The BCS Team is Heading to Microsoft Inspire 2017
Washington DC July 9-13th
Microsoft Inspire is a place for partners, Microsoft employees, and IT experts to build relationships that drive mutual success. Attending Inspire (formerly known as WPC) can be overwhelming, especially if you are a first-time attendee. With past attendance exceeding 16,000 people from around the globe, Inspire provides a week full of networking, learning and collaboration. Connections made at Inspire foster transformation and inspiration that leads to real action.
“Inspire gives us a chance to build on our existing expertise surrounding the products and solutions we bring to our clients. By engaging with partners from all over the world, BCS is able to provide solutions to our clients outside of the traditional Dynamics space. We are also able to deliver Dynamics solutions to our partner’s customers to help them build value too.” David Gersten, VP of Sales and Marketing
This year two of our own are hosting Hot Topic Table discussions in the Community Hub. David Gersten will be discussing The Value of Being a Tech Policy Thought Leader and Steve Jones will be discussing 5 Keys to a Customer Generating Website.
Be sure to follow them on Twitter for real time updates and session information!
Microsoft Inspire: Tips and Tricks
I realize that going to Microsoft Inspire (formerly known as WPC) can be overwhelming for many people. From my experience of getting information overload from many people I took the liberty and consolidated a lot of other communications and put this blog together. Please share it with people also attending this years Inspire conference in Washington, DC, July 9th to July 13th I look forward to seeing you there!
General Inspire Information:
- Overview of Microsoft Inspire – what happens on each day
- FTA Program – FTA activities and sessions taking place
- Microsoft Partner Community
- Sessions and events
- Logistics – attire, transportation, etc.
Overview:
- First Time Attendees (FTA) will have a FTA purple lanyard – mentors will always help (identified by green lanyards) and you should never hesitate to ask for help or guidance from a mentor.
- Attire – wear comfortable clothing especially on your feet, given the volume of walking that is required around the conference, is important. Casual business dress is the order of the day, not shorts and trainers, but neither is a suit and tie required. Often attendees are going straight from the conference in the day to evening activities so dressing appropriately for that will save a lot of time.
- Eating and drinking – this is a marathon not a sprint, so water, water, water – having a good breakfast, and not going overboard on alcohol in the evenings will help to stay the course. Until you have been to Microsoft Inspire you cannot foresee how much energy is required.
- Always having business cards and a small pen or pencil in your pocket. You never know who you will meet, where – and always being able to pass out a card, and receive one will mean you never miss an opportunity. Writing on the back of the business cards something that will remind you, who the person you met was, where you met etc... will make a difference when you get back to the office and have 100 business cards to follow-up on and no idea who is who.
- The conference is flooded with opportunity for your partner business. Executives from Enterprise partners and Microsoft are everywhere, Directors, CEO’s and Senior Managers are often ‘in disguise’ in a social environment, so always be aware of what you are saying to whom and who may be listening to your conversation. Much better to always impress than put people off talking to you.
- A good tip for partners keen to connect with other partners is to attend the events and activities that are aligned to your target audience. You can then see and hear first-hand what those partners are interested in, how they respond to key messages and the Microsoft strategy that aligns to their business. Microsoft Inspire is a great way to understand more about your target partner audience and their strategic goals, which helps you with your pitch as to why they should work with you.
- Have fun! People buy from people and love to connect with people that are not only professional and capable but great to work with – relationships built at Microsoft Inspire are often very unique and stand the test of time, there’s no better place to build and secure your current and future network, so go for it!
First Time Attendee Activities: Don’t forget - there are several great opportunities and events for First Time Attendees that can be leveraged as meeting locations – including:
- An orientation session titled: Planning for Microsoft Inspire 2017, on Sunday, July 9, 2017 from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM. Be sure to look for more details in the session catalog.
