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2019 DSLUG Conference

DSLUG is the only event exclusively for Dynamics SL users, partners, and solution providers and you won’t want to miss it. With over 124 sessions in four days, you’ll have the opportunity to explore solutions and gain a deeper understanding of Dynamics SL. No matter how experienced you are or what version you’re using, you’re guaranteed to walk away with valuable tools and connections that you can leverage all year.

10:15am PDT

Accounts Payable Management Best Practices

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

Identify integration opportunities between 3rd party programs and Dynamics SL
Identify key management practices for processing accounts payable transactions
Utilize key features in Dynamics SL AP module to implement those best practices

Speakers

Jerome Butler

Tuesday April 16, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Platinum 9

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

10:15am PDT

Project Reporting for Finance Professionals

Forthcoming

Speakers

Paul James

Senior Consultant, Boyer & Associates

Tuesday April 16, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Platinum 3

Accounting/Finance

Audience Interactive

11:30am PDT

Best Practices for Security

Best Practice for security, How to Audit security Settings

Speakers

Paul James

Senior Consultant, Boyer & Associates

Tuesday April 16, 2019 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Platinum 9

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

3:00pm PDT

Automated AP and Paperless Shootout

Not sure which AP automation product is best suited for your company? Come see top paperless AP Sponsors and ISVs outline available options and join in an interactive discussion on each solution.

Moderators

Amy Scully

Tim Young

Controller, Femco, Inc.

Tuesday April 16, 2019 3:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Platinum 3

Accounting/Finance

Audience Deep Dive

3:00pm PDT

Exporting and Importing SL Data for Budgeting

Learning Objective: This session will show various ways to export data out of Dynamics SL to create and maintain budgets and import the data back into SL.

Speakers

Dave Pritchard

SIS, LLC

Tuesday April 16, 2019 3:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Elite 2

Accounting/Finance

Audience Deep Dive

4:45pm PDT

Accounts Receivable Best Practices

We will be covering the best practices for the Accounts Receivable process with tips on how to implement these processes, how they will benefit your business, and real life examples of what can happen if these are practices are not followed. This will be a great place to get your questions answered, how to deal with current issues you are having, and get some advice from other attendees and the presenters!

Speakers

Erin Walsh

Controller, Inside Edge Commercial Interiors

I have been in the accounting field for about 18 years, with the last 8 in a Controllership position. I have degrees in Accounting and in Contemporary Business and will be pursuing an MBA in 2020.

Gail Jones-Nemeth

Financial Systems Analyst, Creative Associates Int\'l

Gail Jones-Nemeth is a longtime consultant and user of Dynamics SL, starting with Solomon in 1985. She is currently with Creative Associates International in Washington, DC, but largely works from her new home in Ravenna, Ohio (near Cleveland). Creative is a government contractor... Read More →

Tuesday April 16, 2019 4:45pm - 5:45pm PDT
Platinum 7

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

8:30am PDT

Making SL Your OWN - Financial Perspective

An introduction to SL menu’s, recurring entries, templates, transaction imports and GL allocations for users with little to no experience with Dynamics SL.

Learning Objective- Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

Create custom menus and organize favorites
Setup recurring entries
Setup templates
Setup and manage transaction imports

Speakers

Malissa Oberle

Apex Solutions USA

Paige Hodson

Consultant & Trainer, RTX Solutions

Wednesday April 17, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Elite 2

Accounting/Finance

Audience Deep Dive

8:30am PDT

Management Reporter Advanced for Finance Professionals

Forthcoming

Speakers

Paul James

Senior Consultant, Boyer & Associates

Wednesday April 17, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Platinum 7

Accounting/Finance

Audience Deep Dive

10:15am PDT

Dynamics SL Bootcamp

An introduction to General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable for users with little to no experience with Dynamics SL.

Learning Objective: In this session, participants will gain comprehension of General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable. Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to perform the basic tasks in each of these modules and have an understanding of the functions available.

