Microsoft Great Plains: Houston ERP Market Notes by Andrew Karasev
In this small article we would like to share our consulting experience, serving Houston business metro ERP/MRP/CRM market, in our case this is Microsoft Great Plains, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Navision and Microsoft Axapta implementation, customization, integration & reporting. ... In our opinion, when Microsoft SQL Server became a rival to Oracle, DBII and other high-end DB platforms, large enterprises got a very good chance to decrease ERP application implementation & licensing cost and switch from functionally rich ERPs: SAP, Oracle Financials/E-Business Suite/Applications, PeopleSoft,...

ERP System of the Future: Database, Business Logic and Interface by Andrew Karasev
We will base our prognosis on our Microsoft Business Solutions ERP consulting practice: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, MS CRM. Also we’ve analyzed Oracle products: Oracle Financials, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and IBM Lotus Notes Domino. The trends could be seen in both: so-called... Each platform was selfish and usually non-compatible with the others (somebody may point out to EDI interfaces – yes, this was probably the only way of making different platforms talk to each other) • Existing ERP transformation.

ERP Brazil: SAP Business One – Localized Portuguese Version by Andrew Karasev
In previous short articles we have been discussing the options for international company (branches of multinationals with headquarters in US, UK, Australia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain) to implement so-called localized MRP in Brazil. We covered Microsoft Dynamics NAV, AX, CRM. ... Transactional consolidation makes SAP Business One attractive ERP option for Spoke-and-Hub ERP integration model, when subsidiaries use SAP BO and consolidate transactions to the corporate ERP – mySAP or SAP R/3 • Multicurrency.

Corporate Accounting: Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 Future Horizons - Notes for Consultant by Andrew Karasev
As we are writing this article – a lot of new ERP related information about Microsoft Business Solutions products: Axapta (Microsoft Dynamics AX), Navision (Microsoft Dynamics NAV), Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Great Plains is published on the daily basis, especially with the advance of the... For years ago SAP purchased Israel made MRP software application, now known as SAP Business One. ... Microsoft Business Solutions makes its Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 the first wave of its Project Green with the switch from Microsoft Dexterity to .Net and Visual Studio development: C# and VB,...

Microsoft Dynamics AX Axapta 4.0 Project Green Advancement Notes by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Business Solutions owns and promotes several Microsoft Dynamics family ERP applications: Axapta, Solomon, Navision, Great Plains, Microsoft CRM. All of these inherit some legacy and have obligations to the existing clientele: Great Plains has large number of clients in USA, Canada and... Axapta had advanced ERP functionality and was purchased by Navision Software (prior to its acquisition by Microsoft) to compete with major ERP brands: SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, etc. ... However the “answer” might depend on the world place and the legacy ERP scenario, which is understood...

Brazil ERP Selection: Localization Notes – Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, Microsiga by Andrew Karasev
Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP mySAP or SAP B1 (Business One) – these ERPs are localized for Brazilian market from the standpoint of tax & legislation compliance as well as Portuguese interface and language support. Such features as multicurrency support are common for all... On the other hand, Payroll might be realized in local specialized payroll automation application and financial data could be relatively easy integrated with ERP • Industry Verticals. ... To secure your flexibility in this scenario ERP system should be “understandable” (English language support) and...

ERP: Brazil – Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle Apps, SAP Business One by Andrew Karasev
Brazilian ERP/Accounting systems market is represented by local MRP applications, such as Microsiga, Datasul and other local ERP applications as well as several international ERP brands from Microsoft Business Solutions / Dynamics, SAP, Oracle. When planning to penetrate to the market place in... Nowadays it is usually not a big challenge to translate modern ERP to Brazilian Portuguese, but local taxes might be really difficult to program, especially in the case of such large and self-sufficient country as Brazil: CNAE (Cadastro Nacional de Actividad Económica), CPF (Cadastro de persona...

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 / Great Plains Support in Argentina: Dexterity Development, Reporting by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Dynamics ERP product family consists of Microsoft Dynamics GP (former Microsoft Great Plains, Great Plains Software eEnterprise/Dynamics/Dynamics C/S+), Microsoft Dynamics AX (former Microsoft Axapta), Microsoft Dynamics NAV (former Microsoft Navision), Microsoft Dynamics SL (Solomon),... This ERP was architectured by Great Plains Software (Fargo, North Dakota) in the earlier 1990th as one of the first graphical Accounting/MRP packages – Great Plains Dexterity programming language and development tool was intended to isolate ERP from the specifics of computer graphical and...

Oracle Financials Implementation: Brazil - Notes for International ERP Consultant by Andrew Karasev
Oracle E-Business Suite, also referred as Oracle Applications/Oracle Financials is competing with other high-end ERP products, such as SAP R/3 or mySAP. Microsoft with its Microsoft Business Solutions subdivision is also coming into the competition arena with Microsoft Dynamics AX/Axapta. ... The most challenging one is taxes – Brazil, being very large country has unique tax requirements and ERP compliance is challenging. ... ERP localization includes two parameters: local tax compliance and local language support (in our case Brazilian Portuguese).

Selecting Corporate ERP: Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains – Estimation Parameters by Andrew Karasev
As we could imagine, if you are reading this article – you are in the decision making mode, probably replacing legacy system with the new one or abandoning either Unix/Mainframe or Apple direction for your corporation. In any case, nobody should make an outside influence on your decision – you... Microsoft Great Plains should be considered as ERP platform ready for tuning to your business needs and so, you should make your decision if you would prefer customization or purchasing so-called rich-functionality ERP.