- An FTA meet up in the Community Hub during the Welcome Reception – Sunday, July 9 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
- A workshop session titled: Turning Inspiration into Action: Post-Microsoft Inspire Roadmap, on Thursday, July 13 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
- First Time Attendees are welcome to sit in section 121 for Vision Keynote (Monday through Wednesday). This is a great way to network with other new First Time Attendees.
IAMCP Information:
IAMCP Events: https://iamcp.site-ym.com/page/IAMCPInspireEvents
IAMCP Raffle: https://iamcp.site-ym.com/?page=IAMCPInspireRaffle
IAMCP Speakeasy Party The IAMCP Speakeasy is back at Inspire this July in DC! After a huge success in Toronto last year, where we had over 200 people show up for the event, the Speakeasy is back and we’re planning on 500+ attendees! Make sure you show up at the opening reception on Sunday and follow #IAMCPInspire on Twitter for more details! This is the place to be to kick off Inspire and network with Microsoft and your fellow partners!
Tips from Justin Slagle - PCDM – US SMB&D Covering SW Territory - SoCal, Las Vegas & Hawaii
Make sure that you block at least 2 hours (if not more) to go through the expo hall. There are so many valuable partnerships waiting to be formed there. I highly recommend visiting:
- Plantronics and Jabra and any other Skype Headset Provider - You’ll want to have a partnership in place as Skype goes into full swing next fiscal year.
- StratoGator – This is a partner out of San Diego that has made some incredible dashboards for CSP. Make sure you visit especially if you are a DIRECT CSP partner!
- IAMCP – Build out a national partnership program with partners from around the US!
- Voices for Innovation – Make your voice matter. VFI is a place where you can help lawmakers understand what is important to you!
- BitTitan and SkyKick – Find out what kind of programs they will have to help you in FY18!
- Distribution – Make sure to visit the Distributors so you can talk to them about their FY18 go to market strategy!
- Go find a golden nugget. There are so many great ISVs out there, but we just don't know all of them, yet!
Suggested Sessions
Marketing Sessions
Title: Why most technology companies fail when selling to small businesses (and how you can be a success)
Description: Learn what moves small businesses when it comes to marketing & sales, why so many in tech get it wrong, and how you can market to SMB at scale. Includes Q&A session.
When: Tuesday July 11, 1:00-2:00 pm
Session code: SAL09
Title: 50 smart partner marketing tips in 50 minutes
Description: Leverage the use of marketing to build a successful and productive cloud practice.
When: Wednesday July 12, 2:30-3:30 pm
Session code: MKT05
Title: Digital marketing helps you engage with buyers earlier
Description: Learn about the proper balance between organic social, paid social, and search engine marketing that makes sense for you.
When: Wednesday July 12, 3:30-4:30 pm
Session code: COM31
Microsoft Dynamics
Title: Creating the Microsoft Dynamics partner of the future: Microsoft partner strategy, plans, and programs to support your success
Description: Learn Microsoft's partner strategy, plans, and programs to support your success in FY18 and beyond.
When: Monday July 10, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: CE108
Title: Earn customers for life with Microsoft Dynamics 365 customer service
Description: Do you offer a customer service experience that meets rising expectations? In this session, we discuss and demonstrate comprehensive functionality for customer service.
When: Tuesday July 11, 2:30-3:30 pm
Session code: CE127
Title: Starting a Microsoft Dynamics 365 practice (workshop)
Description: Gain insights and best practices from partners about the solutions that will make you successful.
When: Tuesday July 11, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: CE107
Microsoft Azure
Title: Empowering organizations with Microsoft Azure
Description: Learn about the Microsoft vision for Azure and how it can empower organizations and create business opportunities.
When: Monday July 10, 2:30-3:30 pm
Session code: CE002
Title: Learn how to design and develop your Microsoft Azure offering (workshop)
Description: Learn actionable insights and concrete methods to develop and design packaged offerings that accelerate customer adoption of both Azure and your services.
