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An Interview with Kevin Lancaster Founder and Director of Aqua Cooling Systems Aqua Cooling is a global supplier of process cooling equipment. With a head office in Fareham, the company currently buys in standard or made to order units, modifying them for bespoke orders. With the current high levels of growth, Kevin discusses the pros and cons of manufacturing in the UK, as w ...

A Few Myths and Bad Ideas with GDPR Hopefully some of our previous blogs about GDPR, such as the ICO guidelines and practical implementation of GDPR, have been helpful. Having done a lot of research, as well as having conversations with business owners, there are a number of myths and bad ideas that are circling the General Data Protection Regulations. There is a lot of “You n ...

GDPR - A Practical View If you have read our previous blogs on what is GDPR and the ICO advice on GDPR, you will know that the General Data Protection Regulations apply to your business and need to be conformed to by May 2018. You will also know that there is a lot to take in and actioning all of the requirements is causing a lot of headaches! However, to help launch your GDPR ...

What on Earth is GDPR?! We have been speaking to a lot of businesses about GDPR, and the response is one of two options: I have no idea what you are talking about, GDP-what? Oh don’t talk to me about GDPR, it is the bane of my life! We read all sorts of figures about the high percentage of UK businesses, especially in the SMB space, that have no plan, willing or even aw ...

An Interview with Martin Hennessey Managing Director of Austin Hughes Europe The latest in our series of Manufacturing Matters interviews features Martin Hennessey of Austin Hughes Europe. As a leading manufacturer and supplier of Data Centre management and administration solutions, we spoke to their MD to find out about their balance between UK and overseas manufacture. Thei ...

An Interview with Rodney McMahon Managing Director of Morgan Contract Furniture The second in our series of Manufacturing Matters Interviews, running up to the report we commissioned from Decision Magazine, is now here. We spoke with the MD of Morgan Contract Furniture, Rodney McMahon, about his views of the manufacturing industry, especially with regard to IT and technology ...

Manufacturing Matters A major report commissioned by Dynamics Consultants will demonstrate the world-class attributes of manufacturers based in the south of England, with a consideration of their particular qualities and their take on technology, globalisation, the supply chain, customer expectation, and the availability of the skill-sets required now and in the future.Each fo ...

We are Exhibiting at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics Show See Dynamics Consultants at Stand E62! Dynamics Consultants are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics show. The free to attend exhibition will run from 21st to 23rd March 2017 and showcases over 450 businesses and a range of seminars from industry experts. ...

Every accounts package is built around a Chart of Accounts which is used to record and analyse expenditure, income and balances. Microsoft Dynamics NAV® is no exception to this and as standard, it has a Chart of Accounts such as that in the picture. This allows the accounts to be grouped and totals for individual accounts calculated (highlighted in red in the screenshot). Ther ...

What is a Warehouse Management System (WMS)? A warehouse management system, or WMS, is a software package that supports the day-to-day operations of a company’s warehouse. This can include stock control to handling shipments, picking, courier management and a wide range of other functionality. The aim is to improve visibility for managers and reduce the possibility for mistake ...

Jobs and Finance Improvements for NAV 2017 We have more news from Directions EMEA in Prague, with some of the new features being added to core functionality to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017. In this blog we discuss the latest updates for the Financial management and Jobs modules. This blog will cover: Jobs Cash Flow with Cortana Default Financial Reports Payment Reconcili ...