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The Importance of Practicing Incident Response
July 29, 2020
During times of stress, you can find kind people helping. Unfortunately, you can also find people trying to exploit vulnerabilities...
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The Importance of a Warranty on IT Equipment
July 29, 2020
Today many people who manage their company's IT infrastructure understand the importance of server warranties. To make it easier, most...
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2020 Blueprint: Succession Planning for the Construction Industry...
July 28, 2020
Business succession planning is a process of continuous preparation and risk management and is more applicable than ever, as 2020...
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Not-for-profit Leadership Transition Planning
July 28, 2020
Leadership transition planning for any organization is a challenge. For mission-driven organizations, these transitions can be even more daunting, as...
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Reasons Why ERP Projects Fail or Underperform
July 28, 2020
We've gone over before the nine signs that your ERP project is failing, but why do these ERP projects fail? Spectacular...
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Sikich’s 2020 M&D Report Featured in Accounting Today ...
July 27, 2020
Sikich's 2020 Manufacturing & Distribution Report was featured in Accounting Today, AiThority, Monitor Daily, MultiBriefs and Insurance Business America.This year's report...
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Overtime Rules in 2020
July 27, 2020
Effective January 2020, new overtime rules apply according to the Department of Labor. This will affect many employers, as millions...
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Acquisition of Heinold Banwart Featured In Accounting Today and M...
July 24, 2020
The acquisition of Heinold Banwart was featured in Accounting Today, CBS TV Peoria, the Chicago Business Journal and the Daily Herald.Sikich announced...
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What Buyers And Sellers Can Expect To Change In The Financial Due...
July 23, 2020
As both short-term and lasting impacts continue to unfold the further we move through the era of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Sikich’s 2020 M&D Report Featured in Multiple Publicat...
July 23, 2020
Sikich's 2020 Manufacturing & Distribution Report was featured in The Fabricator, Manufacturing Tomorrow, Manufacturing Best Practices and Supply Chain Best Practices.This...
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How an Essential Industry Can Carry on and Thrive
July 23, 2020
Our societies couldn’t continue without the structures construction companies create. These businesses always seem to achieve amazing results in spite...
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Sikich expands central Illinois presence with acquisition of Hein...
July 23, 2020
CHICAGO — July 23, 2020 — Sikich announced Thursday that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the...
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2020/2021 Dynamics GP Enhancement Renewal Promotion
July 22, 2020
Microsoft has released a great new Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central promotion starting in June 2020 for all...
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Manufacturers and distributors neglect key cybersecurity activiti...
July 22, 2020
CHICAGO — July 22, 2020 — Less than 40% of respondents in Sikich’s 2020 Manufacturing and Distribution Report said they perform...
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Microsoft Power Automate: How to Set Up Automatic Replies From Sh...
July 21, 2020
A common request from clients who utilize shared mailboxes for communication between their customers is to configure automated responses. Most...
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Is your Documentation up to Par?
July 21, 2020
Tips to ensure proper documentation of retirement plan committee meetings If your organization offers its employees retirement plan benefits, then you...
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Microsoft’s New GP 18.2 Enhancements
July 20, 2020
Microsoft has released their "What's new in Dynamics GP" for version 18.2. There are some really great enhancements in this...
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Azure Classic Deployment Issues
July 17, 2020
As a Tier 1 Cloud Service Provider, almost all of our work on Azure is done under the CSP program....
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Single Audit – Recent Developments from the Office of Managemen...
July 17, 2020
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently issued a memorandum repealing previously issued guidance on the extension of time...
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Sikich Investment Banking successfully completes refinancing for ...
July 16, 2020
CHICAGO — July 16, 2020 — C&L Tiling, Inc., a leading manufacturer of plastic pipe and tile drainage solutions for agricultural...
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About Salesforce Einstein Chatbots
July 16, 2020
A chatbot gets its name from chat robot, a computer program that simulates human conversation via text or text-to-speech. These...
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Accounting and Reporting: CARES Act Funds for Governmental Entiti...
July 10, 2020
In response to the novel Coronavirus, many governments had to incur unplanned costs as they dealt with the impacts of...
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SBA Releases Identities of PPP Loan Borrowers
July 8, 2020
On July 6, 2020, the SBA released identifying information of the borrowers who took out a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...
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6 Ways a Unified Commerce Solution Can Completely Transform Your ...
July 8, 2020
It's tempting to believe that a "unified commerce solution" is the latest buzzword in the retail industry. However, it's not. In...
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Managing Cash Flows During Times of Uncertainty
July 7, 2020
During times of uncertainty, understanding your not-for-profit organization’s cashflow becomes a valuable tool so you can better navigate your options, manage cash and direct management decisions. In this article, we explore how to take...
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Rally Kamenova and Andy Powell featured in Arlington Chamber of C...
July 7, 2020
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce featured Rally Kamenova and Andy Powell’s article, “Managing Cash Flows During Times of Uncertainty.” This...
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BioTech’s Leveraging FloQast Month-End Tool
July 7, 2020
In 2019, biotechnology companies raised 13.9 billion in VC-backed funding, and in the first quarter of 2020 alone, biotech companies...
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Amidst Construction Project Slow Down, Contractors Remain Optimis...
July 2, 2020
This month, I was fortunate enough to speak with a group of leading contractors during a virtual roundtable, in which...
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2020 Grain Marketing Outlook
July 1, 2020
Thank you to our guest writer, Scott Stoller, Grain Merchandiser, AgPerspective Inc. As I begin to write about the upcoming 2020...
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Building a CRO Business Management Platform in the Cloud
July 1, 2020
According to the Veeva 2017 Unified Clinical Operations Survey: Annual CRO Report, an industry trend to increased outsourcing also drives...
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