BKD visited Pittsburgh last week to work with the team for further financial requirement planning. Activities included:
- Reviewed and documented configuration
- Discussed workflow for journal entries
- Reviewed interfaces
- Reviewed reporting requirements
Next planned events:
April 13-17 – Finance Power User Training in Pittsburgh
April 20 – Begin testing in Financial modules
May 4-8 – Manufacturing Power User Training in Pittsburgh
May 18 – ABE eoStar Kickoff
BKD visited Lehigh last week to work with the team on the Manufacturing Proof of Concept. Activities included:
- Demonstration of Vertique System and interactions with Northstar
- Bill of Materials and Routing Setup
- Raw Material Costing information
- Pick planning/scheduling product
- Purchase barcode scanning/customization product
Based upon the extent that we will be using the Dynamics GP Manufacturing software and the challenges this presents, we must post-pone the previously scheduled Power User training scheduled for the week of April 20.
Next planned events:
March 16 – Discussions at Lehigh about future of Full Service and Routing (Roadnet)
March 23 - BKD to visit Pittsburgh for further financial requirement planning
April 13-17 – Finance Power User Training in Pittsburgh
April 20 – Begin testing in Financial modules
May 4-8 – Manufacturing Power User Training in Pittsburgh
BKD visited Buffalo last week to work with the team on financial requirements and the data migration plans for our upgrade to GP. Activities included:
- GP data migration templates for MFG only submitted
- List of GP users determined
- Populated data migration templates for Vendors
- Sample file formats/specs provided
- Financial Configuration started
Next planned events:
March 9-13 – BKD to visit Lehigh for Manufacturing Proof of Concept
March 23 - BKD to visit Pittsburgh for further financial requirement planning
April 13-17 – Finance Training in Pittsburgh
April 20-24 – Manufacturing Training in Pittsburgh
April 20 – Begin testing in Financial modules
North Star team member and Distribution/Logistics expert, Tom Stroh, recently updated Cleveland Coca Cola on our business transformation project. The project focuses on Standardization, Centralization and Specialization. There are 2 phases to this project. Phase 1, Finance and Manufacturing, is currently underway with the implementation of GP. Phase 2, Route Accounting, will begin in May starting with ABARTA Beverage East. Areas impacted by Phase 1 include: General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Manufacturing and Vending Fixed Assets. Training on Dynamics GP will begin the middle of April.
