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Forecasting versus Budgeting for Today’s Businesses

Recently, we have been hearing a lot of chatter around the differences, strengths and weaknesses of budgeting and forecasting as two separate processes.  We’ve seen the following perspective grow in popularity: forecasting

Budgeting Add-on Solutions for Sage 500

Budgeting is a vital task that is typically tedious due to the logistics of manually linking spreadsheets together, but today’s software has changed that experience.  Third party software manufacturers are

Let’s Talk about Management Reporter

Right at the beginning of this year, there seemed to be a lot of buzz around Management Reporter (MR) – both on the web and in conversation, in the Microsoft

The Year-Round Tax Problem

Accounting Today recently wrote an article comparing the various sales & use tax solutions to help you select the right service for your business. A lot of factors can play

Non-profit Budgeting with Microsoft Dynamics GP

Budgeting is such an important process, regardless of whether you’re planning for your household or for an entire organization.  In fact, if you’re a not-for-profit (NFP) organization, budgeting could be

Data Warehousing for Non-Profits using Dynamics GP

Today’s business world is driven by copious and ubiquitous amounts of data, maybe especially for non-profit organizations. Because data is so important to decision-making, as non-profits work hard to stay