| Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP application is good fit for | | | | can even use Excel to export them and use Excel |
| large organizations, where you work with layered | | | | instead of Great Plains company |
| organization structure with multiple companies and | | | | 2. Great Plains in all branches. In this |
| intercompany purchases and sales, plus potentially in | | | | scenario you typically trying to make central server, |
| international environment, where in each country you | | | | where all Great Plains companies are hosted and you |
| have local subsidiary, operating in local currency. | | | | give reliable VPN or Citrix connection to your local and |
| Such scenarios require you to efficiently produce | | | | remote GP users. This solution might seem to be |
| consolidated Profit and Loss Statement, Balance | | | | ideal, however you should know that GP is popular and |
| Sheet and maybe Consolidated Cash Flow statement, | | | | localized in English speaking countries: US, UK, Canada, |
| potentially with multicurrency. In this small publication | | | | Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Asia and |
| we would like to come through typical consolidated | | | | Oceania, plus in Spanish speaking Latin America. It is |
| report creation options and recommend solution | | | | not often possible to implement Great Plains in the |
| 1. Different accounting systems in different | | | | country where it is not localized, meaning local |
| countries. Let’s assume that you have Dynamics | | | | regulations, language support |
| GP Great Plains in US headquarters and you have | | | | 3. Consolidated Reports. If your |
| sort of eclectic internationally: SAP Business One in | | | | organization needs relatively simple solution, which |
| Brazil, Navision in Europe. In the case when you do | | | | doesn’t require a lot of user training and technical |
| not have stable worldwide permanent connection with | | | | consulting, we recommend you to deploy FRx financial |
| firewall – good strategy is Brazilian and European | | | | reporting. It supports multicurrency, budgets, Excel |
| branches export on GL level and then you move | | | | worksheets (here you can also use ODBC data link in |
| transactions into Great Plains Brazilian and German | | | | your Excel worksheet to cover more complex |
| companies images. Good job could be done by GP | | | | scenarios) consolidations and it allows you to analyze |
| Integration Manager module. In this example, image | | | | your reports for consolidated and for individual |
| for Brazil set to use Real and Euro for Germany. If | | | | subdivisions if you deploy so-called FRx reporting tree. |
| foreign subsidiary has low volume of transactions, you | | | | |