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Topics: Manufacturing

The Top 5 Automotive Trends for 2020

Some big changes are coming in 2020! With each new year, we seem to be faced with a new set of changes in the automotive industry, far surpassing trends experienced over the past few decades. 2020 ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics, ERP

What is RPA? Robotic Process Automation Explained

More executives are turning to an emerging technology practice called robotic process automation (RPA), to streamline operations and reduce costs. With RPA, businesses can automate tedious, ...
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Topics: ERP

What Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations Users Need to Know About Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Prior to the introduction of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (D365FO), AX 2012 users were able to directly access the transactional database using traditional OLEDB or ODBC ...
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Topics: CRM

How To Navigate Common Customer Service Challenges with Microsoft Dynamics 365

Due to the recent technology and digital boom, an entire “customer revolution” has taken place and a new breed of an informed ‘Customer 2.0’ has emerged. This ‘Customer 2.0’ wants to purchase your ...
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Topics: CRM

Microsoft Power Apps for Beginners: How Can it Be Useful for You?

Microsoft Power Apps is, fundamentally, a development platform for mobile and web apps. It allows “citizen developers” to reach capabilities that were once only reserved for high-end developers and ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics

How a Financial Planning & Analysis Solution Can Impact Your Business

About a year ago, a survey of finance officers found that a financial planning & analysis (FP&A) solution was at the top of their list of key finance processes. It beat strategic planning, ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics

How to Easily Migrate and Access Your Historical Data

When companies invest in a Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations implementation (or Microsoft Dynamics AX), they are faced with decision of whether to move their previous data into their new system. Some ...
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Topics: CRM, Manufacturing

What Every Automotive Supplier Should Be Doing

Most of the automotive parts manufacturers we work with have a pretty efficient shop floor.  Lean manufacturing has its roots in the automotive industry and most OEMs and parts suppliers have been ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics

Is the Data Warehouse a Zombie?

In honor of Halloween this year, we’re going to help answer the question of whether or not data warehouses can be considered zombies these days. For years, there have been a few technology pundits ...
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Topics: ERP

Data Lake Storage for Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

The transition of Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365FO) from an on-premise ERP to a cloud-based ERP has created numerous changes, most of them highly advantageous for users, admins and ...
Blog_7.17.19

Topics: Business Transformation, CRM, ERP

5 Fundamentals to Becoming a Global Connected Enterprise

Consumers use technology to their advantage. With it they are less tolerant, less loyal, and more adventurous and they have learned how to exercise control over brands.
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Topics: ERP

3 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Modern ERP System

You probably don’t think you use Artificial Intelligence (AI) on a regular basis, but if you have a smart home device, check out recommended products on Amazon, or use Google’s local search results, ...
Blog_03.04.19

Topics: CRM, ERP

4 Ways Your Dynamics System Should Be Supported

Whether you are using Microsoft Dynamics 365, or previous versions like Dynamics CRM or AX in your business, there are certain ways to keep the systems running smoothly. For your system to gather and ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics

10 Signs your Company Needs DataCONNECT for Dynamics

Is DataCONNECT a wise investment for your organization? Well first off, what is DataCONNECT?  Have you ever thought to yourself, 'I can't make any sense of this data' or, 'how can we actually ...
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Topics: CRM, ERP

How Do The Features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 in the Cloud Compare to On-Premise?

Enterprises across the globe are gradually moving their business applications to various online platforms. But these enterprises are, however, debating which deployment option (in-cloud, on-premise, ...
Blog_02.18.19

Topics: ERP

The Voice of the Operator: Turning Data Into Insight

How ERP systems generate so much data Those of us who “live and breathe” Dynamics 365 implementation  are flooded with information about orders and transactions. There are transactions for shipments, ...
Blog_01.16.19

Topics: Business Transformation, CRM, ERP

Best Practices to Ensure Successful Change Management

Since the mid-2000s, organizational change management has become a permanent feature of the business landscape. As vast new innovative technologies come up, once-powerful business models are on the ...
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Topics: Manufacturing, Field Service, Energy

Field Service Delivery: Quality, Speed or Price?

