BDO’s Unanet ERP Newsletter – 2024 Q2

BDO’s Unanet ERP Quarterly Newsletter provides timely insights, featured system enhancements, announcements, and highlights key development suggestions relevant to Unanet. Contact us today to receive the newsletter in your inbox.

Insights of the Quarter

Have you ever wondered if the Advanced Costing functionality could benefit your organization? Unanet ERP's Advanced Costing feature enables you to apply variable target or provisional indirect rates to individual projects or tasks, offering enhanced flexibility and precision in cost management. Our team possesses extensive knowledge of this process and functionality, and we would be delighted to assist you in enhancing your project costing capabilities.

If you have any questions or would like more information on your options with forecasting in Unanet, please reach out to Stephanie Lianos.

Announcements

Champions Conference 2024 is a wrap! BDO is proud to be the recipient of the Unanet Services Partner Award for 2023-24.  We also had the privilege of sponsoring this years’ Champions Conference in New Orleans.  It was so great to see and interact with so many of our clients and colleagues directly.  We hope those able to attend the executive track roundtable discussions and BDO’s session, “Compliance Trends and Regulatory Updates” found them informative and a valuable use of your time.  If you had any questions for us or if you’d like a copy of that presentation, please let us know.

A new CMMC Proposed Rule means Gov Cons need to evaluate their cybersecurity - now: Discover how the latest CMMC Proposed Rule could impact your government contracting business and why immediate action on cybersecurity measures is crucial for compliance and protection.  Don’t miss out on insights that could safeguard your future contracts.  Be sure to read this article written by BDO’s own Christina Reynolds for additional insights.

New Enhancements 

We are always excited to see the Unanet developers enhancing the software!  There have been several changes in the last quarter readying the system for the highly anticipated multicurrency functionality.  Analytics Reporting enhancements have also been implemented.  To see the full list and stay up-to-date, visit Unanet New Features & Functions in the Unanet Experience Center.

BDO’s Unanet Suggestions

Each quarter, our team reviews customer suggestion submissions to Unanet. Here are a few of our favorite recent suggestions:

• Add Customer Invoice Format to the criteria on the +Add Invoice screen
• Organization Assignment - Ability to Limit Hours
• Intermediate Pool / Service Center Import Option

Should any of these suggestions prove beneficial to your company, make sure to vote and leave a comment.  Unanet developers pay close attention to customer feedback, so don’t hesitate to submit your suggestions at http://suggestions.unanet.com to ensure your voice is heard.

Upcoming Events

Government Contracting Webcast Series: The BDO Government Contracting Center of Excellence invites you to join us for informative webinars designed to share our knowledge on trending hot topics, compliance concerns, enterprise business systems, finance, tax and other pertinent topics to help your organization thrive in the government contracting sector. Visit BDO's Government Contracting Webcast Series to view and register  for future sessions, as well as view previous archived webcast recordings.

Champions Conference 2025: Circle the dates for the Unanet Champions Conference 2025 taking place from April 29th to May 2nd, 2025, at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, GA! This is your chance to connect with industry leaders, gain valuable insights, and enhance your skills.  Keep an eye out for further details from Unanet as more information about the conference becomes available. The BDO team hopes to see you there! 

Our Services & Approach

BDO’s Industry Specialty Services Group is comprised of diverse consulting teams supporting unique business functions in multiple industry verticals.  Some of these industries include government contracting, healthcare, life sciences, nonprofit, education and community resilience.  

BDO’s implementation methodology and strategy is distinct as we purposely employ consultants who have a blended set of skills to include, but not limited to, accounting, systems, and heavily regulated industry compliance. Our services include design and new implementations, data conversion, M&A integration and BI services, system review and reconfiguration, policies and procedures review, and outsourced accounting services.  Additionally, the ability to leverage the wider in-house BDO team as it relates to subjects ranging from compliance to tax is what differentiates us. Utilizing a collaborative approach during implementations, led by our knowledgeable ERP professionals, our clients routinely choose BDO for our full solution.