When: Wednesday July 12, 1:00-2:00 pm
Session code: PRAC07w
Title: Key partner success factors for a multi-service cloud practice at scale
Description: Understand the fastest-growing Azure scenarios, plus Microsoft resources available to help accelerate growth and build an Azure-based, managed services business.
When: Wednesday July 12, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: CLSC08n
Enterprise Mobility + Security
Title: Microsoft end-to-end security story
Description: Gain deep understanding of Microsoft cybersecurity capabilities and services.
When: Monday July 10, 1:00-2:00 pm
Session code: OCC02
Title: Learn how to use Office 365 Secure Score to drive customer security conversations
Description: Learn how you can use Office 365 Secure Score and recently released features to further customer discussions about their security positions.
When: Monday July 10, 1:00-1:30 pm
Session code: OFC33t
Title: Building a successful cybersecurity practice with Microsoft
Description: Gain clear understanding of Microsoft cybersecurity approach and how to engage with us to build unique and differentiated joint solutions, to create an even safer and more secure journey for your customers.
When: Monday July 10, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: OCC01
Title: The Microsoft security strategy
Description: Learn the strategy behind Microsoft's $1bn per year security R&D investments, and how they align to your customers' needs. See how the products in the Microsoft portfolio come together to form a set of integrated solutions that you can build business on.
When: Tuesday July 11, 2:30-3:30 pm
Session code: CE005
Microsoft Windows
Title: Grow your business with Windows 10
Description: Learn about opportunity, profitability, best practices, and how we're redesigning Windows licensing for the cloud.
When: Tuesday July 11, 1:00-2:00 pm
Session code: WIN09
Title: Windows in CSP: What's new, what's coming, and why you should include Windows in your managed service offerings
Description: Learn about opportunity, profitability, best practices, and how we're redesigning Windows licensing for the cloud.
When: Wednesday July 12, 1:00-2:00 pm
Session code: WIN09
Title: New, integrated Office 365 and Windows solution for small and midsize businesses delivers more value, and streamlines CSP managed service offerings
Description: Learn about the new, comprehensive offering that enables you to help organizations be more productive and less vulnerable to security threat.
When: Wednesday July 12, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: WIN16
Microsoft Office 365
Title: Increase your sales with Office 365 partner readiness
Description: Learn how Office 365 Sales and Technical Readiness helps partners understand the capabilities of the Office 365 Productivity Suite. Targeted at Sellers and Pre-Sales Technical roles, Office 365 Readiness empowers partners to realize the Office 365 opportunity and create long-term customer value.
When: Monday July 10, 1:30-2:00 pm
Session code: OFC32t
Title: Get ready to profit from the growing demand for Office 365 security and compliance capabilities
Description: Learn how Office 365 Advanced Security and Compliance solutions can help you build a more profitable practice, and walk away with practical advice you can act on immediately.
When: Tuesday July 11, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: OFC04
Title: Build modern business solutions on the Office 365 Platform
Description: Learn how the latest Office platform additions—including Teams and new Microsoft Graph capabilities—can enrich your packaged solutions and development practices.
When: Wednesday July 12, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: OFC12
Grow Your Business
Title: Scale your cloud business: New CSP partnership opportunities and engagement models
Description: As cloud services grow, business models converge, and new partnerships develop. Learn how to capture these opportunities while maintaining a solid customer base, get insights regarding successful behaviors around the world, and learn how to engage with Microsoft and other partners to accelerate growth.
When: Monday July 10, 2:30-3:30 pm
Session code: CLSC01n
Title: Accelerate cloud profitability
Description: Develop and optimize your cloud practice business, and hear insights from successful cloud partners.
When: Tuesday July 11, 1:00-2:00 pm
Session code: PRAC02
Title: The evolution of FastTrack is a whole new engagement model for partners! Learn how you can get involved today
Description: As FastTrack continues to mature to better serve customers, we recognize the important role our partners play. Come learn how FastTrack is evolving to empower partners to drive customer success leveraging the proven FastTrack process, IP and tools.
