| As we are writing this article - a lot of new | | | | Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, |
| ERP related information about Microsoft | | | | Argentina, Guatemala, Salvador, Panama, |
| Business Solutions products: Axapta | | | | Caribbean |
| (Microsoft Dynamics AX), Navision (Microsoft | | | | |
| Dynamics NAV), Microsoft Dynamics CRM, | | | | - Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Microsoft CRM 3.0 |
| Microsoft Great Plains is published on the | | | | will become the CRM frontend for all the |
| daily basis, especially with the advance of | | | | Microsoft Dynamics ERPs, including Great |
| the so-called "Project Green". We would like | | | | Plains, Axapta, Navision, Solomon. The most |
| to be a bit pessimistic and toss in new ideas | | | | interesting part is Microsoft CRM |
| about future Microsoft MRP products | | | | integration, when you can automatically move |
| development and marketing positioning as we | | | | Customers, Quotes, Orders from Microsoft CRM |
| see the development on European (including | | | | to accounting back end - here you have two |
| UK, East Europe: Russia, Poland, Czech | | | | options: use Microsoft Great Plains CRM |
| Republic, plus Southern Europe: Spain, | | | | integration (based on BizTalk for CRM 1.2 or |
| Portugal, Italy, Greece), Latin American | | | | eConnect based integration for MS CRM 3.0 and |
| (including Brazil, where Microsoft is | | | | GP 9.0) |
| starting from scratch) and Asian ERP markets. | | | | |
| | | | - Oracle/Java/EJB/J2EE. Here we have to |
| - Microsoft Dynamics GP vs. Microsoft | | | | appeal to our third party programming |
| Dynamics AX. This is probably the question | | | | expertise and knowledge/experience with |
| of future positioning of these two ERPs. | | | | Oracle Financials/Oracle E-Business Suite |
| Axapta has modern design (the end of 20th | | | | Oracle Applications development and |
| century), while Great Plains Software | | | | Programming |
| Dynamics was designed in the beginning of | | | | |
| 1990th as Great Plains Dexterity application | | | | - SAP MRPs. SAP is another traditional MRP |
| | | | market leader. For years ago SAP purchased |
| - Microsoft Dynamics GP USA MRP market. This | | | | Israel made MRP software application, now |
| seems to be the stronghold of Microsoft Great | | | | known as SAP Business One. SAP Business One |
| Plains. Microsoft Business Solutions makes | | | | is seamlessly integrated with Microsoft |
| its Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 the first wave | | | | Office (what is the next step from SAP R/3 |
| of its Project Green with the switch from | | | | mySAP project Mendocino with Microsoft for |
| Microsoft Dexterity to .Net and Visual Studio | | | | the next few years), plus SBO is integrated |
| development: C# and VB, plus the increased | | | | on the Sales and Purchasing transaction |
| role of eConnect (initially introduced for | | | | consolidation level wit mySAP/SAP/R3. In the |
| eCommerce web XML developers, now the middle | | | | case of SAP - you will need customization |
| tier to resolve Great Plains Dexterity | | | | integration partner to help you with the |
| peculiarity with generic .Net development) | | | | above consolidation |
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| - Microsoft Dynamics GP European ERP Market. | | | | - International aspects. Well - as you can |
| In Europe Microsoft Great Plains is leaving | | | | conclude from this whitepaper and our past |
| its French, German, Spanish and Dutch | | | | publications - Microsoft Great Plains / |
| positions (leaving current Microsoft Great | | | | Dynamics GP is not supported for non English |
| Plains clients to switch to Navision or | | | | or Spanish speaking countries. In the case |
| Axapta). Microsoft Dynamics GP will stay in | | | | of Brazil/Sao Paulo/Rio de Janeiro/Salvador - |
| UK, Australia, New Zealand, LATAM: Mexico, | | | | population speaks in Brazilian Portuguese. |