Microsoft Dynamics GP is new name for Microsoft Great Plains Standard & Professional. Microsoft Dynamics GP will have its first release with Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0. which would be the next version of Great Plains. Funny enough – Great Plains Software pioneered with Great Plains Dynamics in 1994 as the first Graphical ERP for Windows.
In our opinion, traditional approach when you select ERP/MRP system for large or mid-size company by functionality, database and hardware platform should be revised. We are convinced that new generation of Windows servers plus the reliability of relatively inexpensive database platform, such as Microsoft SQL Server, enable large corporation to decrease the cost of hardware, database and ERM software, plus have good internal support by hiring Microsoft certified professionals, available on the market in your area. In this small article we'll give you short review of what you should expect from Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, its implementation, customization, reporting, integration as well as web publishing and eCommerce or web ordering system for your existing customers.
• Hardware. PC Hardware and Windows server were considered as a solution for small and mid-size business, this opinion was wide spread in 1990th, when you needed to have scheduled rebooting of Windows server to deal with known issues, such as memory leaks, etc. Nowadays – Windows 2003 could be counted on.
• Database. Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, if you remember old good days required a lot of maintenance and support. When Microsoft introduced MS SQL Server 7.0 and later on 2000 – the problem of maintenance in our opinion was resolved and the database maintenance is now considered as part of data workflow side: application logic data fixes SQL queries, data feeding into SQL Server tables, data archiving and restoring.
• ERP System. In our opinion you should consider ERP as a platform for light or heavy customization to address your company unique business processes. The second approach would be purchasing the application, which would be very rich in its functionality: Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, SAP. In this second case you “overpay” for the functionality you do not use and also pay for extended implementation and user training.
• Customization. You should consider balancing internal developers and external consultants. Internal development should be done by SQL programmers, web exposure – by VB.Net or C#.Net developers – you might need eConnect. Internal developers could also do light customization of Great Plains logic via Modifier with VBA. Consultants should help you with Great Plains business logic change, which requires Great Plains Dexterity programming and specification writing skills.
• Integration. In the past we saw a lot of Great Plains Integration Manager usage, today the trend is to deploy SQL scripts and stored procedures, including eConnect and its extensions (such as automatic transaction posting)
• User Training. In the case of large publicly traded company, you should probably dedicate internal Great Plains support person, who will be trained by consultant and then will provide training for end users. In this case you will avoid having consultant train the same common interface feature multiple time to different groups of users.
Microsoft Dynamics Gp Accounting
With the increasing use of computers in every commercial enterprise, accounting of the company is being carried using computers. There are many accounting software available in the market. One of them is Microsoft Dynamics GP.
is accounting software which suitable for companies of medium size. The software Microsoft SQL Server as its Database and is a part of Microsoft Business Solutions offered by Microsoft Corporation. Originally, the software was developed by Great Plains Software located at Fargo, North Dakota, USA. Microsoft Corporation purchased this software in 2000.
Microsoft Dynamics GP software is considered as a business management solution for medium size enterprises by providing complete financial functionality. The software provide different facilities like advanced consolidation, business intelligence tools, rich reporting and forecasting and budgeting tools. The product is quite stable and scalable too making it suitable for present and future use.
Improve financial management capabilities
The software provide different financial management functionalities like general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, different modules for reporting to the bank, cash flow management and reconciliation.
Helps in making more informed business decisions faster
Microsoft Dynamics GP has great business intelligence capabilities by utilizing wide range of flexible and customizable analytics, reporting, and budgeting tools which would cater to the requirement of the particular company. Be the requirement be for advanced consolidation analysis or the simple reporting, the software uses different powerful reporting, analysis, and budgeting tools which would provide a real time view of all the critical information required to provide faster and smarter business decisions. When Microsoft Dynamics GP is integrated with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the capability of the system is increased by the capability of creating Office Excel reports for Office SharePoint Server, increased report writing capacity by including more than 75 Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports, and deployment wizards for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports and Office Excel reports.
Move key processes online and foster collaboration throughout your business
The software is built on .NET technology and Business Portal in Microsoft Dynamics GP allows people to access data and processes from any web based portal located on the company's intranet or extranet. The portal enables employees to extend applications, information, and businesses processes to coworkers, customers, and partners across the organization, based on their unique roles, in a highly secure manner.
Because of all these benefits available from this software, it is a good idea for any mid Sizes Company to consider the software for their accounting use.
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