Core Benefits of Financial Transformation
published by
Binary Stream
This booklet will walk you through some core benefits of financial transformation.
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Aerospace & Defense
- Auditing
- Automotive
- BI and Reporting
- Bill Of Material Mgmt
- Budgeting
- Business Central
- Business Process Mgmt
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Customer Service
- Data Management
- Distribution
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- E-Commerce
- Electronics
- Energy
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hosting Services
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Office 365
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Revenue recognition
- Sales & Marketing
- Software
- Tax Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
- Utilities
Core Challenges of Financial Transformation
published by
Binary Stream
Build a roadmap for success by identifying the common financial transformation challenges encountered both internally and externally
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Auditing
- BI and Reporting
- Bill Of Material Mgmt
- Budgeting
- Business Central
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Business Process Mgmt
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Customer Service
- Data Management
- Distribution
- Document Management
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- E-Commerce
- Electronics
- Energy
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Forecasting
- Healthcare
- Hosting Services
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Office 365
- Multi-Entity Management
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Revenue recognition
- Software
- Tax Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
Booklet | Build a roadmap for financial transformation with 11 best practices
published by
Binary Stream
This booklet will guide you through the best practices involved in building a roadmap for successful financial transformation.
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Aerospace & Defense
- Agriculture
- BI and Reporting
- Banking
- Bill Of Material Mgmt
- Budgeting
- Business Central
- Business Process Mgmt
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Data Management
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- E-Commerce
- Education
- Electronics
- Energy
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Forecasting
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Office 365
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Returns Management
- Revenue recognition
- Sales & Marketing
- Software
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Telemarketing
- Utilities
Booklet | The definitive guide to flat-rate billing
published by
Binary Stream
This booklet will guide you through flat-rate pricing strategies to help you determine if this model is right for your business
- Accounting
- Advanced Pricing
- Associations
- Bill Of Material Mgmt
- Billing
- Business Central
- CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote)
- Complex Billing
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- E-Commerce
- Electronics
- Energy
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Forecasting
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Office 365
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Regulatory Compliance
- Retail
- SaaS
- Sales Quoting
- Sales/Product Configurator
- Software
- Software Licensing
- Subscription Management
- Subscription billing
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
Booklet | Why retailers are flocking to e-commerce subscription models
published by
Binary Stream
3 subscription models that are particularly effective for retailers
- Accounting
- Auditing
- BI and Reporting
- Banking
- Bill Of Material Mgmt
- Billing
- Budgeting
- Business Central
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Consolidation Accounting
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Customer Relationship Mgmt
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Energy
- Expense Management
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Insurance
- Inventory Management
- Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Microsoft Office 365
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Real Estate
- Rental
- Retail
- Software
- Subscription Management
- Subscription billing
- Supply Chain Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Telemarketing
- Utilities
- Warehouse Management
Infographic: Top ERP Requirements Template/Checklist
published by
Binary Stream
Download this template to get a complete list of essential ERP features
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Advanced Pricing
- Auditing
- Automotive
- Banking
- Billing
- Budgeting
- Business Central
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Business Process Mgmt
- Consumer Goods
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- E-Commerce
- Expense Management
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Freight Management
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Insurance
- Inventory Management
- Invoice Processing
- Lease Management
- Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Microsoft Office 365
- Multi-Entity Management
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Rental
- Retail
- Revenue recognition
- SaaS
- Software
- Subscription Management
- Subscription billing
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
Signature HealthCARE Saves $120,000 a Year While Scaling from 55 to 239 Entities
published by
Binary Stream
Signature HealthCARE streamlined accounting and enabled their team to shift from over 55 databases to just one
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Aerospace & Defense
- Architecture
- Automotive
- Azure
- Billing
- Budgeting
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Business Process Mgmt
- Complex Billing
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Customer Relationship Mgmt
- Data Management
- Distribution
- Distribution
- Dynamics GP
- E-Commerce
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Insurance
- Inventory Management
- Legal
- Lumber
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Microsoft Office 365
- Multi-Entity Management
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Software
- Tax Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Transportation
- Utilities
MB2 Dental Scales Monthly Invoicing for 250 Locations Without Adding Overheads
published by
Binary Stream
MB2 Dental needed a way to process thousands of monthly invoices across 250 locations without adding additional overhead
- Accounting
- Aerospace & Defense
- Architecture
- Associations
- Automotive
- Billing
- Boating
- Budgeting
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Business Process Mgmt
- Complex Billing
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Customer Relationship Mgmt
- Design & Decorating
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- E-Commerce
- Energy
- Engineering
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Forecasting
- Furniture
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Life Sciences
- Lumber
- Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Media & Entertainment
- Medical Devices
- Metals
- Microsoft Office 365
- Pharmaceuticals
- Property Management
- Purchasing
- Software
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Telemarketing
- Transportation
- Travel & Leisure
- Utilities
Case study: Sunshine 811 Saves $15,000 Annually by Streaming Recurring Billing with Subscription Billing Suite
published by
Binary Stream
