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MS Office: Accounting Express 2007

MoneyMicrosoft campaign for Office Accounting Express 2007 say it is an essential tool for managing your business finances. Whether you’re a small or home-based business, you can use this accounting program to make pen and paper-based tasks a thing of the past. With the familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office, Office Accounting Express 2007 helps you get organized, save time and sell online. Sound nice? Continue reading ‘MS Office: Accounting Express 2007’ »

Master Data Purge

Data Server IconSometimes master data in your ERP or similar software could be full with obsolete definitions not used anymore. It could look like they should be erased from databases to make data more reliable. There are to many reasons not to do it. Regardless it is item master data, partner master data or any other master data type… Once opened master definitions should exist for all eternity. Clearing those unused definitions could cause more troubles than benefits. Continue reading ‘Master Data Purge’ »

Why do ERP implementations often fail?

Locked Icon At its simplest level, ERP is a set of best practices for performing the various duties in the departments of your company, including in finance, manufacturing and the warehouse. To get the most from the software, you have to get people inside your company to adopt the work methods outlined in the software. If the people in the different departments that will use ERP don’t agree that the work methods embedded in the software are better than the ones they currently use, they will resist using the software or will want IT to change the software to match the ways they currently do things. This is where ERP projects break down.

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