Released on: August 24, 2008, 4:54 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: 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.

Press Release Body: 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

1. SOP module setup. Please, login GP and got to Tools->Setup->Sales->Sales Order
Processing. In this screen you define default SOP document types, mentioned in
introduction paragraph

2. SOP Order and Invoice fulfillment. This is extremely important concept, related
to inventory items allocation toward specific SOP Order or Invoice lines. eConnect
supports fulfillment, however in complex ecommerce integration scenarios you may
decide to avoid fulfillment error messages (related to item shortages for the
specific inventory site or warehouse)

3. Typical SOP Entry screen customization. You may require custom price list, based
on the last price for the specific customer, and this logic should disregard
standard or layered pricelist for other new or walk in customers. If you have this
or similar customizations, we recommend you to deploy Great Plains Dexterity as
business logic altering tool

4. eConnect in e-commerce development and programming scenarios. At this time
eConnect helps in creating, updating and deleting for the master records: customer,
vendor, employee, GL account, addresses. Plus it works with so-called work
transactions: SOP invoice, for example is considered as work, until you post it

5. eConnect limitations. It doesn't post batches, and if you plan to implement
complete automation right from your e-commerce application, you need to deploy Alba
Spectrum Batch Posting Server. Please contact us for details


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Contact Details: Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Great Plains USA and
Canada nationwide. Local service in Chicago, Houston, Dallas, San Diego. Please
visit our information portal Pegas Planet: http://www.pegasplanet.com . If you need
custom programming for GP, we are happy to help you with Dexterity, eConnect,
VBA/Modifier, SQL Stored Procedures, Crystal Reports. We also provide instant
support to new and existing clients via web sessions for the customers in CA, IL,
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