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Jerry Murphy Featured in BizTimes Milwaukee
October 2, 2019
Jerry Murphy was quoted in a BizTimes Milwaukee article about how manufacturers are preparing for a potential recession. Jerry CPA, CMA,...
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Using OpenAir With Resource Management
October 1, 2019
OpenAir is a Professional Services Automation Solution that is owned by NetSuite. It provides resource management, project management, project accounting,...
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Christopher Hartley Featured in Crain’s Cleveland Business ...
September 30, 2019
Christopher Hartley was interviewed in Crain's Cleveland Business during a "source lunch." Chris spoke in this interview about privacy laws. You can...
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Sikich grows Salesforce consulting services with acquisition
September 30, 2019
CHICAGO — Oct. 1, 2019 — Professional services firm Sikich announced Tuesday that it has acquired Salesforce gold consulting partner...
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How to Find Which Switch Port a Device Is Plugged Into Based on I...
September 27, 2019
It may be necessary to find which switch port a device is plugged into by using its IP address. There...
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Leveraging SQL Views for Dynamics GP Reporting
September 26, 2019
Some report requests are too complex for Dynamics GP Report Writer or SmartList Builder. In the case of SmartList Builder,...
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How to Prepare for a Program Review
September 26, 2019
An overview of program reviews, what it means for your institution and you can prep should you be selected Few things...
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Ray Lampner Featured in Rubber & Plastics News
September 25, 2019
Ray Lampner co-wrote an article that appeared in Rubber & Plastics News. The article, "Amid rollup trend, always be prepared...
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Ryan Spohn Featured in CFO Dive
September 25, 2019
Ryan Spohn was quoted in a CFO Dive article about Sikich's intelligent automation services. Ryan is the Chief Financial Officer for the...
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Tax Planning & Business Succession
September 25, 2019
How to tax plan for business succession We attended the Forbes Ag Summit in Indianapolis in September, and while Steve Forbes...
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Getting to Know Salesforce Manufacturing Cloud – Sales Agreemen...
September 25, 2019
The upcoming Salesforce Winter ‘20 release has a ton of great new features, including the all-new Manufacturing Cloud industry offering....
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Addressing the Back-Office Challenge
September 24, 2019
I think the major shift is that the developers are recognizing that every feature and function, every additional dollar invested...
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Title IV Compliance: Policies & Procedures
September 23, 2019
Are your policies & procedures in compliance with Title IV? In the ever-changing would of Title IV compliance, it’s hard to...
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Mobile Device Safety
September 23, 2019
These days people tend to rely on their mobile devices more than ever, and while everyone believes they need to...
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Manufacturers: Prepare a Successful Implementation of Microsoft D...
September 20, 2019
Manufactures: Prepare for a Successful implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365In today’s manufacturing industry, companies are facing unprecedented challenges in meeting...
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Internal IT Threats and How Managed Services Comes to Mind
September 20, 2019
It is no secret that the world of technology today is always under threat for breaches, data exposure, or hacking....
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Sikich Title IV Common Findings Corner – October 2019 Edition
September 19, 2019
Common Findings During Title IV Audits 1. Enrollment Reporting Is your school timely notifying the Department of Education (DOE) of changes in...
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About Salesforce Einstein
September 19, 2019
AI is a way to model our data and process it in a way that a human would. This could...
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Achieving Long-Term Tax Savings with Asset Location Management
September 18, 2019
A properly structured investment plan offers consideration to the ongoing taxation of wealth during the accumulation phase. As the saying goes,...
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The Digital Feedback Loop
September 18, 2019
It goes back to a time in the early 2010s when the publishers of the Microsoft business apps started to...
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Ryan Spohn, CFO, Featured In Accounting Today
September 18, 2019
Ryan Spohn was featured in Accounting Today, in which he spoke to Sikich's capabilities as a professional services firm with a...
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Office 365: Simple Setting Changes to Increase Security
September 17, 2019
Recently, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) published a report on their security observations on Office 365. In it,...
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The Back-Office Challenge
September 13, 2019
If you Google the definition of the High-Tech industry, it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that the definition is as...
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Top Reasons Manufacturers Are Leveraging Salesforce to Stay Compe...
September 12, 2019
Meeting customer service requirements was the greatest concern among manufacturing executives according to the 2019 Sikich Annual Manufacturing and Distribution Report....
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Life science company succeeds with NetSuite and Sikich – A ...
September 11, 2019
An industry-focused, strategic NetSuite deployment that put a growing company on the right track A life sciences company backed by Third...
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GASB Statement No. 84, Fiduciary Activities: The Impact on Deferr...
September 11, 2019
To reduce reporting inconsistencies, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) announced a new standard affecting governments and their reporting standards. In...
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Power Up Your Business
September 11, 2019
Electronics by their very name imply that they probably have something to do with electricity. As we load more and...
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Solution Architect Notables With Dynamics 365 CRM/CE
September 10, 2019
In the past month I’ve had 3 requests to send emails on a daily/weekly basis. With On-Premise Dynamics, this was...
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How to Activate Windows Server 2019 Using the slmgr.vbs Command L...
September 9, 2019
Microsoft released their newest version of their server operating system almost one year ago on October 2, 2019. I have...
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M&D Report Featured in Forbes
September 6, 2019
Sikich's 2019 M&D Report was featured in a Forbes article by contributing author, Louis Columbus, Dassault Systemes principal. Read the full...
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