TMC (Technology Management Concepts) is very pleased to announce the availability of a new product offering:  Microsoft Dynamics NAV.  TMC has long supported Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains), and has now expanded their Dynamics Business Solutions sales and services to include Dynamics NAV.  TMC is recognized by Microsoft for their commitment and experience, and has awarded TMC a GOLD Competency in Enterprise Resource Planning, for the second consecutive year, a recognition that is made to less than 2% of Microsoft partners worldwide.

Dynamics NAV is a fully-featured Enterprise Resource Planning system, emphasizing an easy to use interface, full end-to-end integration, strong analytical tools and business intelligence capabilities, and robust integration and development tools.  Dynamics NAV leverages Microsoft SQL Server as the database engine, and extends SQL server’s reporting tools.

With Dynamics NAV 2009, you will benefit from a role-tailored experience designed to promote those features and capabilities that are suited to an employee’s job requirements, and then either minimize or hide those features that are irrelevant or sensitive.  Dynamics NAV provides important tasks and reminders direct to the Home Page, providing rapid access to those critical situations.  Dynamics NAV includes 21 pre-defined Role Centers, and variations on these are easy to do.

TMC will also bring their highly experienced team of project managers and consultants to deliver the consistent results we have always provided to our Dynamics GP clients.  TMC has also supplemented the staff, bringing on certified Dynamics NAV team members.  Count on TMC to offer our best in all implementations.

Contact Pat Quimby for more information.

310.559.3982 x 784 or

pquimby@tmc-la.com

TMC is pleased to welcome two new members to its team this year:  David Laumonier & Brett Hensley.

David has joined our Technical Team and will be working on development and programming, bringing with him over 7 years of experience in Dexterity Customizations, VB.Net, Custom Data Integrations, Integration Manager, and SQL Reporting Services in the Microsoft Dynamics GP World.  David has a BS in Computer Science from Pace University and enjoys fitness and motorcycle riding in his spare time. 

Brett has joined our Sales Team as the new Marketing Manager. He will manage and coordinate all marketing, advertising and promotional activities as well as having an integral role within the sales team to help generate new revenue. Brett has over 4 years of experience in Sales and Marketing since graduating from the University of Missouri with his BS in Marketing. He enjoys ice hockey, snowboarding, surfing, traveling and cheering on all St. Louis sports in his spare time.

Please join me in extended a heartfelt welcome to both David & Brett to TMC!

TMC, your Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is committed to delivering consistent, significant value to our customers and prospects. Please join us for a Microsoft-hosted series of webcasts exclusively for Microsoft Dynamics customers. These webinars are FREE.

The one hour webcasts include content designed to ensure you have full exposure into how you can maximize and extend your current ERP investment. They review specific functionality within the Dynamics GP system, with the focus on the features and benefits of a specific module.

Listed below are scheduled webinars. For more information and to register for upcoming webinars, please click the associated link in the calendar view.

Upcoming Live Webcasts

December 2011

January 2012

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March 2012

April 2012

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June 2012

Learning leads to possibility. Take the first step. Register for these webcasts today.

Missed a Webinar?

If you have missed one of these information sessions, they are recorded and available for viewing. Please contact John Hoyt at jhoyt@tmc-la.com, along with the details of which webinar you are interested in viewing, and we will send you a link to view the webinar at your leisure.

The following is a list of which webinars are still available:

• Dynamics GP Light Users – Benefit from refreshable Excel Reports, participate in workflows and view Financial Statements in Management Reporter
• Dynamics GP 2010 (Word and Excel reports) – Learn how to use the reporting capabilities of Microsoft Office to view Dynamics GP information
• Smartlist Builder – Create your own custom Smartlist, GP intuitive and easy to use report and inquiry tool
• Management Reporter in Dynamics GP 2010 – See the Microsoft replacement for FRx, and make reporting even more powerful
• Excel-based Budgets – See how excel based budgeting can save you significant time in the budget process….see how!

On March 31st, 2011, Technology Management Concepts (TMC), held a free Training Class on Microsoft Dynamics GP (formally Great Plains) FRx and Management Reporter. The class was open to all interested and aimed at educating Dynamics GP users to fully utilize the powerful reporting tools, and in doing so, bringing a better understanding and control to the financial process within their organization.

The class was organized by Pat Quimby, TMC’s Client Account Manager, and was a huge success with over 48 people attending. The free class was held at the Microsoft Office in Downtown Los Angeles. The class was presented by Julie London, TMC’s Senior Implementation Specialist. Julie has been with TMC for over 12 years and has been involved in countless Dynamics GP implementations. The class was split over two sessions: beginners and advanced.

Dennis Jones, CFO of Hof’s Hut who attended the class said “The Controller and I attended an FRx reporting class conducted by TMC in an effort to learn how to optimize our use of FRx. The training session was very professional and definitely exceeded our expectations. We already had a good working knowledge of FRx and considered ourselves intermediate/advanced, but we cam e away with several new concepts, shortcuts and time-saving tricks that will allow us to take our Financial Reporting to a whole new level. I would recommend this class to any user of FRx, even if they think that they are at an advanced level”.

