Mark Polino's Blog, page 358
May 18, 2011
ERP Software vs. Business Discipline: Which Provides the Real Benefit? | 360° ERP Blog
All I'm going to say is "Preach it brother!"
"First, recognize that ERP software is no substitute for well-defined and disciplined business processes."
ERP Software vs. Business Discipline: Which Provides the Real Benefit?
First Rule of Blogging
Provide a way for people to contact you beyond comments or a contact page.
The backstory:
I was impressed enough with someone's recent blog post that I wanted to send them a free copy of the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: Lite Edition.
So I visited their website to get their email address and surprise them with a book. No email address.
I drilled down into their profile, surely it's there. No email address. I saw that their blog had moved and visited the newest site. No email address.
Their Twitter account is a shared/company Twitter account so I hate to Direct Message it. Who knows who will get the message.
I've run into that a couple of times lately where I want to drop a blogger a private message and there is no way to contact them short of commenting on the blog and sometimes even that's not available.
At DynamicAccounting.net I've got my email address, Instant Messenger address and my personal cell phone number on the main page. In six years I've gotten exactly one phone call that crossed the line.
I'm the only one who posts to both of my Twitter accounts, feel free to DM me. I'm easy to find and connect with on Linked In and Facebook too.
It's sad that someone just missed out on a free book. It's a good book too.
Kuntz Consulting is back with a bug
Kuntz Consulting ran into some GP R2 Report Writer issues recently and they cover it in I'm back with a bug!
Get Wanda's Wicked Workshop Free and a Chance to Win a Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: Lite Edition
I've teamed up with FastPath to give away free PDF copies of my Wanda's Wicked Workshop short story. Wanda's Wicked Workshop is a fun tale of using Dynamics GP to really get a handle on your business.At the very end of Wanda's Wicked Workshop is a clue to win a free copy of the just released Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: Lite Edition
All you have to do is:
Go to www.gofastpath.com. At the bottom under 05.16.11 is a secret code. Grab the code. Stop and look hard at Config AD and Audit Trail while you're there. You know that you want them in your environment. When you're done, go to the Wanda's Wicked Workshop page and click Add to Cart. Enter the secret code and update the cart to get your free copy.Read the story and at the very end is a question based on something in the story. Be the first to send me the answer to the question and you will win a free copy of the Lite Cookbook. No one has answered the question yet so you've still got a chance.
Thanks again to FastPath for helping with this.
May 17, 2011
Project on the Rocks: Ain't No Big Surprise « The Death of Reason
Dwight Specht is back posting on projects and risk management with a look at Project on the Rocks: Ain't No Big Surprise
Interesting Findings & Knowledge Sharing » Table Structure Definitions – Fiscal Period Setup
Over at Interesting Findings and Knowledge Sharing they've got a nice look at Table Structure Definitions for Fiscal Period Setup.
Management Reporter Report Queue Status window stays stuck at Queued
iSolutions looks at a problem where the Management Reporter Report Queue Status window stays stuck at Queued. We've encountered this same issue and it can be pretty frustrating. It's scheduled to be fixed in SP 2.
More 100 Most Influential
David Musgrave takes a look at the Microsoft Dynamics Top 100 Most Influential People for 2011 list. For some inexplicable reason David didn't make this year's cut but frankly David doesn't need to be on a list to be influential.
Mariano Gomez weighs in with his thoughts as well.
