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Microsoft Great Plains itself has variety of customization and integration tools. Integration Manager, VBA/Modifier, Great Plains Dexterity, SQL Server stored procedures to name a few. You can install Dexterity from Great Plains 7. Great Plains Dexterity - this is proprietary programming language and technology, designed back to earlier 1990th with the goal to build platform independent graphical accounting package - Great Plains Dynamics. Great Plains has its own ReportWriter, but its functionality is limited - you can't do cross modules reports (you can't link Sales and Purchasing tables in one report, for example.

Great Plains Dexterity is programming language and IDE and the complexity of the upgrade may vary, depending on the quality of customization design and coding and the level of integration with the main application (usually DYNAMICS. Microsoft Great Plains requires professional support and Microsoft Business Solutions serves its clients through MBS partner network. If you have strong IT group in-house - have them login to MBS customer source and get hardware and OS requirement for Great Plains version you plan on upgrade to. This piece is probably the one for outside Great Plains Dexterity consultant or programmer. If you are on Pervasive SQL 2000 or Ctree Great Plains Dynamics or Great Plains Accounting 9.

Currently Microsoft is in decision on who will be coding the integration for Great Plains 8. More likely - it will be Nodus Technologies with the integration on SOP and GL level - it will deploy Great Plains Dexterity and MS SQL Server stored procs. If you are developer who needs some sample code to start with - we are placing Accounts Receivable level integration code - it pulls info from Microsoft RMS and places it into work tables in Great Plains. Be aware, that Microsoft Great Plains version 7. The strength of its products is in their cross integration potential.

In the case of Great Plains you should be aware that typical Microsoft Business Solution partner/VAR serves local market and mid-size clients. Plus it might not have dedicated Great Plains developers - consultants may not segregate functional and technical consulting duties. When Microsoft SQL Server took its place as relatively reliable and stable database platform, Great Plains gained scalability. You need to find people who could do the job and you need to find them via independent objective research. Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Microsoft RMS, Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, serving clients in Chicago, California, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Arizona, Minnesota, UK, Australia and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( http.

But, still integration between the two is straightforward and what you need is consultant, who is familiar with both systems structures and customization scenarios. Microsoft technical support encourages you to use Microsoft CRM SDK objects and discourages you from direct SQL server programming. This is open source tool, you can download it from Microsoft site and it is description of Microsoft CRM classes and methods with sample codes in C# and VB. Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, serving clients in Chicago, California, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Arizona, Minnesota, UK, Australia and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( http. If you need to query MS CRM database - you should create your custom database and place your objects.

Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is written in Great Plains Software programming tool. Andrew is Great Plains specialist in Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http. Custom reports could be used to export data from Great Plains in text (and then Excel format. The result of such a shrewd future-looking architecture - Great Plains ReportWriter has multiple restrictions and drawbacks. If you are on Great Plains Standard version.

You can issue Quote and Sales Order directly in CRM if needed or could have them issues in Microsoft Great Plains with propagation to Microsoft CRM (deploying MS CRM-Great Plains integration tool - BizTalk based connector. Targeting to automate all business operations, Microsoft CRM is now integrated with Microsoft Great Plains and in the close future it should have integration with Microsoft Navision. We recommend you to deploy Great Plains Integration manager to import Vendor and Customers plus open documents. Microsoft Great Plains could play this role, being integrated with Microsoft CRM and with industry-specific business system. This is Great Plains Dexterity customization or web-development (if you need your agents lookup features from remote locations.

Great Plains Integration Manager - this is rather end-user tool - it is very intuitive, it validates 100% of business logic, brings in/updates master records (accounts, employees, customers, vendors. Microsoft Business Solutions stakes on Microsoft Great Plains as main Accounting/ERP application for US market. EXE) and Great Plains Standard on MSDE  or MS SQL Server. Data Transformation Services (DTS) - Good tool for importing your third party data into staging tables in GP - then you can pull them in using either stored procs of Integration Manager. Modifier/VBA custom buttons on the existing screens -  alternative to Dexterity is you are comfortable with VBA and ADO.

In this case we expect tight integration between your exchange application and Great Plains. Great Plains Dexterity, Modifier with VBA, Transact SQL scripting to name the most popular. Net programmers, you can deploy eConnect Distribution - this is Software Development Kit with sample codes, you can create or modify Great Plains objects, such as Sales Order, Customer record, Purchase Order, Vendor record. This transaction should be translated into Great Plains as Sales Order in Sales Order Processing (SOP) and Purchase Order in Purchase Order Processing (POP. As mentioned above - this should be preferably done by Great Plains user with approval logic.

If you have Microsoft Great Plains - you can use MBS CRM-GP integration tool, based on BizTalk. He is Microsoft Great Plains certified master, Great Plains Dexterity, Microsoft CRM SDK C. Microsoft CRM has relatively simple business logic and sits in Microsoft SQL Server, which enables customization and integration with third party systems and databases. Navision has third party integration tool and the one from Microsoft is on the way to be released. Axapta is also candidate for the integration.

Plus we can push serial number info from Great Plains to Store Operations (there is no way to store serial number in Headquarters. Microsoft Great Plains is written in Great Plains Dexterity - proprietary programming language and development environment, which has strong ties with SQL stored procedures and queries. Microsoft Retail Management (RMS) and Microsoft Great Plains are retail and accounting/ERP solutions coming from the same Microsoft subdivision - Microsoft Business Solutions. When Items are transferred in Great Plains via the Item Transfer Entry window, the interface must recognize this transaction. Despite the fact that both systems come from the same software development company - the integration is not as simple as it probably should be.

The customization you need is Great Plains Dexterity sales pad and instant item sales inquiry. Great Plains Dexterity (requires some training and experience), Crystal Reports, Visual Studio. These reports should publish Great Plains company database data at your will and the requirements of the federal or state authority. Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains serves to the wide spectrum of horizontal markets and could be also considered as generic ERP/MRP/Accounting platform for light and advanced customization to fit verticals. Author is a Great Plains specialist in Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http.

Sometimes you have to rescue to Great Plains Dexterity- when you need ongoing data import and you do not own Great Plains Integration manager or when Integration Manager doesn't have the object to deploy. Microsoft Great Plains Tables Structure - Launch Great Plains and go to Tools->Resource Description->Tables. This will allow you to deploy ODBC connection to Great Plains database. This is proprietary Great Plains Software tool and development environment and you need some time invested, before you can do programming. Lunch Microsoft Access and make a link to Microsoft Great Plains tables.

The important requirement is the integration between Shipment Tracking System and ERP, such as Great Plains. It will allow you seamless integration with Great Plains user interface. Microsoft Great Plains may be recommended for international freight forwarding / transportation company. You should realize agent settlement screen and inquiry, MBS/HBL profit/loss inquiry form and probably Bill of Lading in Great Plains Dexterity. It is available for Great Plains Professional only - if you'd like to stay with Great Plains Standard - use Great Plains Dexterity to program the consolidation.

Great Plains Software provided participants with DYNAMICS. We are confident in Great Plains as an ERP platform for the following industries. Great Plains Dynamics was released in 1994 and it is 11 years old product. Great Plains Software Dynamics, Dynamics C/S+, eEnterprise were written on GPS proprietary programming language and development environment - Great Plains Dexterity. Andrew is Great Plains specialist in Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http.