The morning session covered FRx basics, which involved creating both a Balance Sheet and Income Statement. The class was fully interactive with all attendees given access to a PC with a virtual image to create a balance sheet and income statement for themselves during the class. This enabled all attendees to practice what they were learning enabling them to take back what they learned to their organization.

The afternoon session focused on the advanced topics and covered some tips and tricks when using Microsoft FRx. Some tips and tricks that were covered were:

Adding variance columns and print control in reports. Specifically, when including Budget to Actual columns and being able to get your variances coming out in the correct direction for both revenue and expenses;

Being able to create one report using multiple column layouts. By using the ‘Effective Dates’ a user is able to control the number of columns printed based on the report date;

Creating dynamic actual to budget reports. This allows the user to have one report that will, based on the reporting date, report the actuals for your date, then prefill the remainder of the report with Budget information;

Using conditional if, then, else statements. A good example of this is when showing the intercompany account as an asset when the balance is a debit or as a liability when the balance is a credit.

The afternoon session finished with Dynamics GP’s new financial reporting tool, Management Reporter. Management Reporter is a powerful corporate performance management solution, which provides real-time financial reporting for midsize businesses. Going forward, Management Reporter will replace Microsoft FRx. It is a comprehensive financial reporting and analysis application available to Microsoft Dynamics ERP customers. The afternoon session explained the main differences between these two reporting solutions.

“The participants left the training course with very satisfactory comments and an extremely positive view towards Management Reporter,” said Jennifer Harris, Director at TMC.

As a part of TMC’s continuing commitment to providing high-quality training classes, they are proud to offer board approved classes for CPA’s. TMC’s FRx training course and webinars allow attendees to earn CPE (continuing professional education) credits. Each of the attendees who completed the FRx Class earned six credits for the day.

TMC continues to offer webinars on various topics, each earning CPA’s one credit per webinar. The next webinar is on Smartlist Builder, scheduled for April 20th, 2011 at 10am. Future webinar topics are on SalesPad, Formatting Excel & Word Templates and GP Light Users. Please check the webinars page on TMC’s website for future class times and topics.

For more information on TMC’s training classes and webinars please contact Pat Quimby pquimby@tmc-la.com.

Technology Management Concepts (TMC), the leading Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Southern California, has been selected by Goodwill of Orange County as their new consulting partner. Goodwill of Orange County has recently selected Dynamics GP (formally Great Plains) as their new ERP solution. TMC is extremely excited by the partnership and looks forward to a successful implementation.

Goodwill of Orange County provides people with disabilities and other barriers the opportunity to achieve their highest levels of personal and economic independence. In order to continue to provide these levels of services to their program participants, they have decided to streamline their systems. To that end, Goodwill of Orange County has an initiative for 2011 to reduce costs and increase efficiencies by replacing as many of their disparate systems with one integrated system as possible.

The organization turned to the comprehensive functionality of Microsoft Dynamics GP to integrate its point-of-sale systems and leverage their world-class business intelligence and reporting functionality.  They have selected TMC to provide implementation services.

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E-mail overview

By using the e-mail functionality in Microsoft Dynamics GP, you can embed document into the body of an e-mail or send documents as attachment. You can send a single document, batches of documents, or multiple documents from sales and purchasing transaction lists. When setting up the e-mail functionality, you can select which documents to send and which customers and vendors should receive their documents in e–mail. If you are using Word templates for Microsoft Dynamics GP, you can send predefined or customized forms. For more information, see Word templates in Dynamics GP 2010 help.

You can send the following documents in e-mail.

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In October 2010 Microsoft made a major change to its partner program and the criteria by which partners are ranked.  The new Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) accreditations were introduced as well as new partner logos.

The two main changes that took place with this switch were:

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For a very limited time, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, and Microsoft Dynamics AX customers can receive up to 15% off when purchasing additional user licenses or add-on module licenses.  Offer valid from May 1, 2010 to June 25, 2010

BRL and MBL customers can receive discounts of:

• 10% on the purchase of additional user licenses and add-on module licenses between $5,000 and $19,999
• 15% on the purchase of additional user licenses and add-on module licenses above $20,000

For More Information
Contact TMC at (310) 559-3982  for more promo information and information on how to submit an order.

Microsoft Dynamics GP continues to offer enhancements and updates to meet with ever changing regulatory environments.  By providing a rapid response to these shifting business conditions, Dynamics GP provides their customers with the tools they need to remain compliant while minimizing their costs for meeting the regulatory requirements.  These updates and enhancements are all part of the Microsoft Business Ready Enhancement Plan.

The Microsoft Business Solutions group is advising customers to be aware of changes to European Union (EU) tax law that will come into effect Jan. 1, 2010.
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For many restaurant owners, transitioning from a paper-based accounting system to a computerized system, is no longer a luxury, but now is a necessity. As competition within the industry increases, reducing operating costs and producing accurate and timely business reports, becomes ever more critical.  Using an MRP/ERP software system such as Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) provides a simplified process and accuracy of financial records. (more…)