SRS Report export to Excel – a very nice option

Written on December 12, 2011 at 10:05 pm , by Morgan Harris

Question Answered: Can we use Management Reporter with GP 10?

Written on July 14, 2011 at 11:50 pm , by Brian Hellewell

Microsoft has been busier than ever improving user experience accross their entire line of products. The Microsoft Dynamics family of solutions is no exception!

With the release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, Microsoft has provided Management Reporter to provide fully capable financial reporting needs of GP users. Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics® ERP is a powerful financial reporting and analysis solution that provides real-time financial reporting to help you achieve greater visibility across your organization. Management Reporter is also the replacement product for Microsoft® FRx®.

During the beta release of Management Reporter, Management Reporter could ‘connect’ into GP 10. However, Management Reporter now support GP 2010. For more information about Management Reporter, please visit the Microsoft Management Reporter page. For those of you who are excited about the capabilities of Management Reporter that are not available to FRx users, contact us today to discuss options for upgrading your ERP system to the latest and greatest from Microsoft!

 For more information about what’s new in Management Reporter view the below video from Microsoft.

What’s New in Management Reporter 2.0 for Microsoft Dynamics ERP
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When is Dynamics GP On Premise right for you?

Have you ever felt there are too many options with how you can deploy your Microsoft Dynamics GP solution?  Do not let the flexibility halt your decision making process.  Depending on the size, IT resources available and requirements of your organization, all options could make sense, at different stages of your organizations growth.   The great thing about Dynamics GP is its ability to scale and adapt to your organization and continue to allow for collaboration throughout the organization.

First, let’s clarify what these advantages are.

On-Premise:

Tried and True. This has been the standard implementation since the inception of Dynamics ERP some 20 yrs ago. On-premise provides full-bodied functionality and customizations to companies with their own internal IT resources.  On-premise solutions require adequate infrastructure, and a commitment to on-going maintenance and security.  This doesn’t mean you have to be a Fortune 500 Company.  Simply, it is advantageous to have suitable IT on staff.  The total cost of ownership is higher than the other options, but can be reduced over time and the ROI could be substantial if set up correctly.

Payment: Owned License with up-front software purchase that can be financed using Microsoft Financing with some incredible offers right now. This along with the Get 3 for 1 license special can have you pocketing up to $8,000 and a low monthly payment for your solution.

On premise might be a good fit if your organization:

• Has more than 10-15 users.
• Has the need for increased customizations and integration with other applications to maximize your efficiencies. (yes please!)
• Prefers to have complete control over the maintenance windows, issue resolution, security, data, and service pack updates etc.
• Is interested in greater long-term value and ideal when you’ve already invested in an IT environment and staff.

 

However you look at it, On Premise deployment although may be the most expensive option will provide you the greatest amount of control as well as the best options to customize and adapt to your quick and growing organization.

ERP Systems: How Hard Can It Be to Select One?

Sr Business leaders are saying it is time to replace the outdated ERP system, but it needs to be done cheaply and quickly. The former CIO of Keystone Automotive Group and former CIO of Liberty Mutual offer their advice…

By Paul Bergamo and Jesus Arriaga,

From an article in CIO magazine, May 2010 that is a good source of information to resurface as we are in the midst of companies considering technology upgrades.

SCENARIO A $500 million distributor has a 15-year-old ERP system nearing the end of its usefulness. While last year’s recession tabled plans to replace it, senior business leaders have now resurrected the idea. They’ve asked the CIO to find an ERP system that can be implemented “quickly and cost-effectively.” What steps should this CIO take to ensure success?

Paul Bergamo

Those two little words—“ERP replacement”—are enough to make many CIOs want to pick up and move on. Many of us have experienced firsthand the difficulties of successfully implementing ERP. But it can be done well if you cover a few critical bases.

First, the CIO needs to make sure others don’t see this as a simple “lift and load” system replacement. (It never is.) If senior business leaders don’t weigh in on all significant aspects of the implementation, the CIO will end up with misaligned expectations and skewed priorities.

http://www.cio.com/article/593299/ERP_Systems_How_Hard_Can_It_Be_to_Select_One_?taxonomyId=3198

“Under Budget & Over Deliver” on your ERP Software implementation with the “Buy 1, Get 3 Microsoft Dynamics ERP Special.

“Under Budget & Over Deliver” on your ERP Software implementation with the “Buy 1, Get 3 Microsoft Dynamics ERP Special.

Microsoft is excited to announce the “Buy 1, Get 3” offer – a Microsoft Dynamics promotion targeting growing and medium-sized businesses that wish to take advantage of the rich functionality, low cost of ownership, and rapid deployability offered by Microsoft Dynamics ERP.  The promotion includes new customers purchasing either the Advanced Management (AM) or Business Essential (BE) Foundation Pack.

