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Maximize your technology investments with Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains). Built on Microsoft technologies designed to work now and into the future, Dynamics GP software protects business value and provides an integrated environment that can be extended across systems and platforms.

Gain control over all your operations with seamlessly integrated applications that reach across your entire business—including financials, supply chain management, manufacturing, human resources, and project management.

Outgrowing QuickBooks?  We can help.

Looking for a complete Microsoft Business Solution for your back office and front office needs?  Consider Microsoft Dynamics CRM integrated with any version of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
 

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  • Great List of Frx Tips and Tricks
    This word doc has a pretty comprehensive list of the most used and most forgotten FRx functionality.  Check it out and enjoy! FRx Tips & Tricks
  • KB Articles for Year End Closing assistance
    For those who weren’t able to attend the 2009 Year End close webinar, please run through the powerpoint slides from last years post as well as view Microsoft’s KB articles for detailed steps.   KB Articles       Powerpoint Post   Good Luck!
  • Announcing the next version of Dynamics GP
    I am sure many of you have already heard but I just wanted to put it down in writing here regarding the next release of Dynamics GP. It will be called Dynamics 2010 and will be availabe for general release in May of 2010. There is quite a bit of hoopla surrounding this [...]
  • FRx going bye-bye?
    Most of us GP users use FRx as our financial reporting tool. Some of us love it and others wish it were faster and had a little bit better user interface. Well, changes are on the horizon. If you had not heard, FRx is being ’sunsetted’ by Microsoft. Here are some quick facts. I also am [...]
  • FREE SQL Reports For GP That You Already Have
    With the Release of Microsoft Dynamics GP came over 60 free SSRS reports that link to your GP data.  These reports were designed by Microsoft and come ready to deploy with an easy to use deployment wizard that can be found on your GP DVD.  Follow these simple steps to start enjoying the terrific power [...]
  • Show me the money…my inventory will be costed at in GP
    In Microsoft Dynamics GP you have a few options for valuation methods for inventory costing: FIFO Perpetual LIFO Perpetual Average Perpetual FIFO Periodic LIFO Periodic The concepts of these methods are familiar to most if not all accountants, but the way GP handles this process may not be.  My goal isn’t to teach the accounting principle here just how the system [...]
  • Veiwing FRx in Outlook
    Clients are always looking for easier ways to share and view their financials.  This is a cool trick I found on an excellent site called FRxBuzzas a way to make a quick “Poor Mans” Dashboard.    Here is the article by Jan Harrigan: “What’s the 1st thing you do at work every day? Even before coffee, it might [...]
  • GP 10.0 Brief Overview of Security for the IT Administrator
    As most of you know, Microsoft changed how security is setup and maintained with GP 10. Security is now defined for each user on a company-by-company basis, instead of the old way of assigning security to Classes and then assigning users to those Classes. Based on personal experience and a compilation of Microsoft KnowledgeBase articles, [...]
  • 4 tips every new GP user should know… or at least i wish i had learned sooner
    1. You don’t have to close down GP to switch between companies or users. All you have to do is click either on the company name or the user name in the bottom left corner of GP. This will pull up the Company Login Window. Now you can switch companies or switch users. This would have saved me [...]
  • FRx Trick – how to force a row total in a calculated column
    More than a few of our clients have asked for the ability to change the way a particular row- in a calculated column- totals. Since it’s confusing to explain… Here is a common example: We are calculating gross profit % in a 12 month rolling income statement Jan Feb March April YTD Total Revenue $500 $500 $450 $650 $2,100 Labor and Materials 300 350 400 450 1500 Gross [...]