When you are implementing Corporate ERP application the implementation process is often divided into several phases. Sales cycle and licenses acquisition are followed by data conversion, user training and going into production with core functionality.
Following phases are associated with more technically challenging projects such as integration with legacy database, customization, modification and managerial reporting. Consulting firms are also different in their preferred project profile. There are resellers who are pursuing initial software sale followed by basic installation and implementation. Revenue stream of such firm has two hives. First one software margin as they place the order with reseller discount. And the second hive is billable consulting hours. The most popular work in initial phases is user training or so-called functional consulting. Consulting firm may have just functional consulting work form and no technical folks. When your initial phases are behind you and you are approaching your VAR with technology challenging requirements it should not be a surprise that your initial reseller might show very little interest if any at all. At this point you should begin your research in approaching and evaluation of the technology oriented organizations:
1. Technical consulting. Technology firms often do not pursue initial software licenses sale as the first priority. If you do not fight for new customers then there is no need in having functional consultant in staff as well as telemarketing folks. The source of revenue is billable hours from programming, forms and reports modification and similar projects
2. Nationwide market. Programming firm might be in the position when local market is too small and doesn’t provide enough business in its unique specialization. In this situation organization appeals to nationwide market in the United States and often crosses national borders and offers services internationally. When you are selecting technology partner you should be probably aware about questions to ask and we think that it is good idea to know instruments. Please executive descriptions below
3. Dynamics GP technology layer. This portion of the publication is technical and is a good help for IT manager to get a feeling about tools and terminology. We would like to mention Microsoft Dexterity, eConnect, Visual Studio Tools, Integration Manager and Modifier with VBA. Let’s begin with Dexterity
4. Great Plains Dexterity. If you take a look at Dynamics.set file you will see several products listed there in the top section and then paths to their metadata, modification and reporting dictionaries. At this time all these products and dictionaries are based on Dexterity technology and have its architecture. Technology firms having experience in Dexterity often offer so-called ‘solution approach’ where they have similar customization in the past and they could reuse portion of the code to help you with slightly different project
5. eConnect. It is not a secret that Dexterity has semi-proprietary programming language and architecture. eConnect in contrast is friendly to VB, C++ or C# Microsoft Visual Studio software developer. It has code samples in these languages and learning curve is not a problem for generic Microsoft programmer
6. Integration Manager and Modifier with VBA scripting. Both IM and Modifier are open to coder who is comfortable in writing event driven VBA scripts
7. Reporting. Depending on the report classification as Financial, Managerial or Transaction form printout you are selecting Microsoft Management Reporter or FRx, SSRS or Crystal Reports or integrated Report Writer
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Dexterity Customization for Dynamics GP Evaluation Level Paper
When you are developer it is always a good idea to read technical manuals. But if you was just assigned to the IT team to decide if Dexterity is the right tool to customize your ERP application then first you need something which is in style of ‘easy reading papers’ or FAQ
Planning Dynamics GP Customization in Large Corporation
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