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Leadership Akron Selects Ken Klika for 35th Class
July 10, 2018
Ken Klika is one of 40 individuals selected for Leadership Akron's 35th Class. Klika joins a force of 40 leaders chosen...
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Vendor Management Techniques and Third-Party Risk Mitigation
July 10, 2018
A critical component of an organization’s security is monitoring and managing third-party vendors and associated devices. While not uncommon for...
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M&D Mini Series: IoT Adoption is Slow, but Awareness is Incr...
July 6, 2018
IoT spending will increase at a compound annual growth rate of at least 20 percent through 2020, with manufacturing accounting...
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Stop Security Threats Before They Start
July 5, 2018
Like it or not, every company deals with security threats on a regular basis. Some companies focus on remediation and...
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What Wisconsin Manufacturers Can Do About Personal Property Tax A...
July 3, 2018
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (WDOR) is once again issuing personal property tax assessments. The 2017 Act 59 passed by...
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Assessing Positive Risk Taking in Business
July 3, 2018
So I was reading an article the other day about positive risk. This grabbed my attention, because normally in Project...
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How Many Companies Are Really Using IoT Tech?
July 3, 2018
Jerry Murphy, Partner-in-Charge of Sikich’s Manufacturing and Distribution Services team, was interviewed by Smart Industry on IoT Technology. In this interview,...
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NetSuite OneWorld Advanced PDF/HTML Templates
July 2, 2018
NetSuite’s Advanced PDF/HTML Templates give NetSuite customers advanced capabilities for customizing printed and emailed transactions. NetSuite provides standard templates for...
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Virtues of an Accountant: Freedom Edition
July 2, 2018
As Independence Day approaches, we often think of the founding of our nation, and all those who sacrificed and paved...
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Minimizing Your Recovery Time Objective with StorageCraft HSR
June 28, 2018
Hardware will fail, and your operations will be interrupted at some point. Your organization needs to come up with an...
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Tax Considerations for Real Estate Investors Mini Series: Can I D...
June 28, 2018
Passive Loss Limitations and the Real Estate Professional Rules Many taxpayers own business real estate, whether directly or through ownership in...
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Update on Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program
June 28, 2018
What is the Secure Choice Savings Program? The Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program is a state-run retirement savings vehicle for...
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Seven Tips for Recruiting and Retaining Millennial Employees
June 28, 2018
As the largest generation in the U.S. workforce, millennials (those born between 1981-1996) represent more than one in three workers....
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Audit, Assess, Exam or Review – Whatever You Call It, Just Get ...
June 28, 2018
Employment in today’s fast-paced business environment can be challenging for business owners. Staying compliant with the ever-changing regulatory landscape while...
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How to Set SMS Alerts for Dynamics 365 Deployments
June 27, 2018
I get a lot of email. I don’t read it all, especially if its automated. Sometimes LCS deployment notifications fall...
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Dynamics GP Tips and Tricks Refresher Course
June 26, 2018
No matter which version of Dynamics GP that you use, there is a lot to keep track of. There are...
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Using Azure Function Apps to Manipulate Data in Dynamics 365
June 25, 2018
Quite often before Dynamics 365 can process our inbound message, we need to manipulate it. This might be changing the...
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Robb Zerfass joins Sikich’s Chicago office as tax partner
June 22, 2018
Zerfass has more than three decades of experience offering tax consulting services to the hospitality industry CHICAGO — June 22, 2018...
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Rethinking the Data Center with Microsoft Azure
June 22, 2018
The data center has one seemingly unavoidable issue: downtime. Data centers are full of resilient and redundant hardware, but it's...
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision on State Sales Taxes for eCommerce
June 22, 2018
The United States Supreme Court (USSC) handed down a decision today in a much anticipated case dealing with sales taxes...
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Recreating Date Based Alerts in Dynamics 365 With Flow
June 21, 2018
With the release of Dynamics 365 for Operations, one of the most often requested missing features was alerts. Flow is...
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Fixing Exchange Server Message Queue Error ‘451 4.4.0 DNS q...
June 20, 2018
In a recent Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 migration, I was doing all the standard testing for mailflow after placing...
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The Value of a True Cloud ERP Solution
June 18, 2018
Companies using a cloud-first strategy have learned that the real value of the cloud comes from being able to delegate...
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Internet of Things (IoT) – How will it affect your business?
June 15, 2018
The Internet of Things, or IoT, refers to billions of physical devices around the world that are now connected to...
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The Importance of Correct Time Settings
June 14, 2018
Time is a big deal. You have a routine where you wake up, you shower, you have your coffee, and...
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Worksite Investigations and I-9 Audits Expected to be a Record Hi...
June 13, 2018
The spotlight on worksite enforcement and employment authorization derives from the Trump administration's multipronged strategy to stifle unauthorized immigration. In...
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Knowledgeable Action on Your Part can Lower Your Property Tax Bil...
June 13, 2018
Many owners of farms, grain elevators and other agriculture service properties are understandably dismayed at the recent rise in assessments...
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2018 Agriculture Industry Outlook: Growth Remains Stagnant
June 13, 2018
In an age of excess, excess media, excess goods and the need to have excess in general, the agriculture industry...
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General Ledger Journal Import in Dynamics 365 With Logic Apps
June 13, 2018
A pretty common scenario in most implementations is the need to import data. In this example with Dynamics 365, we...
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Many manufacturers slow to adopt internet of things, Sikich repor...
June 12, 2018
Professional services firm’s fourth annual report reveals manufacturers and distributors’ business challenges and prioritiesCHICAGO — June 12, 2018 — The internet...
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