What a week on the Dynamics Nav side of work.
3 days on site this week helping with a Dynamics Nav 2013 implementation. More progress made re master file data migration. Need to firm up the amended project plan so we can confirm the go live date. Discovered, as a Classic user, a map from Classic to RTC/Nav 2013 re keyboard short cuts. Available from our web site http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/nav-2013-hints-and-tips/.
So 2 days at the office this week and very busy. Not much chargeble but prospects looking good! Quite a few new enquiries and a PO confirmed from a new client. So a good week by any standards!
Also completed some developments for another client to enable the use of Dynamics Nav 2009 Classic by 3rd parties to create sales orders. Mix of development, roles and navigation pane configuration. Even found a way to stop Show All icon working. Seem to learn more each week when using Dynamics Nav.
Also had a client query re cue pages. So investigated and these are really simple to add to and make Dynamics Nav more user friendly on the role centre page by highlighting relevant issues. Watch this space.
Nearly ready for Jet report creation work for a client. Just waiting for final licence installation on remote desktop.
On the sales and marketing front, had a very useful call from Google re keywords, negative keywords and mobile ads. Changed the configuration as directed and then see what happens over the next week.
Also received an email from an existing client where there has been a change of personal. Looks like support needed re training etc. Again watch this space.
That's all for now!
Friday, 28 February 2014
Friday, 21 February 2014
What no rain?
Another busy week for the Dynamics Nav side of the business. 4 days on site at one client for the Dynamics Nav 2013 implementation. More master data files loaded with items (stock) following next week. Review of go live date not yet completed but all tasks included in project plan.
This week due to a frustrating time on finding a complete list of hot fixes for Nav 2013 (not R2), I have now added a complete (to Feb 2014) list of platform and application hot fixes on a new web page http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/nav-2013-hot-fixes/. The application hot fixes are particularly of use given the bugs I have come across just from client queries. Especially the accounts schedule one where for total accounts the values in overview are invisible.
Also discovered the process for how Solution Centres apply these hot fixes. And also that all hot fixes are cumulative. Which for the application side makes sense.
Rescheduled on site visit at our FPC offices for another client for a week later due to the client commitments.
Investigated options for a potential client for bar code readers and Nav. Brilliant article at https://community.dynamics.com/nav/b/navguestcolumn/archive/2011/09/22/barcodes-magic-revealed-part-1.aspx for the bar code novices like us. Tested today and works as per the article. Yes only good for usb bar code scanners but works as an alternative key board. A little more research revealed that for bar code font 3 of 9 (don't ask!) you need to include a surrounding '*' to the field to ensure bar code reader reads the bar code. All interesting stuff I did not know before. Hopefully as a result of confirming this we will have a new customer. Fingers crossed.
Pretty quiet on the accounts, payroll and tax services side of the business. Emily on maternity leave from close of play today so I am now responsible for payrolls each week. Oh the joys! :)
So another busy week. All I need now is for clients to pay their invoices!
This week due to a frustrating time on finding a complete list of hot fixes for Nav 2013 (not R2), I have now added a complete (to Feb 2014) list of platform and application hot fixes on a new web page http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/nav-2013-hot-fixes/. The application hot fixes are particularly of use given the bugs I have come across just from client queries. Especially the accounts schedule one where for total accounts the values in overview are invisible.
Also discovered the process for how Solution Centres apply these hot fixes. And also that all hot fixes are cumulative. Which for the application side makes sense.
Rescheduled on site visit at our FPC offices for another client for a week later due to the client commitments.
Investigated options for a potential client for bar code readers and Nav. Brilliant article at https://community.dynamics.com/nav/b/navguestcolumn/archive/2011/09/22/barcodes-magic-revealed-part-1.aspx for the bar code novices like us. Tested today and works as per the article. Yes only good for usb bar code scanners but works as an alternative key board. A little more research revealed that for bar code font 3 of 9 (don't ask!) you need to include a surrounding '*' to the field to ensure bar code reader reads the bar code. All interesting stuff I did not know before. Hopefully as a result of confirming this we will have a new customer. Fingers crossed.
Pretty quiet on the accounts, payroll and tax services side of the business. Emily on maternity leave from close of play today so I am now responsible for payrolls each week. Oh the joys! :)
So another busy week. All I need now is for clients to pay their invoices!
Friday, 14 February 2014
Well there is wet and there is very wet!
On the Dynamics Nav front, another busy week. 4 days continuing to assist on Nav 2013 implementation. Making progress especially on a project plan and master file data migration. Then today was Jet / super user training for a local client.
Some progress on other fronts with our current client base but no new enquiries and work required likely to be in the next 2 to 3 months.
Emily on maternity leave in a week so payroll and accounting services passes to me for her maternity leave.
That's all folks. Short blog today but only just got back into the office.
Some progress on other fronts with our current client base but no new enquiries and work required likely to be in the next 2 to 3 months.
