| Modern Corporate MRP and ERP systems are | | | | Spectrum Posting and Workflow Server where you |
| typically very flexible and have unlimited potential to be | | | | can post Manufacturing, Bill of Material Batches (as |
| implemented in various business environments. | | | | well as the batches of all the origins: GL, Payroll, AP, |
| However, being adaptable often means for you that | | | | AR, etc.). Plus, you can program workflow or |
| you should expect reasonable consulting budget for | | | | preprocessing in Dexterity Sanscript, VBA, EXE or |
| your Microsoft Dynamics GP (assuming here that you | | | | simply call DLL library procedure or function |
| are taking that route) to be implemented. Also we | | | | |
| recommend you to check with your Dynamics GP | | | | 4. Warehouse Management System. |
| Reseller or implementation consultant if Great Plains | | | | Manufacturing is often associated with Barcode |
| has modules, where expected business logic is | | | | scanning (in transferring items from one site to another, |
| available or if not — what would be ball park | | | | picking and packing, stock count, order fulfillment, |
| estimation to program missing logic from scratches. In | | | | merchandise replenishment). Dynamics GP WMS is |
| today’s publication we would like to give you | | | | available as extension to such Great Plains modules as |
| some ideas on how Dynamics GP could be | | | | Sales Order Processing, Inventory Control and |
| implemented in the company, where you do light | | | | Purchase Order Processing |
| discrete manufacturing and then ship finished items to | | | | |
| your customers USA and Canada nationwide and | | | | 5. Direct outlet from the factory. Here you |
| internationally: | | | | may need to explore the options to implement such |
| | | | | POS and Retail applications as Microsoft RMS (Retail |
| 1. Dynamics GP Manufacturing Suite. GP is | | | | Management System, including Store Operations and |
| often associated with mid-market Corporate ERP | | | | Headquarters modules), Counterpoint, plus RetailPro, |
| niche, where your production is reasonably simple. | | | | Cybex, Epicor, Cegid, Comcash, QuickBooks POS |
| But, Great Plains Dynamics has full-featured | | | | System, Aldelo POS, Logic Control, Essential Retail and |
| Manufacturing Suite of modules, where you could | | | | others |
| expect full automaton of discrete manufacturing. | | | | |
| There are also options for process manufacturing via | | | | 6. Manufacturing Placement Order |
| Dynamics GP ISV channel. If you are looking for | | | | exposure via EDI and e-Commerce (B2B and B2C). |
| Manufacturing suite implementation, we recommend | | | | Dynamics GP has various ISV modules to handle EDI |
| you to have your business processes mapping to be | | | | (Electronic Document Interchange), these add-ons |
| done by Dynamics GP Partner with specialization in | | | | might look too expensive if you have moderate EDI |
| production and MRP. Also, as our experience tells us | | | | needs. We recommend you to contact our office for |
| — manufacturing firm often has unique | | | | more budget oriented options regarding Dynamics GP |
| requirements (such as complex serial number | | | | EDI. Dynamics GP B2B or B2C ecommerce |
| assignment logic, warranty requirements, quality | | | | (Business-to-Business or Business-to-Customer). We |
| assurance, medical and healthcare equipment | | | | recommend Alba Spectrum ecommerce Dynamics |
| regulation, pedigree, best before
, scheduled | | | | GP ISV module, where you can integrate such popular |
| maintenance, etc.). If this is applicable to your | | | | ecommerce shopping carts, as Magento (PHP and |
| company, you should expect some custom | | | | Linux), ASP .Net Storefront in the matter of several |
| programming on the top of standard Manufacturing | | | | hours |
| implementation | | | | |
| | | | | 7. Local Service. We provide local |
| 2. Bill of Materials. As we mentioned | | | | Dynamics GP support in Michigan (area code 269 |
| above, Dynamics GP is good fit for mid-market. If | | | | — St. Joseph, Benton harbor, South Haven, |
| you are not pretending to be thousand employees | | | | Kalamazoo), Chicago (downtown, 773 northern |
| manufacturing mill and rather have small production | | | | sub-down town, with western and southern suburbs |
| warehouse with several dozens of workers — | | | | reinforcement from Naperville location area code |
| Microsoft Dynamics GP might be the best fit | | | | 630). Next areas for local support are Houston, San |
| (comparing to large scale ERP packages, such as | | | | Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County California. For |
| Axapta, SAP, Oracle eBusiness Suite). Ask your | | | | local service please feel free to call us 1-866-528-0577, |
| Dynamics GP VAR to give you a demo in Bill of | | | | email us |
| Materials module — maybe this simple and cost | | | | |
| efficient solution is covering your needs with moderate | | | | 8. Worldwide and International Dynamics GP |
| alteration (modification is often done in VBA/Modifier, | | | | support. Please, feel free to share your Dynamics |
| Dexterity, Extender) | | | | GP implementation or support case with us. We are |
| | | | | especially geared to help you with Dynamics GP |
| 3. Manufacturing Automation. When you | | | | implementation in such countries, as Honduras, Mexico, |
| are in simple manufacturing business and you are | | | | Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, |
| deploying Manufacturing Suite or Bill of Materials, you | | | | Panama, Columbia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, |
| may have a need to automate bill of material | | | | Uruguay, Bolivia, Venezuela, Canada (including French |
| entering, processing and posting. Through our | | | | speaking Quebec), Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, UK, |
| consulting practice we saw the cases, where you do | | | | Australia, New Zealand, Ireland |
| manufacturing procedures on the warehouse floor via | | | | |
| barcode scanning and this is automated in custom | | | | 9. Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Dynamics |
| in-house programmed application (Microsoft Access | | | | GP and eEnterprise Certified Master, Microsoft MVP |
| with VBA, Visual Studio C# or VB.Net projects, Delphi, | | | | and consultant with 10 years and plus experience and |
| Fox Pro and other popular coding instruments). Then | | | | expertise. Well, if you are giving me the word |
| BOM needs to be integrated directly to Dynamics GP | | | | — my personal opinion is strong believe in the |
| Manufacturing (with some exceptions, where Great | | | | revolution in the barcoding scanners, Microsoft |
| Plains user needs to make a decision on expired | | | | Windows mobile computing devises. |
| component replacement). We recommend you Alba | | | | |