When: Wednesday July 12, 2:30-3:30 pm
Session code: OFC13
Title: Learn from a hostage negotiator
Description: You are comfortable with 95% of your day-to-day negotiations. This breakout focuses on the remaining 5%: How to deal with unjustified demands, negotiating under pressure, how to properly deal with stress and fear, how to control unpleasant negotiation partners, how to defend against unfair tactics.
When: Monday July 11, 2:30-3:30 pm
Session code: SAL05
General
Title: US01 US General Session: Delivering customer success through digital transformation
Description: Join One Commercial Partner US leaders to hear how we’re enabling our partner ecosystem. Learn from successful partners who are embracing new business models to deliver innovative solutions, increase their profitability, and help customers achieve more.
When: Tuesday, July 11, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Session code: US01
Title: Microsoft's Secure Productive Enterprise (SPE): a single, trusted solution to grow your managed services practice
Description: This session demystifies the Cloud Solution Provider program, and covers the latest enhancements on CSP strategy, roadmap, and licensing.
When: Monday July 10, 2:30-3:30 pm
Session code: OFC02
Title: Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program strategy overview: Hear the latest enhancements that help maximize your profitability with CSP
Description: With SPE—Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security—you can deliver a single solution that empowers staff productivity while enabling organizations to meet security and compliance mandates. Understand the SPE value proposition and new opportunities for your valued-added services.
When: Monday July 10, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: OFC02
Title: Partner-first, today and tomorrow: Building a stronger partnership with Microsoft
Description: Learn about the Microsoft vision for Azure and how it can empower organizations and create business opportunities.
When: Monday July 10, 4:00-5:00 pm
Session code: OCP02
Title: SMB innovation: How to pitch Microsoft's new solution
Description: In this interactive session, learn how to pitch the value of the exciting, new Microsoft solution targeting small and midsize business customers.
When: Tuesday July 11, 2:30-3:00 pm
Session code: OFC22t
Title: Advanced Support for Partners: Accessible support to help you grow your cloud business
Description: Sitting squarely between MPN Technical Svcs and Premier, ASfP provides cloud support at an accessible price point that helps you be a great ally to your customers & grow your business. A great option for ‘born in the cloud’ partners & those in CSP or expanding into areas like managed services.
When: Wednesday July 12, 2:30-3:00 pm
Session code: EXP33
Reach out to me via What’s App, Twitter or text during the week if you want to connect or need help!
Why BCS Should Be Your Microsoft Partner
You want to grow your business. We know how.
“Microsoft has always been a partner-lead company, and we’ll always be a partner-led company…What really drives us, what makes it all possible is your passion, your commitment, and your drive to make us better.” – Satya Nadella
By attaining a Microsoft Gold Competency in ERP, a Silver Competency in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and a Silver Competency in Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions, we have met extensive technology requirements and demonstrated expertise through rigorous exams, culminating in Microsoft certifications. Our skills, support, and knowledge have been tested and proven by successful implementations in specific technology areas.
At Bond Consulting Services, we are experts in implementing and supporting Microsoft Dynamics for companies in Southern California and across the United States. Partnering with Microsoft can help you expand your business, engage, customers, and ultimately, earn more money. BCS allows businesses to meet the changing needs of your customers, while also accelerating your path to digital transformation. Microsoft Dynamics unifies traditional customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning capabilities into new purpose-built business applications to propel your business forward.
Additionally, our Microsoft Gold and Silver competencies provide us with early access to new software and specialized technical support and services from Microsoft that help us serve you better.
Reach out to us today to see how we can become your Microsoft Partner. #WeMoveYouForward
JetReports Guest Blog | Top 3 Signs It's Time for Business Intelligence
Reports are a necessary part of any organization. Without the data from reports, you would have no specific information about how your business is performing financially, operationally, or otherwise.
Business intelligence (BI) tends to be more of an idea or process. Ultimately, BI is the practice of using organized, governed data to get the right information, to the right people, at the right time so you can see trends, predict future outcomes, capitalize on realized opportunities, and drive business forward.
