By Hugh O. Stewart One of the biggest differences between a legacy accounting system like QuickBooks and a dimensional accounting platform like Sage Intacct comes down to where the structure for categorizing and tracking each transaction lives: In many legacy…
By Hugh O. Stewart If you operate with a multi-entity structure using legacy accounting software designed for a single-entity structure, you lose a significant amount of time manually entering duplicate transactions between instances, performing difficult reconciliations and consolidations, and resolving the inevitable…
By Hugh O. Stewart If you’re planning an accounting software migration, you’ve probably gotten mixed advice about data cleanup. Some of the data cleanup tasks finance leaders are tempted to perform before a migration include: Tidying up your active and inactive master lists to reflect…
Green Machine® is a privately owned, American manufacturer of innovative recycling and solid waste processing equipment and systems. From 2006 to 2025, the company used QuickBooks Desktop with a significant number of customizations to manage their finances. When maintaining a…
By Hugh O. Stewart During an accounting platform migration from a legacy system like QuickBooks to a cloud-based ERP like Sage Intacct, the standard approach to data migration is to make sure it’s completed before your Go-Live date in the…
By Hugh O. Stewart When migrating accounting transaction data from a legacy system into a cloud-based ERP like Sage Intacct, validation is the mechanism that gives you confidence that the data now living in your new system is complete, accurate,…
By Hugh O. Stewart If you’re a CFO preparing for a Sage Intacct implementation, you might be wondering how quickly you can get up and running in your new system. Sage claims that Sage Intacct can be deployed with minimal…
BAPKO Metal Inc. is a self-performing contractor specializing in miscellaneous steel and architectural metal fabrication and installation. After many years of managing their finances in Sage 300 CRE, they decided to switch to Sage Intacct Construction. The rigid reports within…
By Hugh O. Stewart Transactional data mapping is one of the most critical steps during an accounting software application migration. When moving from legacy accounting software to modern accounting systems like Sage Intacct, you can’t just export data into a…
By Hugh O. Stewart During a Sage Intacct implementation, most VARs only offer some form of Trial Balance Migration, which may load a single Trial Balance or may involve migrating net monthly summary balances from your legacy accounting system into…