What Embedded Reporting Reveals About Life After Great Plains 

When Microsoft announced the end-of-life timeline for Dynamics Great Plains, most organizations focused on the final date. December 31, 2029 became the point of reference. That’s when support ends. That’s when action becomes unavoidable. 

This article was inspired by our recent webinar, Great Plains Migration Roadmap for Nonprofits, where we discussed the growing security and compliance risks of staying on end-of-life ERP systems. 

Most reporting problems don’t show up all at once. 

Earlier this year, we hosted a thought leadership webinar called Dimensions in Practice: A Conversation for Finance Leaders. It was a candid conversation led by Meg Wilson, Jennifer Hume, and Kinley Graham; three people who…

Most finance teams understand dimensions. They’ve implemented them. They use them. They rely on them for reporting, budgeting, and oversight. 

If you’ve ever inherited a chart of accounts with five segments, 14 digits, and thousands of near-identical combinations, you already know how this story starts. 

A lot of Canadian nonprofits know they “should” modernize their finance and data systems. Fewer have a clear answer to the follow-up question: who’s going to pay for this? 

Across Canada’s mental health sector, the language of finance is evolving. Funders no longer ask only for balanced budgets; they ask for measurable outcomes, proof of impact, and evidence that…