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How Genesis BI Dashboard Improves Manufacturing Analytics
Manufacturing analytics are evolving fast. Genesis BI Dashboard centralizes data from production, inventory, and operations into one clear, actionable view. This makes it easier for manufacturers to make faster, smarter decisions. Whether you manage a plant floor, run finance reports, or oversee IT systems, Genesis BI simplifies monitoring by providing real-time insights into key metrics […]
How to Accurately Manage Production Costs in Manufacturing
Accurate production cost management means tracking raw materials, labor, and overhead in real time. With Genesis Accounting, manufacturers gain full financial visibility and reduce manual errors, turning complex data into confident decisions. Keeping production profitable isn’t just about cutting expenses. It’s about understanding exactly where your money goes and why. Many manufacturing leaders still rely […]
Manufacturing Inventory Management: What Really Works
Effective inventory management in manufacturing means knowing exactly what you have, where it is, and what you’ll need next. Custom FileMaker apps simplify this by tracking stock levels, preventing shortages, and avoiding excess inventory. Manufacturing inventory management is the backbone of a smooth production line. However, the challenge is figuring out what truly works to […]
How Custom FileMaker Apps Optimize Manufacturing Workflows
Custom FileMaker apps give manufacturers better control over operations. These tailored tools help reduce errors, lower costs, and scale more efficiently. Managing a manufacturing operation means juggling multiple workflows: inventory, production, orders, suppliers, and making sure everything runs on time. Off-the-shelf software often forces teams to adapt their processes to the tool, creating inefficiencies that […]
How to Visualize Predictive Analytics Results
Predictive analytics only creates value when people can understand and act on the results. Without clear visuals, forecasts become confusing, and opportunities get missed. Think of forecasting without visualization like trying to plan a road trip without directions from an app. You might know your destination, but you’re guessing at every turn. A strong visual […]
Transforming Your Law Firm’s Accounting with Codence
Managing law firm finances is complex, but the right system can change everything. Codence, with Genesis Accounting, delivers software built for legal teams so you can simplify trust accounting, stay compliant, and focus on your clients. Law firm accounting comes with unique rules, risks, and compliance needs, especially around trust funds and client billing. Many […]
How AI Drives Value in Modernized Data Systems
Modern data systems give businesses a solid foundation. Add AI, and you start creating real value. AI-powered apps help teams cut busywork, catch errors faster, and turn insights into smarter decisions that drive growth. Modernization is important, but the real gains come when AI is part of the plan. With AI built into customized FileMaker […]
Why AI Is Driving Businesses From SaaS to Custom Software
AI is speeding up the move from SaaS to custom software. Businesses want smarter automation, stronger data control, and solutions that actually fit how they work. SaaS once promised convenience. But in today’s AI-driven world, many platforms can’t keep up. They fall short on offering control over data privacy, ownership, and governance, delivering long-term ROI […]
How to Accurately Manage Production Costs in Manufacturing
Accurate production cost management means tracking raw materials, labor, and overhead in real time. With Genesis Accounting, manufacturers gain full financial visibility and reduce manual errors, turning complex data into confident decisions. Keeping production profitable isn’t just about cutting expenses. It’s about understanding exactly where your money goes and why. Many manufacturing leaders still rely […]
Manufacturing Inventory Management: What Really Works
Effective inventory management in manufacturing means knowing exactly what you have, where it is, and what you’ll need next. Custom FileMaker apps simplify this by tracking stock levels, preventing shortages, and avoiding excess inventory. Manufacturing inventory management is the backbone of a smooth production line. However, the challenge is figuring out what truly works to […]
How to Visualize Predictive Analytics Results
Predictive analytics only creates value when people can understand and act on the results. Without clear visuals, forecasts become confusing, and opportunities get missed. Think of forecasting without visualization like trying to plan a road trip without directions from an app. You might know your destination, but you’re guessing at every turn. A strong visual […]
How AI Drives Value in Modernized Data Systems
Modern data systems give businesses a solid foundation. Add AI, and you start creating real value. AI-powered apps help teams cut busywork, catch errors faster, and turn insights into smarter decisions that drive growth. Modernization is important, but the real gains come when AI is part of the plan. With AI built into customized FileMaker […]
How to Overcome Data Modernization Challenges in Businesses
Every growing business eventually faces a turning point: systems that once worked well start to feel outdated, slow, and disconnected. Data becomes harder to access, teams struggle to stay aligned, and decision-making takes longer. What should be a valuable resource turns into a daily obstacle. These challenges show up in different ways. Maybe it’s legacy […]
Breaking Down Data Silos: Strategies for Unified Data Management
Tired of duplicate data and disconnected systems? Genesis Transactions helps you securely manage all your business operations in one customizable FileMaker platform, making processes easier and improving control. Are your data systems working against you instead of for you? When information is trapped in separate departments or platforms, your whole operation slows down. Breaking down […]
Predictive vs. Prescriptive Analytics: What’s Right for You?