Sunshine 811 struggled to gain complete visibility of its billing processes. Discover their journey to streamlining recurring revenue
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Automotive
- Banking
- Bill Of Material Mgmt
- Billing
- Budgeting
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Business Process Mgmt
- Complex Billing
- Consolidation Accounting
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Customer Relationship Mgmt
- Customer Service
- Distribution
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics CRM
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- Dynamics SL
- Education
- Energy
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Forecasting
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Invoice Processing
- Manufacturing
- Media & Entertainment
- Microsoft Office 365
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Professional Services
- Real Estate
- Rental
- Retail
- Software
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Subscription Management
- Subscription billing
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Telemarketing
- Transportation
- Utilities
Booklet | Build a Financial Backbone for Sustainable Hospitality Expansion
published by
Binary Stream
Best practices and resources to build the financial backbone necessary to enable a successful hospitality expansion
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Azure
- BI and Reporting
- Billing
- Business Central
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Complex Billing
- Consumer Goods
- Customer Relationship Mgmt
- Customer Service
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- Energy
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Insurance
- Invoice Processing
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Office 365
- Multi-Entity Management
- Payment Processing
- Power platform
- Project Management
- Rental
- Revenue recognition
- Service Management
- Tax Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Travel & Leisure
Balancing Operational Excellence and Customer Value in Business Process Outsourcing
published by
Mavim
Reinventing the back office to drive customer value
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Automotive
- Azure
- Banking
- Business Process Mgmt
- Collections Management
- Consumer Goods
- Content Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Experience (CX)
- Customer Relationship Mgmt
- Data Migration
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- Energy
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
- HR Management
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- IT Asset Management (ITAM)
- Insurance
- Inventory Management
- Labor Management
- Life Sciences
- Marketing Automation
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Outlook
- Oil
- Order Management
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Process Manufacturing
- Procurement
- Professional Services
- Regulatory Compliance
- Retail
- Retail POS
- Risk Management
- SaaS
- Sales & Marketing
- SharePoint Server
- Software
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Supply Chain Execution
- Supply Chain Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
- User Management
- Utilities
- Warehouse Management
- Waste Management
- Workflow Management
Jim Pattison Group Saves $70,000 Annually from Consolidating 150 Subsidiaries with Multi-Entity Management
published by
Binary Stream
Discover how The Jim Pattison Group streamlined data management across 150 subsidiaries with Multi-Entity Management for Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Accounting
- Aerospace & Defense
- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Associations
- Automotive
- Billing
- Boating
- Budgeting
- Business Central
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Business Process Mgmt
- Complex Billing
- Consolidation Accounting
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Design & Decorating
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- E-Commerce
- Electronics
- Energy
- Engineering
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Fabless Semiconductor
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Forecasting
- Furniture
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Jewelry
- Lease Management
- Life Sciences
- Lumber
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Master Data Mgmt
- Media & Entertainment
- Medical Devices
- Metals
- Microsoft Office
- Minerals
- Oil
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Printing
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Rental
- Research
- Retail
- Software
- Specialty Vehicles & Boats
- Sports
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Subscription Management
- Subscription billing
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Telemarketing
- Transportation
- Travel & Leisure
- Utilities
The Definitive Guide to Per-User Billing
published by
Binary Stream
How to implement, manage, and optimize per-user billing to streamline subscription services and recurring payments
- Accounting
- Advanced Pricing
- Aerospace & Defense
- Auditing
- Automotive
- Billing
- Budgeting
- Business Central
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics GP
- Electronics
- Energy
- Engineering
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Hosting Services
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Lease Management
- Legal
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Office 365
- Power platform
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Rental
- Software
- Subscription Management
- Subscription billing
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
Infographic | Build a SaaS Migration Roadmap with 7 Best Practices
published by
Binary Stream
7 best practices to help companies map a custom roadmap for SaaS migration
- Accounting
- Advanced Pricing
- Aerospace & Defense
- Architecture
- Associations
- Auditing
- Automotive
- Azure
- Banking
- Billing
- Business Central
- Business Process Mgmt
- Complex Billing
- Consolidation Accounting
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Design & Decorating
- Design & Living
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics GP
- Education
- Electronics
- Energy
- Engineering
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Fabless Semiconductor
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Government
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Insurance
- Lease Management
- Legal
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Media & Entertainment
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Office 365
- Multi-Entity Management
- Not For Profit
- Oil
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Rental
- Retail
- Software
- Specialty Vehicles & Boats
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Subscription Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
- Travel & Leisure
- Utilities
The Definitive Guide to Bundling or Roll-Your-Own Pricing
published by
Binary Stream
Discover the perks and pitfalls of bundling
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Advanced Pricing
- Aerospace & Defense
- Architecture
- Associations
- Auditing
- Automotive
- Banking
- Business Central
- Complex Billing
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Design & Living
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- Energy
- Engineering
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Government
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Legal
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Office 365
- Payment Processing
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Rental
