delivering a personalized customer experience is important for any business. Customers want to know they'll be taken care of, and it's up to every business to communicate that message. With a solution like Dynamics 365, you can empower your agents with artificial intelligence‒derived recommendations to ensure they can act fast, save time...

Reasons Clients Attend User Groups - #5 Grow Confidently

Posted by Tom Rogers on May 6, 2019 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Reasons Clients Attend User Groups - #4 Time With Intellitec Staff

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 29, 2019 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Reasons Clients Attend User Groups - #3 Free Training

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 22, 2019 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Reasons Clients Attend User Groups - #2 Learn From Other Users

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 15, 2019 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Reasons Clients Attend User Groups - #1 Making Most of Investment

Posted by Tom Rogers on April 4, 2019 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, Dynamics SL

Intellitec Solutions has hosted Client User Groups since 2004. Along the way, we have seen many clients benefit from the experience in a variety of ways. As we prepare for our 16th Annual event, we thought we would share the 5 main reasons our clients have told us they benefited from attending. 

7 steps that will ensure a successful accounting software upgrade

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 12, 2019 in Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL

Whether you are implementing a new ERP package or upgrading to a new version, make sure you have a plan in place that lays out the roles of those involved in the project. The key point you will need to be successful are:

Before you customize your ERP, make sure you have a plan in place

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 5, 2019 in Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL

Microsoft Dynamics SL and GP are both great software packages with a lot of functionality right out of the box. In a perfect world, you would not need to do anything beyond install and keep it up to date, and all your business needs would be met. But of course, there will always be situations in which some customization will be required....

Hosted ERP is not the same as Cloud ERP

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 26, 2019 in Dynamics 365, Sage Intacct

Most software solutions have an option for a cloud based offering, and certainly that is the case with ERP. But while there is a growing trend to move traditional on premise based ERP software towards a hosted set-up, make sure you do not confuse these with a true cloud based solution like Sage Intacct or Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Confused about Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central? You’re not alone

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 15, 2019 in Dynamics 365

A lot of attention has been focused on Dynamics 365 Business Central – the fully cloud based ERP solution from Microsoft. The integration to Office 365 and other line of business software make it a great solution for any growing or mid-market business. But users of other Microsoft Dynamics products are often confused as to what Business...

Why a Demo of Dynamics 365 Business Central may be better than a Trial

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 5, 2019 in Dynamics 365

Many companies today look to 30 day free trails as a way of evaluating software before purchasing. This is certainly true for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central – and with a good reason. Business Central has an intuitive look and feel, so it is very easy to quickly jump right in and see how the functionality works. But if you are...

Why Migrate Your Dynamics ERP to the Cloud?

Posted by Tom Rogers on January 23, 2019 in Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL

Nearly all businesses today utilize cloud based applications for some, if not most of their line of business software. If you are using Dynamics GP or Dynamics SL and have it on your own in-house servers, you probably have considered moving it to some sort of hosted/cloud based environment. This post takes a look at why moving to a...

Senior Living VAR - Make The Most Of It

Posted by Tom Rogers on January 23, 2019 in Long Term Care, Dynamics GP, Sage Intacct, About Intellitec

As a leading provider of General Ledger and ERP solutions for Long Term/Post-Acute Care facilities, Intellitec Solutions has been proud to assist over 450 locations make the best use of their accounting technology. But first and foremost, we see ourselves as a VAR, or Value Added Reseller. In fact, one accolade we always take great pride...

Meet Nancy - She Uses Microsoft Dynamics

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 22, 2018 in Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, General, About Intellitec, Videos, Dynamics SL

The Intellitec Difference

Posted by Tom Rogers on September 20, 2017 in About Intellitec, Videos

At Intellitec solutions, we’ve been working with ERP and CRM solutions for over 30 years now. But what really sets us apart is what we like to call the Intellitec difference. Now what do we mean...

Email Marketing Best Practices – don’t purchase a list. Ever.

Posted by Tom Rogers on March 21, 2017 in Microsoft CRM, Marketing Automation

If you are a marketer, your inbox is probably inundated on a daily basis with offers for you to purchase distribution lists containing email addresses. These list vendors claim they have people looking for exactly the product or service you sell, all you have to do is purchase the list.

4 Content Marketing Mistakes To Avoid

Posted by Tom Rogers on February 6, 2017 in Dynamics 365, Microsoft CRM, Marketing Automation

Content marketing – the idea of creating relevant content your customers and prospects will want to consume – is increasingly becoming popular. As marketers look to find ways to capture and engage web visitors, creative content is fast becoming a  top priority. Here are four mistakes to avoid as