Yes, it’s that time of the year again. The fall conference schedule is in full swing, and Community Summit 2024 is fast approaching. This year’s event will be hosted in beautiful San Antonio, TX, October 13-17, 2024.

Community Summit is the largest independent innovation, education, and training event for Microsoft business applications delivered by Expert Users, Microsoft Leaders, MVPs, and Partners. It features:

• 5,500 Microsoft Business Applications Users
• 600 Education Sessions
• 500 Speakers
• 35 Academy Classes
• 250 Microsoft Business Applications Partners
• ...and a host of networking opportunities

Liberty Grove Software at Community Summit 2024

Community Summit NA is one of the year's most anticipated events, and Liberty Grove experts Andrew Good and Brad Hearn will be there to share their wealth of knowledge in the BC/NAV category.

Here are their speaking sessions:

Andrew Good - President and CEO at Liberty Grove Software, Lead MCT, DCP

Supply Chain/WMS/Inventory - Roundtable for Your Challenges

Monday, October 14, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT

This session will allow users to ask panel members queries regarding Inventory, Warehousing, or Supply Chain.

Reporting - Roundtable for Your Challenges and Explore the Many Options Available in BC

Tuesday, October 15, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT

Business Central offers many reporting alternatives. This session provides an opportunity to deliberate on the current situation, offer recommendations for the absence of certain features, and determine the most effective approach to addressing the information requirements of all Business Central users.

• Options in base BC
• Excel functionality
• PowerBI
• General Discussion about third-party solutions (not ISV-specific)
• Data Structures

Manufacturing - Roundtable for Your Challenges

Wednesday, October 16, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM CT

Share your manufacturing challenges with your colleagues. This session will be an excellent opportunity to leverage the collective experiences of the BC community. Many perspectives are available, and these supplementary viewpoints may help your challenge. 

Value of Keeping Data Clean

Thursday, October 17, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Business Central is frequently an organization's primary transaction system. As such, it must serve as a reliable source of information for daily operations and reporting. Maintaining the integrity of the data in BC is imperative to establish it as a trustworthy resource. This session will investigate the techniques and data sources to guarantee its initial and ongoing cleanliness.

Brad Hearn - Senior Analyst at Liberty Grove Software MCA, CFA

Reporting - Roundtable for Your Challenges and Explore the Many Options Available in BC

Tuesday, October 15, 2:30-4:00 PM CT

Business Central offers many reporting alternatives. This session provides an opportunity to deliberate on the current state of affairs, offer recommendations for the absence of certain features, and determine the most effective approach to addressing the information requirements of all Business Central users. Brad will discuss:

• Base options BC
• Excel's capabilities
• Power BI
• General Discussion regarding third-party solutions (not specific to ISVs)
• Data Structures

Sales Order Processing, from Soup to Nuts

Thursday, October 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Business Central facilitates recording the entire sales process, from the entry of the sales quote/order to the posting of the sales shipment and invoice, with various nuances and capabilities. This session will encompass the following topics:

• Capitalizing on Blanket Sales Orders or Recurring Sales Lines
• Establishing customer prices and discounts
• Utilizing Catalog Items and Substitutions
• Generating Sales Quotes
• Generating sales orders
• Posting Partial Shipments and Sales Shipments
• The posting of invoices
• Correcting or Cancelling Posted Sales Shipments and Invoices
• The effect of posting on Item Ledger Entries, Value Entries, G/L Entries, Customer Ledger Entries, and Detailed Customer Ledger Entries to update your inventory and General Ledgers.

Mark your Calendar

Andrew and Brad hope to see you at Community Summit NA, so be sure to stop by and say “hello!” Explore the full agenda for this premier event and register here.

About the Author

Liberty Grove Software is an established Microsoft Partner that focuses on providing customers with sales, service, and support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV solutions and training and upgrades.

Liberty Grove Software helps manufacturing firms compete by automating tedious operations with Microsoft technologies. Our extensive manufacturing knowledge has established us as the preferred Microsoft partner for assisting mid-sized manufacturers in increasing production.

Over more than 25 years, Liberty Grove has assisted hundreds of customers with businesses ranging from small to mid-sized to Microsoft Partners in implementing, training, customization, and upgrading Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions.