CFO Advisor (2011-05) May/June


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May/June 2011   CFO Advisor:
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 Excel Tips & Tricks

Survey: CFO's Optimistic Outlook for Economy and 2011 Trends

Sage vs. GP

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Did you know that Charles Brace Darrow, inventor of the game Monopoly, lost his job selling heaters during the Great Depression?

 

Darrow then designed and patented a real estate investment board game that he sold to Parker Brothers in 1935.

 

Monopoly is the best-selling board game in the world – available in 111 countries, 43 languages and has sold more than 275 million games worldwide.

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Excel Tips & Tricks

After you create a table in Microsoft Office Excel, you might not want to keep working with the table functionality that it includes. Or you might want a table style without the table functionality. To stop working with your data in a table without losing any table style formatting that you applied, you can convert the table to a regular range.
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Connecticut CFO’s Report Optimistic Outlook for Economy and 2011 Trends

The Hartford Business Journal article, “Northeast CFOs: Economy, inflation heating up“, summarized local findings of a national survey done by accounting-consulting firm Grant Thornton LLP.

Overall, the survey found growing optimism regarding the US economy. Of Northeast finance professionals, 52 percent say the economy will improve over the next six months ( up from 30 percent six months earlier).
Check out the complete article to see more results.

 

 
 


Already Using or Considering Sage MAS 90?

You May Want to Look at Microsoft Dynamics GP

Whether your company is already using Sage MAS 90 or considering purchasing it,
stop now and look at Microsoft Dynamics GP. Looking for a new financial system takes time and diligence, and you need to be sure that you and your management team is selecting a system that will fit the needs that you currently have and allow your organization to grow in the future. Microsoft Dynamics GP can be the financial system that will give you the functionality and freedom that you are seeking.

Here are just a few of the advantages that Microsoft Dynamics GP will give you over Sage MAS 90:

  1. Access to real-time data thus allowing you to process orders and invoices faster, reduce errors, and make smarter, more effective business decisions.

  2. Critical functionality such as electronic banking, cash flow management, intercompany processing, manufacturing, project accounting, field service, forecasting, and distribution. 


Want to learn more? Learn more about the benefits of Dynamics GP versus Sage MAS 90.

Ready to make the next step towards success with Microsoft Dynamics GP? Contact us at
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Trivia Tidbits


  • May was named after Maia, the Roman goddess of spring and growth.
  •  Hawthorn and Lily of the Valley are the flowers for the month of May.
  •  The Brooklyn Bridge opened to traffic in May of 1883
  •  According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.

  • The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
  • The flower of June is the Rose
  • Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.


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