Lisa Dodson
148 Articles Published
GLSense: Integrated Financial Reporting for Excel Users
While Excel remains an essential tool for finance teams creating accurate financial statements, its widespread use introduces significant risks including human error and data loss due to inadequate governance and desktop-based limitations. Download our comprehensive report to enhance your team's skills and unlock advanced capabilities for more secure and efficient financial operations.
DHL Freight
DHL Freight successfully transitioned from Oracle's unsupported Discoverer tool to Orbit Analytics for real-time reporting, migrating over 75 reports and achieving immediate ROI while avoiding significant unnecessary costs.
Achieving Data Consistency and Accuracy: Advanced Data Pipeline Techniques with Orbit Analytics
Orbit Analytics addresses the challenges of data consistency and accuracy in enterprises by providing automated data pipeline solutions that enhance reporting workflows, resulting in 30% fewer errors and 60% faster processing.
How to Select the Right ERP for You
Discover what to consider when choosing an enterprise resource planning system for your organization.
Demystifying AI
This powerful Large Language Model (LLM) set the record for the fastest-growing user base in history by soaring to more than 100 million active monthly users in only two months.
Essential Financial KPIs
Take charge of your company's success with the perfect mix of financial metrics. Get started with a simple guide to core KPIs.
Unit4 Cloud Migration Growth Shows Strong Demand for SaaS ERP
Unit4 expands its services offering to support high demand for Cloud migrations.
Implications of Tariffs on the Supply Chain
Uncertainty surrounding tariffs and trade policies is making it difficult for businesses to plan and manage their supply chains effectively. Businesses can adapt by diversifying suppliers, rerouting their supply chains, and adopting technology to help them mitigate the impact of tariffs.
Eagle Creek Optimizes Financial Reporting and Operations with NetSuite
With NetSuite, Eagle Creek has a flexible system that delivers real-time data, accurate financial reporting, and more seamless operations. In addition, visibility into inventory helps the business have better relationships with its customers
NetSuite Global Financials Demo
NetSuite enables companies to manage multiple subsidiaries, business units and legal entities, domestic or internationally, from a single solution. NetSuite software with built-in AI provides real-time financial and operational visibility and control at the local, regional, and headquarters levels.
NetSuite Analytics and Reporting
AI-powered business intelligence tools help you get the data and insights needed to run your business and make better decisions.
NetSuite Accounting
With NetSuite AI-powered cloud accounting software transform your general ledger, optimize and automate AR and AP processes, streamline tax management and get a complete view of cash flow and financial performance.
NetSuite ERP
NetSuite ERP is an integrated business management system with embedded AI that delivers powerful accounting, financial management, supply chain, customer experience, project management capabilities and more that helps organizations operate more effectively by automating core processes and providing real-time visibility into operational and financial performance.
data and analytics
5 Misconceptions About a Cloud Data Warehouse and its Role in Analytics
The article debunks five misconceptions about cloud data warehouses, highlighting their ability to centralize data for real-time access, enhance analytics through better performance and security, and offer significant ROI for organizations of all sizes.
AI Leader Cohere Talks Finance and NetSuite
Join Evan Goldberg, Founder and Executive Vice President of NetSuite, and Laura Moss, Vice President of Finance at Cohere, as they discuss AI in finance, including innovative use cases, how finance teams should be thinking about AI today, and the next big area of opportunity.
Orbit GLSense Quick Take – Balance Configurator
Today's Orbit GL Sense, quick take is all about using the balanceconfigurator orbit. GL Sense uses a balance configurator function in order to pull balances from your general ledger into Excel.
Four Key Lessons from the Pandemic for Today’s Supply Chain Challenges
The pandemic revealed critical vulnerabilities in global supply chains, underscoring the necessity for manufacturers and distributors to diversify suppliers, enhance visibility, strengthen relationships, and invest in technology to build resilience and adaptability for future disruptions.
Navigating the 25% Tariff: How Auto Parts Manufacturers Can Stay Resilient and Competitive with SYSPRO ERP
The upcoming implementation of a 25% tariff on imported automobiles and auto parts poses significant challenges for U.S. and Canadian manufacturers, but utilizing an ERP system like SYSPRO can help improve visibility, inventory management, quality control, and supplier collaboration to maintain profitability and competitiveness.
SYSPRO | Customer Success | RFK Racing
Kevin Kidd from RFK Racing discusses how SYSPRO Cloud ERP enhances their digital transformation, optimizing operations and driving smarter decisions to maintain a competitive edge in NASCAR.