Contact us at ktougas@dynamicmethods.com or 949-333-5380 and reference the GP Blog.

CFO of the Year Award Honorees and 2 special Nominees

The 2010 CFO of the Year Award event has come and gone and the start of the new year is well under way with Year End reports starting to appear. But with all that said we need to continue to recognize the CFO’s that received awards and a couple special nominees that are true and dear to our hearts.

We would like to congratulate 2 of our very own customers; Eric Chiusolo, CFO of American Career College and Richard Wheeler, CFO of Clean Energy Fuels for being nominated. We have had first hand experiences interacting with these two individuals and can speak very highly for their dedication to the companies success, drive for excellence and commitment to their teams.

And the remaining honorees are included in the story below:

 CoreLogic’s Piszel, Other CFOs Honored

Dynamic Methods and AEG Worldwide at Club NOKIA February 17th 2011

Dynamic Methods and AEG have partnered to host the MICROSOFT DYNAMICS CRM 2011 release party  in Club NOKIA’s VIP lounge at LA LIVE.

Bring Dynamics CRM 2011 and ”The Power of Productivity” into your company and your competitors to their knees.

Come join us to learn all the new cool features and tricks of the trade including BPOS and Microsoft Office 365 at CLUB Nokia for this amazing 3 hour event you will not want to miss.

Thursday Feb 17th, 2011

8:30 (Registration) 9:00 am—11:30 am

CLUB NOKIA: 800 West Olympic Blvd, LA 90015

Invite a guest and be entered to WIN Amazing Prizes 

Register Here

For additional information contact:

Kevin Tougas, ktougas@dynamicmethods.com – 949-333-5380

or

Jodi Herman, jherman@dynamicmethods.com – 949-554-9131

Trade Secret for Dynamics GP – Email Attachment Options

Feature of the Day: E-mail Attachment Options DynGpTeam 27 Jan 2010 6:40 AM

DM Convergence 2010 has finally arrived

The day you all have been waiting for, DM Convergence 2010 is finally here. Tomorrow Wednesday Oct 13th from 8-4:30 at the local Microsoft Office. A day filled with fun learning activities, interacting with the people that care deeply about your success and an opportunity for you to hear about “Whats Next with Technology and Social Networking” by GoldenComms CEO, Jason Lavin and also food, we wouldn’t want you to go hungry so we will feed you as well.

If you are like me and forget to RSVP to events,  it is not to late to join this once a year “Hyped Up” event with one of Microsoft’s Premier Partners in the Dynamics GP and CRM space. Please find the final invitation below, you can just show up, the door will be open with smiling faces to greet you……

Dynamics GP 2010 Performance/Scalability Benchmark

Hello Dynamics GP Community!

As with every release of Microsoft Dynamics GP, our test team has been hard at work creating the latest and greatest performance benchmark tests to help illustrate the incredible scalability and performance that Microsoft Dynamics GP can deliver. The latest benchmarks prove yet again that even under the most strenuous of environments, Microsoft Dynamics GP continues to perform! 

Recently, the Microsoft Dynamics GP team completed 3 separate performance benchmark tests:

1. 500 constant concurrent users in the rich Microsoft Dynamics GP client, all engaged in heavy transaction processing or analysis activity across various functional areas of the solution.

2. 500 constant concurrent users in the rich Microsoft Dynamics GP client in addition to 10 instances of continuous (synchronous) integrating Web Services clients creating Sales Order transactions.

3. US Payroll testing, including both check processing and payroll reporting for a 30,000 employee organization.

Summary results:

As you can see from the results below, the performance benchmark numbers are very impressive:

You can download the complete White Paper detailing these three tests and their results here (https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/marketing/marketingcollateral/whitepapers/MSD_GP2010ScalabilityPerfomance),

500 vs. 1,000 Concurrent Users

You may question why this test focused on 500 concurrent users as opposed to the previous 1,000 concurrent user tests. The answer is quite simple.  Previous benchmark tests for Microsoft Dynamics GP were done in a 1,000 concurrent user environment, and were focused on proving the user scalability potential of the system. Based on real-world customer feedback, Microsoft’s goal has shifted to focus more on transaction throughput in a user environment more in-line with Microsoft Dynamics GP’s target market. In addition to this change in focus, a new test has been added to simulate common real-world environments where customers are leveraging Web Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP to import data from external systems.  As a result of this change in focus and the continuing evolution of the testing hardware and environment, readers should not compare outcomes of these tests against previous versions of performance benchmark results.