Users of the Microsoft SharePoint Solution might be worried about deteriorating performances. There are ways to up one’s performance on SharePoint. One of them is to integrate SharePoint with fellow Microsoft offerings such as the Dynamics CRM. The other way, is to follow a few tips given below which will most definitely show improvement as far as the performance of your organization on SharePoint is concerned. 1. The performance of SharePoint is directly linked to SQL Server. Though it is no secret that SharePoint settings as well as configurations do have an impact on its performance speeds, still it is SQL Server that happens to be the real engine behind SharePoint. The databases are where everything is stored and the faster the information is written, stored and accessed from it the faster does SharePoint become. 2. Disks and NTFS Allocation Size also matter. Even before you proceed to install the SQL Server, you need to ensure the right disks are in place. This can be taken care of by changing the NTFS Allocation Size of the Drives by formatting the disks. SQL reads and writes 64k at a time but the disk only allows 4k by default. This change alone shows 30 per cent improvement as far as speed is concerned. 3. Making modifications to the Model Database will help raise the performance of SharePoint. Each time a new content database has been created by SharePoint to store the web application with anything else, SQL uses the information in the Model Database to create it. The initial size of the database is a factor that demands serious thought. The default size is very small. One has to know that SharePoint usually stores a huge amount of data, thus making it very important that a huge amount of space be accrued to the database when it gets created. This helps boost performance, as SQL won’t constantly demand more space to store data. There will be a point where the database will need to grow and once the initial size has been reached, it is important that the size of the SharePoint database grows by chunks. The same changes ought to be made to the TempDB SQL Database as SharePoint uses it indirectly to store objects.
1. Keep a track of all the Logs. Maintain your SharePoint well. Without Log Files, the Database never gets to know where the Big File is inside. Hence, the end result is meaningless data. Hence, it becomes most important that the right recovery model be there to suit your business needs. There are two of these. One which has less information, takes less space and requires lesser maintenance. The other one is the exact opposite of the earlier one. You need to make sure that the logs have been properly shortened. 2. You need to understand SharePoint Crawls better. Crawls are necessary for Search in SharePoint to pick up these properties. Continuous Crawl is new, but that does not mean you activate it whenever and where you feel like. It is most important that in a production environment, crawls are scheduled properly for various Content Sources. If you still happen to use the default Local SharePoint Content Source, then you are not doing it properly. 3. There is a lot more to SharePoint, more than it being just a database. One is at the Server Level. The other is at the IIS Level. Perhaps, you may want to open up your sites and application pools and see whether you can or cannot add more running processes for them. You need to explore these settings and find out what makes sense for you. Companies across Australia and New Zealand can contact their nearest Microsoft Dynamics Partner to make further inquiries as far as all these points mentioned above are concerned.
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It is hilarious how at times life comes full circle. Over the years, most of us have become addicted to mobile apps. It has come to a stage that we have become so obsessed with them, that a need has been felt to get rid of this addiction which is growing with each passing day. The answer to this conundrum lies in mobile application development as well. Nowadays, there are mobile apps being designed for addiction recovery with an app being available for almost every sort of addiction, especially the one germinating from smart phones. A few of these apps that have helped address addictions have been written about below: 1. A-Chess: This is a new mobile app conceptualized at the University of Wisconsin to provide support for those who time and again have had a relapse of alcohol related disorders after leaving treatment. The app provides extensive recovery support apart from other bonuses such as panic button, relaxation strategies, motivational reflections and customized reminders of things that are important to users such as pictures of near and dear ones. 2. Recovery Box: A flagship advent as far as iOS App Development is concerned, this has been designed to promote accountability in recovery for a range of addictions. The app ensures that users are able to customize and get to keep track of their road to recovery. There are lights, ‘Red’, ‘Yellow’ and ‘Green’ in color, which can be synchronized with one’s daily habits to avoid the risk of a relapse.
