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InterDyn LANAC News and Events
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Hello,
Announcing a webinar you may have an interest in:
Date: August 11th Time: 11:30 - 12:30 CDT Dashboards, Scorecards and KPI's in SharePoint
This webinar will provide insights into how to use Microsoft SharePoint to deliver key business performance metrics to executive management. The topics discussed will include: · What is a dashboard · How to measure business performance utilizing platforms like Microsoft Dynamics GP · How to identify and define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) specific to your operation · What is a "Balanced Scorecard" · How to leverage Microsoft SharePoint to display these metrics on your desktop The session will include specific examples of "Best Practices" in building metrics as well as a demonstration of how to share this information with your business management. Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/742025418
If you haven't done so in a while, please take a look at our BLOG - we are updating it several times a week with tid bits, tips and tricks, press releases and articles you may find interesting. Our website is constantly being updated with classes, webinars and events - www.lanactech.com.
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Quote of the Month |
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. ~James Dean
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| Are You Too Busy to Read This Email? | |
Let us help you change that! Attend a FREE Productivity and Time Management Webinar on August 17th or August 25th from 12:00-1:00am CT that is designed to help you take charge of your workday. Learn how to better manage time by setting goals and objectives, automate redundant tasks, and leverage technology you may already own like Microsoft Outlook™ and Microsoft Dynamics™.
Microsoft and InterDyn LANAC Technology have helped companies like yours adapt to the demands of electronic communication by providing best practices and tools that help organizations more effectively manage communications in today's cost cutting environments.
Get the most out of tools you may already own!
Did you know you may already have powerful productivity & time management tools right at your fingertips? In these challenging economic times - when you have to pick up the slack and be more accountable than ever before - you need the right tools to better manage, track and optimize your work day. Improve your productivity by leveraging the power of technology you may already own...
Join InterDyn LANAC Technology and Microsoft for a FREE Productivity & Time Management Webinar designed to help you achieve your goals in today's fast paced environment. Learn real world tips on how to better manage your time to quickly become more efficient and effective. Productivity and Time Management experts from Microsoft will reveal simple ways to "set yourself up to succeed" and better manage your day.
Attend and learn best practices for:
· Setting objectives & goals
· Understanding personal motivations
· Automating routine and redundant tasks
· Leveraging the right technologies
· And much more...
Who should attend?
· Everyone in your organization!
Contact:
Christine Page
Phone: 312.506.3522 |
Service Pack, Hotfix, and Compliance Update Patch Releases for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010
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Patch file releases for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 can include service packs, hotfixes, tax updates and year end update.
Service Pack - Service packs are released on a 6 month basis and provide fixes to problem reports across several modules.
Hotfix - Hotfixes release approximately once a month and include only a few fixes for a limited number of modules. If you are using Latin American localization products for Argentina, Chile, or the Andean region, consult your Microsoft Dynamics Partner or Microsoft Support before installing any hotfix.
Compliance Update - Compliance updates provide changes for year end reporting such as W2's, Magnetic Media and 1099's and also payroll tax updates.
All service packs, hotfixes, tax updates and year end updates are cumulative and the version information is incremented with each patch release.
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Ballmer: Windows 7 Slates Coming Soon |
Microsoft CEO insists his company won't be an also-ran in one of tech industry's hottest new markets.  By Paul McDougall InformationWeek July 12, 2010 In an effort to counter Apple's iPad-fueled momentum in the personal computing market, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his company plans to introduce a full range of Windows 7-based slate PCs "over the course of the next several months."
And those devices, Ballmer said, will be designed with both consumers and enterprise users in mind. Ballmer, who spoke Monday at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C., said the software maker is working with a number of manufacturers to bring tablets to market.
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| Made in USA: 10 Great Products Still Made Here |
 Are any good products still made in America? Conventional wisdom says U.S. companies have shuttered their factories and moved manufacturing abroad for cheap labor. During the recession, 2 million manufacturing jobs vanished. Here's the story you don't hear: The United States is still the world's largest manufacturing economy, producing $1.6 trillion of goods each year, or 21 percent of global production. That's nearly as much as Japan (13 percent) and China (12 percent) combined. In addition to U.S.-based industrial giants such as Boeing, Intel and United Technologies, which build some products here, thousands of smaller companies are churning out best-in-class products around the country. In honor of the Fourth of July, we're celebrating 10 American companies that still make signature consumer products with American ingenuity - and leaving foreign-made competitors in the dust.
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| Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) Welcomes Three New Senior Leaders |
MBS welcomes three new executives: Paul White, Sr. Director, ERP Product Management; Adrian Johnston, General Manager, Dynamics Asia Time Zone; and Benoit de la Tour, Vice Presendent, Dynamics EMEA Time Zone.
Paul White, Senior Director, Microsoft Dynamics ERP Product Management In the Microsoft Dynamics ERP Product Marketing Group, Paul White has recently taken the role of Senior Director of ERP Product Management, responsible for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics SL and their go-to-market strategies. Coming from the UK subsidiary where he has been leading a very successful Dynamics business, Paul brings 20 years of experience to his new role where he and his team will develop the breakthrough strategies that will enable us to significantly grow our "ERP volume" business.
