An old ERP joke was ERP stood for ‘Excel Replacement Program’ instead of Enterprise Resource Planning.  According to a study by Deloitte, 70% of companies still use Microsoft Excel for sensitive and critical data and processes and over one billion people use and rely on Microsoft Excel every day to collect and manage data, make important calculations and decisions.

At VOX ISM we don’t believe Excel will truly be replaced. ERP is complicated, inflexible, and rules-based while Excel provides freedom, flexibility and enhances productivity.

So how can you get the best of both worlds? That’s what this webinar is all about, welcome to the future and learn why Microsoft’s Power Platform is so powerful.

In this webinar, we’ll cover:

• Overview of new Microsoft Technology
  • Power BI
  • AI
  • Teams
  • Power Automate
• How Excel evolved to come Power BI
• Evolving data collection strategies (Forms and Power Apps)
• Where should Excel data reside? (Sharepoint, Microsoft Dataverse, ERP)
• Security, Sensitivity, Fraud Protection and Distribution
• Bi-Directional Integration
• Examples of Excel used in industry
  • Quoting/Estimating
  • Supply Chain
  • Accounting
  • Sales Analysis

Have you ever wondered how Netflix automatically understands your preferences and finds the best fit or match based on what you have watched?  The technology that Netflix is using is AI or machine learning and its purpose is to sell you on a show…but what if we could use this technology to recommend to your customers the most profitable items based on their sales history and profile?

Because that’s what we are going to build on today’s webinar!

Agenda:

• Hands-on creation of Netflix’s algorithm using the Azure machine learning studio
• But instead of movies, we’re going to use products, costs, margins and customers
• It’s not simple, so that’s all that we’re going to do!

For machine learning:

• You need to create an Azure Account and be able to log into the machine learning studio – its free
• You must have Microsoft Excel, and we will email you the examples upon registration.

• Part 1
  • Transformation of Supply Chains
  • Migration of manufacturing to 3^rd party logistics companies
  • Need for better communication amongst various parties involved
  • How self-service portals can help
• Part 2
  • Office 365 Portal for Customer/Vendor Portals
  • Customer portal for order entry, status, shipping and financial details
  • Vendor portal for purchase order management
  • Communication of work order status and bill of material details

Let’s get started in AI and Machine learning!  You’ve probably heard about it in the news and know that other companies are using it, but what is it? How does it work? And how can a typical manufacturing and distribution company take advantage of the technology?

Please join us in a “hands-on” approach to understanding what AI is and how to use it.  The format will be similar to the other 101 series, which is a combination of education and doing.

Agenda:

• What is Data Science?
• What is Machine Learning?
• What kinds of prediction questions can you ask?
• Common Algorithms
• Data
• Simple Predication
• Hands-on creation in the Machine Learning Studio

This webinar focuses on Machine learning, which is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses algorithms to identify patterns within the data, and those patterns are then used to create a data model that can make predictions.  After building, the model the system has the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed and Microsoft provides toolsets that make this process as easy and drag and drop.

This webinar is designed for people will little to no experience in programming, R-Scripts, Data Science, Statistics, etc. but want to learn something new and understand how this technology will shape the future.

For machine learning:

• You need to create an Azure Account and be able to log into the machine learning studio – its free
• You must have Microsoft Excel

In this webinar, we’ll cover:

1. Overview of the Microsoft Wave 1 release
2. Top 5 Vox favourites by module (ERP, CRM, PBI)
3. How do you get a copy to work within your sandbox environment?

The 2021 release wave 1 for Dynamics 365 brings new innovations that provide you with significant capabilities to transform your business. The release contains hundreds of new features across Dynamics 365 applications, including Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Field Service, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources, Commerce, Fraud Protection, & Business Central.

Dynamics 365 Sales focuses on adding productivity enhancements for sellers and providing more access to data-driven insights to help with decision-making. Look for updates to automation and sequencing, conversation intelligence, and many exciting updates to the mobile app enhancing the mobile experience for sellers on the go.

• Dynamics 365 Customer Service transforms the contact center by providing intelligent omnichannel routing across channels. The all-in-one contact center will ship with a logistic and integrated first-party voice and chat solution to enable customers to be up and running quickly.
• Dynamics 365 Field Service introduces a comprehensive experience for customers that will allow them to self-schedule service and rate technicians to ensure maximum satisfaction. Other investments in 2021 release wave 1 include a streamlined onboarding experience, comprehensive customer engagement capabilities, and broader resourcing options.

Dynamics 365 Business Central delivers a set of new features designed to simplify and improve the way our partners administer tenants, and the way administrators manage licensing and permissions. Application enhancements expand the integration with Microsoft Teams, add country and regional expansions, and include moves to Visual Studio Code to provide modern development tools, further enhancing the productivity for developers.

