Dynamics GP to Business Central Migration 101: What to Expect and How to Start for Field Service

Dynamics GP to Business Central Migration isn’t just an upgrade—it’s the pivot that puts field service, finance, and mobility on the same cloud‑powered page. In this quick read, you’ll discover why now is the moment to retire GP’s workarounds, what Business Central adds to a modern field‑service stack, and the phased roadmap WennSoft recommends to keep technicians moving and margins healthy. Get the insider tips on data cleanup, user adoption, and avoiding costly detours—then dive deeper in our full guide, Dynamics GP to Business Central Migration 101: What to Expect and Where to Start for Field Service.

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Better than Data Analytics: Data Insights

Begin with the End in Mind

The saying goes: “Begin with the end in mind”. Its good advice, one of the 7 habits of highly effective people. But it can be difficult to interpret. The implication is that before setting out, we should know where we’re going, but how do you interpret where to go? This question haunts many businesses…

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What Are Smart Buildings, and Where Can They Be Found?

Smart buildings offer valuable building services, such as controlled lighting, optimized temperatures, and top indoor air quality. They may be designed from the ground up with building intelligence in mind or retrofitted with integrated systems. Although this sounds similar to a building automation system (BAS), smart buildings expand a BAS by offering additional tools, such as 24/7 remote monitoring and proactive maintenance based on analytical insights.

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Building Analytics Comparison Guide

It’s 2021 and in the last decade, we have experienced unprecedented technology changes that have effectively re-engineered how we live our daily lives. However, there are still industries, like commercial buildings, that are struggling to adopt and implement new technology…

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Easy Ways to Improve IAQ

Indoor Air Quality Seems Easy to Understand, But (without an automation system like BOB) It’s Really More Complicated than You Think

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) serves occupants with both physical and emotional comfort. Humans are constant temperature creatures with a normal internal body temperature of 98.6 F [37 C] and are continuously producing…

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5 Things to do Today to Save Energy

Eliminating commercial building energy waste can enhance comfort levels, reduce equipment wear and tear, and lower monthly energy costs. However, not all energy conservation measures (ECM) are obvious or created equal. Ryan Lewton, Director of Energy Consulting & Certified Energy Manager at Key2Act, encourages facility managers to identify the underlying causes contributing to energy waste and incorporate lesser-known ECMs to prevent reoccurrence.

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Building Optimization Made Easy: Start with the Basics

In the ever-expanding world of building data and analytics, a common question that arises is not if Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) has value, but rather how to best maximize the value of FDD with the least amount of upfront cost and effort? To harvest and intelligently utilize all the data a building has to offer, businesses must evolve the way they work, along with the process of ingesting…

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ENERGY STAR Benchmarking: What is It & Why is It Important?

Although up to 30% of building energy is wasted, you can’t know where your facility stands without historical data. ENERGY STAR benchmarking turns your raw information into a baseline, making it easy to compare, understand, and explain energy use.

But your benchmark is only as good as the data you put into it, and manual entry can be tedious. Fortunately, tools exist to automate the process and ensure you’re working with the latest, error-free information.

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How to Reduce Energy with a Building Operations Center

24/7 Remote Building Monitoring Cuts Costs

A Building Operations Center (BOC) is similar in many ways to a Network Operations Center (NOC). The primary difference is instead of focusing on network performance, it focuses on the building performance of any number of building operations ranging from energy management to mechanical systems and comfort control to performing monitoring-based commissioning.

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Why Automate Central Plant Diagnostics?

Cutting Costs and Headaches with FDD

In the ever-expanding world of building data and analytics, a common question that arises is not if the increased use of building data and Field Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) has value, but rather how to best maximize the value of FDD with the least amount of upfront cost and effort? To harvest and intelligently utilize all the data a building has to offer, businesses…

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Are You Reactive or Proactive When Addressing Your Building’s HVAC Issues?

Imagine this scenario: You are a building owner and you receive a call from a tenant that their space is too cold. It’s the middle of the winter and you need to react quickly before the comfort complaint becomes a dangerous situation. You check your building automation system and it confirms that the space is indeed cold. But what exactly is causing the problem? Is it a piece of equipment? Which one? And what other units might be affected? Who is going to call to complain next?

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Energy Conservation Measures for Universities

University buildings are designed and operated differently than those in other markets, making building optimization a unique challenge. With multiple structures that serve different needs and have different energy requirements, it requires diligence and lots of data to muster energy savings while maintaining occupant comfort.

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Top 3 Energy Myths

Energy Expert Smashes Energy Myths

You are probably wondering why in 2020, confusion still paralyzes action to achieve building energy savings. The dilemma is confounded by bold energy savings claims that are often unfounded and in the real-world lead to subpar results. The facts are that:

- 23% of energy conservation measures fail three to four years after implementation*

- Energy savings from retro-commissioning reduced by 25% after four years**

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ASHRAE Pandemic Plan for Educators

There are many opinions on what should be done to prevent viruses from spreading within the classroom, but the elephant in the room is what is being done to prevent HVAC systems from accidentally spreading the virus within and between rooms. ASHRAE has laid out detailed plans in five different areas to make sure that all risks are accounted for to strategically address Indoor Air Quality (IAQ).

Until there is a widely available vaccine, let’s look at the ASHRAE guidance to determine what can be done in the interim to provide peace of mind and protection for both students and staff to achieve the goal of keeping minimizing transmission.

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Job Cost Trivia: The Origin of the Job Status Report

E. Robert Kent of Poole & Kent Corporation back during the building boom of the Eisenhower Administration era created a Job Status Report for project managers and management at Poole & Kent. Mr. Kent used this report not only to review projects monthly with PMs during his tenure at the Company but also promoted its use for mechanical and facility services contractors outside his firm before and after retirement. Below is the basic format of the Job Status Report advocated by Mr. Kent for use within and outside his Company (the numbers used are rounded to the nearest thousand and data specific to this presentation):

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