In my last blog we discussed what an ERP system can do for you, and the advantages of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP system. (if you didn’t read my last blog, biggest advantages are: affordability and capability). You probably have Quicken or other kind of  management tool that is handling certain pieces of your business, but that might not be integrated, meaning, your inventory is not automatically reflected in your financials, or is not connected to your customer tables. But you say, “Hey, but it’s cheap!, HA!”.  Well, sorry Charlie.  You know what they say, “Cheap…. Is not always better.”   Sometimes it ends up costing more. Why?  Because, you as the CEO, CFO,  Store Manager, Sales Manager,  can’t see the big picture in one place.  In order for you to know what products you have in connection to your sales territory or target markets, you have to pull information from two …

I want to dedicate this blog to all you small and medium business owners, who perhaps are too busy managing your business to read IT technical information and get acquainted with the programming languages, and fancy IT terms that frankly do not get you the plain information that you need. Few years ago, only big corporations could afford an ERP system and only the people working on these Corporations knew what the meaning of ERP meant. Just as only big corporation could afford to have computers few decades ago, and now almost everyone owns a personal computer, it is important for everyone who owns a personal computer to know what an ERP is, and most of all, what it can do for you personally! By definition, and ERP system is an Enterprise Resource Program.  Some of the best ERP systems include, SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics AX…, of course my …

Developers are often thought of as super technical people who sit in front of the computer hours on end coding and drinking energy beverages. Does this make you a good developer. Well that depends on how you approach development. Of course there are the basics: knowing syntax, being able to use the syntax to construct logic for functionality etc. I feel there is more to development than the basics.  Being technically smart doesn’t make you a great developer, it makes you average and maybe good…not great. I would like to highlight some aspects that have improved my development skills over the year. 1.) Understanding the business!! Its crucial that you understand why you are coding a customization. What is the purpose of this modification, what are the business processes involved in coding this customization. Sure its not imperative that you know this or understand it but the development process becomes …