3. Sober Grids: It has been described best as something that puts a free peer support network right inside one’s pocket to help recover fast. The app lets users build a local network of supportive peers as far as recovery is concerned. During those moments of craving, end users can press a “Burning Desire” button that helps connect with other sober peers. There is a GPS Locator Interface as well, which facilitates in-person meet ups if and when necessary. The app also allows users to remain anonymous and facilitates access to a global network of people practicing abstinence. 4. 12 Steps AA Companion: This is a highly inexpensive mobile app that has become famous for being a sobriety tool for recovering alcoholics. End users can access a mobile version of the “Big Book”, which includes a search tool for favorite quotes apart from a useful device that helps take notes. There is a Sobriety Calculator to remind a person about the amount of time for which he has been sober the moment the app is opened, besides an extensive contact database that helps stay connected with others in AA. Just like a Microsoft Dynamics Partner in Australia conducts a Microsoft Dynamics Demo to show all the benefits of Microsoft Dynamics ERP, a mobile app development company can be contacted for a trial version of sorts just to get a hang of the kind of app you would really benefit from and the addiction you are trying hard to get over. If you are really serious about this, then this is the way forward! Job Queues in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 help specify, request and control when processes run, such as that of a report or the execution of a code unit. End users working on NAV enter their requests for the execution of a report or a code unit in the Job Queue Entries window. As soon as the report or the code unit finishes, NAV records the event in the Job Queue Log Entries window. The best way to explain this is by citing an example where job queues are used with email logging so that it begins to request regular entries in the table. NAV also inserts a record into the Job Queue Log Entry table to record the processing of a job queue entry. Job Queues on Microsoft Dynamics Navision 2016 are run based on permissions and the same must allow the execution of a report of a code unit. Whenever a Job Queue gets activated manually on MS Dynamics NAV, it gets run with the credentials of the user. When a job queue gets activated from NAS, it is run with the credentials of the server instance. When the job runs, it runs with the credentials of the job queue that activates it. It must also be known that the end user creating the job queue entry ought to have permissions and when the job “Runs in the User Sessions”, it is run with the credentials of the user creating the job. Only those with a good understanding of Job Queues can use it to their advantage on the premier ERP Software for Small Business enterprises. Job Queues can be setup and orders specified in which designated reports, batch jobs and code units are set up to run. The NAV Server reads from the Job Queue and determines which job has to be run after which one. Every time a job queue is setup, end users can specify the computer on which it has been setup and also the service on which the job queue will consequently be running. A NAV Server instance can also be created dedicated solely to the job queue and the same is useful whenever specific permissions have to be sought or whenever a job has a very heavy usage of resources or whenever there is a need to have separate job queues.
To create job queue entries, go to Search -> enter Job Queues, choose related link, go to Home -> choose New -> the Job Queue Card window opens -> go to General -> Code -> enter code for a Job Queue -> go to Description -> enter a Description of the Job Queue -> This can be up to 30 characters. Optionally, in the Job Queue Category Filter field, a filter that applies best can be chosen and the remaining fields on the General Fast Tab ought to be filled in after the job queue can be started. To activate job queues, go to Search -> enter Job Queues -> choose related link and select the job queue that you wish to start on the Home Tab and choose Start Job Queue. To Stop Job Queues, go to Home and choose Stop Job Queue. To Create Job Queue Entries, go to Search, Enter Job Queue Entries, choose related link. Now go to Home, choose New and the Job Queue Entry Card Window opens. Now go to General, specify the report and code unit you wish to run. Fill in other fields on General and specify a Start Time for the Job Queue Entry and also the Expiration Time for the Job Queue Entry. Now go to Recurrence, specify whether the job is recurring and choose OK. NAV selects the status as Hold and in case you wish to change it, go to Home -> Process -> choose Set Status to Ready. Once all the Job Queues are set up and running, NAV passes over updated status information. One status out of On Hold, Ready, In Process, Error and Finished have to be chosen. Now to check the state of a Job Queue Entry, go to Search -> enter Job Queue Entries -> choose related link -> in the list -> select job queue entry