Microsoft Great Plains, former Great Plains Software Dynamics / eEnterprise was introduced in 1993 as first Microsoft Windows and Macintosh based graphical accounting/ERP application for Mid-Size businesses. Considering the history of furniture retailer and custom assembly lines ? they showed up on the market about five decades ago and they have automated their business operations with Unix-based businesses in the late 1960th and earlier 1970th. You can find such furniture resale systems as Storis, which is Unidata based application, automating furniture retail outlets. Let's consider the options.
? General Ledger. There is no need to immediate replacement of legacy retail stores automation software. It is reliable and proved to work over years. They usually sit in very reliable Unix hardware such as IBM AS/400 or RS6000. You would need just import General Ledger transaction to the system, where you would have flexible and quick financial reporting. In this case you need Unidata export and feed it into Great Plains General Ledger. Use Great Plains Integration Manager or heterogeneous SQL queries.
? Payroll. Great Plains would be reasonably priced payroll solution if you process payroll inhouse. If you have less then 500 employees ? then Great Plains Standard douse excellent job and software price would be around k$10. You will have to pay annual maintenance program and receive Payroll taxes and federal magnetic media updates to keep you safe from the payroll taxation errors and miscalculation. If you cross over 500 employees line ? Great Plains software price will be around k$30 and you could find cheaper solutions with unlimited number of employees ? look at Accpac.
? eCommerce. If you are replacing your legacy system, then you could build eCommerce upon Microsoft Great Plains Inventory Control (IV) and Sales Order Processing modules. Looking into the future you should expect increasing portion of you business to come from eCommerce ordering. Here you deploy eConnect and have your or contracting developers do the job. If eConnect is too expensive ? you could appeal to experienced developers, who has set of custom stored procedures to work with SOP10100, SOP10200 and IV00100 tables
? Commission Reporting. In Furniture outlet shift manager commission is based on her/his employees-salespersons performance. And it is usually tiered. We saw very complex and proprietary formulas. Our suggestion is to realize it in SQL Stored Procedure and then you could create Crystal Report with parameters to calculate and report commission amounts
We encourage you to analyze your alternatives. You can always appeal to our help, give us a call: 1-866-528-0577 or 1-630-961-5918, help@albaspectrum.com
Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer at Alba Spectrum Technologies (http://www.albaspectrum.com), serving Microsoft Great Plains, CRM, Navision to mid-size and large clients in California, Illinois, New York, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Washington, Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan
best cleaning company Highland Park ..Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular,... Read More
Three highly respected names in Human Resources have joined forces... Read More
1. With mapping software you can create a report that... Read More
Java has come along a long way. Many would agree... Read More
Programming Help for BeginnersWe write programs to instruct computers. When... Read More
Whether you are an experienced web programmer or a complete... Read More
For those who still don't know, Microsoft Publisher helps computer... Read More
Almost all new and major brand of PCs come with... Read More
For a windows user like me, just can watch with... Read More
In the previous ISDN article, we looked at how and... Read More
Great Plains Inventory Management (IV) module gives your business a... Read More
This article will not attempt to advocate the use of... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is very good fit for... Read More
Since its release in 1987, QuarkXpress had made an immediate... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Small Business Manager is scaled down Great... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains may be recommended for international freight forwarding... Read More
Shareware has been fighting the stigma of being misunderstood for... Read More
Passwords protect your most sensitive personal, financial and business information.... Read More
In this short FAQ style article we would like to... Read More
Introduction to C++Why Learn C++?C++ may at first seem like... Read More
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a strategy and processes used... Read More
If you have been using the Internet for any amount... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains was historically designed to serve... Read More
With many manufacturing shops heading over seas in favor of... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions CRM and IBM Lotus Notes Domino, being... Read More
high-end home cleaning Winnetka ..Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains was purchased from Great Plains... Read More
The title of "software engineer" has got to be among... Read More
Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular,... Read More
At the end of XX century, in the late 1990th... Read More
Some companies that are in need of fleet management may... Read More
The Microsoft system preparation utility for Windows 2000 is a... Read More
While several preventive maintenance software manufacturers offer free trials for... Read More
If you are software developer or database administrator - we... Read More
The Windows Indexing Service provides you with the ability to... Read More
What is Tripwire?Tripwire is a form intrusion detection system (IDS)... Read More
While paper labeling CDs and DVDs may appear to be... Read More
With thousands of web pages added to the Net every... Read More
Once a business idea is selected, it is highly recommended... Read More
In the new era of internet marketing the problem of... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains serves multiple industries in the... Read More
When you own a small business, time is money. And... Read More
COMMAND LINE FUNCTIONA powerful command line script processor has been... Read More
According to a survey conducted by InfoTrends/CAP Ventures entitled "Content-Centric... Read More
I have always regretted how Microsoft price gouges and rips... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies... Read More
Rapid Application Development (RAD) is a software development methodology. In... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains serves majority of US based horizontal and... Read More
Navision Software was purchased by Microsoft and now it is... Read More
Microsoft bought Navision, Denmark based software development company, along with... Read More
The cornerstone of successful automated office systems is the ability... Read More
Software |