Following Anders Terp’s move to Chicago to support Lasernet’s growth in the USA, we have appointed Nick Collard to help drive our UK reseller network forward. He is looking forward to expanding partnerships and strategic alliances here in the UK along with managing existing clients. Nick has 17 years’ experience in the IT and Software industry, holding both technical and sales roles, and has attained Microsoft Certified Personnel (MCP) Status. He held a number of IT sales roles, from niche Cambridge software vendors to large corporates such as IBM, focussing on account management and business development.

“It’s an exciting time to join Lasernet with new capabilities rolling off the development line, coupled with mainstream adoption of cloud technologies – it’s about ensuring our product positioning aligns with industry strategic goals and trends, from what I have experienced, Formpipe is certainly an innovative and customer centric organisation.” Nick Collard

With substantial hands on experience within the technology space, Nick has shown the ability to quickly understand pain points for clients and articulates potential solutions through developing account relationships. In everything he does – he’s mindful of putting the customers’ needs first. Nick says, “Formpipe is certainly on an upward trajectory in terms of expansion and as with any growing organisation the core company values have to be central in everything we do.” Nick cites people as well as technology as a big attraction to joining us at Lasernet. “Ultimately its people who drive innovation – Formpipe put people first and this was evident from my first engagement with the company.”

What challenges does Nick foresee that Lasernet can overcome in the short and long term?

“Relying on maintenance revenue streams is how nearly every enterprise software company that sells on premise software survives today.  While this business model is very profitable, it breeds complacency and a tendency to procrastinate about innovation. To remain innovative, the software industry has to embrace a hybrid approach, offering feature rich, on-prem and cloud-based solutions, with rapid development and delivery approaches, new feature enhancements, and customer training and support. Peel away the hype of cloud ERP and you find a business model that must deliver value daily to customers both now and in the future – ultimately it’s about putting customer needs first.”

So what does Nick get up to when he’s not busy with ERP and CRM technology?

“I like time with my wife, stepson and daughter. I do like a beer or two, but I’m currently training for the London Marathon so some of the weekend currently consists of a long run. Alongside this we are also renovating our property and keeping up with football, namely Spurs!”

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Mike Rogers, Commercial Director of Formpipe Lasernet, looks at a growing a global channel for Channel Pro magazine.

Despite uncertainty, now is not the time for companies to be turning inwards

In light of recent political events both sides of the Atlantic, now may seem a strange time to be grabbing a globalised channel strategy with both hands. Yet, despite nationalistic ideology dominating the political sphere and the result of the Brexit referendum continuing to throw up economic uncertainty closer to home, there is still tremendous opportunity for the channel to think outside the proverbial box, and expand both its horizons and operational footprint.

Four years ago, 80% of our sales were generated through our certified partner network in Denmark. Today, 80% of our sales come from outside of Denmark. This isn’t a coincidence but a result of a simple shift in strategic outlook. From thinking and acting as a Danish company, to thinking as a European company, to finally embracing a globalised partner network strategy to achieve a truly global channel.

As we venture further into the relative unknown, we ask ourselves, how can we create a well-functioning global channel network without losing that vital relationships-based approach that’s served us so well to date?

Seizing opportunity and keeping it simple

Read the full article in Channel Pro magazine

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Nick Collard from Formpipe UK will be competing in this year’s London Marathon (23 April 2017), raising money for a fantastic charity; Get Kids Going!

Nick describes how he’s recently undertaken a bit of a life style change; cutting back on the odd pint or two in an effort to fight the middle age spread, and as part of this process he has also taken up running. “I remember my first run, getting my wife to drop me 2 miles from home in the car so I had no option but to run the whole distance. Thinking this will probably be my first and last effort – it wasn’t an enjoyable experience!” Sticking with it, Nick has now competed in a 10k, the Cambridge Half Marathon and looking to complete 26.2 miles in London this April.

Nick’s chosen charity is Get Kids Going!, which gives disabled children the opportunity of participating in sport. They provide specially built sports’ wheelchairs so young people can get involved in athletics, marathons, tennis, and many more sports. Get Kids Going! inspires British disabled youngsters to compete in sporting events, from start to Paralympic level, by also giving them sports grants to help with their training, physiotherapy, travel, competition fees, design and development of sports’ equipment, and more.

If you would like to sponsor Nick, he has set up a fundraising page at:  http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/NickJCollard

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Ready to broaden your Microsoft Dynamics 365 horizons? On May 23rd 2017 FourVision, SaasPlaza & Formpipe are hosting a free seminar “Power your Microsoft Dynamics 365” at The Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Discover what the next generation of AX, Microsoft Dynamics, means for your business, and for your clients.
The amount of tickets is limited, so sign up for your free place today!

