Engage Group

Engage Group expands their Solution Architect team with yet another highly skilled Dynamics 365 profile

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Engage Group, the leading Nordic group of Dynamics 365 advisors and specialists, strengthens their Nordic organization by employing Thavarajah Sabanathan as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management Solution Architect.

“We are so happy and proud to have Thava on our team. He is such a positive and energetic guy, always striving to do what is best for the customer without over-complicating things. He is a true asset for anyone working with Dynamics 365, not just because of his vast experience from different industries, but also due to his curiosity and ability to stay current on how to apply the latest technologies to gain business advantage”, says Jes Haslund Bisgaard, CEO of Engage Group Denmark.

Thava has worked for global companies as an AX and Dynamics 365 solution architect for more than 7 years, taking on leading roles in their global implementations. This has helped him build an exceptionally good understanding of business processes, the latest Dynamics 365 capabilities, and how to bring it all together. Prior to that Thava worked within IT consultancy with an extensive range of technologies and infrastructure.

A very warm welcome, Thava, we are delighted to have you join our team!

Engage Group employs Microsoft FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect, Jacob Sylvest Andersen, as Partner and Principal Solution Architect for the Danish market

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Engage Group, the leading Nordic group of Dynamics 365 advisors and specialists, strengthens the Nordic organization with Jacob Sylvest Andersen, a highly experienced industry profile and Microsoft FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect.

Jacob is a well-known name within the industry and has a long track record with Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management implementations on a global scale whereby he also earned his merits as Microsoft FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect. He has a strong passion for helping customers succeed with complex solution designs and strategic advisory.

Jacob will help expand Engage’s business in Denmark in his dual capacity as partner and principal solution architect.

“I am super thrilled and proud that Jacob has decided to join Engage and I can’t wait to get started with our cooperation,” says Jes Haslund Bisgaard, CEO of Engage Group Denmark. “We have had an ongoing dialogue for quite some time now and I must say that I have come to know Jacob as not only a highly skilled professional, but also a great guy with a positive mindset. This is an important step for Engage in Denmark”, he concludes.

Welcome Jacob, we are happy to have you on board!

Industry profile joins Engage

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Engage continues to grow with senior Dynamics experts and we now welcome Henrik Levinson who joined in May. Henrik has long and broad experience of Dynamics with a focus on finance and professional services.

“I have had my eyes on Engage for a long time and followed the journey. It feels very inspiring to have the opportunity to work with so many experts in the field I am so passionate about”, says Henrik Levinson

“It’s great that Henrik has chosen to start at Engage. He is exactly the type of consultant that our clients love. Henrik went straight into an exciting role in a global Dynamics 365 rollout”  – Henrik Hasselblad continues.

Welcome to the tribe!

Engage’s CTO Tobias Lång receives exclusive recognition from Microsoft!

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Congratulations to Engage’s CTO Tobias Lång, who for the third consecutive year has been appointed “FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect – Dynamics 365” by Microsoft! The Microsoft Dynamics 365 product engineering team recognizes practicing solution architects for consistently exhibiting deep architecture expertise and creating high-quality solutions for customers during Dynamics 365 FastTrack governed engagements.

“Thank you Microsoft and the entire FastTrack team for the recognition, I am truly honored. A special thanks to James Phillips for the personal letter and Shanthini Radhakrishnan for all the arrangements. Finally, a big thanks to all our clients and to Engage for all the support“, says Tobias Lång, CTO at Engage.

“This is huge! There are only 20 individuals appointed globally within Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management, and no other in Sweden. This is solid proof that Engage is on the right track and that our customers can benefit from the tight relationship we have with Microsoft. It is also a great opportunity for Engage’s experts to tap into this global knowledge base and to grow as individuals”, says Henrik Christenson, CEO and Partner at Engage.

Expanded assignment to Engage!

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Engage’s customer is a world leader within its domain in the professional services industry. We have been supporting their global Dynamics 365 rollout for several years. The customer has now trusted us to take on an additional role to lead one of the finance streams. This is to ensure the throughput and expertise competence in the project.

“We have had several Dynamics Experts working in a mixed rollout team, together with our customer’s own specialists. This is a setup where Engage really stands out and can prove our added benefit to an already strong team”, says Henrik Christenson, CEO and Partner at Engage.

“Together, alongside with the customer, we always have the same goal in sight, and the results are enevitably better when all effort is put into the project, rather than into complex business setups where one party often comes out a loser. At Engage we help our customers beeing winners”, Henrik concludes.

