Released on: December 21, 2007, 7:21 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum Group

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Microsoft Great Plains ERP is wide spread in USA and Canada,
as well as in English speaking countries. As we see XXI century progressing, more
technical skills are becoming the norm and so to say requirements in MRP system
implementation, especially for mid-size and large corporate businesses.

Press Release Body: Microsoft Great Plains ERP is wide spread in USA and Canada, as
well as in English speaking countries. As we see XXI century progressing, more
technical skills are becoming the norm and so to say requirements in MRP system
implementation, especially for mid-size and large corporate businesses. This is why
when we consider and recommend you new ERP system implementation, we have to address
the technology behind architecture and related questions, such as modification,
custom reporting, integration with your legacy applications. Microsoft Dynamics GP
is not an exception and especially considering Microsoft direction to tight its MBS
products to .Net, Sharepoint, Microsoft Office stack of products. If you are IT
director in your organization, you have to do your homework in understanding your
modification and integration options and then to control implementation and govern
it as a complex process. Let's review the options:
1. Customization technologies. If you plan to alter GP logic, consider Microsoft
Dexterity and eConnect first. Both tools allow you manipulate native GP objects:
customers, vendors, GL accounts, Sales Order Processing Invoices, Purchase Order
Processing documents, etc. eConnect is better exposed to generic Microsoft Visual
Studio.Net C# or VB developer, however eConnect is restricted in its power in
comparison to Great Plains Dexterity. Legacy modification technology is Modifier
with VBA, where you deal with GP OLE server and VBA scripting, which is legacy after
Microsoft introduced .Net platform
2. GP Integrations tools. As eConnect was introduced for GP 7.5 and the direction
was targeted to rewrite Great Plains Integration Manager in eConnect, versus old OLE
connectors - IM integration performance was increased dramatically. Current version
of Great Plains is 10.0 and eConnect connectors are available to for IM for the
majority of Great Plains modules, however you will have to check prior to making
your commitments
3. GP Programming. Besides of Great Plains Dexterity, where you have to program on
GP proprietary scripting language - Sanscript, GP is widely open for SQL Server
programmer. If you are comfortable with SQL scripting, you should familiarize
yourself with GP tables structures
4. Reporting. In our opinion both tools: Crystal Reports and Microsoft SQL Server
Reporting Services are good for GP Reporting. General philosophy recommends you to
offload reporting logic into SQL Server stored procedures and views

Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, serving customers in Chicagoland: Chicago,
Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Wheaton, Plainfield, Joliet, Downers Grove,
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Brookfield, Oakbrook, Villa Park. With reasonable travel we cover all the
Chicagolandand North West Indiana from our two locations in Chicago downtown and
Naperville, IL. Also service is available for northern and central Illinois: Morris,
Ottawa, Marseilles, Seneca, Springfield, Bloomington, Normal, Peoria, Gary.



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