More information regarding the seminar and registration.

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Formpipe Lasernet has sponsored this year’s Summit EMEA held 4th – 6th April at the RAI venue in Amsterdam. The event focused on educating Microsoft Dynamics users further about the software, and provided the perfect opportunity for Formpipe Lasernet to share insight into how users can maximise input/output management capabilities by using its latest connector, designed to integrate seamlessly with the cutting edge ERP platform.

Summit EMEA is hosted by Dynamic Communities, the world’s largest community of Microsoft Dynamics users and the parent company of Dynamics AX User Group (AXUG), Dynamics CRM User Group (CRMUG), Dynamics NAV User Group (NAVUG), and the Dynamics Power BI User Group (PBIUG). As well as insight into Microsoft Dynamics, the event provided a hub for businesses and technology specialists around the world to come together to discover new solutions, learn from early adopters, celebrate innovation and share best practice.

Formpipe Lasernet’s commercial director, Mike Rogers, who attended the event commented: “Last year at the Microsoft Envision conference we showcased Lasernet’s unrivalled integration capabilities with the newly released Microsoft ERP offering. Being first to market is something we were able to achieve thanks to our membership of Microsoft’s TAP scheme and is something we are very proud of. Since we launched our Dynamics 365 connector we have experienced steady demand, with more and more organisations recognising the benefits of migrating to the latest version. Currently, we’re working on several high profile Dynamics 365 implementations across all regions most notably in France, Benelux and Germany with key, certified partners.

“Summit EMEA is an event that we were very keen to be a part of, it’s attended by like minded business professionals and it’s important for us to have a presence at relevant events like this. There are many representatives from significant corporations with whom we met and are keen to learn more about Formpipe Lasernet and our offering. Following the event we hope and are anticipating a rise in demand and look forward to speaking with potential future customers about how our offering can help them and their business.”

Formpipe Lasernet works with businesses experiencing challenges associated with managing large quantities of documents, and uses its software to digitalize a range of inbound and outbound business documents. Not only does Formpipe Lasernet have unrivalled integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365, but it also seamlessly integrates with NAV, SAP and Infor along with other ERP solutions to delivers business documents in almost any format imaginable. Proven benefits of the company’s software include: lower costs, minimized risk exposure, reduced lead times, and improved quality control.

A Microsoft Gold Partner and member of Microsoft’s Technology Adoption Program (TAP), Formpipe Lasernet is sold and supported through a certified network of global partners.

For more information about becoming a Lasernet partner, get in touch.

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It’s the time of year for one of the most important events for Microsoft users, IT professionals and partners in Germany. The European equivalent to Microsoft Inspire in the USA, the mbuf (Microsoft Business User Forum) attracts decision makers from all industries and sectors, looking for the next developments in Microsoft’s ERP technology. The annual event will be held 15-16 May 2017 at the International Congress Center Stuttgart, and will include lectures on collaboration, cloud computing and the most advanced Microsoft Dynamics solutions.

We look forward to knowledge sharing the advances in Microsoft Dynamics 365, and demonstrating the power that Lasernet can provide. Early adopters and companies pushing digital transformation can get hands-on experience using our latest technology in a relaxed atmosphere. We’ll be in good company at the event, with partners from our reseller network in attendance including HSO, Rödl & Partner, KCS.net and Alnamic.

“We are at this event to support our mixed community of existing customers and partners, but also to meet with prospects. This is one of the most relevant events for Lasernet’s in the DACH region and the event has the additional advantage of being directly associated with Microsoft’s technologies. Formpipe Lasernet’s investment in mbuf demonstrates the importance of Germany to our business success as we grow across Europe and in the United States. Only through strong relationships with our customers and partners can Formpipe Lasernet have a solid foundation for expanding our global business.” Allen Jones, Managing Director at Formpipe Lasernet GmbH.

