2020 Customer Conference Breakout Agenda

The Importance of the Manufacturing Sector in a Time of Pandemic

Presenter: Steven R. Schmid, Ph.D., P.E., FASME, FSME

As long as supply chains have existed, it was recognized that they can be disrupted in times of pandemic or armed conflict. This has not dissuaded companies from offshoring portions of supply chains, leading to domestic shortages of medical supplies in the COVID-19 crisis of 2020. This talk will investigate the causes of supply chain compromise and strategies for strengthening a domestic manufacturing sector. Recognizing that a main reason for the offshoring of manufacturing activity is the lack of public-private partnerships and associated manufacturing infrastructure, Dr. Schmid will describe the Manufacturing USA program he helped design, the Advanced Manufacturing program at the National Science Foundation, and other strategies to strengthen advanced manufacturing in the United States. The role of manufacturing in economic welfare and national security will be discussed, as well as the value and opportunities of government-funded research.

To Integrate or Not to Integrate?

Presenter: Chris Hanson and Alicia Bement

Should you integrate your systems or not? Integration is incredibly hard, that's why we built SmartConnect, which over 6000 companies rely on. You won't need a developer to create integrations between your Dynamics 365, Business Central, NAV, SalesForce, and 100s of other applications.

But, what happens when you don't want to integrate your data? See how we blur the lines of integration with Popdock, which allows you to view data from outside sources within the system you're working without needing to integrate the data. Also, create Lists and favorites in Dynamics 365 Business Central.           

Documentation and Training Made Easy

Presenter: Marlene Mankin

Do you wish your new employees had better training materials? Or maybe you want the ability to provide additional training to your existing team. Regardless of which situation you find yourself in, we have a training solution for you. Join us for this session where we will show you how you can build thorough training and documentation that enables your team to learn in ways that suit their individual learning styles. This platform works directly with Business Central and NAV, as well as most other software platforms.

End-to-End Solutions for Distribution and Manufacturing

Presenter: Mark Hamblin

Companies in manufacturing and distribution counting on Dynamics NAV or Business Central to help manage their business will not want to miss this session. Learn how to track production time, reduce inventory count time, improve warehouse floor efficiency, streamline shipping processes, and more with add-ons from Insight Works. Join us as we demonstrate end-to-end solutions and discover how to get more from Dynamics NAV and Business Central.

Your First Business Central Extension

Presenter: Bryce Menadue   

If developing in Business Central has ever appealed to you, this is the session for you! Join Bryce, one of Innovia's Development Consultants, as he goes over everything you need to get started with extensions. By the end of this session, you'll be able to finish your first Business Central Extension!

Food Manufacturing and Distribution: Current State and Roadmap Discussion

Presenter: Martijn Botje

Find out what’s happening with To-Increase’s Food Manufacturing and Distribution solutions. How do they work with your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central / NAV system today and what can you expect in the future?

In this session, you’ll learn:

The current state of both the online and on-premise To-Increase solutions
The vision for upcoming developments and product roadmap.
What To-Increase’s support lifecycle will look like in the future.
If you use To-Increase as part of your ERP solution or are curious about adding it, you will want to attend this session.

How a Commerce Network Improves Your Supply Chain

Presenter: Jeff Franklin

Your organization’s success is increasingly reliant upon the organizations that make up your supply chain. You may be utilizing multiple solutions from different companies and be trying to figure out the optimum way to have them all work together. TrueCommerce is the most complete way to connect your business across the supply chain – integrating everything from EDI to digital storefronts and marketplaces to fulfillment to supplier enablement and more – so you can do business in every direction.

Join Jeff Franklin, Channel Manager at TrueCommerce (a commerce network and Gold Microsoft Partner), as he discusses the traditional ways that organizations have tried to solve this challenge, and more importantly how a cloud-first approach can help your organization scale to the next level of profitability and efficiency by becoming more connected, more supported, and more prepared for what’s next.

HoloLens: Mixed Reality Gets Business Done

Presenter: Jeff Pergolski

Come to this session and see what Microsoft Mixed Reality and HoloLens means for your business. Innovia will be demonstrating the Windows Mixed Reality working with Microsoft Business Central. You will see how this amazing new technology can help your users become more effective.

Primo Payday – An Introduction to Payroll for Business Central

Presenters: Drew Winborn & Whit Lester

Primo Payday is the integrated payroll solution for Business Central. This presentation will walk attendees through employee setup, importing hours detail, payroll documents, payroll reports as well as configurable features within the solution to accommodate unique requirements such as Garnishment Calculations and Union Rate Differentials.

Digital Transformation & Tax Compliance: Why Your Cloud Strategy Should Include Tax Automation

Presenters: Stacy Dose 

For most, sales tax isn’t top of mind when it comes to running their business. Unfortunately, in the past 2 years, it’s become a risk that businesses can’t ignore. In the last year, over 43 states have adopted economic nexus rules, making it more and more difficult for businesses to be tax-compliant. Stacy Dose from Avalara will cover:

• State of the Union – economic nexus

• 2020 sales tax changes

• Automation

• SST – What is it and how does it affect my business?