- Sales and Operations Planning
- Software
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Subscription Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
The CFO’s Playbook for SaaS Transformation
published by
Binary Stream
The following industry insights will help your business increase its agility and scalability
- Accounting
- Aerospace & Defense
- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Auditing
- Automotive
- Complex Billing
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Customer Experience (CX)
- Design & Decorating
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- Education
- Electronics
- Energy
- Engineering
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Fabless Semiconductor
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Government
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Legal
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Office 365
- Multi-Entity Management
- Oil
- Power platform
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
The Finance Leader’s Playbook for Financial Transformation
published by
Binary Stream
How finance leaders can establish themselves as the backbone of a company's strategic planning
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Advanced Pricing
- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Auditing
- Automotive
- BI and Reporting
- Billing
- Budgeting
- Business Central
- CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote)
- Complex Billing
- Consolidation Accounting
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Contract Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Experience (CX)
- Distribution
- Document Automation
- Document Management
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics GP
- Dynamics NAV
- Dynamics SL
- E-Commerce
- Education
- Electronics
- Energy
- Engineering
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Enterprise Content Mgmt
- Expense Management
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Forecasting
- Government
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Invoice Processing
- KPIs
- Lease Management
- Legal
- Life Sciences
- Managed Services
- Manufacturing
- Master Data Mgmt
- Media & Entertainment
- Medical Devices
- Metals
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Office 365
- Minerals
- Multi-Entity Management
- Multicurrency
- Not For Profit
- Oil
- Payment Processing
- Payroll Processing
- Pharmaceuticals
- Planning & Scheduling
- Power platform
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Purchasing
- Real Estate
- Rebates
- Regulatory Compliance
- Retail
- Revenue recognition
- SaaS
- Sales Order Processing
- Sales Quoting
- Software
- Software Licensing
- Specialty Vehicles & Boats
- Sports
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Subscription Management
- Subscription billing
- Supply Chain Execution
- Supply Chain Management
- Tax Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Textile & Apparel
- Transportation
- Travel & Leisure
- Utilities
The Next Normal: Using Rapid Process Digitization to Transform the Customer Experience
published by
Mavim
Many processes were not designed with today’s digital and omnichannel environment in mind
- 3PL
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Aerospace & Defense
- Automotive
- Azure
- Business Performance Mgmt
- Business Process Mgmt
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Content Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Experience (CX)
- Customer Relationship Mgmt
- Data Archiving
- Data Integration
- Data Management
- Data Migration
- Data Warehousing
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics CRM
- Electronics
- Energy
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Expense Management
- Financial Management
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
- Government
- Healthcare
- IT Asset Management (ITAM)
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Invoice Processing
- Life Sciences
- Managed Services
- Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Lync
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Outlook
- Oil
- Order Management
- Partner Strategy
- Payment Processing
- Payroll Processing
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Procurement
- Product Lifecycle Mgmt
- Professional Services
- Project Management
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Regulatory Compliance
- Retail
- Risk Management
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Sales & Ops Planning
- Software
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
- User Management
- Utilities
- Warehouse Management
- Waste Management
How to Leverage a Digital Twin of an Organization for Your Business
published by
Mavim
The benefits and use cases of a DTO
- 3PL
- AP Automation
- Accounting
- Azure
- Billing
- Business Central
- Business Process Mgmt
- Business Rules Mgmt
- Customer Engagement
- Customer Experience (CX)
- Customer Relationship Mgmt
- Data Archiving
- Data Integration
- Data Management
- Data Migration
- Data Warehousing
- Distribution
- Dynamics 365
- Dynamics AX
- Dynamics CRM
- Electronics
- Energy
- Engineering
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Asset Mgmt
- Finance and Operations
- Financial Services
- Footwear
- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
- Government
- HR Management
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- IT Asset Management (ITAM)
- IT Service Management (ITSM)
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Inventory Management
- Life Sciences
- Logistics
- Managed Services
- Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Lync
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Outlook
- Oil
- Order Management
- Partner Strategy
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power platform
- Procurement
- Professional Services
- Real Estate
- Regulatory Compliance
- Risk Management
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Sales and Operations Planning
- SharePoint Server
- Software
- Supply Chain Management
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
- Transportation Management
- User Management
- Utilities
- Warehouse Management
- Waste Management
- Workflow Management
Cyber Awareness: Better Appreciating the Human Risk Factor in Your Cyber Security Strategy
published by
Prodware
Addressing cyber threats does not boil down to merely overhauling your technology.
- Aerospace & Defense
- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Associations
- Automotive
- Azure
- Boating
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Design & Decorating
- Design & Living
- Distribution
- Education
- Electronics
- Energy
- Engineering
- Fabless Semiconductor
- Fashion
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverage
- Footwear
- Furniture
- Government
- Health & Wellness
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Hosting Services
- Industrial Equipment
- Insurance
- Jewelry
- Legal
- Life Sciences
- Lumber
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Media & Entertainment
- Medical Devices
- Metals
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Servers
- Minerals
- Networking
- Not For Profit
- Oil
- Pharmaceuticals
- Printing
- Professional Services
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Rental
- Research
- Retail
- Security
- Security
- Software
- Specialty Vehicles & Boats
- Sports
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Tax and Accounting
- Telecommunications
- Telemarketing
- Textile & Apparel
- Transportation
- Travel & Leisure
- Utilities
- Waste Management
- Windows & Doors
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