Category Archives: Self Sabotage

Permission Setting – Preventing Malice vs Accidents

Overview Permission setting in Dynamics 365 Business Central is a serious, but not serious topic. When a company coming from a legacy system or no system, they will always want to restrict everything. The older systems are easier to restrict because there’s not a lot of functions you need to worry about. A considerable amountRead more

Why you should build a healthy relationship with your data

Overview Having worked with Dynamics 365 Business Central (Dynamics NAV) for years, one of the biggest concerns I have when working with clients is receiving a really big Excel file with a message saying “my numbers don’t match! Please match it up for me!” While I always love a good challenge on solving complex problems,Read more

How to Avoid a Mutually Assured Destruction While Implementing a New ERP System

Overview While working with companies on ERP implementation (in our case, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central), what I tend to notice more often than not is that companies know what they want to get out of ERPs, but not how to do it. The result is that managers create their own chaos that makes peopleRead more

Ways You Are Sabotaging Your ERP Implementation. Going Parallel.

Overview A continuation of an article published last time. This is another one of the biggest causes of the owners/management causing the demise of their own ERP projects. Going Parallel Most proponents will state that going parallel is the safest way to ensure that if the new system doesn’t work, you can safely go backRead more

Ways You Are Sabotaging Your ERP Implementation. Setting Unrealistic Live Dates

Setting Unrealistic Live Dates Overview Typically in an implementation, there will be a lot of moving parts. A lot of things has to go right for a successful implementation. If any of the key tasks don’t go right, no matter how small the task is, will cause havoc or delays for a company trying toRead more