Last year I wrote an article addressing the differences between reporting and BI. Within that editorial, I brought the topic to life in a pre-recorded webinar. Today we’re going a step further to uncover the top three signs that it’s time for company to move from reporting exclusively, to adding BI.
Sign #1- Your team is arriving at different numbers, from different departments, for the same report.
How can this happen? Well, the main reason would be various people pulling information from different places. With the unlimited areas that data lives within an ERP, how do you know you’re looking at the right numbers?
A BI solution minimizes the guesswork, which allows you to go from “I think” to “I know.” It produces accurate reports and dashboards every time by extracting data from a governed data warehouse that has pre-calculated and combined all your sources of information – meaning that everyone is working from one version of the truth. BI not only performs fast and clear analysis of any amount of data, it resolves tasks such as creating structural plans, distributing and collecting information from different business units or teams, and consolidations, seamlessly. You never compromise report integrity again.
Sign #2- You’re upgrading or migrating to a new ERP system.
Upgrading to a newer version of Microsoft Dynamics? Most companies have over 100 reports that need to be upgraded, too. In addition, you likely have hundreds of thousands of transactional records that need to be migrated for historical reporting purposes. Combined, this will likely make up the highest costs in your upgrade, and take the most time. But it’s not, if you have BI. You eliminate both.
With a data warehouse built for Microsoft Dynamics, like the one delivered with Jet Enterprise, you won’t have to pay to update the 100+ reports in the new system, it’s done automatically. As a bonus, you end up nearly tripling the benefit of your ERP upgrade with the investment of a BI solution because you also use it for transactional data migration. The data warehouse will store all your historical transactions, cutting upgrade costs as much as 80% in some cases. This allows you to increase the productivity of your Dynamics investment by gaining fast, accurate analysis for everyone who needs it. Better yet, the return continues as you move through subsequent upgrades down the road.
Sign #3- You need to consolidate.
For many companies, two ERP systems are a by-product of past mergers or acquisitions. They can also be the result of functional strengths – financial business management versus production tracking, for instance. Managing multiple ERP systems can be challenging, especially as your business grows. By implementing a BI solution, business users are able to pull the data they need from both systems, but out of a single repository. You can quickly extract data from all company sources, and specify a set of rules to transform the data, and do so in a simple drag-and-drop interface. Any solid BI solution with a clean, intuitive user interface, such as Jet Enterprise, will allow business users to build their own reports, as well as have the flexibility to add or tweak any BI dashboard, from virtually unlimited databases, seamlessly. In other words, you can eliminate the question on where you get what data, and how.
By implementing BI, all the information is centralized and can be viewed in a dashboard or turned into a report, saving you enormous amounts of time while eliminating inefficiencies. You don’t need to be a large company to benefit from BI either. Start your BI journey now and find out how you can take your business the next level, today!
VP of Customer Engagement
With over a decade of Dynamics experience, Brian is passionate about working with people and organizations to help them better understand their data to make informed decisions.
Save the Date for GPUG Summit Nashville!
Hey y’all!
Brand the date on your calendar for GPUG Summit Nashville, October 10–13 at the breathtaking, iconic Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
Why you should attend
GPUG Summit is THE go-to event that brings industry experts, software development vendors, and everyday users together to discuss important issues, trends, product updates, customer pain points, and genuine solutions. This fall, step away from your screens, pack up your big ideas, and head on down to Nashville for GPUG Summit, the most comprehensive, impressive, and roarin’ good time event of the year!
Attendees will have the time of their lives in one of the most engaging events in the industry, and Bond Consulting Services is excited to share this experience with you as we squeeze every last bit of functionality out of the products and get you the ROI you want—and deserve.
Users attending GPUG Summit will discover the latest solution innovations and product updates, and have the opportunity to connect with Microsoft Dynamics® GP peers and Microsoft team members. We invite you to join Bond Consulting Services and your Dynamics GP peers at GPUG Summit, October 10–13, 2017.
