You quoted the job confidently. You won the contract. Now, six weeks into production, your costs have drifted and you're not entirely sure where. If you're running an engineer-to-order (ETO) or make-to-order (MTO) manufacturing operation, this scenario isn't a failure of execution. It's often a failure of systems.Job costing in custom manufacturing is fundamentally different from standard production environments. Every job is a moving target: unique specs, custom engineering, shifting scope, and labor and materials that need to be captured in real time across multiple phases. When your ERP or accounting tools weren't designed for this complexity, the cracks show up in your margins.Here's a look at the eight places job costing most commonly … [Read more...] about 8 Reasons Job Costing Fails in Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing
Microsoft 365 License Pricing Updates: What’s New for July 2026
If your Microsoft 365 license renewal lands anywhere in the second half of 2026, you have a decision to make before July 1st.In December 2025, Microsoft announced commercial pricing updates to their licenses that are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2026 across most Microsoft 365 SKUs. The good news: if you're an existing customer, you stay at your current pricing until your next renewal. The catch: that means the timing of your renewal could carry real budget consequences if you don't plan accordingly.Now before we go any further, it's important to call out 2 things: Ok, if you're still reading, then let's get to what you NEED to know.The headline list-price changes, per user per month (USD) are as follows:A few SKUs are deliberately not … [Read more...] about Microsoft 365 License Pricing Updates: What’s New for July 2026
Meet Jennifer Bonenfant: Business Central Expert & ERP Lead
A CPA turned Business Central expert is the new ERP Practice Lead for Boyer & Associates. Jennifer Bonenfant brings more than 30 years of finance and ERP experience, combining deep accounting knowledge, delivery leadership and real-world customer perspective.Bonenfant began her career as an auditor and controller in the 1990s. At each new role, her employers asked her to support internal ERP implementations. In 1999, she helped modernize the operations of the University of Virginia Fund and Alumni Association, advocating for the selection of Navision (now Dynamics NAV).“I was an early adopter. … I saw the product grow, and we used every corner of it. It was great,” Bonenfant said. She was a key part of the … [Read more...] about Meet Jennifer Bonenfant: Business Central Expert & ERP Lead
Building a Resilient Supply Chain with AI and Dynamics 365 F&SCM
The supply chains that struggled over the past several years had one thing in common: they were built for predictability. Then came global disruptions, demand volatility, and raw material shortages that tested every assumption about how operations worked.The businesses that navigated those challenges most successfully had moved beyond simply tracking their supply chains to actively anticipating what would happen next. That's the promise of AI embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (F&SCM): not just better reporting, but genuine foresight.What “Reactive” Really Costs YouMost supply chain pain doesn't come from a single catastrophic failure. It accumulates through smaller reactive decisions: a … [Read more...] about Building a Resilient Supply Chain with AI and Dynamics 365 F&SCM
Microsoft’s Modular Design: Built for AI
Most technology decisions look the same on day one. The real difference shows up years later, after the organization has grown, the requirements have shifted, and the platform either bends with the business or breaks under it.That difference almost always comes down to design. Microsoft’s modular platform for AI changes how organizations scale, integrate systems, and apply Copilot across the business.A planned city, not a strip mallThere are two common ways organizations build their technology environment. It’s sort of like two ways to build a downtown.The first is like a strip mall with a row of separate storefronts. Each one has its own parking, its own utilities, its own security, its own everything. They sit next to each … [Read more...] about Microsoft’s Modular Design: Built for AI
Meet the Dynamics 365 Finance Account Reconciliation Agent
Your ERP system knows everything about your business, every invoice, every payment, every transaction. So why does your finance team still spend the final days of every period manually hunting down the gaps between what the subledgers say and what the general ledger shows? That disconnect has a fix (hint: it’s an AI tool), and it's already built into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance.What is the account reconciliation agent?Available starting with Dynamics 365 Finance version 10.0.44, the Account Reconciliation Agent is an AI-powered agent that automates subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliation across four key financial areas: accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank, and tax. Rather than waiting until period-end to run static reports, … [Read more...] about Meet the Dynamics 365 Finance Account Reconciliation Agent
Architecting for Impact: Why your nonprofit data foundation matters
Most nonprofits don’t choose complexity. It builds up over time. A fundraising tool here. A grant solution there. Something else for volunteers or events. Each one made sense at the time, under tight timelines, limited budget, and real pressure to keep mission-critical work moving.Then a few years pass, ownership and staff shift, and suddenly you're reconciling spreadsheets to answer basic questions about your own donors. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. We see it every day. The good news? It's a solvable issue. And it doesn't require ripping everything out at once.This isn't a conversation about feature functionality or finding the “perfect” system. Tech moves too fast for that. What works best this month … [Read more...] about Architecting for Impact: Why your nonprofit data foundation matters
Beyond Hosting: What you gain by moving from Dynamics GP to Business Central
As organizations think about the future of Dynamics GP, many hear reassuring messages: You can keep hosting it. You can patch it longer. You can extend support through partners.While these approaches can extend the life of a familiar system, they often focus on what is preserved from the old rather than what could be gained from the new.A move from GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central represents a different mindset. It’s not just a new deployment model. It’s a shift to a continuously evolving platform that delivers capabilities legacy systems were never designed to support. Hosted GP is optimized for stability, but Business Central is optimized for change.Below are some of the most meaningful gains organizations experience when … [Read more...] about Beyond Hosting: What you gain by moving from Dynamics GP to Business Central
Why Legacy Agribusiness ERP Software Is Quietly Killing Your Growth
We sat down with Levridge and our Dynamics FSCM Agriculture team recently to discuss this issue in detail. While your legacy agricultural ERP software is doing what it has always done – grinding away at the day-to-day tasks — for many people, the work feels harder than it should. The answer is hiding in plain sight: the software that got you here might be the very thing preventing you from getting where you want to go. Disconnected systems, siloed data, manual workarounds, and aging on-premises infrastructure are compounding costs and complexity that don’t always show up clearly until you start adding them up.Want to hear the conversation? Watch the recording of our discussion with Levridge: … [Read more...] about Why Legacy Agribusiness ERP Software Is Quietly Killing Your Growth
AI-Powered ERP Revolution
How Autonomous Systems Transform Finance and Supply Chain ManagementEven when you aren’t working, your ERP system is putting in the overtime orchestrating a complex financial reconciliation, automatically adjusting inventory levels based on real-time demand signals, and even negotiating optimal payment terms with suppliers. Sound like science fiction? Welcome to the reality of autonomous ERP powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (F&SCM).The days of treating your ERP as a glorified digital filing cabinet are over. Today's AI-powered autonomous systems don't just store your business data—they actively work to optimize your operations, predict challenges before they impact your bottom line, and execute … [Read more...] about AI-Powered ERP Revolution
