Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains

1. Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains Gina Hishin Regional Product Manager Microsoft Corporation

2. RealBusinesses… …RealIssues “We needed a system that would integrate financial applications with just about anything else…” – Nick Chunias CEO, MuscleMasters.com “After answering the phones, we would have to go to the files to look up the information that the customer wanted.” – Norma DamianoCustomer Service Specialist, ATECO “It once felt like we were using a flashlight to search a dark basement for clues about finance and resource usage. With Microsoft Business Solutions, the lights are on and we can see what we are doing” – Gordon HowellPresident, Mentor Engineering

3. Today’s Demands Need to increase employee productivity Need to streamline operations and realize efficiencies Need better access to information and reporting Need to consolidate multiple systems and connect departments Have outgrown current system Anxiety Over Change Is it the right decision? Is it reliable, dependable, and secure? Will it last for the long term? Business Pressures Address The Pressures Head-On! Internal Reality • Current business software is outdated and inflexible • Does not provide clear view of finances • Customer and suppliers requesting new systems • Employees doing all they can with existing systems • Can’t disrupt business Invest in dependable technology that will help increase productivity and connect your business

4. BetterTogether with Streamline BusinessProcesses ImproveVisibility EnhanceUsability Microsoft Business Solutions-Great Plains

5. How can Great Plains benefit you?

6. Total ERP Solution Functional Series Financial Management Analytics HR Management Project Management CRM Field Service Management Supply Chain Management E-commerce Foundation Customization Tools Industry Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains Distribution Manufacturing Retail Vertical / ISV Solutions

7. Streamline BusinessProcesses • Track and manage supply chain and manufacturing data and processes with new automation that saves time, improves operational efficiency, and reduces costs. • Integrate and automate business processes to more effectively manage product lifecycles, fulfillment and delivery, and customer service. • Serve customers according to their needs • Advanced Picking • Available to Promise • Cradle-to-Grave Serial/Lot Tracking • Blanket Purchase Orders • Mass Manufacturing Order Release, Delete and Close • Graphical Bills of Material • Demand Planner

8. ImproveVisibility • Equip employees with rapid, deep visibility into business data, reducing total cost of ownership Do more than access information – make sense of it! • Provide concurrent, online access to integrated, updated data • Easily create reports for electronic delivery to ensure you get the information you need, the way you want it • Cradle-to-Grave Serial/Lot Tracking • Consolidate Lot Numbers/Shelf Life • Cumulative ATP • Stock Card Inquiry • Allocated/On Order Drill Downs • “Point In Time” Checkbook Balance Inquiry

9. EnhanceUsability • Provide a seamless user experience with a familiar Microsoft Office UI • Free employees from tedious record searches and simplify common tasks • Empower your organization with web-based applications and processes • Microsoft Office-like interface • List-based navigation • Streamlined menus • Microsoft Business Portal applications • Human Resource ManagementSelf Service Suite • Requisition Management • Project Time and Expense • Electronic Document Delivery

10. BetterTogether with • Leverage Office with Microsoft FRx to analyze data using your preferred productivity tool and deliver reports in the formats you want • Extend the reach of Microsoft Word and MapPoint tobuild communications and provide better service • 20+ new Smart Lists • Automatically generate Excel pivot tables from FRx • Include Excel, Word and PowerPoint document in FRx“Report Books” using the new FRx Report Manager • Letter writing assistant • More out-of-the-box Windows SharePoint Servicesfeatures in Business Portal 2.5

11. Microsoft Great Plains 8.0 Enhancements Integration Manager Integration Manager support for eConnect Project Time & Expense Transactions Project Accounting Integration with Landed Cost, Multi-Bin and PO changes Project Return to Vendor Project Time & Expense for BP 2.x Financials Letter Writer Wizard Show Required Fields Enhancements Void/Reverse/Correct a posted GL journal entry Copy journal entry numbers New Canadian Check Format Canadian GST Tax Changes Inactive General Ledger Accounts Payables Default to Print Check Writing Off Overpayments Threshold for Underpayment Refund Checks for National Accounts Historical Checkbook Balance Inquiry Increase # of decimal places for tax rates Distribution Cradle-to-Grave Serial/Lot Trace Consolidate Lot Numbers/Shelf Life in View Allocated/On Order Drill Downs Stock Card Inquiry (Historical Balance) Multiple Manufacturer Part Numbers Expanded Item Descriptions New Lot Attributes Blanket Purchase Orders PO Ship-To by Line Disconnect Buyers from Users Contract Number and Expiration Dates on PO's Extended Pricing - Percent of List SOP Fulfillment Back Order and Cancel SOP Fulfillment Customer Priority Ranking Negative Price/Qty Sales Line in SOP Default Site from Site per Customer Ship-Complete per Customer Prevent Sales of Discontinued Item option Eliminate Drop Ships on Pick/Pack Previously Printed Flag on Pick/Pack New Fulfillment Order type Line Item Workflow Tighter Integration to Quantity Fulfilled Document Status Rollback Status History User-Defined Process Hold Bulk Pick enhancements Line Status Tracking Available to Promise Copy Sales Order/Purchase Orders Historical Document Printing Sort Pick Ticket by Bin Manufacturing Graphical Bill Of Materials BOM Reference Designators Mass update of BOM's Serial/Lot Linking Mass Mfcg Order Status Change Select Serial/Lot in Quick Mfcg Order Multiple Manufacturers Part Numbers Ability to build Phantoms Tracking Standard Cost History Changes ATP - integration with Core Advanced Distribution - integration with Core PO Blankets - integration with Core On Order/Allocation Drill - integration with Core Negative Pricing in SOP - integration with Core Serial/Lot Trace - integration with Core Auto Complete - integration with system Lot Number Consolidation - integration with Core Ship To Address PO Line - integration with Core Demand Planning integration System-wide Office 2003 look-n-feel Online feedback mechanism included in help New Default Smartlist Favorites Type-Ahead/Auto-Complete MapPoint Integration Reminders Yukon Support Sample Data fixed login date Remove blank password option More than 150 enhancements! Collections Reminder Level enhancements Assign multiple signatures to a Collector Publish reports to Report Scheduler Report Catalog Export To destination in Smartlist Payroll/HRM 401k Maximum Match Payroll Trx Entry Usability Overtime/Doubletime as Factor Select by Payroll Trx Numbers Dexterity Watson Support Office 2003 look-n-feel support Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Support Trigger Registration Enhancements Installation/Deployment All common client-side components in main install Select Additional Product at beginning of installation Combine Sys DB, 1st Company DB and Sample Data load in DynUtils Common Mfcg, Proj Acct, Fld Service and HRM Sample Data procedures Multimedia System Tutorial included in installation

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