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Microsoft Great Plains or current name of this mid-market ERP is Dynamics GP has various development and programming options: Dexterity, eConnect, VBA/Modifier, SQL stored procedures openness, SDK for Microsoft Visual Studio developer to name few popular. 

The topic is very popular as more GP MRP and accounting systems are in process of being installed and implemented.  Special interest we expect from eCommerce developers, where such questions as automatic batch posting, Sales Order deposits application are very popular ones.

SAP B1 functionality covers broad range of typical ERP topics: Financials, Banking or Bank Reconciliation, Sales and Purchases, Inventory, Bill of Materials and MRP (also referred as Production or Discrete Manufacturing), HR, Service (warranty contracts, also applicable to rental contracts), Sales Opportunity management or simply CRM which is customer relation management module

Let’s review SB1 implementation scenarios and highlights:

1.       Licensing.  It is traditionally all-in-one per named user, however there are variations of the term of named user itself, typically related to CRM restricted functionality: Sales and Service, plus web CRM components.  All-in-one means that you pay per named user and this named user gets access to all the modules in SAB BO

It is always a good advise to adopt procedures and functionality available in out-of-the-box version of any ERP application, including SB1, however it is common, when standard logic doesn’t allow to automate unique business processes

in this case you have to program modified logic in Software Development Kit.  Let’s review SDK in the format of this small article:

1.       Programming Language and IDE.  You can use either VB or C#.Net and Microsoft Visual Studio will be your tool, assuming that you are on Windows and MS SQL Server platforms.  Generic C# programmers are available on the market, however it is recommended to consider contracting certified SB1 SDK developer, who has expertise in B1 objects structure and technical side of business logic