There’s an adage that says, “You can have something cheap, fast or good. Pick two of the three. You can’t have it all.” The truth is that quality, speed and price are all important to customers. This ...
Blog_02.13.19

Topics: IoT & Analytics, Field Service

5 Ways to Increase Technician Efficiency at Remote Facility Locations

Getting the right technician, with the right tools and resources, to the right job, at the right time, can be complicated. But the success of those processes is vital for any field service operation. ...
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Topics: Field Service

What an Empowered Field Service Technician Looks Like

Think for a moment about how things operate for many field service businesses today. They get word a piece of equipment is broken, a work order is likely created in some system, and someone prints ...
Blog_7.31.19

Topics: Manufacturing, Field Service, Energy

Are you Ready for Connected Field Service?

With most field service operations, a piece of equipment experiences a problem, and the customer calls. You dispatch a technician who goes to the site and runs diagnostics. If you’re lucky, all the ...
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Topics: CRM, ERP

Why Your Project Go-Live is Not the End, But the Beginning

After what may seem like a long, but hopefully successful journey, you can finally start to see the light as your go-live date approaches. But we’ve got news. That light is the beginning of a whole ...
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Topics: ERP

MCA CONNECT Achieves 2019/2020 Inner Circle Recognition for Microsoft Business Applications

[Denver, CO – July 26, 2019] - MCA Connect, a Microsoft Gold Partner, has achieved the prestigious 2019/2020 Inner Circle for Microsoft Business Applications for the 11th year. Membership in this ...
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Topics: ERP

MCA Connect has been named to the Bob Scott’s Top 100 VARs for 2019

[Denver, CO – July 18, 2019] - MCA Connect, a global systems integrator and Microsoft Dynamics Gold Partner, has been named to the Bob Scott’s Top 100 VARS for 2019. The Top 100 resellers are chosen ...
Blog_03.19.19

Topics: Field Service

Which is the Best Field Service Software for You?

What’s the best field service software for your organization? That depends. The best field service software is one that gets your company results.
Blog_7.17.19

Topics: IoT & Analytics

How to Get Started with Internet of Things (IoT)

The key to launching your first IoT project is to start small. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are taking the manufacturing world by storm. Back in 2017, at the Industry of Things World conference, ...
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Topics: Field Service

Are Whiteboards & Paper Tickets Shackling Field Service Operations?

Being a technology consulting company, we occasionally forget how much we take technology for granted. Our consultants regularly communicate and collaborate with vendors, clients and contractors ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics, Field Service, Energy

3 Trends Helping Oil & Gas Companies Protect and Grow Field Service Revenue

Leading oil & gas companies have taken many steps towards cost reductions to help their bottom line. Steps like, streamlining organizational design, reducing head count, renegotiating contracts, ...
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Topics: Field Service, Energy

5 Biggest Mistakes Made by Oil & Gas COOs

Oil & Gas COOs have a complex job in one of the most demanding industries. COOs must figure out how to manage fluctuating production costs, uncertain energy prices, rugged conditions, globalization, ...
Blog_03.04.19

Topics: IoT & Analytics, Manufacturing

How IoT & Connected Devices are Changing the Manufacturing Landscape

The expansion of smart devices has reached a level that no one can ignore. Devices with wireless connectivity are more present in people’s homes today than not. But smart technology has some heritage ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics, Manufacturing, Field Service

Manufacturing Field Service: How to Increase Technician Profitability by 25%

The goals of field service software are to get the right technician, with the right tools to the right job at the right time. This will help increase technician efficiency and improve customer ...
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Topics: ERP, Energy

The Role of an ERP Solution in the Energy Industry

Oil and gas operations are highly complex and costly and have a deep impact on the world’s economy. Because of this complexity, companies within this industry need enterprise management software that ...
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Topics: Manufacturing, Field Service

Connected Field Service Solution Empowers Field Service and Manufacturing Companies

[DENVER, CO – MAY 2, 2019] - MCA Connect, a global systems integrator and Microsoft Dynamics Gold Partner, announces today the launch of their revolutionizing Connected Field Service solution for ...
Blog_02.15.19