that you wish to check, go to Home -> Process -> choose Log Entries -> Choose one status out of the three available ones which are Success, In Process and Error. It so happens that now the Job Queue Log Entries window also displays error messages with each line representing a job queue entry or the occurrence of a recurring entry. If the job ends with an error, the error message gets displayed. This was all about Job Queues in the premier enterprise resource planning solution by Microsoft. All the information given out above about Job Queues in NAV 2016 will help organizations understand these better and the best possible way to use them. These have a crucial role to play as far as running Processes smoothly is concerned and hence, it is important that one knows how to use them well. Royalties are usually a very tricky thing as far as business associations are concerned. Royalties basically come into the picture when the assets/intellectual property of a third party are used for commercial interests and a share of the revenue generated goes to the concerned individual/group to whom the assets/intellectual property belong. A royalty is an agreement of sorts between two principal parties, which are the licensee and the licensor. The kind of professionals royalties are paid to include the likes of artists, musicians, business people owning intellectual property etc. Royalties are also paid when certain items belonging to a certain individual or group are sold. Disputes arise when dues are not settled properly often leading to situations when parties are suing each other in court and claiming compensation. If companies paying royalties want to avoid such legal mess, the most practical thing to do is work on a solution that helps manage royalties to perfection. Microsoft Dynamics Axapta is one such software. The best thing that can happen to companies paying royalties to individuals or groups is that they get a Microsoft Dynamics Implementation of MS Axapta done as fast as they can. Other things AX helps manage apart from royalties include book accruals. AX offers companies functionalities which help define how royalties should be paid, based on factors such as percentage and fixed amount to be paid to the vendor and the rate of interest applicable. Microsoft Axapta offers the Royalty Agreements form to companies which can be used for creating royalty terms and for tracking progress throughout the life of the royalty. Customers get to setup royalty contract in terms of payments meant to be made. AX helps do all the calculations and post whatever liabilities are there so that payments are made accurately. Some of the benefits of using the Royalty Calculation Processor in MS Axapta include less errors made during manual calculations, accrued royalties being more visible, total royalties paid also being visible and so are on-time payments and controlled statuses.
A Microsoft Dynamics Partner performing a MS Dynamics Implementation of AX will customize the solution for companies in such a way that they will begin finding it easy to draw Royalty Agreements on the basis of which royalty amounts get calculated. Royalties are mostly calculated based on 3 available types of data: 1. The Date on which the Sales Order gets created 2. The Requested Receipt Date of the Sales Order 3. The Requested Ship Date of the Sales Order Just for the record, the calculation can also be done on the basis of: 1. A certain amount per sold unit 2. A fixed amount for a range of quantities sold 3. A certain percentage of the net amount sold It is very important that companies paying royalties to the concerned party have clarity on these things: 1.Items on which royalties are paid are defined at the header level 2. Items on which royalties are paid to one vendor on all sales and to another vendor on sales of a specific item are defined at the line level Once AX invoices a Sales Order, it begins to cumulate royalty claims. The amounts are cumulated based on individual invoice, week, month, year or personalized period. These are the benefits companies stand to gain by working on AX as far as Royalties and Royalty Management is concerned. AX makes it very easy for companies to calculate royalties and disperse the accurate amount to the concerned parties. It so happens that the nature of trading in the B2B model of business is that a website sells its products to an immediate buyer first, who then sells the same to a customer. Perhaps an example would help understand the nature of trading better. A wholesaler orders products in bulk from a website and once he receives the consignment, he goes ahead and sells the same to customers who show up at his retail outlet. In a nutshell, businesses trading like this need an ecommerce solution and that is the B2B E-Commerce Solution which facilitates such transactions. They also need an ERP Solution for entries and data recording and more often than not prefer a Microsoft Dynamics ERP over others. The basic thing behind a B2B E-Commerce Solution is that both sellers as well as buyers are business entities. Ecommerce solutions for small business enterprises help businesses contend with relationships as well which they have with distributors, resellers, suppliers etc. Given below are some items mostly traded through an ecommerce solution based on the B2B Model: 1. Electronics 2. Shipping 3. Warehousing 4. Motor Vehicles 5. Petrochemicals 6. Office Products 7. Paper 8. Agriculture 9. Food Some of the most widely used technologies in Ecommerce Solutions for Small Business enterprises are:
