Gorilla Expense is thrilled to join Velosio’s Virtual Biz-tech Conference Aspire 2023 as sponsors AGAIN!
Yes, the one-day virtual event is back. Dive deeper into understanding the latest trends and advancements in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics and Digital Transformation as seasoned experts from various industries help you navigate the world of digital transformation.
Join leading industry experts to explore the infinite opportunities with Dynamics 365 and navigate the world of AI applications.
Gorilla Expense will not only contribute as a sponsor but will also be hosting an exclusive session on streamlining and simplifying expense management in this ever-evolving dynamic environment. Unlock exclusive insights to harness leading technology and fuel your business’s expansion with Gorilla Expense’s advanced expense management solution.
Grand Isle Shipyard (GIS) was established in 1948, LA as a modest company designed to serve the commercial fishing industry. It quickly evolved into the emerging Oil and Gas Industry on entering the Gulf of Mexico. Their mission is to provide quality products and services to customers in a safe and environmentally sound manner at fair and competitive prices. Today the company has advanced and diversified to become one of the industry’s most capable and trusted energy partners.
It serves the oil and gas industry both nationally and internationally. GIS has the capacity to offer solutions in the upstream, midstream, and downstream markets, as well as the resources to span the whole life cycle of their customers’ projects. From the planning stages of large projects through construction, commissioning, and finally decommissioning, they coordinate their services with operations.
THE PROBLEM: Weekly Manual Time-Entry and Verification of Employees
Oil and natural gas are significant players in the energy sector and have an impact on the global economy. The oil and gas industry is capital intensive and dependent on cutting edge technology. GIS used a powerful ERP system – Microsoft Dynamics GP for project accounting and despite this, the company’s accounting team had to manually enter the timesheets of the employees.
Manual time tracking led to delay in approvals and added burden not only on the accounting team but also the employees. This said, the company needed a powerful, seamless and easier approach to time tracking to improve visibility and process hourly work. This change from manual tracking to automotive tracking will have a multiplicity of positive impacts on the accounting team and the employees. Starting from quick approvals to easy time management.
THE SOLUTION: Flawless Integration of the Microsoft Dynamics GP Project Accounting Module
Grand Isle Shipyard used Microsoft Dynamics GP for project accounting. They were looking for a scalable automation solution that could map to certain fields in Microsoft Dynamics GP’s Project Accounting Module without a hitch. With its intuitive and easy-to-use integration, Gorilla Expense became the answer to GIS’s problem.
Gorilla Expense customised the automation process for timesheets to meet GIS’s needs. This flawless integration of the Microsoft Dynamics GP Project Accounting Module convinced the GISY team to switch to Gorilla Expense’s Timesheet Solution. The transition to an automated and user-friendly solution for accounting teams and employees took less than two months.
This solution allowed employees to automatically log hours within their systems and customise their timesheets to make the approval process faster and frictionless. Within two months of rolling out the solution, GIS has 530 active users to date. The automated timesheets gave GIS greater visibility and streamlined approval process. This in turn resulted in a decline in expenditure and rise in task value. Employees focused on high-value tasks.
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Velosio’s Virtual Biz-tech Conference Aspire 2022 is back, and we’re proud to join them as a sponsor!
This one-day virtual event will bring together Microsoft Dynamics users, financial and business leaders, and IT professionals from across the nation to highlight the business opportunities fueled by modern technology solutions.
Hear from Microsoft specialists on cybersecurity, managed IT services, Azure, Dynamics, and Microsoft 365.
Crack the code on Digital Transformation, see real case studies of how these applications are transforming businesses, which will guide users to leverage them.
Join Gorilla Expense on October 26th, 2022 @ 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
Gorilla Expense is happy to announce its sponsorship of the Great Plains User Conference (GPUC) in 2021. Providing both in-person at the Microsoft Campus in Fargo, ND, and virtual attendance options on November 15-19, 2021, Microsoft Dynamics GP users can take advantage of 90+ sessions directed by experienced professionals.
In joining other industry leaders as a sponsor, Gorilla Expense will provide an in-depth session on decreasing AP workloads when creating comprehensive expense reports. Attendees will also be able to ask the Gorilla Expense team of experts anything and everything about accelerating their expense management and payment reconciliation at our virtual booth on November 17th and 18th.
