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 Dynamics GP Consultants Offering Upgrade

Posted on August 10, 2008 - Filed Under 313 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP version update requires consultant involvement and it is typically done through Great Plains Certified Partner and Reseller, also referred as VAR or Value Added Reseller.  In upgrade initiative important role is Customization code review by Great Plains Dexterity or eConnect programmer as if your new version will fail in custom logic, all the company and business operations might be at risk. 

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Great Plains Consultants and Developers provide nationwide support

Posted on July 20, 2008 - Filed Under 313 | Leave a Comment

If you have Microsoft Dynamics GP installed and implemented in your organization, and you are looking to get second opinion on your current system setup, customization, integration projects, if you have concerns about GP database integrity and performance, if you need one time or ongoing data conversion, or user training onsite or via web session, please consider to call alba Spectrum

Here is what we do:

1.       Instant Remote Support via web session.  Even if you are located ten miles away, it is still faster and in many cases very efficient to simply launch web session and look at your screen and problem.  GP users have pretty similar problems from time to time: crashed batch, which needs to be either rolled back or deleted would be one of them

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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 Reporting: SRS, FRx, Crystal, ReportWriter, Dexterity

Posted on May 30, 2008 - Filed Under 23 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GP has all the advantages of reporting tools, available for Microsoft Windows in General (Crystal Reports writer is good example of industry reporting tool), .Net platform (here we would like to mention SRS or MS SQL Server Reporting Services), and application specific and recommended tools: FRx for financial reports and GP ReportWriter for integrated reports. 

Plus you have an option to create really custom report programmatically in Microsoft Dexterity, but this requires Dex programmer experience.  Let’s review each tool in brief:

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