1. Electronic Data Interchange: This is an inter-organizational exchange of business documents available in a structured format that can also be processed through machines 2. Internet: This represents the world wide web or network of networks that connects computers across the world 3. Intranet: This represents a dedicated network of computers within a single organization 4. Extranet: This represents a network where outside business partners, suppliers and customers have limited access to a portion of enterprise intranet/network 5. Back-End Information System Integration: These systems are database management systems used for business data management Architectural models used in the B2B business commerce type of trading would be: 1. Supplier Oriented Marketplace: In this type of model, common marketplace provided by suppliers is used by individual customers as well as business users. Suppliers are in-charge of offering e-stores for sales promotions 2. Buyer Oriented Marketplace: In this type of model, buyers have their own marketplace or e-market. Buyers usually invite suppliers to place bids on product catalogs. It is the buyer company that opens the bidding site 3. Intermediary Oriented Marketplace: In this type of model, intermediary companies run marketplaces where business buyers and sellers get to inter-transact Along with technologies and architectural models, a MS Dynamics ERP too has its own important role to essay as far as business commerce is concerned. It is always good to have an ecommerce solution customized to suit your business requirements. The reasons are plain and simple and have been written about below: 1. Ecommerce Solutions for Small Business enterprises influence purchase decisions. Customers at the time of purchasing are always looking online. Business promoters need to get this straight that their websites are their showrooms and they need to get people to visit them. Customers want to research about the product on websites and check out all those reasons which would eventually influence their decision. Products can be showcased at their best through easily searchable and convenient catalogs. Catalogs with product reviews encourage sales to a great extent. 2. An ecommerce solution helps tap into social media. The world is going social and obsessing about Twitter and Facebook. These are the most popular avenues as far as finding the best possible purchases are concerned. Businesses having employed smart ecommerce website design services get to project themselves to the world with a strong profile. With an equally powerful ecommerce solution, they get to further boost traffic and sales. 3. A Microsoft Dynamics Partner Fiji providing the best e-commerce solution for small business enterprises knows how to create ones convenient to use. Customers tired after long shifts feel relieved when they are treated to the convenience of shopping online. Such convenient solutions permeate effortlessly into the lives of customers, giving to them products which suit them best and that too at a time most convenient to them. Quick checkout, order tracking and quick shipping are the ideal ingredients of a solution that makes a website saleable.
4. Ecommerce website design services provided by a Microsoft Dynamics Partner Fiji help broaden a brand. These help provide to the customer some kind of web search and the ability to order a product which suits his/her requirements and most importantly the visual appeal an e-commerce store needs to diversify sales. 5. Nothing helps offer a more personalized experience than ecommerce. Striking a personal chord with customers is easiest with the help of a solution such as this. This is possible through personal recommendations, order tracking, quick customer service, personalized rewards etc. Benefits offered by a business commerce solution could not be mentioned with more clarity. If yours is an online store, it would be wise to have one designed. Thriving businesses trading goods online use an e-commerce solution as well as an ERP solution. Both have their own relevance. The former helps sell a product well whereas the latter helps keep an accurate record of data. But maintaining and working on both in tandem can be arduous. What to do? Why not integrate both? Does it sound a good idea? If experts are to be believed, it indeed is a good one. Before we go further into details as to why should an E-Commerce Integration with ERP be considered seriously with the help of a Microsoft Dynamics Partner New Zealand, it is important that certain concerns be revolving around your B2B E-Commerce Solution and B2C E-Commerce Solution be identified which will help determine clearly as to whether an integration is necessary or not. 1. Are your Sales Transactions costing you more than what they should?
