Another busy couple of weeks on Dynamics Nav work.
We have had so many enquiries from end users and recruitment agents alike in the last week I have created a new page detailing enquiries received (obviously no names on the web page), how we can provide the service to meet the requirement and whether or not we are providing that service.
The requests have been varied to say the least. I have even had one asking if I would take a senior management role as a fill in for a person on leave. Not Dynamics Nav related except that the client will be implementing Dynamics Nav in the next 6 months.
The new page is at http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/recent-enquiries/. So enjoy. I am still updating the content and as yet has not included key words for SEO. But it does give an idea of what varied services we can provide to clients. The list of Dynamics Nav services is listed at http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/services/. So enjoy and let me know what you think.
Just completed the first day of Dynamics Nav training (details of services http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/services/training/) for a new client with more to follow over the next 4 weeks. More super user and end user training combined.
Also met up with a potential new Dynamics Nav client this week to discuss their requirements. Basically the business wants to become more self reliant to support / develop the application. We can help by initially providing on site support followed by on site training followed by remote first line support. All at very good prices! And next week I am meeting up for a free consultation with another prospective client in London.
So if we were measured on potential sales, we would be rich. Fingers crossed some of these leads come off!
Very quiet on the accounts side (http://www.fraseraccounts.co.uk/) as tax season has finished. But we have some IT work next week which is rare and not really our core business. The margins are far too low. Never mind - onwards and upwards.
Friday, 1 March 2013
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Well what a 2 weeks.....
A great fortnight for new customers for our Dynamics Nav services (http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/services/). We now have xx new customers. All from the new web pages and potentially another new customer in the near future.
Training services (http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/services/training/) required in the main - on site providing some training at 1 of the new customers tomorrow (Central London) and due to schedule training for a Leicester based client early next week. Potential customer also requires training but we will see if this comes off!
We have also started Nav 2013 work for a client - mainly on how to change existing Nav reports (documents and non documents) to be Nav 2013 compliant. Quite a learning curve as the Nav 2013 report tool (Visual Studio Web Developer with Nav add on) is an improvement on the Nav 2009 version but only just. And this probably reflects the better dataitem structures required when creating the new report. Whilst I remember what has happened to the Report Wizard from 2009 in 2013? Gone! I can see developers going down to JetReport route for Nav reporting for Nav 2013. Shame as getting data from Nav is not too hard in Classic.
To date we have taken a number of reports and amended in 2009 to facilitate the 'Report Upgrade' process in Nav 2013. A bit of a learning curve but very successful to date. Does require some alternative approaches in report creation in 2009.
So a busy week. Nothing much happening on the accounts side (http://www.fraseraccounts.co.uk/) as personal tax year end has long since gone.
That's all for now folks.
Training services (http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/services/training/) required in the main - on site providing some training at 1 of the new customers tomorrow (Central London) and due to schedule training for a Leicester based client early next week. Potential customer also requires training but we will see if this comes off!
We have also started Nav 2013 work for a client - mainly on how to change existing Nav reports (documents and non documents) to be Nav 2013 compliant. Quite a learning curve as the Nav 2013 report tool (Visual Studio Web Developer with Nav add on) is an improvement on the Nav 2009 version but only just. And this probably reflects the better dataitem structures required when creating the new report. Whilst I remember what has happened to the Report Wizard from 2009 in 2013? Gone! I can see developers going down to JetReport route for Nav reporting for Nav 2013. Shame as getting data from Nav is not too hard in Classic.
To date we have taken a number of reports and amended in 2009 to facilitate the 'Report Upgrade' process in Nav 2013. A bit of a learning curve but very successful to date. Does require some alternative approaches in report creation in 2009.
So a busy week. Nothing much happening on the accounts side (http://www.fraseraccounts.co.uk/) as personal tax year end has long since gone.
That's all for now folks.
Monday, 4 February 2013
Another week but a new month
The Dynamics Nav on site support contract at Preston has now finished with job done as requested. Super user training completed. There may be some follow up at a later date but not on site 3 days a week. So all good.
