| acturing in the USA is far away down from mid 20th | | | | Dynamics Bill of Materials (currently Microsoft Great |
| century top of the hill or its golden time. However | | | | Plains Bill of Materials) can serve light manufacturing |
| we are in very competitive business environment and | | | | and the cost of ownership is relatively low – |
| we have to do what market tends us to do. | | | | you pay 16% annual maintenance fee and this |
| Nowadays competitive offshore manufacturing labor | | | | includes free new version and discounted Great Plains |
| cost outweighs custom clearance fees and forces us | | | | technical support from Microsoft Business Solutions |
| to have not full-size manufacturing, but rather final | | | | directly. Client did purchase Great Plains Inventory |
| assembly facilities here in the US distribution centers, | | | | Control module, Purchase Order Processing with PO |
| such as Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles. We’d | | | | Generator to replenish spare parts automatically. |
| like to give you successful implementation/downsizing | | | | Great Plains Customization partner developed light |
| outsourcing scenario of mid-size machinery | | | | Great Plains Dexterity customization to automatically |
| manufacturer. | | | | build several blocks in Bill of Materials on SOP Sales |
| • Downsizing need. US recession of | | | | Order allocation. |
| 2000-2004 decreased monthly crane trucks order | | | | • Internet Ordering. eCommerce is very |
| from 200 per month to 50. Company laid off | | | | popular for apparels and general merchandise. For |
| manufacturing and assembly workers. ERP system | | | | custom machinery assembly it will come in the next |
| had full-featured manufacturing (Kewill manufacturing) | | | | decade (we are not talking here about GM or |
| and the annual maintenance fee to Kewill was about | | | | Chrysler). Microsoft Great Plains SOP module tables, |
| k$50 plus company had more employees in | | | | however allow you to develop ecommerce ordering |
| accounting department to enter manufacturing | | | | via eConnect or custom stored procedures. Consider |
| related data than it had manufacturing workers Kewill | | | | eOrder – this is sale on account over the |
| was serving just manufacturing automation, Great | | | | internet – however it is ASP application, not |
| Plains Dynamics on Pervasive SQL 2000 was in place | | | | ASPX or .Net |
| of General Ledger (GL), Sales Order Processing and | | | | • Reporting. Crystal Reports is reporting |
| Account Payables module (AP) | | | | maestro if we are talking about Microsoft SQL |
| • Switch to light Manufacturing. Great Plains | | | | Server based System. |