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Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP requires data massage and initial conversion as well as data repair and day-to-day maintenance. 

If you are mid-size or large enterprise, you should consider having Microsoft SQL Server DBA in staff, however certain data repair routines might be too complex and dependent on the GP tables and data flow architecture, where you will need GP technical consultant to do the job.  In this small publication we would like to review data management techniques and the most convenient ways to do these jobs:

Microsoft Dynamics GP software licenses sale, implementation, data conversion, user training, customization, integration, reporting, version upgrade. 

Normally we serve you over the phone and web session from our call center, plus we onsite visits for to implement your new ERP ? this service is especially on demand in the country side.  You can request your implementation and business processes mapping via our submit quote web form, please visit our web site, see info below

1.       GP customizations.  This is our emphasis ? we pick up abandoned old Great Plains Dexterity custom modules, recover and upgrade them for you.  For this purpose as well as for new Dex modifications we maintain so-called Microsoft Dexterity Software Development factory

Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP system is a good fit for manufacturing, energy plants in downstate Illinois as well as mid-size and smaller businesses in agriculture, services, wholesale and retail (especially with integration to Microsoft RMS), non-profit organizations and virtually all the others potential Great Plains Dynamics customers in the state of Illinois.  

We invite you to see GP presentation and business processes mapping.  Let’s take a look at GP implementation phases:

1.       ERP selection.  Here you must review many if not all major MRP packages to see which one fits your business and has the functionality to support your business growth and expansion if planned

If you are implementing Microsoft Dynamics GP in your organization and you would like to do some data conversion from your old accounting or ERP application, then you should consider several levels of data migration and their feasibility. 

As we come through numerous data massage and migration cases, we would like to share our experience to help you with your homework:

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