The value of GPUG Summit is endless! Here are a few more reasons why you should attend:
- Tackle analytics: GP reporting might be complex, but it doesn’t have to be painful. Learn from fellow GP users how they tackle the analytics that lead to better decisions within their organizations.
- Gather security recommendations: When your organization’s GP security is on the line, making mistakes isn’t an option. Your Dynamics GP peers know that, and they come equipped with advice for implementing and strengthening security protocol.
- Increase your expertise: Get prepped to approach, analyze, synthesize, and report at a higher level using Dynamics GP, with hands-on training that will make you feel able to accomplish everyday tasks and explain the results to team members of all skill levels.
- Meet & network with your Dynamics GP buddies: Nowhere else will you find the collective Dynamics GP brainpower than at GPUG Summit.
Artwork commissioned for you
So many things come to mind when you think about Nashville. It’s vibrant. Creative. Innovative. And it’s where up-and-coming stars go to be discovered. It’s a home with a heart. And that’s what GPUG Summit is all about. Known for being an incubator for new ideas, as well as the setting where legends return to perform, Nashville has a lot in common with GPUG Summit.
To celebrate this inspiring place, along with the inspirational users and partners that make up this community, Dynamic Communities commissioned a remarkable piece of custom art, created by the much-sought-after Matt Mastrud. Known to his fans as Punchgut, Matt is a multi-media sculptor, painter, and illustrator whose wit and unique style perfectly pair with the vibe of Summit. Over the next few months, Dynamic Communities will be revealing parts of this unique artwork—which you can get a peek of right from your computer before it’s fully unveiled at GPUG Summit. Trust us, it’s a truly vibrant piece. Don’t miss out on the reveal at GPUG Summit!
Early bird pricing
GPUG Summit takes place October 10–13, with early bird pricing available now. Save an additional 10% off your already discounted GPUG Summit registration when you use the following coupon code PRPBond.
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Educational breakouts will boost your confidence, and your competence, while numerous independent software vendors showcase their latest solutions and creative capabilities. And networking with other Dynamics GP professionals and Microsoft representatives builds super valuable connections with the folks who understand the importance of pushing the Microsoft Dynamics® GP product forward. So giddy-up, register now, grab your boots, and join Bond Consulting Services in Nashville!
Interested in learning more about GPUG Summit Nashville? Watch this video for more details.
Bringing LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales Together
So what exactly is social selling? Social selling is the process of developing relationships through social networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, as part of the sales process. With a heavy reliance on social channels for information, consumers have shifted the traditional sales process away from conventional sales approaches like cold calling and door to door sales. Microsoft has made it easier for companies to utilize social channels for social selling by bringing LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales together.
Today’s buyers are self-educated and well-informed. They have access to a wealth of information and have more control of the buying process than they did in the past. In a Forrester survey, 74% of business buyers say they conduct more than half of their research online before making a purchase decision. Buying decisions are also being made by teams of people, so you no longer have a single decision maker to persuade. You need to engage with a group of stakeholders that have different needs. This adds complexity and requires strong relationship management.
The latest LinkedIn State of Sales in 2016 report provides insight into the world of social selling and highlights which tools, strategies, and tactics sales teams are employing to boost their sales efforts.
- Sales professionals spend most of their time working with social selling and CRM tools, as they believe they deliver the highest value
- More than 70 percent of sales professionals use social selling and see relationship building tools as having the highest impact on revenue
- 90 percent of top sales professionals use social selling tools, compared with 71 percent of overall sales professionals
These trends show that having the right tools is critical to the success of sales professionals, and has resulted in many organizations equipping their sales professionals with the new tools they need to do their job.
The integration of LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales offers social selling experience for sales professionals that can help them overcome these new sales challenges. You can install the LinkedIn solution for Microsoft Dynamics today and benefit from the following social selling capabilities.
