"Accounnng firms are a business," said Lynette Downing, business analyst at the CPA firm of HLB Tauges Redpath, in White Bear Lake, Minn. A very profound statement, yet the systems that most firms utilize don't integrate to support a business. Take a moment and think about how everyone, including the vendors, has talked about an integrated system for the past ten or more years. Are we any closer today than we were 10 years ago? I am confident I can find differing opinions. Why is this the case, and what should firms do to break through the ceiling of complexity and simplify their processes in order to leverage today's and future technology?
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