Help with Dynamics GP Ecommerce Implementation
Electronic Commerce is something everyone from IT world is talking about, it is definitely the feature you should have or should have in the near future. The realities of modern Corporate ERP applications might be a bit disappointing, as e-commerce features might be in development mode or out-of-the-shelf ecommerce products might be too expensive.
There is no need to say,
that you would rather stick to your existing ecommerce web application, where you deployed such great ecommerce shopping carts, as Magento, ASP.Net Storefront, versus considering the option to trash ecommerce programming past investments and redeploy your ecommerce website on the new out-of-the-box product. Let’s review the options:
1. Existing and Popular ecommerce shopping carts and their compatibility with Microsoft Dynamics GP. The good news is that yes, they are likely to be compatible and usually they are transformed into Great Plains SOP Invoice or Sales Order with Customer Deposit (Credit Card Payment in B2C scenario), or simply Invoice if you are selling on account (ecommerce B2B). In fact, we recommend you to stay with your shopping cart solution, as popular platforms typically satisfy your requirements in such areas as Pricelist, Credit and Debit Card payments, Items Catalogues, Sales Campaigns
2. How do we link Magento or another popular ecommerce shopping cart with Dynamics GP. We offer wizard driven ecommerce module, where you pick your shopping cart platform from drop down list. Alba Spectrum ecommerce extension for Dynamics GP is built upon Alba Spectrum Order Connector technology, which is in turn coded in SQL Stored Procedures and is faster, comparing to native Great Plains Integration Manager (OLE DB) or eConnect (Integration Manager also has eConnect based connectors)
3. If ecommerce integration is not something that you believe is possible via Wizard driven installation. This is often the case in ecommerce B2B (Business to Business) scenarios, and we share your concerns. Custom programming is natural for larger ecommerce retailer and wholesalers (where you may also deploy EDI channels)
4. Competition. There are numerous Dynamics GP ISV partners, who have ecommerce add-ons for Great Plains. In our opinion, however, there is the trend to use hard sales techniques to have you purchase turn-key solution. Our recommendation is to capitalize as much as you can on your already done investments into ecommerce web site coding
5. Beyond Professional eCommerce for Dynamics GP Great Plains. If you have external ecommerce web application and you are communicating with your sales department via emails, we could re-haul the whole process and offer such solutions, as Dynamics GP Integration manager
6. To request further help, please call us 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, in Michigan 1-269-605-0330 or email us help@albaspectrum.com If you are large wholesaler or distributor, you may expect that some level of WMS or SCM customized business logic should be programmed to automate your unique business processes. We are available to serve you USA, Canada nationwide, and internationally. Local service in Chicago, Southern California, Western Michigan, Houston, TX
