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The Nonprofit Challenge: Retaining Donors by Answering 4 Key Questions

Mar 8, 2018

As a Nonprofit financial solution provider, we understand the unique challenges faced by nonprofit organizations, and they go well beyond accounting. The most challenging? Keeping a reliable, recurring stream of donors. In recent years, nonprofits have shifted from operational-driven strategies to impact-driven strategies. Donors have made themselves clear: They’re in it to make a difference. […]

Scaling up: 6 signs it’s time to ditch QuickBooks

Jan 29, 2018

Reporting times, process automation, user count – Oh my! Is your accounting team ranting about QuickBooks as it struggles to handle more complex business processes? A year ago accounting couldn’t have been happier with the system. But if your company has grown, it’s possible that QuickBooks has become a bottleneck to your processes and is now holding […]

Concrete and data: Laying the foundation for success

Jan 25, 2018

You wouldn’t think concrete and data have much in common. However, just like houses are built on concrete foundations, effective business decisions are built on the best data available. And just like you need the right mix of concrete for a given project, you need the right tools to turn data into meaningful business intelligence. […]

Social selling – How to engage customers beyond email and phone using LinkedIn

Jan 24, 2018

Are frustrated faces taking over your sales teams as prospecting fails to pay off? The conversion rate of cold calls is less than 1%, according to Keller Research Center. And honestly, let’s face it, even that number seems optimistic. As technology advances and social media plays a larger role in our lives, cold calls and cold […]

Dynamics GP User Tip: Changing Item Currency Decimal Places in Dynamics GP

Dec 20, 2017

Tired of your inventory item currencies showing the wrong number of decimal places in Dynamics GP? Solve that headache once and for all with this quick Dynamics GP tip. 1. Go to Inventory 2. Scroll down to Utilities 3. Select Change Decimal Places 4. Select the checkbox Change Currency Decimal Places 5. IMPORTANT: Enter an […]

Dynamics GP User Tip: Fixing format issue in SmartList Designer Excel exports

Dec 6, 2017

Have you ever come across column formatting issues after you’ve exported a SmartList to Excel? Sean Hunter, Turnkey’s Dynamics GP reporting specialist, probably knows why: In a recent customer request, we created a custom SmartList using Microsoft’s SmartList Designer in Dynamics GP (version 2013 R2 +). The design of the report was best completed by creating […]

Microsoft Dynamics GP for Manufacturing Tip – How to add “Insert Row” and “Delete Row” to windows

Nov 17, 2017

The following Dynamics GP customizations are for any current users who have upgraded to Dynamics GP 2013 R2 or newer and have Manufacturing installed. As you know in certain windows such as Item Transaction Entry and Purchase Order Entry the only way to delete a line was to select Edit and Delete Row. In Dynamics […]

Dynamics GP User Tip: Automatic Purchase Order generator for stock replenishment

Nov 14, 2017

Generate purchase orders automatically in Microsoft Dynamics GP Automating redundant tasks in Dynamics GP is a great way to simplify your workload and free up time for important tasks. The below process is used to automatically create replenishment for items that have fallen below minimum amounts required for stock levels. The process also identifies any demand […]

Dynamics GP User Tip: Emailing Documents from within Dynamics GP

Nov 9, 2017

While working on Dynamics GP implementations and other projects with our customers, the consultants and developers at Turnkey Technologies regularly come up with tips and shortcuts that can help simplify your workload. In this tip, written by our Dynamics GP Reporting Specialist, Sean Hunter, you’ll learn how to email documents right from within Dynamics GP! If […]