• Q&A

Take a Proactive Approach to your Inventory Management

Presenter: Erik Beissel

Are you tired of finding out about inventory problems after the fact? Wouldn’t it be nice to get out ahead of things and back in complete control? With Lanham’s Demand Planning solution, you can improve your inventory position and replenishment methodology -- freeing up cash, and improving customer service levels at the same time. We’ll explore how to:

- Handle large or unplanned spikes in demand

- Figure out what to stock in each location

- Avoid overstocking

- Collaborate with customers and vendors

Better Inventory Management for Your Microsoft Dynamics ERP

Presenters: Chris Austin & Ranveer Singh

Successful inventory management requires more than just min/max reorder points, Excel spreadsheets, and a ‘gut feeling.’ With an inventory optimization solution, you get automated inventory replenishment based on the demand type, supplier schedule, and lead time of each SKU to get high customer service levels combined with low inventory levels.

EazyStock helps small- and mid-sized wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers make the most of their Business Central ERP. See what features and results EazyStock can bring to your business with inventory optimization.

What if the Process Is Your Problem?

Presenter: Bob Beaird

Sometimes software is not the answer, or at least not the only answer.  If you have a bad process, then automation only allows you to do the wrong thing faster.  Attend this session to learn how companies have achieved better results by utilizing lean initiatives to gain insight into waste and true points of value for your customers.

Customize Your Forms without a Developer

Presenters: Eduardo Diaz

Reports and Forms are now easier to personalize than ever.  Join this session to learn how you can use Microsoft Word to create professional-looking invoices and other forms for your business.

More than a Shopping Cart

Presenter: Richard Lee    

This session will cover how our all-in-one platform supports integrated e-commerce to NAVBC 2009 all the way up to the latest cloud version of each, and all versions in between. We will then turn to explain how we have earned the coveted title of being an All-In-One platform where a single integration to an ERP rises the tide not just for frontend buyers, but also injects fresh and pertinent data to their customer center portals. And that integration also benefits targeted marketing and our PIM as well.

Automate Your Receivables with a Customer Payment Portal

Presenter: Fauwaz Hussain

Receivables is the lifeline of every business. Yet several factors can influence your efficiency collecting these receivables, including security. So what can you do to facilitate an efficient A/R process for both you and your customers?

Join Nodus Technologies in discovering how you can:

• Securely process credit cards and eChecks

• Automate your collection process

• Provide your customers the convenience of an online bill pay portal

• Reduce the scope of PCI compliance

More Sales in More Places—New Packages & Pricing for Payment Processing with ChargeLogic

Presenter: Deb Adler

Accepting payments should be easy. Who knew you’d have to deal with PCI compliance, managing payment data in multiple systems, and reconciling accounts each day? ChargeLogic addresses all the ways you sell and in all the places you sell—retail, phone and mail order, and e-commerce. We’ve bundled our products and merchant services to provide payment processing that meets your needs and fits your budget. The best part is that our seamless integration allows you to view and manage the data directly inside Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV.

See how we can help you address PCI compliance, get paid faster with Click-to-Pay and our Customer Payment Portal, get payment and order data from your e-commerce site into Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central, save on our in-house merchant services, enjoy the benefits of a dedicated Relationship Account Manager, and more. If you accept credit cards, you don’t want to miss this session. www.chargelogic.com 

Raiders of the Lost Database

Presenter: Bryan Christian

We are thrilled to welcome an end-user like yourself to present at this year's event. In this session, Bryan Christian from our valued client VPT will be delivering a peer-to-peer session that you won't want to miss.

Always on the search for seemingly elusive data? Feel like touching the wrong field will trigger doom? You want to query some data or produce a report, but you’re not a database analyst, what do you do? What may seem to be a black box is actually simple to understand and use, once you understand some basic concepts. We’ll reveal the hidden mysteries of how data is structured, stored, and used, and discuss the basics of how queries work, so you can feel empowered to get at and use the data you need from Dynamics NAV, D365 for Sales, or any other common applications and databases.

Learning Objectives:

• Define basic database Structure and principles
• Understand basic database query structure and review common design patterns
• Examine how to find your data with the above concepts

Corporate Financial Planning in Uncertain Times:
Transform the Way You Budget, Plan and Report with Prophix

Presenter: Scott Culotta

Achieve your goals more successfully with Prophix’s innovative Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software. Improve profitability and minimize risk when you automate repetitive tasks and focus on what matters. Budget, plan, consolidate and report with less manual effort.

Given these uncertain times, finance teams need to be able to quickly evaluate the crucial profitability measures at the individual product level, product line or even by project. Most importantly, CPM software can also help the finance team evaluate ways to improve profitability and analyze the impacts that potential adjustments may have.