Stay on top of customers you care about
You can view LinkedIn Account Profiles from Sales Navigator right within Dynamics 365 for Sales to help you learn about your customer and their industry. It will also help you stay up to date on news, recent activities, and job changes.
Discover new leads
The Account Profile also provides you with lead recommendations based on your sales preferences in Sales Navigator. This Account Profile information is available to view on the Lead, Contacts, Opportunity, and Account forms in Dynamics 365 for Sales.
With these capabilities, sales professionals can stay informed about their customers, and identify new opportunities to build their sales pipeline.
Contact Bond Consulting Services TODAY to Learn how BCS can Become Your Dynamics 365 Partner
Core Drivers: The Roadmap to Digital Transformation
Leading digital change requires leaders to have a vision of how to transform their company for a digital world. Digital transformation is not just a trendy buzz word; it is a fundamental business process that everyone needs to adapt and adjust to – now.
For most businesses, the first focus will be the customer. Effectively, to generate new sources of revenue, companies need to reimagine the customer experience along their value chain. As they reinvent how to connect and engage with customers in new ways, an organization will also need to transform how it empowers employees. Empowered employees will help drive optimized operations and processes and lead companies to transform products and services.
Microsoft has identified these four pillars as the core drivers on the roadmap to digital transformation:
Engaging Customers – Build natural, tailored experiences by harnessing data representing a complete view of your customer. Then, draw actionable insights that can deliver personalization at scale and achieve a segment of one.
Empowering Employees – Empower people to achieve more by designing a workplace where every working style can thrive; one that harnesses digital intelligence to improve experiences and enables the flexibility of mobility, while keeping your organization, people, and information secure.
Optimizing Operations – Accelerate the responsiveness of your business, improve service levels, and reduce costs with intelligent processes that anticipate the future and coordinate people and assets more efficiently.
Transforming Products – Differentiate and capture emerging revenue opportunities by harnessing data as a strategic asset. Shift from hindsight to foresight, automate manual processes, deliver personalization to customers and innovate new business models services, products, and experiences.
Bond Consulting Services is an integral component in optimizing the solutions Microsoft offers for full business transformation. We can help you adjust to the fourth industrial revolution by implementing solutions that help get you there. Let us do the work so you don't have to, contact us today to get started.
Is Microsoft Dynamics GP the Right Solution for Your Business?
Microsoft Dynamics GP is quick to implement and easy to use, with the power to support growth ambition. A complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, Dynamics GP helps you gain greater control over your financials, inventory, and operations. It’s easy to deploy and empowers informed decisions that lead to business success. More than just small business accounting software, Microsoft Dynamics GP is an ERP solution for small business that makes it easy to start with only what you need now, and then adapt as your needs change. Its flexible, configurable, and designed to grow with you.
Dynamics GP software includes: financial management and accounting, inventory management and operations, sales and service, business intelligence and reporting, and human resources and payroll. Managing your cash, assets, budgets and banking is seamless with Dynamics GP’s built-in analytics and account-level security. Businesses are better able to track and manage production, inventory, orders, returns, and vendors through the inventory management and operations tool. Sales and services tools allows you to manage your sales, service contracts, and field resources, all in one place. Business intelligence and reporting lets you get real-time visibility and analytics to track performance and act with insight. Increase office efficiency with human resources and payroll tools that allow you to hire, train, and pay your team with the help of complete employee profiles and evaluation tools.
The ability to instantly access data and surface insights about your business, and convert those insights into action is transformative for any business. Microsoft Dynamics GP works like (and with) your favorite productivity tools, like Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel, to reduce training time and eliminate potential disruptions in your workflow. Common business reports are ready to use, and smart analytics tools help ensure your business decisions are based on the latest information. Gain the ability to go wherever your business takes you; with the same powerful capabilities across iOS, Android, and Windows platforms, you’ll experience a consistent, more secure experience across all your devices.
