Cloud 9 ERP Solutions Blog

In 2019, Microsoft revealed its plans to sunset its Dynamics GP suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Despite the fact that, in the years following the company’s initial announcement, Microsoft has pushed back its planned timetable several times, it is still clear that the provider is scaling back support for their antiquated ERP software as time goes on. In fact, Microsoft has already begun ending support for several versions of Dynamics GP and has committed to ending all support by 2028. 

In the first part of our series regarding resilience in distribution, we discussed how both wholesale distributors and retail commerce leaders alike could promote resiliency by upgrading their enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology. If you’re not caught up already, here’s a quick recap: Adopting Acumatica ERP software empowers businesses and enables them to leverage advanced sales strategies that promote business continuity. 

In late 2022, experts predicted a 96% likelihood of a U.S. recession over the next year. Fears surrounding that looming recession, as well as ongoing labor shortages and supply chain hurdles, have left retailers and wholesale distributors bracing for impact. 

Historically, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software has been difficult to implement, use, and maintain, especially within the first few months following its initial rollout. Fortunately, modern ERP software has remedied these shortcomings and set the stage for widespread user adoption. 

Without the contribution of IT decision-makers, a company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) deployment strategy will go over budget and fall well behind schedule. If you are an information technology leader within your organization, you might be feeling as though you are in the hot seat right nowadays.

Acumatica 2023 R1 features significant advancements in usability, intelligence and industry functionality designed to help companies grow in today’s challenging economic environment. 2023 R1 will be in beta on Feb. 2, with general availability planned for April.

Fixed-asset tracking is a critical function of a company’s accounting department. This process involves tracking and maintaining visibility of all of an organization’s physical assets, including:

Managing the various aspects of wholesale distribution operations without adequate visibility can easily become a logistical nightmare. Fortunately, your wholesale distribution company can streamline its operations and drive efficiency by implementing cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.

Microsoft Dynamics GP, the company’s on-premises enterprise resource planning solution, is rapidly approaching the end of its life cycle. Microsoft has already begun ending support for several versions of Dynamics GP and has committed to ending all support by 2028. That's why we discussed 5 reasons Dynamics GP users should switch to cloud ERP last week.

For years, businesses have leveraged Dynamics GP as their go-to enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. There was a time when this on-premises solution was the best option on the market. However, with support going away and the rise of cloud-based ERP solutions like Acumatica, this legacy solution is becoming obsolete.