2. Are you constantly trying to improve the accuracy of your inventory management? 3. Are you toiling hard to develop new revenue channels? 4. Are customers complaining about slow communication? 5. Are you finding it increasingly hard to reduce the time between sales order placement and sales order shipment? 6. Are most of the customer calls being taken up by your customer service department? 7. Are you working overtime to leverage all of your ERP logic to your ecommerce system? 8. Are you trying your best to simplify processes in order to maintain key data in the e-commerce system? 9. Are you investing precious time to eliminate manual data entries and duplicate processes? 10. Are you finding the task of leveraging back office data arduous? If the answer to all of these questions is a befitting yes, then it is high time you thought of E-Commerce Integration with ERP. Whether yours is a B2B ecommerce solution or a B2C E-Commerce Solution, it is time you contacted your nearest Microsoft Dynamics Partner New Zealand to proceed with the integration. An integration of this sort helps maintain happy customers. It helps manage complex product catalogs. It takes care of whatever concerns arise due to shipping. Organizations doing it or having already done it can be approached for feedback. From a purely business perspective, businesses save a lot of time, money and effort and promote unprecedented growth. Material comes into the picture where there is Production. The very first task is to prepare material that has to be processed in production. There are warehouse activities that has components being brought to the machine center. But as far as material is concerned, the whole issue revolves around components items being posted as consumed to the database. Consumption posting here, can either be done manually or by filling and posting journal lines after production operations. It can also be done automatically depending on the setup of the flushing method. The point here is that components can be both forward flushed when the production order is released as well as backward flushed along with output posting when the production order changes to finished. The Flushing Method is used for calculating and handling the consumption of the item as a component on MS Dynamics Navision. For those curious to know Whats New In NAV 2016, news is when production operations are integrated with warehouse processes either by bins or by directed put-aways and picks, the bin whose components are consumed is one defined on each production order component line. It is mandatory that all components be available in that bin else the manual/flushed component posting ceases for that component. The Flushing Method options available in the Best ERP Software are Manual, Forward, Backward, Pick + Forward and Pick + Backward. Rest assured, the Microsoft Dynamics Partner New Zealand will explain these options in detail at the time of customization and will also be there post go live offering Microsoft Dynamics Support. The next thing to do on MS Dynamics Navision when companies Issue Material is to create Routing Links. Routing Links are created to connect components to specific operations in order to retain their relationship even though the production BOM or routing might is modified. These also facilitate just-in time flushing of components especially when the specified link operation begins. To creating routing links on the Best ERP Software, companies have to follow a series of steps.
1. Search -> Routings -> Choose Link 2. Open routing which has operations that has to be linked. Routing Status should be Under Development 3. Go to Relevant Routing Link -> Routing Link Code -> Select Code. In case column is not visible, open Shortcut Menu for Column Headings. Choose Columns 4. Add Different Routing Link Codes to other Operations in the Routing 5. Set Routing Status as Certified. Routing Link Codes are assigned to operations 6. Create Actual Link by Assigning Same Codes to Specific Components in the Production BOM that matters 7. Open Production BOM containing the components. BOM Status should be Under Development 8. On the BOM line that matters, go to Routing Link Code -> Select code that you have assigned to the relevant operation 9. Add routing link codes to other components as well depending on their unique operations and where they are used 10. Set Production BOM Status as certified Remember that at the time of customization, the Microsoft Dynamics Partner New Zealand will explain all of this in detail and also pledge Microsoft Dynamics Support. You will also get a chance to find out as to Whats New In NAV 2016 and use the knowledge to your advantage. The next step is to create a Shortage List Report, a report that shows a list of the missing quantity per production order. You will be able to see how the inventory development has been planned from the very moment to the next day. Next comes Picking for Production in Basic Warehousing, where companies trying to Issue Material get to use Inventory Pick to Pick processing and organize and record picking of components. Steps to do that on the ERP include: 1. Search -> Inventory Picks -> Choose Link 2. Actions -> Functions -> Get Source Documents -> Select released production order 3. Perform Pick -> Record Actual Picking Information in Inventory Pick 4. Home -> Process -> Post. Posting creates necessary warehouse entries and posts the consumption of items Now comes the stage where you have to Create Picking List Report. The report shows a detailed list of items necessary for a production order, the location from where they ought to be picked and the time when they are due for production. The next stage is to assign a bin code to a Journal Line. Given below are steps to do so. 1. Search -> Consumption Journal -> choose link 2. Enter relevant link information 3. Fill in Location