Adrian Johnston, General Manager, Dynamics Asia Time Zone Adrian Johnston has joined as General Manager, Dynamics Asia Time Zone which includes APAC, India, China and Japan. Adrian joined Microsoft two years ago as General Manager for Dynamics in the Asia Pacific region. Before coming to Microsoft, Adrian spent 11 years at Oracle Asia Pacific giving him a deep history and expertise in this region.
Benoit de la Tour, Vice President, Dynamics EMEA Time Zone Benoit de la Tour has been appointed as the Vice President, Dynamics EMEA Time Zone leader. Benoit brings over 25 years of experience as a sales and marketing professional in the IT industry. He has spent most of his career working with software vendors, selling BI, ERP and CRM solutions. Benoit joins from Infor where he held senior leadership roles including his most recent assignment as the Senior Vice President & General Manager EMEA. Both Adrian and Benoit will drive business results and long term growth across their respective regions for MBS.
Congratulations and welcome -- Paul, Adrian, and Benoit!
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| Roadmap - Webinar of the Month Series |
Mark Your Calendars for the following Webinars - you can register right from the link provided or call Lisa Miller at 312.506.3533. All webinars are free of charge and offer one (1) CPE credit.
Date: August 4th Time: 11:30 - 12:30 CDT CustomerSource
CustomerSource is one of the primary features of the Business Ready Enhancement Plan and hosts valuable resources for you, including training, self-support resources, product information, downloads and more.
View this tour of CustomerSource to learn how you can be more productive with your Microsoft Dynamics solution by accessing the benefits of your service plan. Access hundreds of FREE e-courses. You will find e-courses that help with reports, help topics for GP/CRM and much, much more. They range from the beginner to intermediate in expertise level. Attend our monthly webinar and we'll guide you through CustomerSource like a pro. To Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/741988307
Date: August 11th Time: 11:30 - 12:30 CDT Dashboards, Scorecards and KPI's in SharePoint
This webinar will provide insights into how to use Microsoft SharePoint to deliver key business performance metrics to executive management. The topics discussed will include: · What is a dashboard · How to measure business performance utilizing platforms like Microsoft Dynamics GP · How to identify and define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) specific to your operation · What is a "Balanced Scorecard" · How to leverage Microsoft SharePoint to display these metrics on your desktop
The session will include specific examples of "Best Practices" in building metrics as well as a demonstration of how to share this information with your business management. The intended audience is business managers and their information technology resources. To register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/742025418
Date: August 18th Time: 11:30 - 12:30 CDT BI360 from Solver
BI360 provides a complete reporting, budgeting and dashboard suite for Microsoft Dynamics GP customers.
Because the solution comes with out-of-the-box integrations to Dynamics, it takes only a fraction of the time to implement compared to other BI suites. With the reporting and budgeting modules based on Excel and the dashboard module based on Silverlight, users have a completely Microsoft-based solution that takes minimal effort to learn and to maintain.
Using BI360, management teams can now help their organizations maximize performance through world-class planning, analysis and control. To register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/742016391
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GP 2010 Top Ten Reasons to Upgrade |
Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to GP2010
10. Better insight: Dashboards and KPI's with Drill-Back 9. Get more out of Excel: Predictive Modeling and Analysis 8. Work with over 90 Built-In SRS Reports 7. Create Professional External Documents: Word Forms 6. Tailor Your List Pages: Navigation List Builder 5. Create mini-applications: Extender 4. Connect easier with People: Communicator Integration 3. Integrate Systems Better: Web Services 2. Leverage Other Technologies: 64 Bit, Workflow on WSF
1. Upgrades are Easy: Proven by beta customers going live (most successful upgrade ever!)
If you are interested in learning more, please give us a call: 312.506.3570
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Extend the Value of Your Microsoft Dynamics GP Deployment with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online |
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online provides fast online access, simple contact management and better sales performance for a low monthly cost. For Microsoft Dynamics GP customers, it gets even better! Eligible GP customers can get a 60% savings over the regular subscription rate.
GET MORE VALUE
Eligible Microsoft Dynamics GP customers can receive Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online at a subscription rate of only $19 per user, per month.
Where else could you get a complete sales, service and marketing suite within a native Microsoft Office Outlook experiences, supported with robust functionality like mobile access, offline data usage, powerful workflow, 5 GB of storage, a 99% financially-backed service level agreement (SLA) that can be integrated into your GP system? Contact Malissa Salzinger (e) msalzinger@lanactech.com (p) 312.506.3522 or Lisa Miller (e) lmiller@lanactech.com (p) 312.506.3533 for more information on this offer.
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| InterDyn LANAC Class Offerings |
Take a look and call today. We also have classes from our partner, Directions Training. Please visit the website for a comprehensive list of offerings including, but not limited to: SharePoint, SQL Server and Microsoft Office.
