| If you have Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly known | | | | our Manila, Philippines office to Pacific states, or from |
| as Microsoft Great Plains, Great Plains Dynamics | | | | Los 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 and | | | | Federation. Our consultants speak Russian and we |
| Macintosh) in your US, Canadian, UK, Australian, New | | | | have local presence in Moscow, Russia. At this time, |
| Zealand or South African Headquarters and you are | | | | February 2010, we are inclined to recommend SAP |
| expanding internationally, we would like to review | | | | Business One for your Russian subsidiary (regardless |
| Great Plains internalization options. You should be | | | | where it is located: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, |
| aware, that Corporate ERP often requires so-called | | | | Volgograd, Siberia, Far East). We also have to admit |
| localization, which includes two aspects: local language | | | | strong competition from locally programmed and |
| support and country tax and government financial | | | | supported 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 to | | | | to 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 Foreign | | | | your Corporate ERP Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss |
| country. As we already mentioned it is not only the | | | | and Cash Flow Statement in USA Headquarters |
| local language support, it is also compliance to | | | | 9. For Russian Owned Businesses in USA or Canada. |
| legislation. Microsoft Dynamics GP is localized in most | | | | Our Microsoft Dynamics GP consultants speak |
| of English speaking countries, plus in Spanish speaking | | | | Russian 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. In | | | | with local Accounting system selection: Microsoft |
| South America it is not localized in Brazil (it is not | | | | Dynamics GP Great Plains, Dynamics AX Axapta, |
| localized in Continental Portugal, so you cannot expect | | | | Solomon, SAP Business One |
| Great Plains screen to be already translated into | | | | 10. Dynamics GP FRx International Consolidated |
| Portuguese). If you foreign subsidiary is located in small | | | | Reporting. FRx Financial Reporting for Microsoft |
| country (where tax compliance is not very complex | | | | Dynamics GP supports multicurrency (you have to be |
| and probably close to international GAAP) - you can | | | | on FRx Professional license or purchase FRx currency |
| try the route of translating restricted set of Dynamics | | | | translation module) - Frx as an option to look directly |
| GP screens (such as Sales Order Processing | | | | into Dynamics GP multicurrency settings, including |
| Transaction Entry, AP Payment, GL Entry) and | | | | currency exchange rates. Please, note that for |
| modifying several reports to cover compliance to local | | | | consolidated 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 not | | | | have to exclude intercompany due to and due from |
| recommend this simplification and rather have you | | | | accounts, as these are not representing real |
| choose different Corporate ERP, localized for your | | | | multinational corporation profit. If you are consolidating |
| targeted country | | | | smaller 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 target | | | | balance to Excel and consolidate foreign subsidiary in |
| language is supported in ASCII table (8 bits per | | | | FRx consolidated financial reporting as Excel |
| character - most of Latin and Cyrillic based alphabets, | | | | worksheet |
| also Arabic, Persian, Farsi, Dari and other Arabic | | | | 11. Dynamics GP Dexterity Customizations International |
| alphabet based languages) - you can open | | | | support. In late 1990th Great Plains Software were |
| Dynamics.dic dictionary in Microsoft Dexterity and | | | | expanding rapidly internationally including such regions |
| translate string resources from English to your foreign | | | | and countries as Poland, Arabic Peninsula, Brazil, |
| subsidiary country language. This is only part of the | | | | Eastern Europe and Russia, Africa, Germany, France, |
| story - you also have to install Dynamics GP on the | | | | Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy. And we still observe |
| SQL Server with local language and respective | | | | old versions based Great Plains customers with |
| collation support (usually, if you install Microsoft | | | | Dexterity 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 your | | | | versions of Great Plains Accounting for DOS, |
| Dynamics GP installation will be tuned automatically). If | | | | Windows and Mac |
| you install SQL with local language and collation | | | | 12. Great Plains Dexterity international user training |
| support and if you have your local user Windows | | | | offer. 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 interface | | | | conferences from our Great Plains Dexterity software |
| should be able to accept and record local characters | | | | development factory (Southern California and |
| into MS SQL Server DB correct | | | | Philippines) |
