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- September 19, 2019
- Title IV
Common Findings During Title IV Audits 1. Enrollment Reporting Is your school timely notifying the Department of Education (DOE) of changes in student status? Are…
- September 19, 2019
- Salesforce | Technology
What is AI? AI is a way to model our data and process it in a way that a human would. This could include voice…
- September 18, 2019
- Tax | Wealth Management
A properly structured investment plan offers consideration to the ongoing taxation of wealth during the accumulation phase. As the saying goes, “It’s not what you…
- September 18, 2019
- Dynamics 365 | Office 365
It goes back to a time in the early 2010s when the publishers of the Microsoft business apps started to predict this future full of…
- September 17, 2019
- Office 365 | Security | Technology | Tips & Tricks
Recently, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) published a report on their security observations on Office 365. In it, they detail some configuration vulnerabilities….
- September 16, 2019
- Dynamics GP | Technology
One of our trusted ISV partners is WilloWare Incorporated. If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Why doesn’t GP do that?”, you may want to review…
- September 13, 2019
- ERP | Technology
If you Google the definition of the High-Tech industry, it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that the definition is as broad as it is deep….
- September 12, 2019
- Manufacturing | Salesforce | Technology
Meeting customer service requirements was the greatest concern among manufacturing executives according to the 2019 Sikich Annual Manufacturing and Distribution Report. Manufacturers are making a shift…
- September 11, 2019
- Case Study | NetSuite | Technology
Life Science Case Study An industry-focused, strategic NetSuite deployment that put a growing company on the right track A life sciences company backed by Third…
- September 11, 2019
- Audit and Tax
To reduce reporting inconsistencies, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) announced a new standard affecting governments and their reporting standards. In the past few years…
- September 11, 2019
- Information Technology | Technology
Electronics by their very name imply that they probably have something to do with electricity. As we load more and more of them into our…
- September 10, 2019
- CRM | Dynamics 365 | ERP | Technology
Notable Flow In the past month I’ve had 3 requests to send emails on a daily/weekly basis. With On-Premise Dynamics, this was possible via an…
- September 9, 2019
- Information Technology | Technology
Microsoft released their newest version of their server operating system almost one year ago on October 2, 2019. I have had Windows Server 2019 running…
- September 6, 2019
Sikich LLP is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry…
- September 6, 2019
- Information Technology | Technology
When you have Nolan Intercompany installed, there are a few additional things to consider before you run the script to update the company IDs. Per…
- September 5, 2019
- Information Technology | Managed Services | Technology
When considering external IT support, one question frequently asked is, “Why should we invest time and money into a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?” Many organizations…
- September 4, 2019
Whether or not you need a valuation of your farm business depends on what you want to accomplish. For example, if you are thinking of…
- September 3, 2019
- Information Technology | Security | Technology
This morning me and my dog, Picard, woke up early and walked out to the beach to see the sunrise. We’re on vacation here on…
- September 3, 2019
- ERP | Manufacturing | Security
Why you Need an ERP CYbersecurity Strategy Today’s powerful ERP systems are at the center of a company. That makes them the perfect, high-value target…
- August 30, 2019
- Manufacturing | Technology
When high-tech manufacturers refine their business to deliver exactly what customers need, inviting their collaborative engagement in helping you improve your products, they may be…
- August 29, 2019
- Salesforce | Technology
We’ve previously discussed how revolutionary Salesforce CPQ (configure, price, and quote) is when it comes to efficiently giving a price quote for manufacturing orders. As…
- August 29, 2019
- Tax
IRS Champing at the “Bit” The IRS recently announced that it has begun mailing out notices to owners of virtual currency (also referred to as…
- August 28, 2019
- Dynamics 365 | Technology
As a person that has been in the Dynamics ecosystem since 2001, I have seen a lot of change. Microsoft has invested millions of dollars…
- August 28, 2019
- Audit and Tax | Tax
Recently passed Ohio budget bill provides additional tax relief and adopts Wayfair economic sales tax nexus On July 18, 2019, the Ohio 2020-21 budget bill…
- August 27, 2019
- Dynamics GP | Technology | Tips & Tricks
You may find times that the Dynamics GP Home Page takes a significant amount of time to load. When you launch the Dynamics GP application,…
- August 22, 2019
- Security | Technology
It is a common misconception that installing a firewall and having anti-virus on PCs and servers keeps businesses safe from malware, ransomware, and data breaches….
- August 21, 2019
- NetSuite | Technology
In April of 2019, NetSuite released update 2019.1, which includes a comprehensive list of enhancements to improve the already sophisticated ERP system. Included in the…
- August 20, 2019
- Dynamics 365 | Dynamics AX | ERP | Manufacturing | Technology
Manufacturing execution functionality handles the registration of actual hours for Production order routing operations. Theoretically a production order can go through Start and Report as…
- August 19, 2019
- Case Study | Dynamics 365 | Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations | ERP | Manufacturing | Technology
AMF Bakery Systems Case study Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations AMF Bakery Systems is the world’s leading manufacturer of high-speed bakery equipment. They provide…
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