Technology
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Does anyone have experience with ADP My Total Source?
Any insights into how it compares to other solutions would be appreciated.
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Quickbooks Pro vs Premier
We are currently using QB Pro, with two accounting personnel. I am considering upgrading to Premier, but would like some input/advice. We had a situation a year or so ago where an accounting person was caught writing checks to herself and then changing them to look the checks were for vendors. That…
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Do you prefer all-in-one or best-of-breed cloud accounting solutions?
Those who favor the all-in-one approach say it’s the only way for all the systems to “talk to each other.” Typically those who prefer a best-of-breed solution say piecing together a system can best meet a company’s needs without having to perform major modifications or paying for features they don’…
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Does anyone have experience with a relatively new payroll service provider named ZenPayroll?
Currently, we are using ADP but think our processing costs may be high when compared to others. Aside from the usual well known competitors of ADP that we'll look at, I was curious if anybody has had experience with this new company (good or bad).
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Can QuickBooks automate contractor payment, client billing, and % of completion revenue recognition?
Here's the situation: a small high-end consulting firm (not my company) uses guru-level contractors to perform strategy projects. The typical project consists of several phases. Upon completion of a phase, a payment is due to the contractor, and the client needs to be billed. Tracking time at a det…
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What is the best CRM software? What's the best web / cloud / saas CRM?
We're on Zoho with several companies; somewhat displeased with the lack of configurability. I've done salesforce; I like it but can't afford the admin at any of my clients (too configurable). I'm looking at SugarCRM, Apptivo and LogicBox. -Experiences? -Top CRM software alternatives? -Suggestions …
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How unusual is a CFO role without IT and HR responsibilities?
My company is going through a finance department transition period. One of the possible outcomes is that there would be no formal CFO role. There would be a Controller and a Director of Finance reporting directly to the CEO. Another possibility is that there's a CFO role without managing both HR an…
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Business Intelligence Resume Writing Tips And Strategy?
I think I understand the basics of resume writing in general, but what do you think are the main concerns of BI Analyst hiring managers? How best to speak to that interest or concern in a resume? Any tips, sample, strategy or summary, etc appreciated.
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Retainer/Upfront Deposit for Consulting
What percentage up front do you pay or charge for a consulting project? Or do you advocate different retainer models not based on a percentage?
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Contract Database recommendations
Can anyone recommend a low-cost Contracts Database? Not for high-volume, just a basic shared database.
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Weekly Budget for P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow/Working Capital
I've been looking into the various software (Cloud and self hosted) providers to assist us in moving away from the Excel based forecasting tool currently in use as the multi dimensional aspect causes Excel to melt down when trying to do any scenario planning. The software must be able to handle a w…
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Recommendations for simple cloud-based budget software
I have demoed everything from Budget Maestro, Plan Guru, Adaptive Learning - but haven't been able to find exactly what I am looking for...A SUPER simple cloud-based budget software that allows managers to budget based off actuals. Most managers will only be budgeting for only 5-8 accounts, and the…
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Workday Financial Management - Early Adopters
My company is a longstanding PeopleSoft Financials shop. Although a quite capable ERP system, its byzantine nature (architecture, components, configuration, etc) makes it unwieldy and expensive to maintain and upgrade. I'm charged with developing a long range technology platform strategy and have b…
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Contract Management Software
While many of the established ERP vendors have modules that support Contract Management Software, has anyone got any suggestions on SaaS providers for CMS? My client has a standard customer contract plus many, varied contracts with service providers, key business partners, property leases, softwar…
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Weathering the Weather
An article in the May 2013 CFO magazine talks about changes in the engineering of supply chains, or in more general terms, Risk Management (RM). Has anyone re-examined their RM polices, procedures and of course threats and responses lately? And if not, is it because of a) budgetary concerns, b) ins…
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MRP Software For Small Manufacturer ERP Options
If you are running a $4-5mm manufacturer (making metal products), one location, have a one person accounting function, what are some of the small company manufacturing ERP or MRP software products that could be considered? Basic needs around BOM, costing, inventory and accounting are what is requ…
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What are the causes of CRM failure?
After much investigation, we're implementing a popular system. I'm a little incredulous that actual crm failure happens often enough for folks to talk about "failure rates." What typically causes this?
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Top Business Information Technology Trends 2013
What makes your list of top technology trends this year and why?
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Bamboo HR vs SilkRoad: My company currently looking at HRIS software- Any recommendations?
We are a small start up (75 people) and looking into HRIS providers, we narrowed it down to SilkRoad red Carpet and Heartbeat, or Bamboo HR +Benetrac so far . Anyone here has used either: Silkroad is much more integrated and more powerful, but maybe overly complex for our size. We have heard of sy…
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What is the big deal with mobile ERP?
I keep hearing about mobile erp, but can't quite see the big benefit. Not looknig to be sold on a particular solution, just an insight into its usefulness.
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Securing access to sensitive online financial accounts
How do you contain the exposure of granting online account access to service providers. Accounting temps, PEOs, financial BPOs etc? Let's say outsourced teams need access to banking portal, accounting systems, payroll service etc? I"m particularly thinking of browser accessed (or cloud) apps.
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Commission programs for SaaS revenue?
We are looking to provide SaaS pricing which will include the cost of hosting, updates, support and access to the software. Does anyone have experience in a commission program for these types of sales?
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