Microsoft Dynamics GP Internationalization Notes

If you have Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly knownour Manila, Philippines office to Pacific states, or from
as Microsoft Great Plains, Great Plains DynamicsLos Angeles for large and more challenging projects
eEnteprise/Dynamics C/S+ or earlier predecessor -8. Microsoft Dynamics GP alternatives in Russian
Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows andFederation. Our consultants speak Russian and we
Macintosh) in your US, Canadian, UK, Australian, Newhave local presence in Moscow, Russia. At this time,
Zealand or South African Headquarters and you areFebruary 2010, we are inclined to recommend SAP
expanding internationally, we would like to reviewBusiness One for your Russian subsidiary (regardless
Great Plains internalization options. You should bewhere it is located: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan,
aware, that Corporate ERP often requires so-calledVolgograd, Siberia, Far East). We also have to admit
localization, which includes two aspects: local languagestrong competition from locally programmed and
support and country tax and government financialsupported Corporate ERP systems, such as 1S
reporting compliance (plus often for large countries,Bukhgalteria - if you make that choice, we are happy
such as Brazil, China, India, Russia it is often subject toto help you with 1C Accounting (1S Bukhgalteria in
strict government enforced industry legislation)Russian) integration via FRx consolidated reporting to
1. Accounting Application localization for Foreignyour Corporate ERP Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss
country. As we already mentioned it is not only theand Cash Flow Statement in USA Headquarters
local language support, it is also compliance to9. For Russian Owned Businesses in USA or Canada.
legislation. Microsoft Dynamics GP is localized in mostOur Microsoft Dynamics GP consultants speak
of English speaking countries, plus in Spanish speakingRussian and we are ready to walk you through USA
Mexico, Central, South America and Caribbean islands.or Canadian Corporate ERP legislation and help you
It is also available in French Canadian in Quebec. Inwith local Accounting system selection: Microsoft
South America it is not localized in Brazil (it is notDynamics GP Great Plains, Dynamics AX Axapta,
localized in Continental Portugal, so you cannot expectSolomon, SAP Business One
Great Plains screen to be already translated into10. Dynamics GP FRx International Consolidated
Portuguese). If you foreign subsidiary is located in smallReporting. FRx Financial Reporting for Microsoft
country (where tax compliance is not very complexDynamics GP supports multicurrency (you have to be
and probably close to international GAAP) - you canon FRx Professional license or purchase FRx currency
try the route of translating restricted set of Dynamicstranslation module) - Frx as an option to look directly
GP screens (such as Sales Order Processinginto Dynamics GP multicurrency settings, including
Transaction Entry, AP Payment, GL Entry) andcurrency exchange rates. Please, note that for
modifying several reports to cover compliance to localconsolidated financial reporting in FRx (and
legislation. However for large countries, such as Brazil,mathematically following the rules of double entry) you
China, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Ukraine we do nothave to exclude intercompany due to and due from
recommend this simplification and rather have youaccounts, as these are not representing real
choose different Corporate ERP, localized for yourmultinational corporation profit. If you are consolidating
targeted countrysmaller international branches with SAP Business One
2. Translating Microsoft Dynamics GP screens and- we recommend you the option to export SB1 GL trial
reports technology. Assuming that your targetbalance to Excel and consolidate foreign subsidiary in
language is supported in ASCII table (8 bits perFRx consolidated financial reporting as Excel
character - most of Latin and Cyrillic based alphabets,worksheet
also Arabic, Persian, Farsi, Dari and other Arabic11. Dynamics GP Dexterity Customizations International
alphabet based languages) - you can opensupport. In late 1990th Great Plains Software were
Dynamics.dic dictionary in Microsoft Dexterity andexpanding rapidly internationally including such regions
translate string resources from English to your foreignand countries as Poland, Arabic Peninsula, Brazil,
subsidiary country language. This is only part of theEastern Europe and Russia, Africa, Germany, France,
story - you also have to install Dynamics GP on theNetherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy. And we still observe
SQL Server with local language and respectiveold versions based Great Plains customers with
collation support (usually, if you install MicrosoftDexterity customizations. We are committed to these
Windows 2008 or 2003 Server for your local country,orphan Great Plains customers support down to the
SQL installs itself with appropriate locals and yourversions of Great Plains Accounting for DOS,
Dynamics GP installation will be tuned automatically). IfWindows and Mac
you install SQL with local language and collation12. Great Plains Dexterity international user training
support and if you have your local user Windowsoffer. We are happy to train your Microsoft Dexterity
workstations installed with locals for the country -programmers via web sessions and phone or skype
Microsoft Dexterity Dynamics GP user interfaceconferences from our Great Plains Dexterity software
should be able to accept and record local charactersdevelopment factory (Southern California and
into MS SQL Server DB correctPhilippines)
3. Limited support for Chinese customers. Microsoft13. New hopes with just released SAP Business One
Dexterity doesn't support Unicode (16 bits perversion 8.8. Traditionally SAP Business One versions
character - typically hieroglyph based languages:2007 and 2005 were divided into so called A and B
Chinese, Korean, Japanese), however you can reviewstreams (A is for USA, Europe, Russia, most of the
such product as NJ Star, which offers limited supportLatin America and B for China, Korea, Japan, Brazil).