| 3. Limited support for Chinese customers. Microsoft | | | | 13. New hopes with just released SAP Business One |
| Dexterity doesn't support Unicode (16 bits per | | | | version 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 review | | | | streams (A is for USA, Europe, Russia, most of the |
| such product as NJ Star, which offers limited support | | | | Latin America and B for China, Korea, Japan, Brazil). |
| for hieroglyphs in Dynamics GP and older versions of | | | | With the release of new SB1 8.8 version both A and B |
| Great Plains Dynamics. You can also consider | | | | stream are merged in one installation. This means that |
| combining Chinese or other hieroglyphs with English | | | | from now on you can host all the SAP Business One |
| based Dynamics GP records in Crystal Reports | | | | international companies on the same server and |
| 4. International Corporate ERP alternatives to | | | | provide remote connection and support via corporate |
| Dynamics GP. Microsoft Business Solutions promotes | | | | VPN 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 of | | | | application server |
| the markets: China, Japan, Brazil, Russia, Europe. | | | | 14. Great Plains Dynamics GP support in Estonia, |
| Normally Dynamics AX is considered as being a bit | | | | Latvia, Lithuania. We have Dynamics GP Great Plains |
| higher in price range, comparing to Dynamics GP | | | | customers in Poland who are active in Great Plains |
| Great Plains. If you are deploying GP as Corporate | | | | Dynamics version 8.0. We understand that SAP |
| ERP in USA, there might be high chances that your | | | | Business One is not available for Baltic Countries, so |
| largest operation is in US and internationally you have | | | | we are encouraging you to call us to be your agent in |
| smaller facilities, and respectively the budget for | | | | Corporate 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. SAP | | | | Tashkent, Khiva, Urgench, Namangan, Mari. Microsoft |
| B1 is also available in most of the large Corporate ERP | | | | Dynamics 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 in | | | | Bukhara, Tashkent, Kokand, and we should be able to |
| lower and mid-market | | | | visit you place in Uzbekistan to train your Dynamics |
| 5. Limited support for Great Plains Dynamics old | | | | GP users or implement GP for our local Uzbek |
| versions in Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, and | | | | organization |
| some other countries in continental Europe. Microsoft | | | | 16. Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and |
| Business Solutions phased out support for continental | | | | Mac support internationally. Microsoft Business |
| Europe and to our information the last version available | | | | Solutions expired GPA support in the beginning of 21 |
| in German was Dynamics GP 9.0. Our company with | | | | century. We are supporting GPA in USA - all versions, |
| offices in Germany and Eastern Europe traditionally | | | | GPA 9.5, 9.2, 9.1, 8.0 and others, if you are Great Plains |
| supports Great Plains customers in Western, Eastern | | | | Accounting customers in international environment, feel |
| Europe and Russian Federation since 1995. Over the | | | | free to call us, we should be able to support you in |
| years we realized that the best support option is web | | | | English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, |
| session with phone or skype conference | | | | Ukrainian, Latvian |
| 6. Dynamics GP support and implementation in Central | | | | 17. 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 local | | | | Cycle engineers from our Moscow or Chicago office, |
| state enterprises and international non-for-profit | | | | plus we should be able to send Russian speaking |
| organizations, assuming that government reporting is | | | | Great Plains Dynamics GP consultants onsite to |
| close to international GAAP (Generally Accepted | | | | Ashkhabad. We are also in program to support |
| Accounting Principles). We are happy to help local | | | | Kazakh government based enterprises in Gas and oil |
| implementation consultants and CPA firms in Dynamics | | | | industries for Corporate ERP selection, implementation, |
| GP localization in Dari and training Dynamics GP users | | | | integration and customization |
| via remote support or if required with visit onsite from | | | | 18. Please, give us a call in USA or Canada: |
| USA or Moscow offices | | | | 1-866-528-0577, internationally 1-630-961-5918 and our |
| 7. Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains Support in | | | | receptionist will switch your call over to one of our |
| Oceania. We have successful old Great Plains | | | | regional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, |
| Accounting version upgrade all the way to Microsoft | | | | Houston, Atlanta, Moscow (Russian Federation), Sao |
| Dynamics GP 10.0 for one of the customers in Palau. It | | | | Paulo (Brazil). Preferred methods are email: or skype |
| is very convenient for our organization to expedite our | | | | albaspectrum. |
| Dynamics GP functional and technical consultants from | | | | |