Emily on maternity leave in a week so payroll and accounting services passes to me for her maternity leave.
That's all folks. Short blog today but only just got back into the office.
Friday, 7 February 2014
What a busy week....
What a busy week. 1st week at new contract job on client site helping with a Dynamics Nav 2013 R2 implementation which included review of project plans as well as providing help and assistance with the Dynamics Nav application. Helped migrate some customer masters. Just created 1st draft project plan using MS Project 2013 for review next week when I am on site. Amendments will follow once I have confirmed client resource to specific project tasks and resource specific work diaries. Quite impressed with MS Project 2013. More master file data migration to follow.
Found out 2 bits of information I did not know about 2013 R2. New features if you like. Profile amendments to page objects and quick start settings on pages. Both very useful for global user settings pre users making any of their own changes.
Other clients have been active as well. We have managed to remote access into a client database this week using VPN and a local Nav 2009 R2 SQL application. Next week we will load in object changes and make minor changes to the configuration.
Sent out a quote for a potential client following confirmation of requirements from an on site visit 2 weeks ago. No approval as yet. Quote included developments and on site training.
Providing on site Jet report training at the end of next week to a new client.
Heard back from a client that we provided a scoping document for a UK implementation on a v5 DE (German) database a few months ago. They have decided on Nav 2013 implementation instead and confirmed they will need support much later this year. So watch this space.
Quiet on the accounts, bookkeeping and tax (personal and corp) tax side at the moment following personal tax deadline passing without incident in FPC. Potential new client following meeting today.
So that's all for now folks. Not raining now at least. In fact I am pretty sure that bright thing in the sky is called the sun! :)
Found out 2 bits of information I did not know about 2013 R2. New features if you like. Profile amendments to page objects and quick start settings on pages. Both very useful for global user settings pre users making any of their own changes.
Other clients have been active as well. We have managed to remote access into a client database this week using VPN and a local Nav 2009 R2 SQL application. Next week we will load in object changes and make minor changes to the configuration.
Sent out a quote for a potential client following confirmation of requirements from an on site visit 2 weeks ago. No approval as yet. Quote included developments and on site training.
Providing on site Jet report training at the end of next week to a new client.
Heard back from a client that we provided a scoping document for a UK implementation on a v5 DE (German) database a few months ago. They have decided on Nav 2013 implementation instead and confirmed they will need support much later this year. So watch this space.
Quiet on the accounts, bookkeeping and tax (personal and corp) tax side at the moment following personal tax deadline passing without incident in FPC. Potential new client following meeting today.
So that's all for now folks. Not raining now at least. In fact I am pretty sure that bright thing in the sky is called the sun! :)
Friday, 31 January 2014
I think I prefer snow!
A busy week at Fraser Price Consulting on the Dynamics Nav side of the business.
We have received a number of phone calls requesting help. So the time spent recently on sales and marketing and web search optimisation has been well spent. Thanks to our expert (Jonathan) for his assistance.
A call received from an MD Monday resulted in a free on site visit Tuesday to discuss their requirements. There all day with a lot discussed. His main reason for calling us what lack of response from his Solution Centre. Awaiting confirmation of final requirements from the potential client at which point we can quote. If the quotes are acceptable we can get on with all the work. Plenty to have a go at and fix re configuration, developments and on site training.
Received a phone call today from a Dynamics Nav 5.0 SP1 user requesting assistance re vendor payment runs. Free support for now but as we quickly resolved 3 issues may be they will come back to us for paid support.
A recruitment agent rang this week as well and as a result I am on a 3 month (ish) on site Dynamics Nav 2013 support for a new client. Starts Monday on the South. Aiding the client to get the project back on track for go live and provide on site training. Thanks for Alex for this!
Some Dynamics Nav developments were signed off this week so we started these.
More work was completed on the web search optimisation and on lines ads. Now on Bing Ads as well as Google Ads so we will see what difference that makes. Also added more pages to our main web site re need to upgrade to Nav 2013 and landing pages for more adverts in LinkedIn, Google and Bing.
Very quiet on the accounts side even though the personal tax deadline for tax year ending 5/4/13 is today. But then all our clients' returns are in!
That's all for this week.
We have received a number of phone calls requesting help. So the time spent recently on sales and marketing and web search optimisation has been well spent. Thanks to our expert (Jonathan) for his assistance.
A call received from an MD Monday resulted in a free on site visit Tuesday to discuss their requirements. There all day with a lot discussed. His main reason for calling us what lack of response from his Solution Centre. Awaiting confirmation of final requirements from the potential client at which point we can quote. If the quotes are acceptable we can get on with all the work. Plenty to have a go at and fix re configuration, developments and on site training.
Received a phone call today from a Dynamics Nav 5.0 SP1 user requesting assistance re vendor payment runs. Free support for now but as we quickly resolved 3 issues may be they will come back to us for paid support.
