Released on: January 8, 2008, 6:13 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum Group

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: New ERP and budgeting for it is normal process and from time
to time you should undertake such adventures. Microsoft Dynamics GP MRP application
is targeted to mid-size and in some cases small businesses. If you would like to
compare competition, please call to Accpac, MAS 90 and SAP Business One VARs

Press Release Body: New ERP and budgeting for it is normal process and from time to
time you should undertake such adventures. Microsoft Dynamics GP MRP application is
targeted to mid-size and in some cases small businesses. If you would like to
compare competition, please call to Accpac, MAS 90 and SAP Business One VARs. If
you are on Microsoft platform internally in your organization, you may also consider
others Microsoft Dynamics products: Navision and Axapta. If you selected GP as your
future ERP, then you need to budget or at least get the idea on the implementation
cost. Let's try to review this topic in this small publication:
1. GP software license cost. Here you have two options: Business Ready (or analogue
to all-in-one user license) and Professional (where you select modules - this is
typically for high-end customers or large companies). Business Ready cost range is
from 10 to 20 thousand dollars, and Professional is typically higher. If you are on
Great Plains Dynamics GP standard, then this licensing line is no longer available
for new customers
2. Annual Enhancement program cost. ERP software vendors nowadays typically charge
customers every year and the name of this program in the case of Microsoft Dynamics
GP is annual enhancement or its various blends. The difference in price is
attributed to the number of included support cases per year, plus assignment of
personal technician for your organization. The cheapest option doesn't have
included support cases, and it only includes access to GP technical knowledge
database
3. Software Implementation Consulting cost. This is very flexible in approximation
as it depends on MBS implementation partners availability and competition in your
area. Plus, it is up to your ability to select the best partner to do
implementation job. Implementation typically includes customization, integration
and reporting fragments. In our opinion, ERP implementation cost is similar or
higher than software licenses. Here we would like to separate GP implementing cost
from such an expense subject as GP data conversion
4. Data migration and massage for GP. Initial data conversion might be simple
enough and limited to GL initial balances entry. More advanced data conversion
scenario is importing customers and vendors records import. Again, the more heavy
data conversion is in your plans, the more we would like to discourage you from
doing so. There are numerous records in our experience, where data conversion cost
exceeds users training, software installation and even software licenses cost
5. GP reporting. You can not typically go live without making GP report your old
traditional way as you had it from your legacy ERP. GP reporting is separate topic,
however top level of reporting review suggests you to select reporting tools: GP
ReportWriter, FRx, Crystal Reports, MS SQL Server Reporting Services or SRS
6. GP Customization Cost. If you need to modify or in other words to involve GP
programming scenarios, then there should be budgeted cost


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