Code and Bin Code fields 4. If the fields are not visible on the journal line, they can be added. For this, go to Shortcut -> Choose Columns 5. Complete the journal and post The stage after this is to register consumption and output. Given below are steps that ought to be followed to do the same. 1. Search -> Released Production Orders -> Choose related link 2. Open released production order link ready for registration 3. Go to Lines -> Actions -> Production Journal 4. Go to Posting Date -> Enter Posting Date 5. Go to Flushing Method Filter -> View Consumption and Output posted automatically according to flushing methods defined for the item and resource 6. Go to Output Quantity -> Setup which values to preset 7. Go to Manufacturing Setup -> General -> Preset Output Quantity 8. Enter relevant consumption and output quantities 9. Select finished field of output lines 10. Go to Actions -> Posting -> choose post to register quantities 11. Close journal As far as Issuing Material is concerned, the final step is the Consumption Journal Window where companies have to manually post to production orders. The journal is meant to enter relevant information such as posting date, production order number, item number and quantity. In case the warehouse location where the components are stored uses bins and does not demand pick processing, then you can specify the bin code for each component. The information entered in the journal can be changed and once posted, it will be empty and the transactions will be posted to the production order. The results can be viewed in the ledger entry window and register window. By following everything mentioned above meticulously, organizations will be able to issue material using NAV. Microsoft Dynamics AX is one of the best ERP solutions for Omni-Channel Retail and Commerce. It includes all necessary selling channels that are Point of Sale, eCommerce, Store Server and Order Support from Call Center. The last one, Call Center, finds special mention in the premier Microsoft Dynamics ERP. After having a MS Dynamics Implementation done by a Microsoft Dynamics Partner in Australia, companies into this domain get to add a new retail channel type that will become an integral part of the concerned organization’s hierarchy and will set in motion all assortments and reporting, similar to any other retail channel. The Call Center module in Microsoft Dynamics AX with respect to Omni-Channel Retail and Commerce has multiple benefits to offer:
1. Organizations will be able to use this module in the premier Microsoft Dynamics ERP to send catalogs to prospects and customers 2. They will be able to make fast order entries and assisted sales 3. A systematic Microsoft Dynamics Implementation will result in them being able to get a clear picture of order status and achieve enhanced order fulfillment 4. They will feel empowered to build catalog based promotions 5. They will get to serve customers better, besides opening cases for customers to follow up on complaints and escalations The module is best implemented by a Microsoft Dynamics Partner in Australia and is flexible and accounts for an easy setup. The RFM Analysis feature in it allows for an altogether new level of customer purchase analysis, information which can eventually be put together to achieve unified classifications for customers. This can then be used for building productive marketing campaigns for specific time periods. This tool also helps formulate royalty programs on the premier Microsoft ERP. All of this mentioned above is what AX helps achieve as far as Omni-Channel Retail and Commerce are concerned. Microsoft Dynamics Navision is capable of helping an organization manage multiple currencies which includes payables, receivables, general ledger reports, resource items, inventory items and bank accounts integrated with Cash Management granules. One of the most versatile Microsoft Business Solutions, NAV is indeed one hell of a solution as far as multiple currency management is concerned. A Microsoft Dynamics Implementation of NAV or perhaps a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Upgrade with respect to currency management helps: 1. Enter exchange rates and convert currency in full compliance 2. Perform currency conversion according to exchange rates stored and maintained in the exchange rate table 3. Define a currency in the exchange rate table and specify the format so that amounts are always shown in the correct format throughout the system 4. Enter exchange rates for a certain date or period in the exchange rate table
5. Calculate the exchange rate associated with the date of carrying out the transaction for each conversion of a currency amount 6. Use the exchange rate table to save historical exchange rates to monitor fluctuations over time 7. Do business in multiple currencies for whichever customer or vendor, in the sense that invoices can be issued in one currency and payment for that invoice can be accepted in a different currency 8. Handle dynamic currency conversion and ensure smooth and effective processing of exchange rate updates 9. Save details of transactions that include receivables and payables in both local and foreign currencies in order to make it possible to print reports for both in either currencies 10. Put the exchange rate adjustment option to fine-tune receivables and payables and post unrealized gains/losses to the general ledger Microsoft Dynamics Navision through these capabilities for Multiple Currency management shows why it indeed is one of the finest Microsoft Business Solutions ever. Companies dealing in multiple currencies will benefit immensely by getting a Microsoft Dynamics Implementation of NAV done or having a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Upgrade done in case they already happen to work on NAV. |
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