Predictive analytics helps you forecast future trends. Prescriptive analytics goes a step further by offering data-driven recommendations to optimize decisions. Knowing when to use each can transform how your operations, IT, and finance teams report, plan, and act. Making sense of data is a daily need for leaders in operations, IT, and finance. If you’ve […]
How to Improve Financial Reporting Processes?
Rethinking your financial reporting process means less guesswork, fewer delays, and a clearer view of what’s really going on behind the numbers. If your team still depends on massive spreadsheets filled with color-coded cells and confusing formulas, you’re not alone. Most finance teams have a file like that. It works until it doesn’t. As your […]
How Genesis BI Dashboard Improves Manufacturing Analytics
Manufacturing analytics are evolving fast. Genesis BI Dashboard centralizes data from production, inventory, and operations into one clear, actionable view. This makes it easier for manufacturers to make faster, smarter decisions. Whether you manage a plant floor, run finance reports, or oversee IT systems, Genesis BI simplifies monitoring by providing real-time insights into key metrics […]
Transforming Your Law Firm’s Accounting with Codence
Managing law firm finances is complex, but the right system can change everything. Codence, with Genesis Accounting, delivers software built for legal teams so you can simplify trust accounting, stay compliant, and focus on your clients. Law firm accounting comes with unique rules, risks, and compliance needs, especially around trust funds and client billing. Many […]
How Codence Can Help Your Law Firm Eliminate Manual Processing
Still buried in paperwork and repeated tasks? Codence helps law firms take the manual work off their plate with custom FileMaker apps. The result? Less time chasing files, fewer errors, and more focus on what matters: your cases. Manual processes can slow down even the most efficient legal team. Whether you’re tracking deadlines, managing case […]
Genesis BI: Transforming Business Insights
Revolutionizing Business Intelligence Data fuels decision-making, but turning raw numbers into meaningful insights is no easy feat. Many businesses struggle with fragmented systems, complicated reports, or data that are simply too overwhelming to act on. Genesis BI changes that by giving organizations the ability to transform their data into a strategic resource—faster, simpler, and smarter. […]
Accounting Security and Logging
Accounting applications are essential for businesses, minimizing errors and ensuring transparency. Audit trails and logging are no longer optional—they are essential tools that enable accountability by recording financial and operational activities. What is an Audit Trail? An audit trail records transactions and events step by step, documenting financial transactions from entry to reporting. Logging captures […]
FileMaker for Law Firms & Financial Services
Streamlining law firms and financial services operations can be challenging, but the right tools can transform efficiency and drive success. FileMaker offers a flexible, customizable platform that helps firms automate workflows, improve collaboration, and integrate essential technologies. We often recommend a powerful, flexible platform that transforms how you manage your business processes. Claris FileMaker offers […]
Master List Creation in Claris FileMaker
Whether you’re a seasoned FileMaker developer or just starting out, this guide provides insights into multiple approaches, from simple looping to advanced techniques like Execute SQL and Execute Data API. Discover the pros and cons of each method and make informed decisions when generating lists of values from your data.
The Art of FileMaker Layout Design
As a FileMaker consultant, you encounter many homegrown systems that, while functional, often leave users feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. These systems become indispensable for day-to-day operations but simultaneously grow cluttered, confusing, and inefficient. This is usually why companies turn to professional developers for help—no one wants to work in a system that exhausts them. Thoughtful […]
FileMaker + Slack: Putting It All Together
Send Arbitrary Messages to any Channel or User in Slack from Claris FileMaker via the Slack API This post is part of a multi-part series that focuses on specific examples of how to connect Claris FileMaker to Slack. This article will make more sense if you have read our introduction, and we invite you to […]
FileMaker + Slack: A Simple API Integration
This post is part of a multi-part series that focuses on specific examples of how to connect Claris FileMaker to Slack. This article will make more sense if you have read our introduction, and we invite you to dive into the whole series here:Slack FileMaker Integration OverviewFileMaker + Slack: A Claris Connect IntegrationFileMaker + Slack: […]
Slack FileMaker Integration Overview
Slack-FileMaker Integration Slack’s creators get that today’s world is all about workflow and interoperability among multiple technologies. Their marketing trumpets that Slack integrates with more than 2400 other platforms, and Microsoft Teams follow a somewhat similar intent. The tool succeeds because it connects with best-of-breed products and doesn’t just sit in its own silo… but […]
The Future of the Claris Platform
Codence is excited to introduce Claris’ latest app development tools while exploring its incredible value to FileMaker development partners.
PauseOnError: FileMaker Summer Camp
After a year or more of meeting from our own four walls, we ditch virtual and walls completely by joining fellow Claris FileMaker developers in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
FileMaker and WooCommerce Integration
Need to get your inventory products online? In this post we’ll discuss the many options available, from doing it manually to buying a ready-to-use FileMaker module for WooCommerce.
Filter and Sort FileMaker with JavaScript
Starting with FileMaker 16, developers can use native JSON function for a variety of tasks. From simple navigation and script parameters to API integrations and web viewers, JSON objects prove to be a great addition to the FileMaker platform. However, FileMaker has only six native JSON functions and these are limited to the following basic […]