for hieroglyphs in Dynamics GP and older versions ofWith the release of new SB1 8.8 version both A and B
Great Plains Dynamics. You can also considerstream are merged in one installation. This means that
combining Chinese or other hieroglyphs with Englishfrom now on you can host all the SAP Business One
based Dynamics GP records in Crystal Reportsinternational companies on the same server and
4. International Corporate ERP alternatives toprovide remote connection and support via corporate
Dynamics GP. Microsoft Business Solutions promotesVPN secured internet connection to your
Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly known as Axapta)Headquarters based SAP Business One DB and user
internationally, and it is supporting Unicode and most ofapplication server
the markets: China, Japan, Brazil, Russia, Europe.14. Great Plains Dynamics GP support in Estonia,
Normally Dynamics AX is considered as being a bitLatvia, Lithuania. We have Dynamics GP Great Plains
higher in price range, comparing to Dynamics GPcustomers in Poland who are active in Great Plains
Great Plains. If you are deploying GP as CorporateDynamics version 8.0. We understand that SAP
ERP in USA, there might be high chances that yourBusiness One is not available for Baltic Countries, so
largest operation is in US and internationally you havewe are encouraging you to call us to be your agent in
smaller facilities, and respectively the budget forCorporate ERP selection cycle
international Accounting application is relatively modest.15. Great Plains Dynamics GP for Uzbekistan Bukhara,
If this is your case, consider SAP Business One. SAPTashkent, Khiva, Urgench, Namangan, Mari. Microsoft
B1 is also available in most of the large Corporate ERPDynamics GP supports in its core architecture current
international markets, including China, Korea, Japan,Uzbek alphabet based in Latin. Our consultants visited
Brazil, Russia - and its price is very competitive inBukhara, Tashkent, Kokand, and we should be able to
lower and mid-marketvisit you place in Uzbekistan to train your Dynamics
5. Limited support for Great Plains Dynamics oldGP users or implement GP for our local Uzbek
versions in Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, andorganization
some other countries in continental Europe. Microsoft16. Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and
Business Solutions phased out support for continentalMac support internationally. Microsoft Business
Europe and to our information the last version availableSolutions expired GPA support in the beginning of 21
in German was Dynamics GP 9.0. Our company withcentury. We are supporting GPA in USA - all versions,
offices in Germany and Eastern Europe traditionallyGPA 9.5, 9.2, 9.1, 8.0 and others, if you are Great Plains
supports Great Plains customers in Western, EasternAccounting customers in international environment, feel
Europe and Russian Federation since 1995. Over thefree to call us, we should be able to support you in
years we realized that the best support option is webEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian,
session with phone or skype conferenceUkrainian, Latvian
6. Dynamics GP support and implementation in Central17. Last flint. Microsoft Dynamics GP for Turkmenistan
Asia and Afghanistan. Especially in Kabul, Afghanistan,and Kazakhstan. We should be able to give you Sales
Microsoft Dynamics GP has positive future for localCycle engineers from our Moscow or Chicago office,
state enterprises and international non-for-profitplus we should be able to send Russian speaking
organizations, assuming that government reporting isGreat Plains Dynamics GP consultants onsite to
close to international GAAP (Generally AcceptedAshkhabad. We are also in program to support
Accounting Principles). We are happy to help localKazakh government based enterprises in Gas and oil
implementation consultants and CPA firms in Dynamicsindustries for Corporate ERP selection, implementation,
GP localization in Dari and training Dynamics GP usersintegration and customization
via remote support or if required with visit onsite from18. Please, give us a call in USA or Canada:
USA or Moscow offices1-866-528-0577, internationally 1-630-961-5918 and our
7. Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains Support inreceptionist will switch your call over to one of our
Oceania. We have successful old Great Plainsregional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego,
Accounting version upgrade all the way to MicrosoftHouston, Atlanta, Moscow (Russian Federation), Sao
Dynamics GP 10.0 for one of the customers in Palau. ItPaulo (Brazil). Preferred methods are email: or skype
is very convenient for our organization to expedite ouralbaspectrum.
Dynamics GP functional and technical consultants from