Topics: CRM, ERP, Manufacturing, Field Service, Energy

Top 10 Reasons Why an S&OP Project Can Fail

The implementation of a successful Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) project can provide a game changing foundation to drive enterprise excellence for years to come in an organization and working ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics, Manufacturing, Field Service

How Mobility and IoT are Transforming Field Service in Manufacturing

Internet of Things (IoT) and big data are transforming the way companies operate. Manufacturers that are willing to embrace modern technology, such as field service software, will transform the roles ...
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Topics: ERP, Manufacturing

Why Modern Manufacturing ERP Systems are Critical

Manufacturing growth continues to boom and is forecasted to increase more than it has in a decade. According to the MAPI (Manufacturing Alliance for Productivity and Innovation) Foundation, because ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics, CRM, Manufacturing, Field Service, Energy

Connected Field Service: 6 Reasons Manufacturers Transition from “Regular” Field Service Software

What’s the difference between Connected Field Service and “regular” Field Service Software? The simple answer is Internet-connected (IoT) devices. These devices allow manufacturers to remotely ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics, Manufacturing, Field Service

The Difference Between Field Service & Connected Field Service

If field service is an integral part of your day-to-day business and optimizing your field service operations is a main responsibility, then connected field service should be the next step for your ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics, CRM, ERP

Using the Microsoft Power Platform to Increase Innovation

Read how you can use Dynamics 365 and Office 365 together for greater efficiency.
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Topics: ERP, Manufacturing

Manufacturing ERP Systems: The Top 5 Benefits

The manufacturing industry is complex, highly progressive, and competitive in nature. These factors make it essential for manufacturers to have integrated technology solutions that increase ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics, Manufacturing

Business Analytics in Manufacturing: Why it’s Critical

Recent years have seen an explosion of new business technologies, making it clear to us that we’re living in a digitally transformed world. This is particularly true for business analytics and ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics

How to Stop Chasing Your Data: Microsoft Power BI

According to a recent IDC study, data professionals waste half their time finding, protecting and preparing data. That leaves very little time for analyzing and interpreting report findings.
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Topics: CRM, ERP

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Support: Selecting the Right Application Management Partner

Looking for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Support? After a Dynamics implementation, many customers decide to move to another Dynamics partner for ongoing support and maintenance. Even when the ...
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Topics: CRM, Field Service

Why Field Service Automation Software is Essential

Field service automation software used to be a ‘nice to have’ option for manufacturing companies and professional service providers. Field service workers routinely showed up at job sites with a ...
What is an ERP System?

Topics: ERP

What is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) System?

Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP) are complex solutions that are used for various reasons by various companies.  As they become more common, it seems the definition of an “ERP” becomes even ...
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Topics: Business Transformation, ERP

Why ERP Systems Can be a Challenge and Who You Can Turn to for an Implementation

Companies of all sizes are beginning to take notice of the benefits that an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution provides. Even smaller, family-owned businesses are joining the trend, as more ...
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Topics: IoT & Analytics

Business Intelligence Solutions: Microsoft Power BI vs IBM Cognos

Modern Business Intelligence (BI) solutions can be a very powerful game-changer for companies that embrace a culture of Analytics, however, navigating this newer tech can sometimes be overwhelming. ...
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Topics: Business Transformation, ERP

Dynamics 365 ERP Implementation: Finding the Feature-Fit Balance

For a while, fixed bid ERP implementations were a hot topic. Microsoft Dynamics 365 (and formerly Dynamics AX) had so many built-in features, why WOULDN’T a company try to implement an out-of-the-box ...
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Topics: CRM, ERP

Is Dynamics In-House More Expensive Than Outsourcing?

How much does it cost? MCA Connect is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 partner that sells Microsoft Dynamics 365 Managed Services, as well as break-fix support, and ongoing technology consulting services.
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Topics: CRM, Consultant Tips & Tricks

Steps to create your first Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement v9.1 APP

Assumption: You have already have a solution and we are going to create the app in a solution. The creation and management of a solution is for another day and another post. The solution you plan to ...
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Topics: ERP

Why Executives Choose Microsoft Dynamics 365 Over Other ERP Solutions

ERP systems are incredibly useful for organizations. Some of the top reasons organizations choose to implement an ERP system is to:
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