What Formpipe Lasernet will be doing at mbuf:

• Formpipe Lasernet GmbH together with our DACH region key distributor, secion GmbH, will co-exhibit at stand 19
• Lasernet product experts will live demonstrate how Lasernet can enable the power of ECM in your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Operations for cloud, hybrid or on-premise environments
• Join Nils Gerloff for his mbuf presentation on day 2 that will detail Lasernet’s enhancements to Microsoft Dynamics

On Tuesday the 16th of May at 13:00 CET in seminar room C7.2, Nils Gerloff, DACH Country Manager for secion GmbH, will present on how to effectively and efficiently create company-wide business documents on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Operations. Due to the limitations of Microsoft’s native Reporting Services (SSRS) and requirement for using Visual Studio, creating and managing business critical documents requires an excessive amount of time resulting in excessive costs. Lasernet can meet your full document management requirements in a quarter of the time. In addition, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Operations has demonstrated substantial performance barriers, which can only be overcome by using Lasernet.

Full mbuf event agenda: http://2017.mbuf.de/agenda/. Get mbuf tickets here: http://2017.mbuf.de/#JK17Tickets.

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Formpipe Lasernet, has signed up leading Icelandic IT reseller, Advania, to its certified partner network. The deal represents Formpipe Lasernet’s first venture in the Icelandic region, supporting the firm’s plans for global market dominance.

Agreeing the terms of the partnership earlier this month, Advania will be adding Lasernet’s agile, feature-rich input/output management functionality to its existing ERP offering, concentrating initially on the Microsoft Dynamics AX market. Due to Lasernet’s ability to integrate seamlessly with all ERP systems there is also scope for Advania to sell and support Lasernet as part of future Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Oracle implementations.

Commenting on the partnership, Advania director, Sigríður Þórðardóttir, said: “Working with multiple organisations using Microsoft AX products, we have first-hand experience of some of the challenges they face. Dynamics is an incredibly powerful solution but we identified a clear demand from users to enhance some aspects of its functionality, including document management.

“By offering Lasernet, we can give our customers a state of the art solution for document management, which will empower them to more effectively co-ordinate the associated processes and, ultimately, work more efficiently and deliver noticeable cost savings. Choosing Lasernet was easy. The solution is very efficient compared to similar products on the market yet at the same time incredibly easy to use.”

“We are hoping this will be a fruitful partnership for both parties. We have full confidence in Lasernet’s ability to provide our customers with a solution that will enhance the standard functionality available in Dynamics and make day to day business life much easier for them.”

Despite the relatively short partnership to date, Advania is already in the planning phase of a Dynamics AX implementation with one of its customers in Iceland. The implementation will see Advania’s customer, which operates in the utilities sector, adopt the MECOMS platform by Ferranti Computer Systems to better manage its meter data and customer information. The MECOMS solution is based on Dynamics AX and sold with Lasernet functionality as standard, following an earlier partnership between Formpipe Lasernet and Ferranti.

Mike Rogers, sales and marketing director at Formpipe Lasernet, believes this latest partnership is further proof of Lasernet’s unrivalled integration with Microsoft ERP systems. Mike explains: “Advania is a serious Dynamics player in the region so to be selected as the company’s document management software vendor over a number of our competitors is true testament to Lasernet’s seamless integration with Microsoft solutions – as well as its ease of use and long list of features.

“Equally, we have strict rules in place as part of our certified partner network. It’s important to us that Lasernet maintains its position in the market and continues to set the benchmark for innovative input/output management technology, as well as superior integration with a multitude of ERP solutions. We immediately recognised synergies with Advania and are proud to have the firm represent, sell and support Lasernet.”

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Formpipe Lasernet’s partner, Advania, has signed a deal with leading, Iceland-based premium drinks supplier, Ölgerðin. Enabling the drinks giant to implement Lasernet software and capitalise on its seamless integration capabilities with AX, with the aim to improve customer communications management efficiency and reduce costs.

Ölgerðin is a well-established supplier with over 100 years of experience in the industry and a portfolio of high profile partners such as: Smirnoff, Hennessy and Red Bull. Through the deal, Ölgerðin, will benefit from Lasernet’s software’s unrivalled AX integration. The software will also lower costs, minimise exposure risk, reduced lead times and improve quality control for the company.

The new deal comes weeks after Formpipe Lasernet announced the partnership with Advania, commercial director, Mike Rogers, comments: “Partnering with Advania was our first venture into the Icelandic region, as we recognised that there is a clear demand for our software, and the addition of our first client has only cemented this for us. We are really delighted to have secured our first contact in the region and are already talking with other big players about how our software can benefit their businesses.”

Formpipe Lasernet is a Microsoft Gold Partner and works with businesses experiencing challenges associated with managing large quantities of documents. The software provides businesses with a solution for all customer communication needs; enabling the creation and distribution of perfectly designed, brand rich documents across multiple platforms. Thanks to its membership with Microsoft’s TAP scheme, Lasernet was the first to market with a Dynamics 365 connector which has unrivalled integration capabilities with the newly released Microsoft ERP offering. Lasernet also seamlessly integrates with NAV, SAP and Infor along with other ERP solutions to delivers business documents in almost any format imaginable.

