Dynamics Great Plains (GP) Austin

Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) is a comprehensive business-management solution built on the highly scalable and affordable platform of Microsoft technologies. It offers a cost-effective solution for managing and integrating finances, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, field service, customer relationships, and human resources.

Microsoft Dynamics GP Editions (Great Plains)

Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) business solution works with and like other Microsoft products that are well known throughout businesses worldwide. That means people across your organization can use skills and products that they already know like a web browser, Microsoft Office System products, and Microsoft SQL Server to access and communicate information managed within the system.

Business Intelligence and Reporting

Microsoft offers effective business intelligence and reporting solutions that you can put to work immediately. They can help you look deeper into key performance factors—and pinpoint your most profitable customers, most efficient vendors, and potential issues within your organization that require swift action.

Collaborative Workspace

Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) Collaborative workspace capabilities include: Increasing the productivity and efficiency of your people and teams, being more responsive to customers, and staying true to your goals. All these features can help you reduce the cost of doing business.

Customer Relationship Management

Empower every employee to boost sales, satisfaction, and service with automated CRM that's easy to use, customize, and maintain.

Financial management

Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) provides detailed financial management options that range from general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable modules to bank reporting, cash flow management, and easy reconciliation. Employees can analyze financial data by whatever criteria they require, while the company gains an accounting solution that reflects changes instantaneously.

Human Resource Management

With Dynamics GP (Great Plains) Human Resource edition you can work smarter, faster, and more efficiently to manage every aspect of your organization's most important business asset - your employees.

Manufacturing

Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Microsoft Great Plains) offers powerful, cost-effective resource planning and management tools that enable you to collaborate with trading partners, manage the entire financial life cycle of the manufacturing business process, and build a sustainable advantage in your industry.

Project Accounting

Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) provides the tools organizations need to effectively manage project performance while ensuring budgets are met and billing is both accurate and timely.

Supply Chain Management

Maintain tight control over distribution and streamline your pick/pack/ship cycle to gain competitive advantage. From forecasting to delivery, Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Microsoft Great Plains) can help you accelerate sales order processes and lower costs per transaction. Integrated applications let you better manage inventory, fill orders faster and provide e-commerce-driving superior customer service

More About Austin

Austin is home to many rock-climbers, swimmers, divers, snorkelers, mountain bikers, cyclists, as the cities numerous trails and limestone rock formations support such outdoor activities. Cycling is popular partly due to an environmental awareness and also due to the popularity of Lance Armstrong, who lives in the suburb of Dripping Springs. It is a city of volunteering, activism, intellectualism, charity, and giving to the community; the sense of community is strong and people participate in many events to help their neighbors and many causes.

Austin is the largest city in the US without a franchise in the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, or the National Hockey League. However, many Austinites enthusiastically support the University of Texas Longhorns` sports programs. The University of Texas football and baseball teams each won their respective national championships during the 2005-2006 seasons. Minor-league professional sports came to Austin in 1996, when the Austin Ice Bats began playing at the Travis County Expo Center. Since then, they have been joined by many other teams.

Local businesses and artists produce a lot of interesting handmade indie-fashion and organic-and-eco-friendly fashion, as can be seen on the 32nd street artist market, at celebrations, and in many stores. Independent film is prominent in the city.

Austin also has a strong theater culture, with dozens of itinerant and resident companies producing a wide variety of work. From Esther`s Follies on East 6th Street to Zachary Scott on South Lamar Boulevard, live entertainment can be found around the city. Many, many other theater groups exist and often perform publicly, collaborating often with dance and music groups. Public art and performances of many kinds in the parts and on bridges is popular and it is easy to find a myriad of diverse and creative free productions.

Austin hosts the annual Austin Film Festival, as well as the nationally acclaimed South by Southwest, which draw films of many different types from all over the world. In 2004 the city was first in Moviemaker Magazine`s annual top ten cities to live and make movies. The 2007 South by Southwest celebration included Pete Townshend, Iggy Pop, Tom Morello, and Rickie Lee Jones.

Austin`s main daily newspaper is the Austin US-Statesman. The Austin Chronicle is Austin`s alternative weekly, while The Daily Texan is the student newspaper of the University of Texas. Austin also has smaller newspapers such as the Oak Hill Gazette, Austin Business Journal, and Texas Family Magazine. Texas Monthly, a major regional magazine, is also headquartered in Austin.