Saturday, 27 August 2011

Microsoft Dynamics AX-GP-NAV-CRM: trends & international recommendations

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Microsoft Dynamics project - or formerly known as Project Green should unify and modulate all Microsoft business solutions ERP applications: Microsoft Great Plains/Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Navision (former attain) Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft (Navision) Axapta and Microsoft Dynamics AX. The challenge of unification probably lead quality change for the uniform interface, such as Web-business portal and Microsoft Outlook and MS Office integration, deployment of new technologies, such as such as Microsoft SharePoint with workflow automation. As well as the development platform for Microsoft Dynamics products should shift from proprietary tools, such as Microsoft dexterity, C/SIDE, MorphX (no confirmation for Axapta-, but we think it should be followed), c# and VB.NET with Visual Studio. In this small article we will try IT Manager in Microsoft business solutions-MRP-products-to orient selection for international and regional markets.
o Microsoft Dynamics GP. The regional markets for Great Plains 9.0 and following Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 version are narrow: United States, United Kingdom, Canada: speak English and French, Latin America speak Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other English speaking countries in Asia, Africa and worldwide, as well as Spanish. Microsoft Dynamics GP 10 will be the last version for Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland-, concerned that these countries be 9.0 - June 2006
o Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Currently Navision has very good presence in Europe, including Eastern Europe: Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia. Microsoft Navision for new markets, where it just moved localized: Brazil, for example - it was interesting, developing in Brazil - first Microsoft probed Solomon, then Microsoft Great Plains 7.5 and 2004 replaced it with localized Microsoft Navision
o Microsoft Dynamics AX. Microsoft Axapta to Microsoft Navision or Great Plains, where market share won/subdivided and competition, based on renovations and enhancements, Axapta has great potential, yet to be deployed from its modern and very futuristic system design and architecture. Target becomes the upper mid-market and corporate customers Axapta shows very good progress on emerging markets: in Russia, for example, the number of Axapta installation is similar to and comparable with the number of the installation of Navision. In addition advice is hunted in 2005 large number of Microsoft business solutions gold certified partner in Axapta arena - this in the United States, UK, Australia and Europe seen. Currently in Brazil MBS in the local Portuguese Axapta-start mode - localized for Brazilian VAT code
o Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Microsoft Dynamics ERP system is planned as front CRM solution for most: integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP stands for GP 7.5, 8.0, 9.0, and CRM 1.2 and 3.0, Microsoft Navision - through third-party integrations, Axapta integration is planned. Microsoft has Microsoft CRM as a worldwide product, so you should have no doubts about your regional market.
o competition. Oracle is on its way with Oracle Fusion project, with the aim of Oracle financial/applications/E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards and potentially Siebel integration. SAP with the purchase of the new middle and small market ERP: SAP business one and Mendocino - for SAP R/3 catching up