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M&D Industry Pulse 2022 Volume 2 Featured in Industry Today ...
August 29, 2022
The 2022 Volume 2 M&D Industry Pulse results were featured in several media publications, highlighting the findings Sikich collected from...
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How to Connect CRM to Multiple SharePoint Sites
August 29, 2022
Have you ever had a client with more than one business unit that wants to connect to more than one...
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Impossible Conditions Can’t Stop a Customer-Driven Company Tran...
August 26, 2022
Sikich offers a repeatable, rapid way of driving digital transformations and helping customers achieve dramatic, fast growth even under the...
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Looking for a Cloud-Based Accounting Solution for Your Associatio...
August 25, 2022
Here are four key areas to consider during your search and evaluation of fund accounting software options. We’ll explore each...
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Considerations When Selling Your Business
August 24, 2022
Numerous factors can negatively impact your company’s valuation when it comes time to sell. However, with careful planning, it’s possible...
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Matthew Doherty Featured in Crain’s Cleveland Business
August 24, 2022
In the August 2022 edition of Crain's Cleveland Business' "Forum," Matthew Doherty appears in the article, "The Good Gun Fight." Matt...
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Preparing For a New ERP: Setting Expectations and Organizing Your...
August 24, 2022
In a previous Sikich blog post, I spoke at a high level about the importance of staffing your ERP project...
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How to Set up Direct Guest Join for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Andr...
August 23, 2022
Many businesses today are using virtual conference room systems. Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android is one of my favorite systems...
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Pass-through Entity Tax Election Changes in Your State
August 22, 2022
In recent months, several states have made changes to their laws concerning pass-through entity (PTE) taxes. These entities, by nature,...
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The Ideal ERP or CRM Implementation Strategy for Equipment Manufa...
August 22, 2022
After years of working with the same technology stack, your equipment manufacturing organization starts notice issues like difficulty in keeping...
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Manufacturers’ Optimism Declines Amid Rising Inflation and Cont...
August 22, 2022
CHICAGO — Aug. 22, 2022 — As material costs increase and supply chain challenges continue to delay production, manufacturers’ optimism has...
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Understanding Dynamics 365 BC Licensing: Integrating Business Sys...
August 19, 2022
Manufacturers and distributors using Dynamics 365 Business Central often want to leverage the power of IoT devices to generate billing,...
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Tax Legislation Heating Up in Congress
August 18, 2022
https://youtu.be/03muNkGgowI Tax Legislation Heating Up in Congress August 18, 2022 After a slow start to the year, legislative activity has been heating up...
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Local and State Economic Development Incentives for Real Estate a...
August 17, 2022
If your business project has attractive job and investment numbers in a desirable industry, local and state incentive programs may...
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Considerations and Pitfalls of Offering a Sign-on Bonus: Manufact...
August 17, 2022
It’s no secret that the manufacturing and distribution industry has been heavily impacted by the ongoing labor shortage. Business leaders...
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Why Your Logs (Probably) Won’t Help You During a Cyber Breach
August 17, 2022
Sikich's digital forensics and incident response team investigates a variety of different breach situations, including those involving ransomware events, ecommerce...
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SharePoint Permissions – Should I Use Edit or Contribute for Me...
August 16, 2022
Microsoft SharePoint has been around for decades, and its security permissions haven’t changed a lot over the years. Permissions can...
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Congress Approves Tax and Energy Bill
August 15, 2022
Update as of August 16, 2022: President Biden signed the bill The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376, previously the...
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Modern ERP or CRM Implementation Strategies for Distribution Comp...
August 15, 2022
6 Signs Your Distribution Organization Needs To Implement New ERP or CRM After years of working with the same technology stack,...
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How to Backup and Restore Environments in Dynamics 365
August 5, 2022
Securing your data and ensuring continuous availability of service in customer engagement apps (Dynamics 365 Sales, Dynamics 365 Customer Service,...
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Infographic: Technology Challenges With Prefab Construction
August 3, 2022
It’s a building process that goes by many names, including offsite construction, modular construction, construction-integrated manufacturing, panelization, volumetric systems, designed...
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City of Austin Grows an Equitable, Competitive Economy for Everyb...
August 2, 2022
Modernizing service and program delivery of the Economic Development Department with CRM in the cloud The Economic Development Department of the...
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5 Focus Areas for Navigating the Supply Chain – a roundtable re...
August 2, 2022
Supply chain, as we know, continues to face numerous challenges that first appeared during the onset of the pandemic, forcing...
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How to Use the Admin Portal in Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement
August 1, 2022
First thing first to using the Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement admin portal, log into your Microsoft account. Type https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com, and...
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What Your Organization Needs to Know About Form 990 – A Web...
July 29, 2022
At our recent not-for-profit webinar, we covered commonly asked questions about Form 990 with finance leaders and board members across...
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“Build Back Better” Gets a New Life and a New Name as Manchin...
July 28, 2022
Nearly a year ago, Congress embarked on a journey to push an infrastructure bill and a separate bill (“Build Back...
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Shuttered Venue Operators Grant: For-Profit Compliance Examinatio...
July 28, 2022
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) was provided to eligible for-profit entertainment businesses for COVID-19 relief. The federal grant –...
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How Coupa and NetSuite Help Life Sciences Companies Scale for Mas...
July 27, 2022
Coupa is the premier cloud platform to manage all your organization's transactions across procurement, payments, and supply chain. Life sciences companies...
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Curating a Connected, Compliant Data and Software Landscape for L...
July 25, 2022
In our industry survey, we found that life sciences companies want their ERP software to help them gain efficiencies and...
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Should My Portfolio be Worried About a Recession?
July 25, 2022
Are we headed into a recession? With negative returns in several asset classes and discussion of the Fed’s interest rate...
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