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News Release from: Microsoft Dynamics | Subject: Microsoft Great Plains Standard solution
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 March 2004
ERP solutions software expanded
Additions to IT software solutions will help manufacturers extend their ERP solutions further, providing the opportunity for greater business insight to all employees.
Microsoft Business Solutions has announced major enhancements to Microsoft Business Solutions Business - Great PlainsR 7.5 in the UK The new additions to the Microsoft Great Plains Standard solution, including Business Portal 2.0 and Analytic Accounting, will help manufacturers extend their enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions further, providing the opportunity for greater business insight to all employees
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The extensions we've added to Microsoft Great Plains 7.5 make a very powerful proposition for small and medium business customers," said Adrian Morrish, Microsoft Great Plains product manager at Microsoft Business Solutions UK.
"Each addition brings a wealth of useful functions within the reach of SMEs, and demonstrates our ongoing commitment to enhance the capabilities of Microsoft Great Plains and help our customers realise the potential of their existing Microsoft investment." The enhancements to Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains 7.5 include: * Support for Small Business Server - Small Business Server provides collaboration, databases, system management and Internet requirements with easy-to-deploy business management.
* Analytic Accounting - a flexible financial reporting tool specifically designed to meet UK and European requirements for multi-dimensional financial recording and reporting.
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New finance option for complete IT solutions
Businesses can now finance a total solution purchased from a Microsoft Certified Business Solutions Partner at competitive rates and convenient terms
Microsoft invests in ERP solutions
Microsoft Business Solutions has made a series of announcements focused on enhancing and supporting its current line of enterprise resource planning (ERP) business solutions and service offerings.
* Business Portal 2.0 - provides a single point of access and collaboration to all relevant business information, be it financial or group-orientated.
* Demand Planner - advanced demand planning and modelling tool with cross and inter-company collaboration capabilities, using the Microsoft user interface.
* FRxR 6.7 - a web-based budgeting and reporting application designed for mid-market users.
* FRx Forecaster 6.7 - a web-based financial planning and forecasting application.
* eConnect - a customisation and integration tool which has been repackaged to make it more cost-effective for companies to implement, which is now available with the Microsoft Great Plains Standard edition.
Availability - all the elements of the Great Plains 7.5 release are available in the UK from February 23rd, 2004.
About Microsoft Business Solutions - Microsoft Business Solutions, a business group of Microsoft, offers a wide range of integrated, end-to-end business applications and services designed to help small, midmarket and corporate businesses become more connected with customers, employees, partners and suppliers.
Microsoft Business Solutions' applications optimise strategic business processes across financial management, analytics, human resources management, project management, customer relationship management, field service management, supply chain management, e-commerce, manufacturing and retail management.
The applications are designed to provide insight to help customers achieve business success.
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