Great Plains Consultant: Sales Order Processing Setup and Customization

Posted on August 27, 2008 - Filed Under 313 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GP is very popular ERP platform, which opens for you its object via such programming and software development tools as eConnect, Microsoft Dexterity, VBA and Modifier, ReportWriter, Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. 

In order to modify or customize Dynamics GP, you need to be familiar with Great Plains modules setup and business processes workflow.  In this small publication we would like to go under the hood in GP Sales Order Processing module.  Please, before continuing note, that SOP module is not the same and has in essence to relation with GP Invoicing module.  Invoicing module allows you to create only invoices and it is not supported in eConnect.  SOP allows you to create Quote, Sales Order, Back Order, Fulfillment Order, Invoice, Return with complex approval cycles, based on document types and process holds

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Great Plains Implementation Partner with Focus in Technology: Dexterity, eCommerce

Posted on July 16, 2008 - Filed Under 313 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP implementing often requires integrated approach, when you have your new accounting and MRP application to continue work with legacy parts of your IT infrastructure. 

Imagine the scenario, when you have say Lotus Notes Sales Order Processing custom database, where you are happy with Workflow and would like to send approved orders to Dynamics GP Great Plains SOP module for order execution in your warehouse and shipping departments.  Another example is e-commerce web site integration with newly implemented GP back office.  Alba Spectrum carries broad technology expertise and industry knowledge.  We would like to give you some GP modification and integration highlights:

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Great Plains Dynamics GP consulting partner in San Diego, California

Posted on July 5, 2008 - Filed Under 468 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GP support to mid-size businesses in Southern California from the office in San Diego: Dexterity, eConnect, SQL scripting and stored procedures, GP Integration Manager, Crystal Reports, GP Report Writer, SRS, GP licenses sale, installation, implementation, initial data conversion, user training

Great Plains functional and technical consulting requires years of practice and experience, plus the consultants should preferably have industry expertise.  We invite you to give us a call, request business processes mapping and executive presentation.  Some GP highlights:

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Great Plains Customization: how to Integrate Legacy Application with Dynamics GP

Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under 468 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Great Plains or current ERP name is Dynamics GP has various modification tools and SDKs.  Your diligence duty is to review them on the top level to understand which tool will do the best job in the specific case. 

Let’s begin reviewing tools in brief one by one, being sort of a bit technical, so it should be targeted to IT people, programmers and DBA:

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Great Plains Customization Tools: Dexterity, Modifier, eConnect, Auto Posting Server

Posted on May 23, 2008 - Filed Under 23 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GP, or former Great Plains Software eEnterprise, Dynamics has proprietary EDI: Microsoft Dexterity.  This tools really requires skilled programmer to do the job, and we do not recommend you to do dex modification on your own or try to come through Great Plains Dexterity programming learning curve. 

Instead you should probe yourself as GP developer with eConnect ? C#, VB and SQL skills are helpful here, or even in VBA ? this programming technique comes together with GP Modifier module.  Let’s review the tools:

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SAP Business One Implementation ? customer specific pricing

Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under Computers | Leave a Comment

SAP B1 ERP is targeted to small and mid-size businesses and the question about implementing new accounting application is this ? which functionality is available in standard business logic, prior to considering adding third party modules or launching in-house customization

In this small article we would like to review SAP Business One pricing model

1.       Price Lists.  As you expect, there are various price forming formulas: Last Evaluated Price, Last Purchase Price and then you can base one price list based on another price list with multiplication factor

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