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Following the success of the Summit EMEA event held in April, Formpipe Lasernet has announced that it will be exhibiting at the AXUG Summit in Nashville, 10^th – 13^th October. The summit will showcase the power of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and AX, with the Lasernet team educating visitors on Lasernet’s seamless integration with ERP systems and ability to enhance customer communications management.

The event attracts many high-profile leaders and influencers from the Microsoft Dynamics user community and provides the opportunity for a peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. The event also provides the perfect platform for users to discuss the everyday Dynamics 365 and AX challenges, larger organisational goals, and the possible solutions credible systems like Lasernet can offer.

Looking forward to attending the summit, Formpipe Lasernet’s US managing director, Anders Terp, comments: “Last year, we are proud to say that because of our membership within Microsoft’s TAP scheme, we viewed the latest Microsoft developments before the mainstream market and launched a Lasernet connector to seamlessly integrate with the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship ERP offering. Since then, we have been chosen by key industry players to enhance their customer communications management capabilities. We have worked with our network of certified partners on AX and 365 implementations with proven results, in several countries including: France, Benelux and Germany. From these, we have gained insight into the multiple challenges that Lasernet can help solve, which we are keen to showcase to the captive audience at one of the industry’s most hotly anticipated events.”

In addition to unrivaled integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Lasernet also seamlessly integrates with NAV, SAP and Infor, along with a majority of other ERP solutions, to streamline customer communications management processes, including the design and dissemination of business documents across multiple formats. Proven benefits of the software include: lower costs, minimized risk exposure, reduced lead times, and improved quality control.

Lasernet will be exhibiting at booth 769 and is extending an invitation to all delegates, interested in finding out more about the latest innovations in customer communications management, to visit the team for an informal chat and demo.

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 As part of aggressive expansion plans, customer communication management specialist, Formpipe Lasernet, has added UK-based IT reseller, CarnabyERP, to its global certified partner network.

The deal was confirmed earlier this month and will see the independent business systems reseller and implementer enhance its portfolio with Lasernet’s simple to use and feature rich functionality, and unrivalled integration with all major ERP systems. With 30 years’ experience delivering cutting edge ERP solutions to its customers across a range of sectors including, oil and gas, telecoms, manufacturing and distribution and financial services, CarnabyERP, prides itself on offering its customers innovative solutions that enhance operational efficiencies and promote stronger performance.

Explaining the significance of joining Lasernet’s certified partner network, Kelvin Forrester, Director at CarnabyERP comments: “We have seen first-hand a shift in the way our clients communicate with customers. There’s now a certain level of pressure on big companies to invest and lead the way in communications, and for smaller businesses to stay competitive. From receiving delivery updates through text messages to sending receipts via email, the way we communicate is really evolving. As a result, we believe that a system like Lasernet is becoming more and more essential to create, control, disseminate and archive the vast streams of documents in a simple and cost-effective manner. The platform absolutely has the potential to enhance standard ERP functionality and solve a number of problems for our clients.

Formpipe Lasernet’s, sales and marketing director, Mike Rogers, adds: “We live in a digital age and, as consumers, our expectations have shifted dramatically over the last decade when it comes to how we interact with service providers. We expect choice and we expect communications to be tailored to our individual preferences. For businesses, this shift represents a real opportunity to better engage with customers to increase repeat business and upselling potential. By empowering businesses to create and disseminate intelligent, perfectly aligned, brand-rich, business documents across all formats, Lasernet taps into the evolving expectations of consumers and bridges the gaps in functionality apparent within ERP systems.

“We have worked hard this year to expand our certified partner network and are extremely pleased to welcome CarnabyERP to our partner community. CarnabyERP is a serious player in the Infor, Microsoft Dynamics 365 AX and CRM markets, making them a perfect match for us. We’re very excited about what the future of the partnership will bring.”

Formpipe Lasernet is a Microsoft Gold Partner and works with businesses experiencing challenges associated with managing large quantities of documents. The software provides businesses with a solution for all customer communication needs; enabling the creation and distribution of perfectly designed, brand rich documents across multiple platforms.

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The French team has announced the signing of its first SAP license deal through  its certified partner, leading software solutions provider, Seal Systems.

