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Field notes on choosing, implementing and running Odoo and Microsoft Dynamics 365.
- Field service management software pricing for 30 techniciansFor a US shop with 30 Dynamics 365 Field Service users, Microsoft’s US list price as of October 2026 is USD 105 per user per month, paid yearly.27 min read
- Failed CRM implementation: fix it or switch partnersWhen a CRM is live and the team still works from spreadsheets, you are looking at a failed CRM implementation, and you have three options: repair it in place, bring in a second partner, or restart…17 min read
- CRM implementation cost for a 50-user teamFor a US company putting 50 people on Dynamics 365 Sales Professional at the October 2026 yearly list price, licenses alone are USD 39,000 in year one and USD 117,000 over three years if that…24 min read
- QuickBooks Enterprise alternative: limits that force a moveQuickBooks Desktop Enterprise still fits one US company when lists sit under the tight caps, month-end reports finish, and named users stay at 30 (40 only on Diamond).24 min read
- Odoo payroll Canada: what is built in and what you addOdoo 19's payroll localization country list includes the United States and does not include Canada, and Business Central's Canadian local functionality (sales tax and GST reporting…25 min read
- ERP Quebec French language requirements under Bill 96Quebec employees have a right to work in French, at any size, under Charter section 4.25 min read
- Failed ERP implementation: rescue the project or switch partnersAn ERP project that is late, over budget, or live and unusable has four ways out: continue under a corrected plan, cut the scope back to something deliverable, replace the implementation partner…19 min read
- ERP consultant hourly rates: fixed price or time and materialsSearch for an ERP consultant hourly rate and the top results are salary pages. Those figures are wages.18 min read
- ERP vs HCM SoftwareThe ERP-versus-HCM question is not really a head-to-head because the two categories overlap by design: every modern ERP ships a human-resources module, and the major HCM suites have spent…17 min read
- How to Reduce ERP License CostsMost ERP estates carry meaningfully more license spend than the work they actually support requires, and the fix is almost never ripping out the system or switching vendors — it is…21 min read
- What Is Dynamics 365 Used For?Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a family of cloud business applications that companies use to run the front and back office — selling, marketing, customer service, field service, finance, supply…18 min read
- Power BI vs Tableau for ERP ReportingChoose Power BI when your ERP lives inside the Microsoft stack — Dynamics 365, SQL Server, Fabric, or Microsoft 365 — because the native connectivity, per-user pricing, and governance controls…17 min read