| Manufacturing in the USA is far away down from mid | | | | serve light manufacturing and the cost of ownership is |
| 20th century top of the hill or its golden time. However | | | | relatively low - you pay 16% annual maintenance fee |
| we are in very competitive business environment and | | | | and this includes free new version and discounted |
| we have to do what market tends us to do. | | | | Great Plains technical support from Microsoft Business |
| Nowadays competitive offshore manufacturing labor | | | | Solutions directly. Client did purchase Great Plains |
| cost outweighs custom clearance fees and forces us | | | | Inventory Control module, Purchase Order Processing |
| to have not full-size manufacturing, but rather final | | | | with PO Generator to replenish spare parts |
| assembly facilities here in the US distribution centers, | | | | automatically. Great Plains Customization partner |
| such as Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles. We'd like to | | | | developed light Great Plains Dexterity customization to |
| give you successful implementation/downsizing | | | | automatically build several blocks in Bill of Materials on |
| outsourcing scenario of mid-size machinery | | | | SOP Sales Order allocation.- Internet Ordering. |
| manufacturer.- Downsizing need. US recession of | | | | eCommerce is very popular for apparels and general |
| 2000-2004 decreased monthly crane trucks order | | | | merchandise. For custom machinery assembly it will |
| from 200 per month to 50. Company laid off | | | | come in the next decade (we are not talking here |
| manufacturing and assembly workers. ERP system | | | | about GM or Chrysler). Microsoft Great Plains SOP |
| had full-featured manufacturing (Kewill manufacturing) | | | | module tables, however allow you to develop |
| and the annual maintenance fee to Kewill was about | | | | ecommerce ordering via eConnect or custom stored |
| k$50 plus company had more employees in | | | | procedures. Consider eOrder - this is sale on account |
| accounting department to enter manufacturing related | | | | over the internet - however it is ASP application, not |
| data than it had manufacturing workers Kewill was | | | | ASPX or .Net- Reporting. Crystal Reports is reporting |
| serving just manufacturing automation, Great Plains | | | | maestro if we are talking about Microsoft SQL Server |
| Dynamics on Pervasive SQL 2000 was in place of | | | | based System.Good luck with implementation, |
| General Ledger (GL), Sales Order Processing and | | | | customization and integration and if you have issues or |
| Account Payables module (AP)- Switch to light | | | | concerns - we are here to help! If you want us to do |
| Manufacturing. Great Plains Dynamics Bill of Materials | | | | the job - give us a call 866-528-0577 or 630-961-5918! |
| (currently Microsoft Great Plains Bill of Materials) can | | | | |