Quite a busy Friday with contacts and potential clients. Sent off flyer emails re potential work with some large businesses that may need Dynamics Nav expertise. Submitted a quote for training to a potential new client in the East Midlands. A rarity - a Dyamics Nav business in the East Midlands!
So for this week, it will be quiet. Usual with the business - if it was valued on potential I would be rich! So we will have to wait and see if any of the potential work gets signed off.
Need to give serious thought to whether I want to change from my own business to employed.
On the accounts / tax side, all clients personal tax returns in well before the deadline. So all good again. It will be quiet on this side of the business as well.
That's all for now folks!
Quite a busy Friday with contacts and potential clients. Sent off flyer emails re potential work with some large businesses that may need Dynamics Nav expertise. Submitted a quote for training to a potential new client in the East Midlands. A rarity - a Dyamics Nav business in the East Midlands!
So for this week, it will be quiet. Usual with the business - if it was valued on potential I would be rich! So we will have to wait and see if any of the potential work gets signed off.
Need to give serious thought to whether I want to change from my own business to employed.
On the accounts / tax side, all clients personal tax returns in well before the deadline. So all good again. It will be quiet on this side of the business as well.
That's all for now folks!
Friday, 25 January 2013
Nearly the end of January already!
Last week of 6 weeks on site (in Preston) for a client next week. It was 3 days a week but this week and next week is 1 day. It was only a short term fix for the client while they recruited a full timer based locally in Preston. In the last few weeks I have been providing Dynamics Nav user training to client staff covering areas including General and Navigation (look and feel, finding your way around the application), Fixed Assets (creating, links to purchase ledger, disposals and depreciation calculations), year end closing and super user training. More details of training provided on http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/services/training/.
Hoping for additional work after next week but only time will tell. More training to be provided but the client may choose their Solution Centre instead. Also provided quotes for specific remote based work but no bites as yet!
More data extract and reporting work for another client. Uses data from Dynamics Nav but reporting template so complex requires Excel to pull data together in the format required. Nearly finished.
On the accounts side of the business, actively getting all client personal (and partnership) tax returns submitted on line. All done bar 2. 1 has just been approved by the client so this will be submitted Monday. Meeting with the client tonight to discuss their accounts (first year of trading) and personal tax return. Should be approved tonight and so will be submitted Monday. So all done and dusted by close of play tomorrow.
Bar that, work pretty quiet. Usual thing with FPC - loads of potential but we need clients to firm up on work to be done and sign off on quotes.
That is all for now!
Hoping for additional work after next week but only time will tell. More training to be provided but the client may choose their Solution Centre instead. Also provided quotes for specific remote based work but no bites as yet!
More data extract and reporting work for another client. Uses data from Dynamics Nav but reporting template so complex requires Excel to pull data together in the format required. Nearly finished.
On the accounts side of the business, actively getting all client personal (and partnership) tax returns submitted on line. All done bar 2. 1 has just been approved by the client so this will be submitted Monday. Meeting with the client tonight to discuss their accounts (first year of trading) and personal tax return. Should be approved tonight and so will be submitted Monday. So all done and dusted by close of play tomorrow.
Bar that, work pretty quiet. Usual thing with FPC - loads of potential but we need clients to firm up on work to be done and sign off on quotes.
That is all for now!
Friday, 14 December 2012
The week so far
I am now on a 3 day a week on site contract for 6 weeks for a client at Preston. Dynamics Nav expertise required around configuration, process mapping and support. This was week 2. Lots to do so they are keeping me busy.
Very quite on all other client fronts for Dynamics Nav. We have had some enquiries but I don't think any action will be forthcoming until January when Xmas and the New Year are well and truly over.
Fraser Accounts on the other hand is ramping up. Personal tax returns due in by the end of January. We have done about half of our clients so plenty still to have a go at.
That's all for this week while I work on client quotes! :)
Very quite on all other client fronts for Dynamics Nav. We have had some enquiries but I don't think any action will be forthcoming until January when Xmas and the New Year are well and truly over.
Fraser Accounts on the other hand is ramping up. Personal tax returns due in by the end of January. We have done about half of our clients so plenty still to have a go at.
That's all for this week while I work on client quotes! :)
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Ponderings.....
