Last weekend I hiked the Grand Canyon with my two sons. I’ve hiked down to the Colorado River and back up three times before; spending the night at the Phantom Ranch. For a two day hike it’s challenging. It’s a total of 17 miles and the elevation drop is a bit less than 5,000 […]
Archive | October, 2012
Separation of Duties in Everyday Life
This is a separation of duties control you’ll find all around you: You go to a movie theater and buy your ticket from person #1. You then go to person #2, who gives you access to the theater once you give them the ticket you just purchased moments before. Is this […]
Applications Accessible to Employees Anywhere Benefit of Hosted ERP
Hosted solutions allow you and your employees to access your business systems from anywhere you have access to the internet, and on various platforms. Available via Internet Hosted solutions allow your business systems to be easily deployed around the world. Your hosting provider deploys your system in the confines of a well […]
Manage Inventory for Improved Cash Flow and Less Risk
The key goal in managing inventory is to keep just enough inventory on-hand to meet your customers’ needs, and no more. You want to avoid stock outs, but not have idle inventory sitting around. There are a number of reasons to keep inventory at a minimum, but from a cash flow […]
No Additional Consulting Costs for Service Packs and Upgrades Benefit of Hosted ERP
Service packs and patches for infrastructure and application software applied as part of hosting agreement Hosting providers of hosted ERP systems will generally keep your system current and optimized with applicable service packs and hot fixes applied as part of your regular hosting agreement. This means that your systems will be running […]
Pay for What You Use Benefit of Hosted ERP
Adjust user counts as you need, to match your business cycles Whether your business grows or shrinks because of seasonal cycles, economic cycles, or structural changes, hosting your ERP system allows you to match your IT outlay for systems to your business’s needs. Because you are making no large upfront investment […]
Signing up for myGPcloud as a student
A reminder to all students who are signing up for myGPcloud. If you use a different email during signup than what your Paypal account is assigned you will not receive your login credentials automatically. We will need to enable your account and send you credentials during our scheduled student maintenance time frame at 5:30 am […]

Separation of Duties Controls You Should be Using
Separation of duties controls are used to help ensure the integrity of your accounting records and protect your business assets. The basic premise is to have two or more people involved in business transactions, more specifically, one person should have physical control of the assets, and another should be responsible for the related record keeping. […]
Management of the OS, Service Packs, and Security Benefits of Hosted ERP
Make sure your system infrastructure is up to date. These are some of the things to consider: User add/change/delete services All additions, changes, and deletions of users and user access should be controlled by the hosting provider. This helps you meet your Sarbanes Oxley compliance requirements by having a well-documented and […]