The customer communications management software vendor has proven success in carrying out implementations with many leading ERP systems including Microsoft Dynamics AX, NAV and Infor, and has now entered the French SAP ERP market. The Lasernet software ensures simple integration with SAP and has been implemented with SAP systems across Europe, giving customers access to a cost-effective software solution that enables users to create, control, disseminate and archive all organisational documentation: reducing administration time and associated cost.

The win follows news that Lasernet will be attending the French SAP User Group Convention, October 4^th-5^th in Lille, alongside the Seal Systems team. The convention will host expert speakers and industry decision makers, who will discuss the role of digital innovation and its effects on businesses, as well as address challenges and reward surrounding SAP environments. Visitors will be able to ask questions and receive demonstrations from Lasernet and its partner at booth 9 throughout the event.

Mike Rogers, sales and marketing director at Formpipe Lasernet, comments: “Securing this deal marks a milestone for us. Our customers know the service that Lasernet can provide and the unrivalled integration it can offer with systems like Microsoft Dynamics 365, but this deal will demonstrate Lasernet’s capabilities with SAP systems in the French region. We fully expect for this to be the first of many SAP implementations in France and are looking forward to attending the SAP User Group Convention with Seal Systems, link with like minded professionals, discuss the current market and demonstrate how Lasernet can help improve customer communications management.”

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Formpipe Lasernet will be exhibiting at European Utility Week in Amsterdam 3^rd-5^th October, alongside Ferranti Computer Systems. Proud to be Ferranti’s official customer communication management partner, the Lasernet team will be on hand at the event to offer demonstrations and insight into how the Lasernet software enhances Ferranti’s MECOMS™ R4 business support system, with benefits including lower costs, minimised risk exposure, reduced output management lead times and improved quality control.

The partnership between the two firms was established after Ferrnati selected Lasernet’s software to be incorporated as standard on the latest version of its market-leading data and customer information management system MECOMS™ R4, designed specifically for utilities businesses. As a result, MECOMS™ R4 users benefit from Lasernet’s easy to use technology, which enables users to quickly and simply create, modify and disseminate brand-rich documentation, such as purchase orders, invoices and labels using different digital channels, and across all common formats. It also empowers users to save time and cut the costs associated with reliance upon specialist AX developers.

Speaking ahead of the annual event, Mike Rogers, sales and marketing director at Formpipe Lasernet, said: “We’re proud to have been chosen as the standard customer communication software to compliment the MECOMS™ R4 offering, and of our relationship with the Ferranti team. Over the last year many customers have implemented the system and we have received some fantastic feedback, which is brilliant and is a testament to the success of the collaboration.

“European Utility Week is a major event in our calendar and is attended by industry leaders, which presents us with the perfect opportunity to connect with businesses looking to streamline processes, work more efficiently and deliver first-class customer service.”

Built on Microsoft Dynamics AX, Ferranti’s flagship MECOMS™ solution has been enabling users in the energy, water and utilities markets to more efficiently manage meter data and customer information for decades.

For more information about European Utility Week or Ferranti Computer Systems please visit: www.european-utility-week.com / www.ferranti.be .

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Customer communications management software vendor, Formpipe Lasernet, has strengthened its international senior leadership team with the appointment of new chief operations officer, Christian Østergaard.

Drawing upon his 20 plus years’ experience in the technology sector, Christian is fully equipped to hit the ground running in his new role. Improving internal processes, including project delivery times and rate of implementations, as well as ensuring strategies are adhered to and customers’ needs are met, will be core focuses for Christian in the coming months. Formpipe Lasernet’s newest recruit will also be responsible for managing a talented team of project leaders, quality managers and testers, business analysts, developers, supporters, Microsoft Azure, Navision, Dynamics AX and 365 technology specialists and consultants, nurturing partner and customer relationships alike.

While previously holding a position at Lasernet’s parent company, Formpipe, as the head of operations for the firm’s flagship EQMS Platina software in Denmark, Christian is well-placed to drive Lasernet’s ambitious growth plans forward. Christian comments: “After successfully growing the Platina market in Denmark over the last 2 years, I’m excited to be joining Lasernet at such a transformational time in the company’s history. Lasernet has expanded rapidly over the last 18 months – shifting from a Danish company supporting Danish businesses to a truly global business with 80 per cent of sales originating from outside of Denmark. With such a strong product and reputation, coupled with the recent opening of the first US office, Lasernet has all the foundations in place for global market dominance.