Speakers

Paige Hodson

Consultant & Trainer, RTX Solutions

Malissa Oberle

Apex Solutions USA

Wednesday April 17, 2019 10:15am - 11:45am PDT
Platinum 7

Accounting/Finance

Audience Deep Dive

10:15am PDT

Excel-Based Reporting for Financial Professionals

Consolidating, formatting, updating and sharing reports with Excel is often a very manual task and can take several hours. But it doesn’t have to.

Learning Objective: In this session, you’ll learn methods and steps to automate your financial reporting in Excel making your reporting process extremely fast. In fact, you’ll learn how to automate any sort of reporting, not just financial.

Speakers

Warwick Leitch

VP, North America, CALUMO

I love reporting, budgeting and forecasting! It's so great to see a reporting problem become something fun. That's my job, make the painful task for reporting fun and exciting!

Wednesday April 17, 2019 10:15am - 11:45am PDT
Elite 2

Accounting/Finance

Audience Deep Dive

2:30pm PDT

GL, AP, AR Closing Practices - Month End & Year End

Forthcoming

Speakers

Dermot Bowden

Dynamics SL Solution Architect, DXC Eclipse

I have been a passionate Dynamics SL solution consultant for my customers for over 20 years, please feel free to ask me any questions you have about the application.

Instructions for MonthEnd Menu docx

DSLUG 2019 GL, AP, AR Closing Practices Month and Year End pptx

Wednesday April 17, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Elite 2

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

2:30pm PDT

Tips for getting 1099s ready for an easy year-end

Join Molly Van Kampen, CPP, for a break down on 1099s including deadlines, common errors and more. Year-end is a little bit away, but getting your independent contractors in order now will save you time and resources when crunch time starts in January.

Learning Objective: Understanding the new regulations around 1099 MISC deadlines and reporting requirements including due dates, e-file requirements, and penalties.

Speakers

Molly Van Kampen

Chief Evangelist, Greeshades Software

Wednesday April 17, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Platinum 8

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

4:00pm PDT

Financial Statement Boot Camp Using Management Reporter

This session will walk you through the basics of building trial balance statements, company income statements and departmental income statements using Management Reporter. This session is perfect for anyone who has never worked with Management Reporter as well as intermediate users.
Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to build a summary trial balance statement.
Upon completion, participants will be able to build a company-wide income statement.
Upon completion, participants will be able to build a departmental income statement.

Speakers

Paul James

Senior Consultant, Boyer & Associates

Wednesday April 17, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Platinum 8

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

4:00pm PDT

How to Achieve Executive Buy-in

You are pumped about this awesome add-on you found at the DSLUG conference that will save you a ton of time and headaches but then you realize the person holding the purse strings middle name is Ebenezer. Then you wonder, how can I (yes you) influence the decision to get the cash and resources needed to move the needle off center?

Learning Objective: Look no further, let us guide you in the right direction by showing you How to present a COMPELLING case for that add-on or other improvement that YOU need to make YOUR life (and those around you) much easier.

Speakers

Tim Young

Controller, Femco, Inc.

Rob Guerriero

Director of Accounting, TEC

Case Study for AR Refund xlsx

Wednesday April 17, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Platinum 9

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

10:00am PDT

GL Reconciling Sub ledgers

Forthcoming

Speakers

Michael O'Neil

Thursday April 18, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Elite 2

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

10:00am PDT

Managing your Fixed Assets

Learning Objectives:

Learn how you can take transactions posted in Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Project Controller and Order Management and create or update Fixed Assets.
Learn how to automatically post your Fixed Asset transactions to your general ledger.
Learn what reporting capabilities you receive with Fixed Assets.

Speakers

Pat Evans

Valerie Borak

Sales Manager, Plumbline Consulting.com

I have been working with the SL Community for 10 years with a focus on selling our SL Utilities. I have worked as a partner and ISV and love networking within our community.

Thursday April 18, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Platinum 7

Accounting/Finance

Audience Concurrent

11:15am PDT

Cash Manager Functionality Tips & Tricks

Forthcoming

Speakers

Michael O'Neil

Thursday April 18, 2019 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT
Platinum 3

Accounting/Finance

Audience Interactive