Inspire Your People with Powerful Visualizations     B2B organizations that embrace analytics and best practices in data management can improve efficiencies, cut costs, and grow faster regardless of size or industry. For instance: Distributors can gain more refined insight into their supply chain. Manufacturers can monitor and manage the performance of numerous components and machinery in their warehouses and factories. Marketers benefit by analyzing customer touchpoints from site visits to calls/emails and purchases. Despite evidence that deeper insights mean better decisions, so ..read more

Customer expectations have constantly been on the rise. It has become apparent in this current business landscape, that if you want to separate yourself from competitors, you must have a superior customer experience. Organizations that understand this can perceive, adapt, and prosper from the ever-changing demands; ones that are not able to recognize this trend will eventually fade from the competitive market.   This realization is backed by this compelling data: Microsoft reports that “Should those expectations fall short, 58% of customers show little hesitation in severing the relation ..read more

  Data migration from your current system to a new Dynamics solution like Business Central can seem like a daunting task. Many companies know that they are needing an upgrade from their current legacy system, but don’t know the best way to go about integrating a separate solution. Is an ERP Migration Necessary?  Do you find yourself saying: I need to reduce costs and realize a greater ROI The business has exceeded our homegrown or 3rd party system We need better processes for collecting and analyzing my data Our current systems feel disconnected and don’t communicate with each oth ..read more

  Data migration from your current system to a new Dynamics solution like Business Central can seem like a daunting task. Many companies know that they are needing an upgrade from their current legacy system, but don’t know the best way to go about integrating a separate solution. Is an ERP Migration Necessary?  Do you find yourself saying: I need to reduce costs and realize a greater ROI The business has exceeded our homegrown or 3rd party system We need better processes for collecting and analyzing my data Our current systems feel disconnected and don’t communicate with each oth ..read more

  The Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of Microsoft products that allows users to build, manage, and analyze their business data. We live in a digital world and in recent years, there has been a distinct shift in what companies are learning to be their primary problem with data. Historically, companies were only wanting to capture data derived from their processes; now that these companies have taken steps to acquire even more data, they have no idea how to gain insights from it! This is where Microsoft’s Power Platform shines. With this extensive set of business intelligence tools, c ..read more

A Cloud Solution Provider is a company that has partnered with Microsoft to help provide services of cloud computing. Typically, these provided services fall into one of three categories – infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Let’s take a closer look at those categories. IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS Infrastructure as a Service: IaaS allows for the customer to not have to provide the foundations of their environment. This could include items like servers, networks, databases, and data storage. The cloud is the beginning of serverless compu ..read more

Customer expectations are at an all-time high. It’s the truth. In this age of consumerism, quick and efficient service is not only valued, it’s expected. However, with this growing opportunity to exceed the customer’s expectations, many technicians aren’t even equipped to meet the consumer’s basic needs. This gap in expectations vs. reality is troubling, causing many to start looking for solutions. With Field Service Management Software, you can master the service call. What is Needed? Before we get into the capabilities of this powerful tool, we must realize what the company and consumers ar ..read more

Here at Turnkey Technologies we are seeing Microsoft continually pushing out new content for Office 365 vs Microsoft 365, however, while most people are talking about these services interchangeably, they are different. This brings us to the question, Office 365 vs Microsoft 365: What’s the difference? Office 365 Office 365 is all about business productivity. Offered through a subscription model, there are many cloud-based applications available to you including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote Outlook Exchange OneDrive Microsoft Teams SharePoint Skype for Business All of these are enabled ..read more

Earlier this month, Microsoft held its annual Inspire event for partners – a showcase of the latest innovations for the various Dynamics 365 solutions, Azure and Microsoft 365.  Below are some of the major highlights of this important two-day event.  Dynamics 365 and Teams Integration With the growth of Microsoft Teams into a mainstay tool for communication and collaboration, Microsoft is taking the next step and bringing the power of Teams and Dynamics 365 together:  Updating the flow of work in Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Allowing anyone in an organization to ..read more

Written By: Lukas Burzynski Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is essential for any business that wants to grow. Nearly all companies, regardless of size, can benefit from an ERP solution. This is especially true for the manufacturing industry, where managing your daily business processes is what can make-or-break your organization.  ERP for Manufacturing solutions can bring all your core practices into one. It’s invaluable to be able to quickly share your production-related data not only with internal employees, but also external sources (like distributors and vendors) that are ..read more