Energized Accounting

August 2008 - Posts

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  Encouraging Technology Users Stephen Covey has a wonderful story about teaching his son to take care of the lawn, which I won't spoil here except to say that it was a difficult process and he has to remind himself constantly that the goal was to raise children not grass. That... Read More... Published: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 07:04 AM Tags: change management

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  Less Numbers, More Story Harry is one of our unit managers. His normally calm, diplomatic voice takes on a sudden energy as he leans across the table and says, "People seem to think that any mission will do. That's just not true." Harry has a point. Missions have... Read More... Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 05:11 PM Tags: Microsoft Dynamics NAV, motivation, Navision, reporting, goals

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  We're All In This Together The first accounting system I had to supervise was an IBM product called MAPICS. I was an inexperienced newbie and knew nothing, so I joined a user group. Every couple of months we would meet at someone's office and someone would bring donuts. We... Read More... Published: Wednesday, August 06, 2008, 11:53 AM Tags: Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, CRM, Navision, Great Plains, user groups

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  Exploding Conventional Wisdom The accountant usually has a feel for what's really going on. My grandfather's accountant, Lloyd Smith, had a client in the construction business. While doing the financial statements, Lloyd realized that some of the projects were losing money... Read More... Published: Tuesday, August 05, 2008, 06:46 AM Tags: business intelligence

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  The Most Advanced Accounting Software on the Planet " Tally 9.0 has been dubbed the most advanced accounting software on the planet ." That claim is obviously more marketing spin than carefully researched fact, but it points to a trap that we so frequently fall into: comparing accounting software... Read More... Published: Friday, August 01, 2008, 06:51 AM Tags: Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, software selection, Navision, Great Plains