Another quiet week but with some potential business prospects. If we were measured on business potential we would be millionaires!
Started to look in earnest at Dynamics Nav 2013. Started with the upgrade tool. All going well until we realised we do not have a licence that would allow us to load in the new converted 2009 objects from the base 2009 database into the newly created Nav 2013 database. Cronus licence which comes with Nav 2013 does not work - as you would expect. So we need one of our clients to request the upgrade licence which then commits them to Nav 2013. Weird set up re upgrade path. So put some feelers out there to see if anyone has a Nav 2013 licence.
In fact thinking about it I don't see why a client cannot carry on using their old Nav 2009 licence after the Nav 2013 new licence upgrade has been completed.
More updates to follow as we make (or not) progress.
On another front, I wonder if there are any Dynamics Nav users in Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire? Last time we paid for some research on this very subject (back in 2005), there were very few users in these areas. So I end up travelling all over the country from Bognor Regis to Manchester.
That's all for now folks!
Started to look in earnest at Dynamics Nav 2013. Started with the upgrade tool. All going well until we realised we do not have a licence that would allow us to load in the new converted 2009 objects from the base 2009 database into the newly created Nav 2013 database. Cronus licence which comes with Nav 2013 does not work - as you would expect. So we need one of our clients to request the upgrade licence which then commits them to Nav 2013. Weird set up re upgrade path. So put some feelers out there to see if anyone has a Nav 2013 licence.
In fact thinking about it I don't see why a client cannot carry on using their old Nav 2009 licence after the Nav 2013 new licence upgrade has been completed.
More updates to follow as we make (or not) progress.
On another front, I wonder if there are any Dynamics Nav users in Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire? Last time we paid for some research on this very subject (back in 2005), there were very few users in these areas. So I end up travelling all over the country from Bognor Regis to Manchester.
That's all for now folks!
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Another day, another dollar
Bit quiet at the moment on the Dynamics Nav support side of the business so we are actively looking for more work. New web pages on new domains all finished with links created (www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk, www.fpconsult.co.uk, www.fraseraccounts.co.uk). If you now search for Dynamics Nav UK Help we are very near the top which is fantastic considering the new web page and domain have only been in existence for a month.
Sent out some emails yesterday confirming the day rates will be reduced by 20% for all orders placed in December 2012. Not much response yet but christmas really gets in the way of work!! Generally very quiet and I see no reason for anything different this year.
Went for a chat with a potential new client in Preston last week re Dynamics Nav work. Referred by recruitment agent which is a first. We normally get our own clients via web enquiries. The requirement was for between 3 and 5 days on site. But the client was really investigating options and some of the work they wanted completing could be done by a newly qualified accountant who would be a lot cheaper. Too far for me to travel daily. Client not interested either - or to put it another way as described by the agent, there are not interested right now. Watch out for this agent type speak!! Really means not interested at all!
On the other hand the accounts side (bookkeeping, tax etc) is ramping up nicely ready for the usual personal tax deadline of 31/1/13. Most of our clients are nearly done and I am hoping like last year we will get some more in the next 2 months for businesses where they are looking for a better service or cheaper service.
Fingers crossed Dynamics Nav work will get better shortly!
Sent out some emails yesterday confirming the day rates will be reduced by 20% for all orders placed in December 2012. Not much response yet but christmas really gets in the way of work!! Generally very quiet and I see no reason for anything different this year.
Went for a chat with a potential new client in Preston last week re Dynamics Nav work. Referred by recruitment agent which is a first. We normally get our own clients via web enquiries. The requirement was for between 3 and 5 days on site. But the client was really investigating options and some of the work they wanted completing could be done by a newly qualified accountant who would be a lot cheaper. Too far for me to travel daily. Client not interested either - or to put it another way as described by the agent, there are not interested right now. Watch out for this agent type speak!! Really means not interested at all!
On the other hand the accounts side (bookkeeping, tax etc) is ramping up nicely ready for the usual personal tax deadline of 31/1/13. Most of our clients are nearly done and I am hoping like last year we will get some more in the next 2 months for businesses where they are looking for a better service or cheaper service.
Fingers crossed Dynamics Nav work will get better shortly!
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