“There is so much opportunity and demand for Lasernet and I’m particularly interested in strengthening our offering in Europe and the US, while exploring the market opportunities in the APAC and South American regions. It’s a very exciting time to be joining the team both in terms of the firm’s growth and the changing face of the market place. For instance, Azure and other cloud based technologies remain under-utilised in many industries so as uptake begins to flourish, as will our ability to help businesses embrace innovation in customer communications management, whilst reducing cost, saving time and working more effectively.”

Formpipe Lasernet’s CEO Anders Eriksen, believes that Christian is the right man for the job and is confident in his ability to increase the efficiency of the firm. Anders Eriksen comments: ““Over the last twenty years we’ve carved out a reputation for working closely with our partners and customers to enhance the standard document management functionality available in ERP solutions with simple to use, yet highly effective features that empower businesses to better communicate with their customers and create new revenue streams through intelligent and targeted communication.

“We are growing at a rapid pace and expanding globally, which is great news but naturally brings with it an increase in the size and complexity of the implementations that we undertake across all ERP markets from Microsoft Dynamics AX, 365 and Navision, to Infor and Oracle.

“Christian’s appointment puts us in a very strong position for the future as we continue to deliver unrivalled ERP integration, quick and efficient implementation and, crucially, ease and flexibility when it comes to designing, managing and disseminating brand-rich, perfectly aligned business documents across all formats.”

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Following the hire of Nick Collard as the firm’s new sales executive, customer communications software vendor, Formpipe Lasernet has continued to grow its UK-based team with the addition of highly skilled technical consultant, Cheryl Morris.

Cheryl has strong project management skills coupled with ERP knowledge gained from twenty plus years of experience in the ERP software industry, and working as a project manager in her previous role. Specialist technical knowledge is essential for Formpipe Lasernet, and will put Cheryl in good stead when implementing Lasernet’s software, and training and supporting Lasernet customers to ensure that they receive all the benefits that the software offers.

Before joining the Formpipe Lasernet team, Cheryl gained full training and qualifications to work on implementing ERP systems including, Sage 300 and Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 and provided data migration, ERP and Crystal Report training to clients post implementation. Such relevant experience is one of the many aspects that Mike Rogers, sales and marketing director at Formpipe Lasernet, believes makes Cheryl the perfect candidate to take on the role. He explains: “The industry that we operate in is very specialised and we search far and wide for people with the type of skills Cheryl possesses. Her AX experience is especially valuable, as we carry out a large number of Lasernet implementations with Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP systems. I speak on behalf of the whole Lasernet team, when I say that we are really happy to be welcoming Cheryl into the team and are incredibly confident in the value she will deliver to our partners and customers alike.”

Keen to extend her existing knowledge, Cheryl is looking forward to taking on a new challenge and getting to grips with the Lasernet software, she adds: “I see this as a great opportunity for me to expand my knowledge and learn about a completely new software. In the current political climate, there is a lot of uncertainty, with many companies tightening their belts and streamlining processes to remain competitive. This represents a huge opportunity for Formpipe Lasernet to capitalise on the cost savings and efficiencies that organisations can realise by digitalising their customer communications management.

“The company has grown massively over the last few years and I’m very pleased to be playing a part in helping to drive the business even further forward over the coming years”

Lasernet seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Dynamics AX, NAV, SAP and Infor, along with a majority of other ERP solutions, to streamline customer communications management processes, including the design and dissemination of business documents across multiple formats. Proven benefits of the software include: lower costs, minimized risk exposure, reduced lead times, and improved quality control.

Cheryl Morris will be based in the Danish company’s UK office in Duxford, Cambridge.

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On the back of continued European growth, and with exciting announcements in the pipeline across the firm’s specialist software portfolio, Formpipe’s head office in Denmark will be relocating from its existing premises at Borupvang 5D, 2750 in Ballerup, to impressive new offices at the end of October.

The new office is based at Lautrupvang 1, 2750, Ballerup, and can be contacted by calling +45 43660210 or emailing sales.lasernet@formpipe.com.

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Customer communications management software vendor, Formpipe Lasernet, is exhibiting at the Dynamics Experience annual event run by the Dynamics Hub. The event is taking place on Wednesday 1^st November at the Bussum in the Netherlands, and this year’s theme is Digital Immersion.

The Dynamics Experience conference is the largest European annual congress event on Microsoft business software, with more than 700 end users, customers and partners expected to attend. The event brings together like minded professionals to share expertise and industry knowledge, with a jam-packed program of top speakers in over 30 sessions on operational, tactical and strategic topics, discussing the latest strategic and digital developments.