At this conference, Gorilla Expense will be discussing:
Best expense management practices for accounting, finance, and sales
How to make expense reporting easy and painless
A lighthearted and serious look at expense fraud
The GPUC has provided Microsoft Dynamics GP users an opportunity to advance their careers and grow their network for years. And for a limited time, attendees can bring their team for one low price of $2,999 or $599 for an individual pass if they register now.
About Gorilla Expense: Gorilla Expense is a leading provider of expense reporting automation software for AP teams. Based out of Duluth, GA, and with users in over 40 countries, Gorilla Expense has been selected by CIO Review Magazine as one of the 10 Most Promising Microsoft Dynamics Solution Providers and 10 Most Promising Sage Solution Providers. In 2021, GetApp also featured Gorilla Expense as a leader in expense reporting software.
For more information about Gorilla Expense’s Expense Management Solutions, contact Kathleen Forsyth, Director of Channel Sales and Marketing at kathleen@gorillaexpense.com.
We are pleased to announce that over the past couple of months Solver Global (Reporting & Planning Software ISV) & Gorilla Expense have worked together to integrate from Gorilla Expense to Dynamics 365 Business Central’s AR and AP modules via Solver’s QuickStart deployment wizard.
For the team at Gorilla Expense and all our customers this means that the combined integration of Solver and Gorilla Expense on the Dynamics 365 BC platform provides a quick, deployable, consolidated AP view to customers.
The integration to AP is out of the box with all relevant fields pre-mapped, including data imported into Dynamics 365 BC from Gorilla Expense.
Now from within Solver’s AP report you can link directly to the related transaction screen inside Gorilla Expense.
Using Solver’s Quickstart deployment with the Gorilla Expense integration, customers can use pre-defined AP reports from Solver’s Marketplace and they can create their own Gorilla Expense AP reports in 1 day.
To know more about Gorilla Expense’s integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central visit our Dynamics 365 Business Central page. If you have any questions about the integration, please feel free to connect with sales@gorillaexpense.com and existing customers can write to support@gorillaexpense.com
Sample report from Solver Global / Gorilla Expense integration
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A mid-sized organization has its share of challenges especially in this era of technology and globalization. Particularly in business travel and expense management, finance managers in these organizations can find several pain points that eventually trickle its way to company operations, and finally the bottom line. Therefore, it goes without saying that an effective expense management tool is necessary for any organization if they want to succeed in what they do and find this success reflected in their financials.
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There is always room for improvement when it comes to anything, and so, you’re probably reading this because you want to improve the current expense management system and processes you have.
So before shopping and procuring an expense management software, you have to look at the specific requirements of your organization. What does the day to day operations look like from an expense standpoint? Is the software going to scale and adapt to your needs? Do you deal with international travel and booking that needs to be addressed? Does your business use corporate credit cards?
Now that you have figured out your unique requirements, you have a better idea of what to look for to make your expense management so much more efficient. Take a look at these expense management software must-haves:
Corporate credit card integration. This avoids corporate credit card expenses from slipping through the cracks, which can cost the company a lot in the long run. The software should be able to automatically import corporate card expenses and provide to the user for reconciliation.
Mobile apps for Real-time tracking. Today’s technology makes it easy to capture receipts with just a click of a smartphone camera. This should be a standard feature of your software, in addition to easy mileage tracking using maps. If there is OCR in the mobile app, that would be a bonus!
Real-time reporting. Time is money, and reports should be easy to create and submit without any delay. The software must be able to organize reports while providing a clear picture of T&E spend, which helps with improved visibility for the organization.
Timely reimbursements. Reimbursements must occur in a timely manner, and automation plays a big part in this. The software should be able to support reimbursements either via payroll or through the ERP/Accounting system. It also helps to have automatic notifications and reminders for employees to submit their receipts to move things along.
Easy Accounting system integration. The software must seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Dynamics ERP so that all the data can be automatically pushed into Dynamics and reconciled. This also avoids manual work, duplications and redundancy, while making the finance team’s lives much more efficient.
Customer support. You should be able to easily implement your system, with solid adoption amongst your employees. If there are any issues, the software vendor must be able to address these promptly and thoroughly.
As you can see, there is not really one perfect solution that it comes down to. The best solution out there is really the one that works best for your company and your needs.
It is also important to understand how the expense management solution can configured to fit your organization. And there is where Gorilla Expense comes in. Gorilla Expense can accommodate various expense management needs, and we specialize in integrating the data into Microsoft Dynamics ERP. We work with various customers across the world and across myriad industries.
If you would like to see a live demo of the solution or have any questions, please contact us at sales@gorillaexpense.com