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Release of Dynamics GP 11 Around the Corner!

Mike Marcin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:17:45 +0000

The upcoming release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 11 will reach General Availability in May 2010. This is an exciting new release encompassing the following functionality:

Printing a GP form (such as a Sales Order) to Microsoft Office Word, along with giving users the ability to print any GP report/form to Word if they so choose.

Emailing groups of documents (such as Purchase Orders) with just the click of a button (tons of functionality behind this…stay tuned for more).

Allowing those you do business with to login to their own Customer or Vendor Portal, where they can view key information related to their transactions in Dynamics GP, or even make changes to select data within your system (a vendor updating the shipping dates on a PO for example).

Charts, graphs and gauges galore! Entirely new charts, graphs and gauges will be available on both the Business Portal dashboards as well as the Dynamics GP homepage.

Want to get more details after viewing the new charts, graphs, or gauges? Version “11” will allow you to drill down from those graphical elements to reports that contain the detailed transaction data behind it, and then drill down all the way from those reports back into the Dynamics GP inquiry windows!

Outgrowing Quickbooks

Tricia Tubig — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:00:43 +0000

I have had a great opportunity working with a particular client. Systematica helped this client implement the HR/Payroll module of Microsoft Dynamics GP. A couple of the issues they had with their previous system were performance, reporting and functionality. Their top priority is functionality. In particular this includes streamlining how they calculated payroll and enhancing their reporting capabilities. As I was researching an issue for them by doing a Google search, I found this article and thought it was helpful for those users/businesses that are experiencing growth and are still using QuickBooks. This article reminded me of this client. Though this client was not a QuickBooks user, they still had similar pain points of outgrowing their previous system. Because of this, I wanted to share with you all.

I hope this doesn’t come across as a knock on QuickBooks. In a previous life, I was a small business owner and lived ‘n’ breathed the business through QuickBooks. However I do see how a company can outgrow certain software as the company grows. The article I found is actually a blog from a Microsoft Dynamics GP partner out of Ohio. This blog best formulates how a company knows they have outgrown QuickBooks -

http://www.erpsoftwareblog.com/2009/09/6-signs-youve-outgrown-quickbooks-and-how-microsoft-dynamics-gp-can-help/

There are 6 signs that a business is outgrowing Quickbooks and should consider MS Dynamics GP:
1. Experiencing unacceptable delays in menus or screens
2. Reports take an unacceptable amount of time to print
3. Customer, vendor, employee or other lists exceed 10,000 items
4. Exceeding 32,000 transactions or the file size reaches 30MB
5. Requiring additional functionality to accomplish more
6. Requiring more robust reporting to gain business insight

Above encompasses both the system and functional needs of a growing company. Advantages to switching to Microsoft Dynamics GP include competitive pricing, various conversion tools and products, consistent look and feel to MS Office and Outlook and having access to MS support. Something to think about…

End of Support for Great Plains 8.0

Mike Marcin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:05:59 +0000

For those holding out on upgrading, support for Great Plains 8.0 ends 10/13/2009. If you are interested in the details, see the link below for the full lifecycle policy.

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=7967&x=10&y=9