A recruitment agent rang this week as well and as a result I am on a 3 month (ish) on site Dynamics Nav 2013 support for a new client. Starts Monday on the South. Aiding the client to get the project back on track for go live and provide on site training. Thanks for Alex for this!
Some Dynamics Nav developments were signed off this week so we started these.
More work was completed on the web search optimisation and on lines ads. Now on Bing Ads as well as Google Ads so we will see what difference that makes. Also added more pages to our main web site re need to upgrade to Nav 2013 and landing pages for more adverts in LinkedIn, Google and Bing.
Very quiet on the accounts side even though the personal tax deadline for tax year ending 5/4/13 is today. But then all our clients' returns are in!
That's all for this week.
Friday, 24 January 2014
Rumours and gossip in the business world
Nearly fell off my chair this week. I have a call from a agency re Dynamics Nav project in Nottingham. That was a shock to start with. Then he confirms that he can get a project overseeing resource for £250 a day and can I beat that!?!? So I confirmed no I could not and that he should stop phoning around and get the person who will do the work for £250 placed with his client and quick.
But the good news from this is that Dynamics Nav take up in the East Midlands is on the up. About time!
Dynamics Nav work this week has been a little thin on the ground. Quite a few quotes have gone out for approval and feedback to date is good. But we will have to see what gets approved.
Created and sent a customer survey using PollDaddy. What a fantastic package. Very easy to use and if you want to know why your customers use your service, this is a great way of finding out. Kept the survey short and to the point and sent out yesterday to all current and old customers. So thanks to all customers who replied (50%) and for the content of the replies. Very useful as it confirmed we are still unique in speed of response, quality of delivery and price. Always good to confirm that.
We have set up a survey (not the same one) off our web pages http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/ and http://www.navisionconsultant.co.uk/ to find out how people got to our web page, what they were after and whether they found enough details on our web pages. Suspect this will be a slow take up but keeping our fingers crossed. I am now working on a survey to find out why we were unsuccessful in either quotes or promotions to businesses that are not customers. May need a thick skin for that one!
On the accounts / tax side, all our customer's tax returns are in before the deadline.
But the good news from this is that Dynamics Nav take up in the East Midlands is on the up. About time!
Dynamics Nav work this week has been a little thin on the ground. Quite a few quotes have gone out for approval and feedback to date is good. But we will have to see what gets approved.
Created and sent a customer survey using PollDaddy. What a fantastic package. Very easy to use and if you want to know why your customers use your service, this is a great way of finding out. Kept the survey short and to the point and sent out yesterday to all current and old customers. So thanks to all customers who replied (50%) and for the content of the replies. Very useful as it confirmed we are still unique in speed of response, quality of delivery and price. Always good to confirm that.
We have set up a survey (not the same one) off our web pages http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/ and http://www.navisionconsultant.co.uk/ to find out how people got to our web page, what they were after and whether they found enough details on our web pages. Suspect this will be a slow take up but keeping our fingers crossed. I am now working on a survey to find out why we were unsuccessful in either quotes or promotions to businesses that are not customers. May need a thick skin for that one!
On the accounts / tax side, all our customer's tax returns are in before the deadline.
Friday, 17 January 2014
A busy week!
I have spent most of this week getting to grips with sales and marketing to get more business. Quite an education. Sat with an expert for 2 days and as a result I have made a few changes to the web pages, google ads and Linkedin. Time will tell if the changes work.
Also this week as a direct result of these meetings we have announced to our Dynamics Nav customers this week a referral discount scheme worth a discount of 25% for both our customer and the referred customer on their first order and our customer's next order. A good deal so again time will tell. Best way for use to get new customers for the Dynamics Nav application.
Work wise for Dynamics Nav a busier week but still plenty of scope to cope with more work - as ever. Developments completed this week include a few reports. Developments started this week include a warehouse module enhancement to cope with lot inconsistencies between warehousing and stock. Still trying to resolve licence/ permissions issue for US business but hopefully remote desktop access will resolve this today.
On the accounts and tax side all personal tax returns in bar 1 before the deadline in 2 weeks. A result!!
Watch this space for more promotions and changes re the main Dynamics Nav service web site.
http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/.
Have a great week end!
Also this week as a direct result of these meetings we have announced to our Dynamics Nav customers this week a referral discount scheme worth a discount of 25% for both our customer and the referred customer on their first order and our customer's next order. A good deal so again time will tell. Best way for use to get new customers for the Dynamics Nav application.
Work wise for Dynamics Nav a busier week but still plenty of scope to cope with more work - as ever. Developments completed this week include a few reports. Developments started this week include a warehouse module enhancement to cope with lot inconsistencies between warehousing and stock. Still trying to resolve licence/ permissions issue for US business but hopefully remote desktop access will resolve this today.
On the accounts and tax side all personal tax returns in bar 1 before the deadline in 2 weeks. A result!!
Watch this space for more promotions and changes re the main Dynamics Nav service web site.
http://www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk/.
Have a great week end!
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