| Microsoft Dynamics GP is new name for Microsoft | | | | to US Business Metros, such as New York, |
| Great Plains. As Project Green is progressing, | | | | Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Houston, |
| Microsoft Business Solutions or whatever is | | | | where clients "require" face-to-face meetings and |
| temporary name for Business Systems | | | | local support - in the Pacific it is really impossible |
| subdivision, renamed Project Green into Microsoft | | | | to host local consultant on the island where only |
| Dynamics. Now Microsoft Great Plains, Microsoft | | | | one or two small clients are located. Plus - serving |
| Navision, Microsoft Axapta, Microsoft Solomon | | | | from the USA is kind of time anti phase and |
| and Microsoft CRM are renamed into Microsoft | | | | probably too expensive. The best servicing |
| Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft | | | | location is Philippines, where Great Plains Software |
| Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics SL and | | | | had its third party Project Accounting ISV partner |
| Microsoft Dynamics CRM respectively. We have | | | | - Match Data, as the result a large pool of |
| published articles, devoted to Microsoft Dynamics | | | | Philippines based Microsoft Dynamics GP |
| in Europe, Brazil, Russia, Australia and New Zealand | | | | consultants and Microsoft Dexterity developers is |
| and now we would like to share our experience | | | | availableo Software Sales. With an exception of |
| and analytics on Microsoft Dynamics GP & | | | | Hawaii - the rest of pacific rim should be sold |
| CRM implementation, customization, reporting for | | | | from Microsoft Business Solutions in Singapore. |
| the clientele in Pacific region.o Great Plains History. | | | | This fact places restrictions on the ability of US |
| Regarding Pacific region Great Plains Software had | | | | based Microsoft Business Solutions VARs/Partners |
| plans and expansion campaign back in 1990th and | | | | to serve remote clientele in the regiono Legacy |
| even 1980th. Our client in Republic of Palau had | | | | Products. The life in the Pacific Rim countries is |
| ancient Great Plains Accounting implemented. The | | | | kind of traditional and comfortable. This means |
| support was initially provided by D&T, but | | | | that there is no need to replace good and |
| when Microsoft acquired Great Plains Software | | | | working computer ERP systems with the hectic |
| D&T had to abandon Great Plains | | | | technology progress. The examples could be - the |
| implementation & support practice - we saw | | | | commitment to IBM Lotus Notes Domino, |
| the examples in Pacific as well as in Bermuda. | | | | Pervasive SQL/ Btrive/Ctree/IBM Unidata/Ingress |
| Later on Microsoft realized that Great Plains | | | | platforms. Microsoft .Net Business Portal might be |
| Dexterity has certain limitations, especially when | | | | integration solution together with Sharepoint, but |
| we are talking about tax engine and languages | | | | legacy system required multiple connectors to |
| localization - it doesn't support Unicode and | | | | enable lookup and integrationo Oracle/SAP. |
| Dexterity design was done back in 1992-1994, as | | | | Contrary to Microsoft Oracle and SAP have long |
| a result it is not object oriented producto | | | | presence history in the Pacific Rim market. Oracle |
| American English & US$. This is official | | | | Financials or SAP R/3 mySAP / SAP Business |
| business language in most of the countries in | | | | Oneo eCommerce - is actual for the clients from |
| Pacific. Plus taxation is aligned with American | | | | Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Microsoft eOrder will be |
| legislation in majority of the cases. Substantial | | | | phased out with GP version 9.0. You should be |
| strata of countries use US Dollar as official | | | | ready to invest some development money into |
| currency. All these facts facilitate Microsoft | | | | eConnect-based redesign. In some cases, such as |
| Dynamics GP/Great Plains as efficient ERP/MRP | | | | Great Plains SOP allocation and posting you will |
| Accounting solutiono Remote Support. Comparing | | | | have to rescue to Great Plains stored procedures. |