A guide to Embedded Analytics in SYSPRO ERP
SYSPRO Embedded Analytics provides manufacturers and distributors with integrated business intelligence tools that enhance visibility, decision-making, real-time reporting, cross-functional data management, and performance tracking, leading to improved operational efficiency.
Boca Terry
Boca Terry LLC transitioned from outdated software to Acumatica Retail Edition, enhancing operational efficiency, visibility into business processes, and customer service while automating tasks and supporting their growth strategy.
IOC Construction
IOC Construction improved its financial management by deploying Acumatica Advanced Construction, consolidating its four divisions into a single entity, automating workflows, reducing errors, and enhancing visibility into project data, ultimately enabling scalability and better customer service.
Polywood Success Story
New private investors helped recycled plastic furniture maker POLYWOOD pump more than $100 million into new facilities in the past seven years, which doubled its furniture and recycle plastic plant capacities. When the pandemic hit, a 10-fold increase in transactions illuminated the many flaws of its back-office legacy systems. POLYWOOD deployed Acumatica Enterprise Manufacturing Edition, gaining real-time data visibility and operational efficiencies that allowed the company to scale effortlessly.
Multicompany Financials
Streamline financial management across multiple entities in different countries while improving decision-making. Acumatica Global Financials optimizes global operations by maintaining multi-national entities on a modern cloud platform. Take Acumatica’s sophisticated multi-currency translation, revaluation, and advanced financial management capabilities to the next level with automated multi-national transactions and robust reporting.
AI That Works for You
Acumatica's AI-powered cloud ERP integrates intelligent capabilities into its platform to enhance efficiency, automation, and decision-making. It offers industry-specific AI solutions that provide practical value, including real-time data extraction, anomaly detection, and predictive forecasting. The AI features are designed to be intuitive and seamlessly integrate into existing workflows, empowering businesses to leverage AI without added complexity.
Acumatica General Business Overview
Acumatica's Cloud ERP solution helps small and mid-market businesses streamline operations, improve productivity, and enhance decision-making. Key features include comprehensive financial management, integrated CRM, project accounting, and real-time reporting and business intelligence. The cloud-based platform offers scalability, cost savings, and automation of routine tasks, enabling businesses to grow without additional infrastructure. Customer testimonials highlight significant improvements in cash flow, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.
Hedstrom Fitness
"When it was spun out of Hedstrom Plastics, Hedstrom Fitness, the sole distributor of BOSU kettlebell weights, balance pods, and other gear, continued to operate on Macola through its transition. But the antiquated, legacy software didn’t provide what the new company needed. Hedstrom Fitness deployed Acumatica Distribution, streamlining processes, improving inventory accuracy, and gaining insights that are helping the company thrive. KEY RESULTS • Gained a single, easy-to-use business platform with data in one system • Improved inventory management • Reduced number of accounting support people from 6 to 2 • Streamlined and reduced time to complete inventory • Improved visibility with automated accurate reporting from customizable dashboards • Brought shipping in-house, speeding order fulfillment while decreasing times out of stock • Reduced time to look up and verify orders by more than 66 percent (5 minutes to 2 or less) • Decreased fulfillment time from 4 days to same day shipping, improving customer experience • Reduced printing and paper costs"
Calculating ERP Software ROI
Explore how businesses can achieve significant ROI by implementing a modern cloud ERP platform. Discover the importance of transitioning from entry-level accounting systems or legacy ERP platforms to modern solutions. Understand critical components to calculating the total cost of ownership (TCO) as well as the importance of setting goals, capturing benchmarks, and evaluating results. Learn from real-world examples and testimonials from over 60 small and midsized companies across various industries, showcasing the tangible and intangible benefits of ERP systems.
Assessing ERP Software TCO
A comprehensive guide for small and midsized businesses on calculating the total cost of ownership (TCO) for ERP systems. It highlights the challenges of determining TCO due to varied pricing models, infrastructure requirements, and implementation costs. Traditional ERP systems are licensed perpetually, while modern cloud ERP applications are hosted online and licensed annually, offering lower TCO by eliminating costly infrastructure and system administration. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding software pricing, implementation costs, infrastructure costs, and internal expenses. It also discusses industry-specific considerations and provides cost comparisons between perpetual on-premises and cloud SaaS deployments.
Digital Transformation and the CFO Journey
Digital transformation is crucial for organizations in today's cloud computing environment. CFOs and strategic executives leverage digital technologies to drive financial performance, enhance operational efficiency, and gain a competitive edge. This whitepaper outlines the importance of digital transformation, key areas where digital technologies deliver benefits, and guidance on a successful implementation.