During this webinar, we’ll show how easy it can be to:

• Automate budgeting processes to increase accuracy and collaboration with workflow
• Reduce time building reports with a simple, non-technical report writer
• Self-serve with interactive dashboards to keep your finger on the pulse in real-time
• Develop what-if scenarios and forecasts to make strategic decisions based on market conditions

Future-Proof Your Reporting & Analytics Needs with Jet Global

Presenter: Aaron Straughan

Finance and IT get along great, until the tools needed to succeed prohibit it. In this session, we will take a deep dive into a solution that will not only change how you see and manage your business processes but will also ease the tension between accounting and tech. Learn how to achieve company synthesis and seamlessly migrate your data. Whether you are moving from NAV, GP, or any other ERP to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, see how Jet Analytics can provide Innovia customers:

• Live financial reporting anytime, anywhere.

• Access to ALL of your data, leveraging BI to gain a complete understanding of your business.

• Report portability and the ability to seamlessly migrate your historical data from system to system.

• Data visualization capabilities, easily creating visual dashboards and maximizing the return on your Power BI investment with point and click data warehouse automation that allows for BI customization that is 5x faster than traditional BI methodology or manual coding.

Lanham Meets Business Central

Presenter: Dale Lanham

Join us as we explore what Lanham supply chain solutions look like in Business Central. We’ll cover what’s new, what’s changed, and other considerations at the intersection of Lanham and Business Central. Whether you’re an existing Lanham customer looking for upgrade strategies, or you’re new to Business Central and need tips on getting started, this will be an essential conversation. We’ll focus on:

• Lanham’s E-Ship, E-Receive and EDI extensions in Microsoft’s public cloud

• Architectural changes, set-ups, and other considerations

• Preparing for migration

Learn more about all of your options with the Lanham supply chain suite.

Ask the Experts: Manufacturing

Presenters: John Grant, Kevin Fons, and Bob Rainville

Bring your questions and ask our experts about any manufacturing challenges that you are facing in your business or with Business Central. This panel has truly seen it all and is ready to help you with practical advice and expertise.

Cash Flow Management Made Easy!

Presenter: Lisa Doran

This session will show you how to set up, configure, and use cash flow management in Business Central. It's not as hard as you might think! Innovia Consulting is proud to welcome its own Senior Application Consultant Lisa Doran to show you how. 

Document and Expense Management Designed for NAV and Business Central

Presenter:  Sandra Cummins

Zetadocs is a suite of NAV and Business Central document management and expense management add-ons that can be used for managing travel and business expenses, batch emailing sales invoices and notifications, and storing important supporting documents within NAV and Business Central records. In this session, we will show you how we help companies optimize and automate their financial processes based on their unique requirements.

Super Admin to the Rescue

Presenters: Holly Kutil, Daniel Palmer, & Taylor Laabs

Let’s Talk! What is being a BC/NAV Administrator all about? Join us for a collaborative session on what an ERP Administrator should be monitoring, documenting around the ERP.  We will also look at tools for the Admin within the ERP.

5 Ways To-Increase Solutions Help Your Project-Focused Customers

Presenter: Nirav Shah

Your customers deserve the very best, no question. So, for your customers that focus heavily on projects and want to know at any time how they are progressing, strategic and tactical vision is critical. Luckily, To-Increase can help provide this visibility and help you work more efficiently.

During this session, Nirav Shah will demonstrate the project management process flow within To-Increase’s solutions, providing a live demo and discussing the differences between online and on-premise solutions. Finally, you’ll learn how the support process can help you and your customers succeed.

Be a Master at Capacity and Routings

Presenters: John Grant and Bob Rainville

John Grant and Bob Rainville from Innovia Consulting will teach you best practices for managing your capacity and routings in Business Central. Topics covered will include work centers, machine centers, unit cost vs. cost per hour, routings, and alternate routings.

Explore the Possibilities with Power Apps

Presenters: Chad Williams & Rick Folkner
    

Do you want to drive innovation across your organization? Innovia's own Chief Operating Officer, Chad Williams explores how Microsoft Power Apps can solve your business problems quickly.

This session is not just theoretical, though. Chad has seen these solutions work. During his presentation, he will draw on examples of businesses that have found real-world success incorporating Power Apps with Business Central. His practical approach ensures you leave the webinar already thinking about how you can use Power Apps in your own business.

How to Put Accounts Receivable on Autopilot

Presenters: Ryan McBee and Adam Weinroth

Join iSolutions and Invoiced for an overview and demo of how their combined solution automates the invoice-to-cash lifecycle, helping businesses get paid faster, stop wasting time on collections and provide a better payment experience for customers. The live demo will be presented by iSolutions founder Ryan McBee and Invoiced head of marketing Adam Weinroth.

The Flexibility of Technology with an Integrated HCM Solution

Presenter: Rob Boysen & Tyler Hahn

ADP is one of Innovia's newest ISV partners, offering an industry-leading Human Capital Management (HCM) SaaS solution that can turbocharge your Dynamics system with powerful people management tools. Grow your team, integrate your data, and reach new heights with this partnership.

Come learn how ADP's full integration of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV with ADP's WorkForceNow can benefit your company.

Why Foodservice Distributors Are Investing in Technology

Presenter: Steve Stomel

Do you know how much miss-picked orders are costing your organization each year? During this informative and educational session, you will discover how focusing on improving picking operations in your warehouse can improve your productivity and customer service while saving your organization tremendously.