White Papers
Welcome to our library of downloadable white papers. Review the short descriptions below and click the links to read the entire description or download the white paper.
There has been plenty of information and hype about cloud computing…with a strong shot of technical jargon thrown in. This straightforward white paper is intended to guide you, the CFO, to ask educated questions as you compare the potential benefits and risks of ERP/accounting software on premises versus in the cloud.… Read more
This white paper follows the evolution of grant management and project management and identifies criteria for choosing the right grant management software for your nonprofit organization. Because grant and project management are so different, the white paper provides a side by side comparison of the two. The comparisons are split into categories covering a wide range of topics including the role of the managers, the disbursement of funding for the project or the grant, reports needed by each manager, and how revenue is recognized by each function.… Read more
Peter C Brinckerhoff, an award-winning author, elaborates on why it is so critical for nonprofit organizations to have strong financial management systems, particularly during economic downtimes. This white paper points out five key reasons nonprofit organizations need to have financial management systems that are up to par in or to achieve great financial management. The right financial management software can: 1) help increase funding that leads to increases in both financial ROI and mission ROI; 2) help attract investors to your organization; and 3) make it easier for you and your employees to worry less about the financials and concentrate… Read more
The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast Microsoft and NetSuite across four primary dimensions: functionality, flexibility, affordability, and vendor stability to help your nonprofit organization make a more informed decision. Functionality: Which product does the best job helping you manage your most important business processes? Which product is best suited to meet your current needs, and which product seems best suited to enable future growth into new areas? Flexibility: Which solution can be easily tailored to your current business practices? Which solution will enable you to make changes as your business continues to grow and change? Affordability:… Read more
CRM is the acronym for Customer Relationship Management or, as is the case with Associations, Member Relationship Management. According to the CRM Software Guide and BusinessDictionary.com, CRM is the software technology and overall business strategy that enables organizations, large and small, to identify, target, acquire, service and retain the best mix of customers (members). In other words, it’s the lifeblood of an association or member based organization.… Read more
With Dynamics GP, the distributions are now automated using allocations. Hence, FBCM can enter all of their payables and print out checks in a half-day. With Peachtree, it used to take them a day and a half to do the same thing. Similarly, it used to take three days to close the month. Now it takes less than half of that time.… Read more
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