| Microsoft Dynamics GP or how it was known in earlier | | | | the first paragraph. You would either need |
| 2000th and 1990th Great Plains Dynamics and | | | | Dynamics GP Warehouse Management extensions, |
| eEnterprise is mid-market Corporate ERP platform. | | | | feel free to call us for details: 1-866-528-0577, or pick |
| Great Plains is mostly Financial, ERP, MRP and HR | | | | one of the external standalone WMS with integration |
| software, while such applications as Microsoft RMS, | | | | options to Dynamics GP. At this time of the human |
| Counterpoint should be dealing with Barcoding | | | | history Warehouse Management System software is |
| hardware (such as Barcode scanners, Barcode | | | | not cheap and probably starts at k$20. If you are |
| servers, etc.). If you are looking for Add-ons to | | | | very small warehouse related operation — you |
| Dynamics GP, opening specific GP screens to | | | | may try to offload WMS logic to custom application |
| barcoding, you may need to check with Dynamics GP | | | | coded in MS Access, Dynamics GP Dexterity or |
| ISV Partners community. If you need Warehouse | | | | Microsoft Visual Studio C#, VB. WMS is typically |
| Management operations to be integrated with GP, | | | | needed in the businesses, engaged in Wholesale |
| most of the WMS software publishers handle | | | | Trade |
| Barcoding. Let’s review the options and look | | | | 3. Dynamics GP Barcoding in Retail scenarios. If you |
| at some examples: | | | | are in retail business, especially mid-size retail chain with |
| 1. Direct Barcode Scanner work with Dynamics GP | | | | presence in several states, you may consider to |
| user workstation. This is only possible if you need | | | | deploy tandem Microsoft RMS (for point of sale POS |
| only limited number of low volume barcode scanning | | | | and Store Management and controlling the whole |
| and transactions upload to Dynamics GP. In this | | | | franchise from Microsoft RMS Headquarters), if you |
| scenario Barcode scanner is also very basic (in $50 to | | | | are Deli stores you may also consider another POS |
| $200 price range for new unit: Datalogic, Adesso, HP, | | | | applications, such as Counterpoint. Microsoft RMS |
| Metrologic, Wasp, Unitech to give you few brands) . | | | | has out-of-the-box integration of daily sales to Great |
| You install Dynamics GP workstation on Notebook | | | | Plains General Ledger plus Purchases. Counterpoint |
| or another tiny Windows computer and provide | | | | has native integration of similar scope, where daily |
| wireless internet for your warehouse floor. You | | | | sales go to GP GL and Store replenishment or |
| attach scanner to the USB port and it becomes the | | | | purchases to GP Vendor Invoices in AP module. If |
| same devise as your computer keyboard, but way | | | | you pick POS application — barcoding is pretty |
| more efficient due to barcoding technology. One of | | | | much covered in most if not in all Retail packages (plus |
| your Dynamics GP users walks down to the | | | | such cool features as POS displays). We also offer |
| warehouse, comes through its aisles and scans items, | | | | the integration between Dynamics GP and Microsoft |
| having relevant Great Plains windows open and prior | | | | RMS, where POS transactions are sent to SOP |
| to scanning she or he should place cursor into the field, | | | | Invoice and customer payment is triggered as |
| where Barcode scanning should enter characters. | | | | Customer deposit against SOP transaction (Credit |
| We expect to hear comments from the readers, | | | | Card, Check, Debit Card or Cash Payment, selling on |
| that such process requires Dynamics GP user | | | | account is also supported as in Clubs and |
| interface training and it probably requires computer | | | | Memberships). We also help with Barcode Labels |
| mouse to be attached and this process is time | | | | printing for RMS automated stores directly from Great |
| consuming — we agree with you — you | | | | Plains |
| got what you paid for. There might be some | | | | 4. Requesting Info? Please, call us 1-866-528-0577, |
| improvements to this logic, where you may try to | | | | 1-630-961-5918 or email us We are serving you USA, |
| apply Macro to automate transaction entry, or even | | | | Canada nationwide and Internationally via web |
| order small Great Plains Dexterity customization, | | | | sessions and skype phone conferences. Local |
| where it will allow you to have all the tabbing and | | | | service is available in Orange County, Los Angeles, |
| defaults entered behind the scenes and your barcode | | | | San Diego, California, Southwest Michigan (St. Joseph, |
| scanner operator (with cheap version of USB barcode | | | | Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, Holland, Saugatuck, |
| scanner) should be able to scan through all the items | | | | Muskegon, South Haven, Grand Rapids), Chicago |
| without the need to tab | | | | downtown and suburbs: Naperville, Downers Grove, |
| 2. Warehouse Management System, often | | | | Schaumburg, Glenn Ellyn, Aurora, as well in Houston |
| abbreviated to WMS. Here you typically expect such | | | | area of Texas. We also provide second opinion in |
| routines of the warehouse operations as Sales Order | | | | the case of failed Dynamics GP implementation and |
| Fulfillment/Allocation (or sometimes Picking and | | | | support for older versions of Great Plains such as |
| Packing), Inventory Restocking (Merchandise | | | | Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and Mac |
| Replenishment, Reordering) and Inventory transactions | | | | (9.5, 9.2, and earlier), Dynamics GP 9.0, 8.0 and 7.5, |
| (Moving from one warehouse to another to fulfill the | | | | Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, |
| order, Cycle Count or Inventory Adjustments, usually | | | | 5.0, 4.0, 3.2. We also integrate Dynamics GP with your |
| associated with merchandise returns). If this is what | | | | custom built ecommerce, and we support such |
| you need, we have to discourage you in the sense | | | | shopping carts as Magento, ASP . |
| that WMS doesn’t allow shortcuts, described in | | | | |