Start With GP

Many accounting system users with small organizations face this decision when starting up: Should I start with Quickbooks, and then migrate to a better accounting system in the future; or should I start with the better system. Half of our new Dynamics GP clients went with the first option. This makes sense if you really are not sure of the viability of your endeavor, and just want to try things out; perhaps.

But refugees from Quickbooks have a variety of reasons they are migrating to Dynamics GP. See my post.

The Business Ready Licensing model from Microsoft makes investing in Dynamics GP an easy thing to do, and you immediately have access to a robust mid-range accounting system. The advantages of starting with GP are:

• You have full transaction, data storage, security functionality from the start.
• You have rich reporting out-of-the-box.
• You don’ t have to migrate from Quickbooks; which means:

You don’t have to learn a new system again, and re-train your employees.
You avoid discontinuity in regards to transaction processing and reporting.
You don’t have to migrate data.

So my advice is if you know you’re going to be using a mid-range accounting system in the near future, start now. You will only have to do one system implementation and the return on your investment will be higher.