The estimate came together perfectly. The numbers worked. The customer approved the quote. And then, somewhere between that signed approval and the invoice, the margin quietly disappeared. If that pattern feels familiar, you're not alone. For commercial printers, packaging companies, and label manufacturers, the estimate is often the most controlled moment in the entire job lifecycle. Everything after it is where profitability gets decided, and where most print operations have the least visibility. Key Takeaways Print profitability most commonly erodes during the handoff from quote to production order, during scheduling, on the shop floor, and in post-job analysis.The root cause is disconnected systems that require manual re-entry or allow … [Read more...] about From Quote to Cash: Why Print Profitability Breaks Down After the Estimate
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
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
What 2029 Really Signals for Nonprofits on GP
For many nonprofits still running Microsoft Dynamics GP, 2029 feels comfortably far away. Microsoft has promised that mainstream support for GP will continue until Dec. 31, 2029, with security updates until 2031. That timeline has led many organizations to conclude: “We have time. We’ll deal with this later.” It’s true that you don’t have to move yet. But assuming you don’t have to prepare at all allows risk to quietly enter the picture. The real deadline for nonprofits isn’t when Microsoft turns off support for GP. It’s when you’ve waited so long that a previously manageable modernization turns into a forced, high-risk migration with an accelerated … [Read more...] about What 2029 Really Signals for Nonprofits on GP
How To Use Copilot in Outlook to Simplify Time Tracking
Time tracking is one of those things we all know is important but almost no one enjoys. It matters for billing accuracy and delivery transparency, but completing this task is rarely the highlight of anyone’s day.That’s why I decided to use Microsoft Copilot inside Outlook to make this process faster, more accurate, and far less mentally draining. I use AI to pull together, analyze, and summarize the information I already have so I can confidently complete my timesheets in mere minutes.I am sharing this personal workflow experiment in case it sparks ideas for how you might use Copilot in your own day-to-day work.Why Time Tracking Felt Needlessly HardMy Outlook calendar is the most honest record of where my time really goes. Here, I enter … [Read more...] about How To Use Copilot in Outlook to Simplify Time Tracking
Your Guide to Getting Started with AI at Work
Are you “AI-curious?”You’re not alone. We’re seeing a lot of customers who wonder about the capabilities of AI but aren’t quite ready to take that first step.Often, they simply don’t know where to start. Boyer can help with that. We’ve spent the last three years immersing ourselves in the world of AI. We’ve learned a lot and have come up with some first steps and best practices based on what worked (or didn’t) in our own AI journey.Here are three easy ways to get started with AI:Let’s dig a little deeper into each of these starting points to see what fits best with your company’s AI goals.Start using Copilot on your ownYou’ve got to get started somewhere with AI, and this is a simple first step anyone can do, even on your own. The more … [Read more...] about Your Guide to Getting Started with AI at Work