FRx1- The two-day Report Design Essentials - I course covers the basic report design skills you need to create, maintain and distribute presentation quality reports using Microsoft Business Solutions for Analytics - FRx.
FRxll - The two-day Report Design Essentials II course builds on the basic report design skills learned in Report Design Essentials I. Using Microsoft Business Solutions for Analytics-FRx.
Foundation - The Foundation course explores the basic elements of Microsoft Dynamics GP. Topics covered during this session include: system and company setup procedures, how to use key reports and inquiries, how to use SmartList to expand inquiry and analysis capabilities, business alerts, process server and tips for the user to personalize shortcuts and checklists to streamline business practices.
General Ledger - This course explores the accounting cycle and the processes required to enter financial data into the system. This course also shows you how to perform additional functions such as account reconciliation, budgeting, allocation, period-end and year-end closing procedures.
Payables Management - This course delves into the accounting cycle and the processes required to enter vendor invoices and process checks. This course also shows you how to perform additional functions such as adjustments, prepayments, month-end closing, and cash flow control.
Receivables Management - The one-day Microsoft Dynamics GP Receivables Management course explores the accounting cycle and the processes required to enter invoices and receive payments from customers. This course shows you how to perform additional functions such as credit memos, prepayments, small balance write off, print customer statements, enter and void scheduled payments, and month-end closing procedures.
Fixed Assets- The one-day Microsoft Dynamics GP Fixed Assets course delves into the accounting cycle and the processes required to enter, depreciate, and retire fixed assets. This course shows you how to perform additional functions such as changing asset information, mass changes, partial transfers, partial retirements, and retirement undo.
Inventory - This course shows you how to perform the reconciliation process, ensuring accuracy of your financial data and its relation to your financial institution. A thorough understanding of these topics allows you to reconcile your checkbooks with your bank statements, keeping information consistent and accurate.
Purchase Order Processing (POP) - The Microsoft Dynamics GP Purchase Order Processing course explores the details for the purchasing module from how to enter simple purchase orders with minimal to very detailed information based on your own business rules.
Sales Order Processing (SOP) - You will learn how Purchase Order transactions integrate with the Microsoft Dynamics GP Inventory Control, General Ledger, Payables Management, Sales Order Processing, and Fixed Assets modules.
Bank Rec. - The one-day Microsoft Dynamics GP Bank Reconciliation course explores the accounting cycle and the processes required to manage cash receipts, cash disbursements, and other transactions that affect checkbook balances. This course shows you how to perform the reconciliation process, ensuring accuracy of your financial data and its relation to your financial institution.
To Register for any of these Microsoft Dynamics GP classes please call Julie Storey at 312.506.3511 for more information.
We are also partnering with Directions Training and offer a list of some of their courses on our website. A sampling of offerings are SharePoint Services, SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange and Office Courses, among others. To see a list of classes please visit our website at http://www.lanactech.com/?id=7 and call Christine Page at 312.506.3522 to get you in touch with Directions Training.
Be sure to look at the InterDyn LANAC website frequently for current class schedules, upcoming events, seminars and webinars.
All seminars and webinars qualify for CPE Credit and most are free of charge. |
| Learning Plans for Microsoft Dynamics |
Help your employees focus on specific goals and access the training they need to gain in depth product knowledge and obtain certifications!
Learning plans are a great tool to help your employees get trained on Microsoft Dynamics and related products. Training on Microsoft Dynamics is available in many formats to fit your needs - E-Learning, self-study training materials and instructor-led training - and certification exams for Microsoft Dynamics are available to validate your expertise. The learning plans outline every training and certification option available so your employees can choose the training that's right for them. By becoming trained and certified in various disciplines, you and your employees can document your knowledge on Microsoft Dynamics products and unlock the full potential of your Microsoft Dynamics solution adding value and increased productivity to your business.
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| Join Microsoft Communities on Customer Source |
Learn from and collaborate with individuals who work in the same way you do. The business communities are a great way to meet and collaborate with others who work in finance, sales & marketing, or customer service roles.
Visit one of the following communities for access to technical newsgroups, Microsoft Dynamics product use forums, technical and non-technical product content, and connection with MVPs. These communities target users, implementers, developers, or those who support Microsoft Dynamics products.
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| Customer Source |
Customer Source is one of the primary features of the Business Ready Enhancement Plan and hosts valuable resources for you, including training, self-support resources, product information, downloads and more.
View this tour of CustomerSource to learn how you can be more productive with your Microsoft Dynamics solution by accessing the benefits of your service plan. Access hundreds of FREE e-courses . You will find e-courses that help with reports, help topics for GP/CRM and much, much more. They range from the beginner to intermediate in expertise level.
Sign up for one of our monthly webinars to acquaint yourself on how to navigate Customer Source. Call Lisa Miller at 312.506.3533 or Malissa Salzinger at 312.506.3520 for more information. |
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InterDyn LANAC Support Line: 312.506.3575
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