Microsoft Power Platform enables users and organizations to analyze, act, and automate the data to digitally transform their businesses. Microsoft Power Platform today comprises four products: Power BI, TEAMS, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and security updates

Discover what this release means for you and your business and how it will help you.

It is a mistake to hire developers to program custom solutions.  So instead, join us for another training webinar where you will learn how to quickly automate your workflows, enable business logic to simplify tasks and connect your processes with Microsoft Power Automate. 

Agenda:

• Introduction to Flow
• Templates
• Flow in Action
• Flow Features and Functions
• Multistep Flows
• Approve Requests
• Adding conditions
• Using a combination of data/systems
• Working security
• Dashboards and Monitoring

Prerequisites:

• You either need Microsoft 365 professional or
• You can download the Power Platform you can get a limited trial license

Embrace tools that support modern work and security for whatever happens next.

Join us for a unique experience designed to help organizations connect in a new way and thrive in the face of change. Microsoft expert Mike Fontaine will present this webinar and will be answering your questions.

Agenda: 

Introduction

• Introduction to Teams as the central hub for teamwork in Microsoft 365 
• How Teams impacts organizations 
• Overview of chats, meetings, and calls 
• Collaborate with integrated Microsoft 365 apps 
• Customizing team workspace 
• Stay connected across devices

Navigate Microsoft Teams 

• Explore the Microsoft Teams interface 
• Your digital identity within Teams 
• Search in Teams 
• Compose a new message 
• Break down the apps within Teams

Using persistent Chat 

• Create and participate in one-on-one, group, and meeting conversations 
• Format messages 
• Find messages by a person’s name or keyword 
• Hide or mute chats to keep them out of the way 
• Connect relevant information to chats 
• Easily jump into an audio or video call

Collaborating in a team 

• Overview of teams and channels 
• Utilize posts to share ideas and communicate with the team 
• Share and collaborate on files 
• Customize and extend the Teams experience through connecting Microsoft and other apps 
• Host an audio or video call within a Channel

Calendar and meetings

• Overview of the relationship between Outlook and Teams calendar 
• Book an online meeting 
  • • Create in Teams or Outlook 
    • Difference between meeting and channel meeting 
    • Scheduling assistant 
    • Invite people outside the organization, including those who don’t have a Teams license 
• Change calendar view 
• RSVP, chat with participants and join 
• Meeting details

Call capabilities in Teams 

• Set speed dial and contact groups 
• Launch an audio or video call from VoIP 
• Exploring Phone System (if enabled)

See all your files 

• Overview of files storage in Microsoft Teams 
• See recent files, files from across teams, and downloads 
• Access OneDrive
• Connect to another cloud storage location (if requested)

Customize and extend 

• Pin additional apps or unpin unused apps 
• Preview to extending Teams experience (covered in advanced Teams courses)

Catching up with the Activity feed 

• Getting to the summary of everything that’s happened in Teams 
• Viewing notifications 
• Filtering notifications and responding to posts

Create your first team 

• Walkthrough of setting up a team and channels 
• Explore different circumstances where a team could be made 
• Building a successful first team 
• Create a team from scratch that has a clear intention 
  • • Build channels with clear description and uses 
    • Pin tabs to extend the experience 
    • Post etiquette and populating channels with rich content 
    • Review key features in teams 
• Customizable demonstration based on workstreams and use cases

Join a Teams meeting

• Explore how teams can be used to prepare for a meeting, run a meeting, and follow-up on meeting objectives 
• Join a meeting from a hyperlink, meeting chat, dial-in, calendar, or a channel 
• Navigate the pre-meeting screen and selecting the right devices 
• Explore main actions in a Teams meeting
  • Share video, audio, and content 
  • Show and chat with participants and raise hand 
  • Explore meeting views 
• Mobile capabilities

Next steps

Summary of topics covered 

Question and Answer Session

Note: Microsoft Teams delivers a rich, interactive experience that works best with the Teams app. We recommend downloading the app if you don’t have it, as not all browsers are supported. When you join this event, your name, email and/or phone number may be viewable by other session participants in the attendee list. By entering this event, you agree to this experience.

Have you decided to sell your warehouse and find a 3PL for your company?

It seems to be a growing trend in the distribution industry and outsourcing your fulfillment might cost less than all of the related costs of operation ( Barcoding, Warehouse Management knowledge, management of temporary staff, EDI, WMS software, etc.)

Microsoft’s next-generation ERP Business Central has all of the technology to operate a warehouse but this webinar will explore how to operate with a 3PL using Business central to achieve a full-fledged and integrated coordination between the entities making your supply chains more responsive.

Agenda:

• What is a 3PL
• Overview of WMS software in Business Central
• Setup and processes required for 3PL operation
• Available technologies to connect to the 3PL