The event will also give Formpipe Lasernet the opportunity to speak with prospective and existing Lasernet users and resellers, as well as to share its expertise and opinions on wider industry issues.  Mike Rogers, sales and marketing director at Formpipe Lasernet, explains: “The Dynamics Experience event is key for us and we are really looking forward to exhibiting again this year. It’s an important for us to have a presence there, to build relationships with industry decision makers, and demonstrate Lasernet’s functionality.

The Lasernet team will be answering questions and providing demonstrations throughout the day. Visitors will be able to see Lasernet’s seamless integration capabilities with Dynamics 365 first hand, as well as to discuss software’s proven benefits including: lower costs, minimised risk exposure, reduced lead times and improved quality control.

Interested in finding out more about the latest innovations in customer communications management or would like to become a Lasernet partner? Get in touch and request a demo, simply visit: http://lasernetbyformpipe.com/contact/. Or for more information about the event, please visit: www.dynamicsexperience.nl/.

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One of the leading Microsoft solutions providers in the Netherlands, Pulse, has selected Formpipe as its customer communications management software partner for all new Dynamics 365 implementations. Both firms believe the partnership will open up new realms of possibilities for manufacturing and trading organisations looking to exploit the cloud capabilities of Microsoft’s latest ERP release.

Helping its customers to future proof operations by improving and supporting business processes using software based on the Dynamics 365 platform, Pulse is now able to offer its 365 customers access to highly advanced yet simple to use, cloud-capable customer communications management platform that integrates seamlessly with Dynamics 365.

With 75 percent of Pulse customers stating that they plan to migrate their ERP environments to the cloud in the near future, and with a corporate ethos centred around delivering future-proofed solutions and business continuity for customers, Lasernet ticked all the right boxes to strengthen the Pulse offering.

Forecast to be sold as standard across all new 365 implementations, Lasernet will empower Pulse customers to easily input, create, control, disseminate and archive flawlessly aligned business documents, across a broad range of formats. More than this, Formpipe mirrored the progressive and personable approach championed at Pulse, making the vendor a perfect fit from a visions and values perspective, as Hiljon te Boome at Pulse, explains: “At Pulse, our goal is to get under the skin of our customers, truly understand their unique needs and offer bespoke solutions built upon the latest technological innovations and an in-depth appreciation of what they’re trying to achieve – and the context in which they are trying to achieve it.

“It’s essential that our partners reflect our approach to market and dedication to customers; are forward thinking and flexible and bring not only the expected subject matter expertise and robust product offering but are able to inject fun and enthusiasm into the process. We’re proud to now offer Lasernet to our customers as part of our standard 365 implementations and feel it will add significant advantages relating to saved time, money and more precise cloud-based customer communication management.”

Echoing the sentiments expressed by Hiljon, Mike Rogers, sales and marketing director of Lasernet adds: “Operating a certified partner network means we are selective in the type of organisation we choose to represent our brand. We look for synergies and, in Pulse, we have found an organisation that shares our approach to customer service, embracing and encouraging innovation and setting the bar for fast and effective implementations that deliver tangible benefits to users.”

Pulse became a certified Lasernet partner in October 2017 and is already in the process of migrating customers across to Microsoft Dynamics 365, complete with Lasernet customer communications management functionality.

For more information about Pulse, please visit: http://www.pulse.nl/portfolio-items/formpipe-lasernet/.

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A firm specialising in the implementation of Microsoft solutions, including Microsoft Dynamics 365, InteliSense IT, has become the second UK-based partner in just two months to join Formpipe Lasernet’s certified partner network.

Since 2010, InteliSense IT has been utilising Microsoft technology to build practical and effective solutions that can help reduce waste, and the associated costs, to support businesses across the retail, manufacturing and distribution sectors. The new partnership will enable InteliSense IT to offer its customers Lasernet’s simple to use and feature rich customer communication management functionality, while benefiting from unrivalled integration with all major ERP systems.

Formpipe Lasernet’s expansion plans have shown no signs of slowing, with the software vendor adding 4 new partners to its network this year alone. The company’s sales and marketing director, Mike Rogers, comments: “We are always on the lookout for partners who fit our criteria and recognise the key benefits that Lasernet can add to their clients. We aren’t just expanding our partner network in the UK but in recent months we have established ourselves in Iceland and have reached a total of 16 partners in Germany, which is helping in our bid to become a truly global player in the market.

“We are thrilled to have signed the deal with InteliSense IT and look forward to supporting the firm’s customers to take back control of their customer communication management activities through our simple to use, cost effective technology.”

