| If your corporation expands internationally and | | | | Barcode based lines allocation in WMS Order |
| domestically in USA or Canada and you have | | | | Fulfillment scenario. In Dynamics GP Purchase Order |
| Microsoft Dynamics GP as your Corporate ERP | | | | Processing we enable Purchase Receipt document |
| application (you may be on older version, known as | | | | for Barcode scanning to enable WMS merchandize |
| Great Plains Dynamics, eEnterprise) - this publication | | | | replenishment. And Inventory control module in GP |
| should give you highlights on implementing Great Plains | | | | gives you Barcoding options to do Inventory Count, |
| in Mexico or Latin America in general. Typically | | | | Items Transfer and Adjustment |
| Warehouse Management System is part of broader | | | | 3. Supply Chain Management remarks. We have |
| functionality realm, known as Supply Chain | | | | functionality, allowing you to automate merchandize |
| Management, Distribution, Logistics - and all these | | | | consignment in food industry, trucks optimization routs |
| technologies are based on Barcode scanning, RFID | | | | (preferred delivery dates) |
| and integration to your ERP or MRP modules | | | | 4. WMS for Brazil. Brazilian Portuguese is now |
| 1. How to extend your current Dynamics GP system | | | | available for Dynamics GP user interface (by one of |
| to cover foreign subsidiary. Good news is that | | | | the Microsoft Dynamics GP ISV partners) - please |
| Mexico, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Central America, | | | | note that Brazilian tax and government reporting |
| Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spanish speaking | | | | legislation is tough one and you may get into hurdle of |
| Caribbean countries have localized (or reasonably | | | | Corporate ERP compliance. We recommend you to |
| localized) versions of Dynamics GP. Generally what | | | | do your homework on Brazilian ERP and especially if |
| we recommend and what is in synch with your current | | | | you are interested in Supply Chain Management for |
| licensing plan with Microsoft Business Solutions in USA | | | | Brazil. Our pick would be Dynamics AX Axapta (for |
| is the fact that you can have unlimited number of | | | | large manufacturing facilities), or SAP Business One |
| Great Plains companies, assuming that the installation | | | | for smaller distribution oriented subsidiaries |
| of the whole system is on the single server (or single | | | | 5. If you are expanding Worldwide. Microsoft |
| SQL cluster). This fact gives you good options to | | | | Dynamics GP is localized in USA, Australia, UK, |
| install Dynamics GP for Mexican or Latin American | | | | Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Spanish Speaking |
| subsidiary in your Headquarters and expose it to South | | | | South, Central America, Mexico and Caribbean, plus in |
| American GP user via Citrix, Terminal Server or similar | | | | French for Canadian Quebec. There are versions for |
| technologies. You will have to pay the price for | | | | Arabic speaking countries, and South East Asia and |
| adding Spanish language, but this price is symbolic. | | | | Oceania where English the language of business. If |
| This scenario should enable you to exercise high level | | | | your targeted country is not listed above, especially |
| of control over your South American ERP reporting | | | | when you are in such regions as Russia, China, Korea, |
| and allow you to reduce IT support cost, as we | | | | Japan, Thailand - we would rather recommend you |
| assume that your US based Server already has | | | | Axapta or SAP Business One. Yes, you will have to |
| dedicated SQL DBA and Networking Engineer | | | | pay for the ERP software license, however the rate |
| 2. Warehouse Management System. Our solution | | | | of success in Corporate ERP implementation for |
| extends existing Dynamics GP Distribution modules: | | | | international subsidiary will be a way higher |
| Sales Order Processing, Inventory Control, Purchase | | | | 6. WMS integration with eCommerce. This was one |
| Order Processing. This approach allows you to avoid | | | | of our major presentations on Convergence 2010 in |
| paying twice for WMS functionality (comparing to | | | | Atlanta in April 2010. We plan to do this demo again |
| when you are purchasing external Warehouse | | | | with more functionality presented on Microsoft |
| Management System and pay for the WMS | | | | Dynamics Convergence 2011 in Atlanta in April of |
| functionality there). Plus you do not have to pay for | | | | 2011. For large eCommerce retailers and wholesalers |
| External WMS integration mapping and piloting to be | | | | SCM order execution is critical to reduce ecommerce |
| sure that you are ready to go into production mode | | | | transaction cost |
| with new WMS. We enable Sales Order for | | | | 7. How to get help? |