| Let's review features and possibilities of Microsoft | | | | scheduled or manually integrated via GP Integration |
| Dynamics GP, formerly this Corporate ERP application | | | | Manager integration. In this case, we recommend you |
| was known as Great Plains Dynamics and eEnteprise, | | | | integration on General Ledger GL transactions level |
| which are useful when you implement it for large | | | | only. This method should allow you to have GL |
| corporation. In the past we already described the | | | | detailed control and reasonable internal and external |
| advantages of deploying Dynamics GP in larger firm - | | | | audit. In the case, when you foreign operations as in |
| it has reasonably reliable and scalable DB platform NS | | | | initiation or very modest in number of transactions, |
| SQL Server and has standard functionality ERP and | | | | consider exporting its GL Balance, P&L or Trial |
| MRP logic, versus more expensive Corporate ERP | | | | Balance into Excel worksheet, which could be |
| rich functionality applications: Oracle EBusiness Suite, | | | | consolidated with your FRx financial reports |
| SAP mySAP or R/3, etc. When we are talking | | | | 3. Integration with legacy IT infrastructure systems. It |
| about standard Corporate ERP logic advantages, | | | | is rather unlikely that in the publicly traded corporation |
| these are saving on ERP software and user licenses, | | | | you do not have Business Management Systems, |
| as you do not have to pay for rich logic (most of | | | | such as Sales Order Processing in Oracle, EDI |
| which you will never use). In the case, that some of | | | | (Electronic Document Interchange) server, Barcode |
| the logic needs to be modified, Dynamics GP is open | | | | automation for Warehouse Management and Shipping |
| for modifications, customizations via GP Dexterity, | | | | & Receiving, GP general fit to your Discrete |
| eConnect integration programming, and other tools. | | | | Manufacturing requirements. In our opinion these |
| Now, let's review features in paragraphs: | | | | business processes and technologies mapping should |
| 1. Unlimited Number of Companies. If your corporation | | | | be done in several Specification Review sessions with |
| has multiple subsidiaries in the USA, Canada and | | | | your Dynamics GP VAR |
| Internationally, and if you plan to deploy Great Plains in | | | | 4. Industry Verticals and Horizontals. Great Plains |
| headquarters on the single installation, then you can | | | | Dynamics GP is traditionally good in such industries as |
| create unlimited number of companies and enable | | | | Non Profit and Grants Management (based on |
| remote and foreign users access via Citrix or Terminal | | | | Analytical Accounting in GP), ecommerce web portals |
| Server. Microsoft Dynamics GP licensing schema | | | | with strong behind the scenes logistics and on order |
| allows unlimited number of companies at this time and | | | | discrete manufacturing, Freight Forwarding with Agent |
| that was historical feature since the introduction of | | | | Settlement report, Generic Discrete Manufacturing, |
| Great Plains Dynamics in earlier 1990th. Please, check | | | | Sales Networks, where Sales Orders are integrated |
| with your Dynamics GP Partner if GP is localized for | | | | into GP from Microsoft CRM, Project Organization, |
| the foreign country, where you have your subsidiary. | | | | where you implement GP Project Accounting module, |
| In general Dynamics GP 10.0 is localized for English | | | | Membership managing organizations, where |
| speaking countries: USA, Canada, Australia, UK, New | | | | membership annual fees are tracked in recurred |
| Zealand, Oceania, South Africa, Caribbean, South East | | | | batches in SOP (light customization is needed), Mid-size |
| Asia (in the countries where English is the language of | | | | and small retail store chains with franchisee networks, |
| the business) and Spanish Speaking Latin America | | | | where you integrate Retail transactions to GP and |
| (with some restrictions, please note that Brazil is not | | | | print barcode labels from GP directly or from such |
| Spanish speaking country and GP is not localized | | | | applications as Microsoft RMS |
| there). Please, note that you should consider some | | | | 5. How to get help? Please, feel free to call our |
| technical nuances for Latin American company | | | | office at 1-866-528-0577, if you are outside of USA: |
| installation, as you should choose specific SQL DB | | | | 1-630-961-5918, or email us: We speak English, |
| collation which fits to Spanish accents - there are | | | | Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, including Brazilian |
| known issues with FRx consolidated reporting, when | | | | Portuguese, Russian, Filipino. Please, be aware that |
| Reporting tree is consolidating GP companies with | | | | Dynamics GP is not UNICODE compliant application, |
| different SQL collations | | | | and if you need help in having GP Screens to be |
| 2. Consolidation. If all your subsidiaries could be | | | | translated to Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and other |
| implemented in Great Plains - this is perfect. | | | | hieroglyph based characters language, this is not |
| However, if GP is not localized for the part of your | | | | possible. We would be happy to create Chinese |
| branches, please, instead of trying to implement GP in | | | | Crystal Reports out of your Dynamics GP system |
| English, rather consider implementing either another | | | | with the help of third party Dynamics GP ISV tools, |
| Small Business Corporate ERP application, such as | | | | such as NJ Star. If you are trying to consider Great |
| SAP Business One, or even keep local accounting, | | | | Plains for your Brazilian subsidiary, we would have to |
| assuming that it allows you to export GL transactions | | | | discourage you and ask you rather to consider SAP |
| in CSV or Tab delimited file. Then, this file could be | | | | Business One, which is localized for Brazil. |