Richard Hutchinson, senior consultant at InteliSense IT, added: “We are delighted to be partnering with Lasernet, utilising their products to improve solutions that we offer our new and existing customers. We can already see the benefits that it will have for reducing our implementation times, reducing the need for complex developments around output documents and data capture, whilst improving our customer experiences. We look forward to working with the Lasernet team over this exciting period of growth for both companies.”

Formpipe Lasernet is a Microsoft Gold Partner and works with businesses experiencing challenges associated with managing large quantities of documents. The software provides businesses with a solution for all customer communication needs; enabling the creation and distribution of perfectly designed, brand rich documents across multiple platforms.

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BREAKING NEWS !!

Lasernet Connector now only uses extensions!

Formpipe are very excited to announce that as per the design strategy of Dynamics we have managed to remove all overlaying from the Lasernet Connector. This announcement comes well in advance of the Spring release of Dynamics where Microsoft are sealing the code and no overlaying will be allowed.

Formpipe have taken it on themselves and created their own extension to ensure that all functionality of their connector can be provided on all releases – both backward and forward – of Dynamics 365. With the new extension it means that there are no changes to the standard code in Dynamics 365 and no “conflicts” with standard Operations and other ISV’s. Installation is now very simple and quick, something that has been close to the Lasernet teams strategy for many years.

The Lasernet Dynamics connector follows the standard practices of Microsoft as per the TAP program and is now being prepared for appsource which means all the code is verified by Microsoft.

The new release without overlaying is now available for download on our Knowledgebase

If you are interested in further information or an online session about this please do not hesitate to contact us

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Microsoft’s journey towards the Cloud over the last two years hasn’t been without its ups and downs. The move to Dynamics 365 and a Cloud-first strategy created a fair amount of market uncertainty, which in turn put the brakes on many businesses’ ERP spending plans. However, the light at the end of the tunnel has been reached and we are now seeing this reverse, with the market backing Microsoft’s strategy and embracing Cloud technology. Moving AX to the front of the product set and merging it with all other products in the Microsoft ecosystem is also now starting to prove what a great strategic move this was. This has revolutionised the ERP market, with other leading ERP systems struggling to compete.

The next milestone will be in spring, when Microsoft will seal its code, something we all realise they have to do in order to ensure quick, simple and stress-free upgrades, whilst at the same time ensuring compatibility going forward with all ISV and external partners. This process will see them lock the code so that integrations can only be built using extensions on the software and not overlaying the code – meaning that partners will not be overwriting Microsoft code and conflicting with the core of Dynamics but instead adding and extending the code to offer their vertical functions. Many ISVs are currently trying to ensure that this does not affect them and it is a long process to ensure that all the functions required for many ISV are available as extensions.

As we head towards spring release, and also prepare to push our connector up onto AppSource, we have seen first-hand here at Formpipe the effort involved and complications this delivers. Yes, we developed our code at the beginning by using overlaying just as everyone else did, this has now had to change and we have been quick to make sure that all extensions are available for the functionality we want to support. Whilst going through the code and looking in detail we found that most of the extensions were there that we wanted to use. We ported our code across and there were just 2 areas that were not available. This would see us having to remove some functionality where we can add extra fields to reports without using SSRS or creating any downtime / re-compile in the code and some reports (as they were using different AX code) were not compatible with extensions.

All things considered our development team, a group of dedicated AX developers who are renowned for their AX / Operations expertise, set off on a journey of “what if we could create our own extensions”. And that’s we did! This simply resulted in an amazing outcome where we can now ensure that there is no loss in functionality between AX2009 and Dynamics 365. Result!

Now that we are embracing the extensions functionality of Microsoft we have found many other advantages. Installation has now become very quick and simple where we can simply provide a package to our partners and customers that includes all the code and license, so they can deploy through LCS using standard Microsoft technology. We can guarantee there are now no code conflicts with other ISV partners that are running in Dynamics. We have seen a doubling of the speed of generating documents between our versions and, finally, it is compatible with all releases of Dynamics 365 without having to release different versions of our code.

All this ties into the AppSource compatibility where the same rules apply. No ISV can be on the AppSource if they are using overlaying as a method of integration. With our launch onto AppSource just around the corner our aim is to be the leading output management solution to use only extensions and also be on the AppSource. An amazing achievement in this fast-paced Microsoft world that we live in.

Watch this space as our leading output management solution for Dynamics integrates further and will soon be offering even more functionality across the whole Dynamics suite. simply visit: http://lasernetbyformpipe.com/ .

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