| If your organization plans to deploy Microsoft | | | | ready for required tailoring and modification, and |
| Dynamics GP, formerly also known as Great Plains | | | | especially when your organization is larger company |
| Dynamics, eEnterprise and its predecessor Great | | | | with sophisticated business processes, modifications |
| Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and Mac, we | | | | should be natural and Dynamics GP has multiple tools |
| would like to offer you this small introduction level | | | | and customization options: Microsoft Dexterity, |
| publication. Dynamics GP is good fit for mid-size | | | | eConnect, Extender, Modifier with VBA, Web Services, |
| business, plus it has Corporate ERP solutions for non | | | | SDK. In our opinion GP custom programming should |
| profit (including Grant Management), discrete | | | | be given to professional Dynamics GP developers |
| manufacturing, project organization, field service, | | | | 5. Great Plains Integrations. Please, review GP |
| generic Sales Order Processing and Purchase Order | | | | Integration Manager modules, as it is user friendly and |
| Processing, Bill of Materials - these are some of the | | | | should cover most of the integration needs, including |
| examples, where Dynamics GP should be considered | | | | quasi real time EDI and eCommerce shopping cart |
| as proposed Corporate ERP application. Dynamics GP | | | | integrations. If you would like to call GP integration |
| could be integrated with such systems as Microsoft | | | | functionality directly from your ecommerce web |
| RMS (for mid-size or smaller retailers), various | | | | application, consider eConnect SDK libraries to be |
| eCommerce platforms (both Business 2 Business and | | | | included into your Microsoft Visual Studio C# or VB.Net |
| Business 2 Customer with advanced shopping cart | | | | project |
| and credit card processing features), Microsoft | | | | 6. Dynamics GP User Training. In our opinion, the |
| Dynamics CRM (in the case of marketing and sales | | | | most efficient option is precise training, based on GP |
| oriented organization). Plus there are numerous | | | | user procedures and provided by Microsoft Dynamics |
| Dynamics GP ISV add-ons or third party modules, | | | | GP implementation consultant. You may also |
| which could cover your industry niche, and of course | | | | consider GP technical training for your IT people and |
| you can modify or customize Dynamics GP to fit your | | | | even in-house programmers, especially in Microsoft |
| unique business requirements: | | | | SQL Server Backup and Maintenance Plans, disaster |
| 1. Microsoft Dynamics GP Sales Cycle. You should | | | | recovery strategies, user workstations installations, |
| consider several Corporate ERP candidates and if one | | | | FRx client setup. Plus, you can even request |
| of them is Microsoft Dynamics GP, please request | | | | Microsoft Dexterity programming training, related to |
| demo, see our video presentations, request business | | | | your specific customization goals (might be feasible if |
| processes mapping and modules selection from your | | | | you expect large Dynamics GP custom programming |
| Dynamics GP Partner candidate. Currently Dynamics | | | | project and you would like to develop it inhouse) |
| GP is sold with Business Ready licenses, where you | | | | 7. Microsoft Dynamics GP Deployment Internationally. |
| are getting set of modules included into user license | | | | If your company is expanding internationally: Brazil, |
| (Business Ready for narrow set of modules and | | | | China, Japan, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, |
| Advanced Management for richer functionality) | | | | Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, France, Thailand, Indonesia, please |
| 2. Microsoft Dynamics GP Installation. As this is | | | | be aware that Dynamics GP is not localized for these |
| mid-market Corporate ERP, installation should be done | | | | countries (GP is localized for USA, Canada, UK, |
| by your Dynamics GP Partner (typically you contract | | | | Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Spanish Speaking |
| the same organization to implement GP from whom | | | | Latin America and Caribbean). We recommend you |
| you purchased GP software licenses) | | | | reliable tandem of SAP Business One (overseas |
| 3. GP Implementation. This process typically has | | | | office) and Microsoft Dynamics GP (US Headquarters) |
| several phases: Data Conversion (preferably in Test | | | | 8. Microsoft Dynamics GP, Great Plains Dynamics, |
| mode, as you may expect multiple iterations), precise | | | | Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and Mac |
| user training, related to your Dynamics GP users | | | | upgrade. Simplest upgrade is from Dynamics GP 9.0 |
| day-to-day duties (you can also consider send your | | | | or 8.0 to current version 10.0 (January 1010, Microsoft |
| GP users to generic training centers to help them in | | | | Dynamics GP 11.0 should be released in May 2010, |
| GP general interface browsing, plus be familiar with GP | | | | version upgrade path is not known at this time, please |
| functionality on the theoretic level) | | | | read our future publications), it requires appropriate |
| 4. GP Customizations. As Microsoft Dynamics GP | | | | Service Pack and one step upgrade. |
| could be considered as Corporate ERP Platform, | | | | |