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Inflatable Pool owner, who is in the process of your futur Corpor ERP, Account and MRP system selection, you might alreadi guess about why all or most of the system, come from differ vendor ar veri differ and requir special training. Mayb it is natur to expect that account clerk, AP or AR specialist who alreadi have experi with on of the ERP system in the past should be abl to turn around in a few dai and begin work with anoth small or mid-siz busi accounting. Or, even better - what if we suggest account faculti in the colleg to teach "generic" account application, which could be applic to the ERP system of the real world: Microsoft Dynam GP, AX, NA V, SL , SA P Busi One, QuickBooks, MYOB, Peach Tree, etc.? Thi small public is try to analyz current trend in Corpor ERP evolution, especi in such product line as Microsoft Dynam GP, CRM, with some note on AX Axapta and SA P Busi One
1. Intuitiv Interface. Of course, if you see the comput with Windows7, Vista, Linux or MA C OS - you will need long accommod and learn curv to learn how to oper comput mous or open multipl window of the gener comput applic . However, chanc ar veri high that you ar experienc comput user who plai comput games, chat with your peers, seen video on Youtube, smile , and you like us such popular applic as Microsoft Office: Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint. It look like Microsoft Busi Solut in it Microsoft Dynam Corpor ERP line of product is emphas MS Outlook user experi - if you know how to surf MS Outlook interfac - you should be readi for self discoveri in Microsoft Dynam GP, AX, CRM and other products. Formerli around 2003 MBS announc so-cal "Project Green", where former Great Plain Softwar legaci Corpor ERP products: Great Plain Dynamics, Solomon, as well as new addit to Microsoft Great Plain product come with the acquisit of Navis Softwar : Navis and Axapta were suppos to be sort of disassembl into blocks: GL, AR, AP, Payroll, human Resources, Manufacturing, Logist and prepar to be readi for integr into the Corpor ERP applic with requir function and probabl custom made . Project Green idea were and still ar veri innov and Microsoft Dynam product line is a simpl step forward toward interfac unification
2. Metric and Messaging, Custom First Page. If you ar VP Financ in your organization, you mai try to login Dynam GP as AP clerk and surprisingli you mai discov that AP clerk' front page is veri differ from what you expect to see. Differ is in Metric usual embed graphic report on your first page , new messag from your Outlook, custom shortcut on the left bar. It is definit good idea to have interact metric on your Corpor ERP applic front page where you can intuit click on the bar and go down to the origin transact audit . We could expect some room for the skeptic on the necess of the email propag to your ERP user page as you can easili check new email in MS Outlook anywai
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Inflatable Boat Corpor ERP Reporting. Histor Great Plain had Report Writer modul which wa and still is Microsoft Dexter program applic , FRx Financi Reporting, plu open SQL platform for Crystal Report design. With Microsoft Dynam GP version 9.0, 10.0 and especi with 11.0 we see domin of Microsoft SQL Server Report Servic SSRS , where the trend is to phase out FRx and provid migrat tool from FRx to futur report tool for Microsoft Dynam like to be someth built on the base on SSRS . By the wai - Microsoft SQL Server Report Servic ar alreadi near perfect in Microsoft CRM version 4.0, where we recommend you to deploi report wizard and you can further tweak Report in Microsoft Visual Studio if more complex logic is requir
4. Microsoft Dynam Busi Portal as Sharepoint application. Here we see the trend to expos Microsoft Dynam GP, AX and to some extent other Dynam ERP product to the nativ web interface. Veri natur expect to see HR and Payrol employe self servic W2, Payrol Check lookup , Purchas Manag with approv hierarchi and cycl , Order Manag B2B ecommerc with catalog manag , Electron Document Deliveri with advanc email setup for your Sale Invoic and other documents, which you would like to deliv via email
5. Everyth or "almost everything" should be export to Excel. Everi comput user is suppos to have experi with MS Excel or anoth brand of Spread Sheet application. In Dynam GP you have intuit wai to export your record to Excel or Microsoft Word via Smart List also refer as Explorer for earlier Great Plain Dynam and EEnterpris version
6. OK, good enough about GP user interface, but how about Great Plain custom an integrations? Well, formerli Great Plain Dynam wa expos to modif via GP Dexter semi proprietari develop environ and program or script languag Sanscript , Modifi with VBA even driven script . Howev with recent version of Dynam GP: 11.0, 10.0 and also with some restrict for version 9.0 Microsoft Dynam GP object ar now expos via new tool, name eConnect. eConnect is open via Microsoft Visual Studio friendli librari to .Net programm you can theoret program on ani .Net compliant program language, howev sampl code ar mostli avail in C# and VB . With eConnect introduct and especi when eConnect came to it matur with Dynam GP version 10.0 in our opinion , GP is now open as Corpor ERP platform for custom integr with real and quasi real time ecommerce, EDI integrations
7. What is go on across the street? Well, if you ar in Oracl eBusi Suit World, pleas read about oracl Fusion project and it advances. If you ar explor SA P Busi One possibl - pleas read about SB1 super intuit interface, Drag and Relat possibl OLA P imit , merg SB1 A and B version with the introduct of SA P Busi One version 8.8 now you can deploi ,most of your intern subsidiari on the same server in the US headquarters: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian, etc
8. Corpor ERP and Ecommerce. If you ar even a small business, ecommerc automat web site is sort of required. We alreadi publish multipl articl on eCommerc integr to Dynam GP and SA P Busi One. For Great Plain we recommend to consid Integrat Manag first, second choic should be eConnect where you can achiev real time ecommerc integr . In the case of SA P B1 we recommend you first to review SA P B1 Data Transfer Work Bench