An emphasis on superior customer service has driven Microsoft’s adoption of technology and gives you the ability to be a leader in your industry. The Microsoft platform and cloud-enabled technology can transform the way your business operates, driving tremendous productivity simply by going to an enterprise wide solution. Businesses gain intelligence from data as they continue to grow, and Microsoft Dynamics GP allows you to take business intelligence to a new level. Investing in the right technology today enables you to grow profitably, provide better products and services to your customers, and produce financial results.
Contact Bond Consulting Services TODAY to Learn how BCS can Become Your Dynamics GP Partner
What's New: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Financials
Microsoft is constantly adding new features to the Financials application. The Microsoft Dynamics 365 Roadmap details features that are newly available, in development, or previously released. Investing now with this solution allows you to continually benefit from the new features being released regularly. By continually releasing new features and updates, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Financials makes running your business seamless and efficient.
Direct Transfers
Microsoft has made it easier to create transfer orders. Customers no longer need to use an in-transit location. Instead, they can receive items immediately at the transfer-to location, just by choosing the Direct Transfer check box on the transfer order.
When you transfer directly, you can ensure that you ship the correct amount. You can only change the Qty. to Ship field on transfer order lines. The Qty. to Receive field is locked with the same value as the quantity to ship.
You can easily identify the transfers you made directly, just by looking at the lists of posted transfer shipments and posted transfer receipts.
Interaction Log
Enhancements to the interaction log let you rest assured your quotes and orders were actually sent by email. If the Suite user experience is enabled, you can view the interaction log directly from the order. What’s more, you can add comments about opportunities and interactions.
Power BI Reporting
Gaining impactful business insights is a snap with Dynamics 365 for Financials and Power BI.
Financials provides Business Intelligence in the place and time you need it. With the new Power BI reporting control, you can better leverage your Power BI reports by making them visible from within the most highly-used lists in Financials.
Not only are you able to view Power BI reports you select, but you can also interact and filter the reports by simply selecting records from the associated list page.
Rapid Start Configuration
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Financials comes with purpose-built assisted setup guides that make it easy to migrate master data, and some transactional data, from finance apps such as QuickBooks.
In some cases, you might want to migrate data from an app that we don’t have a guide for. Don’t worry, we can help you with that as well. You can now use Rapid Start configuration packages to migrate data to Financials from a text-based output file.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Roadmap is where partners and users can go to find out what is being made generally available and what is in development. The Dynamics 365 Roadmap provides a snapshot of what Microsoft is working on and when you’ll be able to access new updates and features. All dates and features that are in development are preliminary, are based on current expectations, and are subject to change without notice.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP vs. QuickBooks
Are you outgrowing your traditional accounting software? For small businesses, traditional accounting software like, QuickBooks, can slow you down in a variety of ways. QuickBooks is a great, entry-level accounting solution, however, as your business grows, QuickBooks will most likely be unable to grow with you. QuickBooks has limited scalability and requires manual processes, resulting in downtime and obstacles for your business instead of paving the way for success. Microsoft Dynamics GP is capable of handling extremely large data sets with millions of records and hundreds of thousands of transactions being processed at the same time by multiple users.
Dynamics GP is a complete mid-market Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that can be hosted on the cloud or on your own, on-premises server. Trusted by over 50 thousand companies, Dynamics GP is secure and scalable, combining years of innovation and the agility needed to compete in today’s market. Microsoft Dynamics GP is valuable because it allows you to see patterns and predict trends in real time.
People who use Microsoft Dynamics GP work within a role center that is personalized to fit how they like to do their job. Rather than combing through endless data, they see views that are filtered to the context of the tasks that they are working on. This reduces the number of steps it takes to perform daily business processes. Dynamics GP provides hundreds of predefined built-in reports that help you make decisions faster, increasing productivity and efficiency throughout the office. Ultimately, Microsoft Dynamics GP is quick to implement and easy to use, with the power to support your growth ambition.
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