Engage wins Cloud Transition Advisory assignment

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Engage has been chosen to support our European customer in the manufacturing business with advisory services, enabling their transition from Dynamics AX 2012 to the latest cloud delivered Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management application. The services include Engage’s Rapid Cloud Transition methodology, building on visualizing the business values of the transition very early in the project.

“By taking a business perspective, and early on visualizing the transition benefits, the anchoring of the initiative in the business is made very smoothly. This is a perfect example of how Engage’s experts can maximize the investment input in Dynamics and visualize benefits for a customer with complex process dependencies”, says Henrik Hasselblad, Managing Partner at Engage.

Engage supports global consumer goods company

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Engage has been selected to support a global consumer goods company on their continuous cloud journey. Our customer is currently upgrading to the latest version of Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management and wanted best in class advisory and support to ensure continued success in the project.

“This assignment is proof that Engage really stands out from the rest as our customer wanted deep Dynamics 365 competence in combination with very senior business advisory, to be able to realize the project’s business benefits”, says Henrik Hasselblad, Managing Partner at Engage.

Get started with automatic testing

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Regardless of company or industry, there is a continuous need for innovation and the use of different types of software. Thus, there is also the requirement for efficient and well-functioning application testing.

This has been seen as a given in large parts general software development and new innovations have long been built with the help of automated tests and continuous deployments. Why has automation not come further for critical ERP systems?

One reason is that ERP projects have used and are still using classic waterfall projects where speed has not been prioritized. A false (to some extent) security has been built up with few major releases instead of a more agile way of working, that put higher demands on automated program testing and a faster deployment rate. Another historical factor is that the hurdle to get started has been too high and the projects have built a technical debt that feels too heavy and costly to overcome. The suppliers’ strategies in the area have simply also been too weak. Thankfully, large steps have been taken in the right direction in recent years.

Take these steps to get started:

  1. Secure support: Make sure the management thinks this is a brilliant idea and long-term necessity.
  2. Get help: Get help from an expert and make sure you get started! Start by setting a reasonable initial scope, define a clear set of rules, appoint and educate those responsible, and choose the right testing tool.
  3. Get started: Start with simple processes and build from there. Be sure to inspire and educate along the way so more key people realize the importance and benefits of automating.
  4. Improve continuously: Everything should not be automated – you will continue to have prototype-, user- and certain function-testing that there is no point in automating. Get started first and improve gradually. Learning by doing.

Feel free to contact us if you want to talk about automated testing in general or Microsoft Dynamics 365 testing specifically. At Engage, we have a methodology that we have used to help several customers get started, carefully selected tools, and set the scope for automated testing of Microsoft’s monthly updates or our own functional releases. The whole idea is based on getting started quickly with implementation in order to gradually build the customer’s own ability to drive testing.

Engage Group announces the opening of new office in Gothenburg

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After two successful years in Stockholm, Engage is now entering the Western market i Sweden. Hans Gillesén will lead the business based on Engage’s existing focus on Microsoft Dynamics.

“I am honored to open a new Engage Group office with the goal of creating the best Dynamics 365 team in the Gothenburg area. The business model for actively taking the customer perspective in the digitalization journey has been very successful for Engage. I am looking forward to supporting our customers with senior consultants and strong concepts based on our long experience of Microsoft´s ecosystems. Engage Group is the perfect employer for a consultant who appreciates long-term and positive relationships with the customer” says Hans Gillesén.

“The interest has been big for a long time from both consultants and customers in Gothenburg. We have known Hans for many years, and we are sure that he is just the right person to create the same friendly and professional atmosphere in our new office as we have in Stockholm”, says Henrik Hasselblad, Managing Partner at Engage.

“Hans was the first name that came to mind when we discussed who would be best to lead Engage in Gothenburg and we are very happy that Hans agreed”, Henrik Christenson, CEO and Managing Partner at Engage, continues.

Engage wins a new assignment within Retail

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Engage has been awarded another new Dynamics assignment. We will during 2020 support the operations of a retailer with stores in several countries. The customer wants to strengthen their own ability to assess different options and based on that take fact-based decisions and to be able to implement the changes globally.

“We are very humbled that the demand for our services remains high despite the prevailing circumstances. Here we once again get to show our deep knowledge within Retail and the added value with specialist consultants who know both the business and the systems” says Henrik Hasselblad, Partner at Engage.

“Our customers are facing tough decisions and then it is extra important to make these based on the right information,” he concludes.

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