Category: Technology

Amit talks about the upheaval that is caused within an organization when a new ERP application is introduced. He expresses some ideas/steps the organization can take to alleviate the issues related to this changing environment while describing his role as a project manager from the consulting side. “Going into an implementation many of us make the mistake of assuming that everyone from the business is onboard and will accept your ERP with open arms. If we make that assumption then we have already set ourselves to fail and the user adoption of your ERP will be the primary cause of this failure…”

Across the world, the name “Microsoft” is well known. Chances are, you utilize more than one Microsoft Product every day, whether it be ERP, CRM, Office, Internet Explorer, or any of their other countless products.

How has Microsoft been able to capture such a large percentage of the market and been able to stay at the top for so long? The answer is actually quite simple. There are so many perks of being a Microsoft Customer, but let’s focus on the Dynamics world.

The talk and interest of the “cloud” and “cloud services” is still mainstream and with data centers and hosting providers popping up daily, options are in abundant.  When I think about the cloud and storing my data, I’m going to be honest, I have never questioned where my data is “physically” stored as long as I have access to it when I want it.  Personally, most of what I put in the cloud are personal pictures and my music.  However, over the years, I have slowing been migrating several work related documents to the cloud.  My main reasons for using the cloud is for access across multiple devices and so I don’t have to carry thumb drives around with me anymore. (I have probably lost more of those things than I actually used.)

If you live anywhere in the DC metro area than you have probably sat in traffic and asked yourself, “Why? There has to be a better way?!” Doesn’t matter if you are on the roads in the middle of the night or middle of the day, let alone during rush hours.  Why is it so bad here? Why does it take over an hour to go 20 miles? DC is an important city, why such a poor road lay out? Obsolete, archaic, out of date or behind the times; whatever you want to call it, it puts a growing and thriving entity in jeopardy. I/we see every time we are just sitting in traffic, the lack of our productivity and the frustration it causes. Now, let's think about your business. What are the “roads” your business travels on?

Back in a former life when I worked in the casino industry, we used Excel spreadsheets to segment our customer loyalty club members.  The segmentation was very manual and required many hours to complete to build a quarterly direct mail campaign to each segment with the appropriate offers for each segment so we would have a successful and profitable campaign.

KTL Solutions has made their way down to Microsoft Convergence 2014 in Atlanta Georgia and will bring you a recap of what’s new and what’s up coming in the world of Microsoft Dynamics.  The first announcement from Microsoft preceded Convergence when they recently made available their 2014 vision for Microsoft Dynamics GP, which included 2 important releases coming in the next 10 months.

2014 is upon us, full of exciting moments yet to be had, future announcements yet to be made and future friends yet to be met. While everyone is looking ahead, making resolutions and planning for the future, we at KTL would like to take a moment to remember 2013 and all the events that came with it.