Perpetual Acumatica Learner

Farewell – Stay PAL

This is my last post on this blog before I start my new Acumatica Reports blog (click here).

The new blog launches next Thursday at 4:00pm Eastern over at AcumaticaReports.com.

In this post I’d like to give a quick recap on this blog and my experience getting acquainted with Acumatica.

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#Acumatica: One Thing, Just One Thing

Only 1 more post left until I start my new Acumatica Reports blog! (click here)

One of the famous lines from the movie City Slickers is when Curly talks about the secret of life being to stick to one thing.

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#Acumatica Purchase Order Module

Only 2 more posts left until I start my new Acumatica Reports blog! (click here)

In this post I’d like to mention a few things about the Purchase Order module in Acumatica.

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#Acumatica vs Dynamics GP and the Frankenstein Effect

Only 3 more posts left until I start my new Acumatica Reports blog (click here)!

In this post I’d like to make a comparison between Dynamics GP and Frankenstein.

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#Acumatica Demo Environment: Try Before You Buy

Are you considering Acumatica for your next ERP system? You can try out a fully functional Acumatica demo environment by going to: TryAcumatica.com

You don’t even need to fill out any kind of “please contact me” form or provide any information. The link above takes you directly to an Acumatica ERP login page.

Just use the following credentials to login:

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#Acumatica: What Really Matters – Cloud ERP or Deployment Options?

There is a big movement in the ERP market these days involving Cloud ERP vs On-Premise ERP and every analyst out there is predicting big things for Cloud ERP.It seems like there are new Cloud ERP vendors popping up every day. Even the traditional ERP vendors are building Cloud products. Of course, the traditional vendors are pretending that they are moving their existing product into the Cloud,…

My New #Acumatica Reports Blog

Things are beginning to take shape with my new Acumatica Reporting business. I have begun work on a new website and already picked up a customer in need of some Acumatica reports. There is a lot of opportunity here and I’m very excited.

The new website and blog will be located at AcumaticaReports.com

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My #Acumatica Wardrobe Change: From “Acumatica Hobby” to “Acumatica Reporting Business”

Acumatica Hobby

Up until today, this was my approach towards Acumatica:

Last week was the 1.5 year anniversary for this blog and my personal Acumatica learning journey (click here). That milestone, coupled with a rejuvenating two week vacation, caused me to consider where I would like to go next.

Up until now I have considered Acumatica to be a hobby. But, while on vacation, I decided to take…

Back From Vacation and 1.5 Year Blog Anniversary

I had a great time on vacation in Southern California the past two weeks.

We visited my side of the family in San Diego, then we stayed in San Diego for a few more days for my brother-in-law’s wedding. The wedding was in Mission Beach so we rented a beach house right on the boardwalk and stayed with my wife’s siblings and their kids. We had 8 adults and 8 kids in the house and it was a blast. Her…

#Acumatica and Windows Terminal Server

The title of this post is actually a joke because Acumatica doesn’t utilize Windows Terminal Server.

But I was reminded of that fact recentlywhen someone at work was getting a windows error upon trying to login to our ERP software (Sage 500). The problem was that we use the remote application feature in windows terminal server so that when a person closes Sage 500, it doesn’t actually close…

Excel Reports: A Glimpse Into Future #Acumatica?

Currently, you can’t build Microsoft Excel reports in Acumatica. However, if Acumatica implements OData in the future, this will become a possibility.

In the meantime, I created a simple Excel report as an example of the powerful things that you can do with Excel. This report was built for Sage 500 and is being sold through The Report Store (click here), but it would look exactly the same for…

#Acumatica LIFO Inventory Valuation

This week I started the Distribution courses in Acumatica University and I’m having a great time! It’s nice to be out of the technical courses and back into learning more about the application functionality.

The first course up in Distribution is called D100 Inventory Management: Basic and it walks you through the Inventory module.

I’m still making my way through, but I couldn’t help notice that…

My #Acumatica #ERP Learning Road Trip – Highways and Byways

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost a year-and-a-half since I starting learning Acumatica (click here)! It’s time to assess where I’ve been and where I’m headed (as far as I know) on this journey.

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#Acumatica Customization Engine and #Acumatica Web Services

Last night (technically early this morning) I finished the S400 Introduction to Acumatica Technology course. This course mainly focused on two things: the Customization Engine and Web Services.

It feels a lot like climbing into the cockpit of an airplane. There are lots of options to choose from.

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#Acumatica Excel Reporting–Two Options–BizNet BizInsight vs. Solver BI360 (part 2 of 2)

Last week (in part 1 of 2), I covered why I think BizNet BizInsight and Solver BI360 are important for Acumatica (click here).

I currently work for a company that uses Sage 500 ERP and we were looking for an Excel-based reporting solution (BizNet BizInsight and Solver BI360 have the same functionality for Acumatica that they have for Sage 500 ERP). A colleague and I sat through demonstrations of…