Hi all,
We're currently going through an ERP implementation where we're moving from Access Dimensions to Dynamics 365 FSCM. The first business release is purely finance related where we're lifting and shifting our transactions/day to day work from Access to D365.
Our current plan is to go-live at the end of April for the start of May which is also a bank holiday allowing us more time for cutover activities.
We have a query around best practice and approach for how to manage our data migration and cutover activities.
Our AP & AR month ends finish at the end of the month so say 30th April, however our GL and management accounts can't be finished and closed until around 15th May (which is also a Friday and falls over a weekend).
Our options are the following and hopefully you can point us in the right direction with pro's/con's.
- Close AP/AR on 30th April, migrate across to D365 over the bank holiday weekend and then draw a line in the sand that we no longer use Access Dimensions and we only move D365 moving forward.
- Close AP/AR on 30th April, again migrate across to D365 over the weekend. However from a training perspective and not being able to close the GL prior to migrating. We do the month end for April in Access Dimensions and then migrate the two weeks worth of GL transactions into our production environment to bring it in line with the additional financial data. AP/AR start in D365 from 1st May.
- Close GL on 15th May, cut across to D365 across that weekend which will have the month end close of April within the GL and then also any outstanding AP/AR transactions that have not been settled in Access Dimensions to be settled in D365.
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks, David.
