Dynamics Great Plains (GP) Portland

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 Portland

It was previously home to the Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, the first professional sports team in Oregon and the first professional hockey team in the U.S.

Portland has one major league sports team (the Trail Blazers) and a variety of minor league teams. Running is a major sport in the metropolitan area, which hosts the Portland Marathon and much of the Hood to Coast Relay (the world`s largest such event). Skiing and snowboarding are also highly popular, with a number of nearby resorts on Mount Hood, including year-round Timberline.

OHSU has a major medical, dental, and nursing school at its primary campus just south of downtown, in the West Hills. The campus anchors a medical district (affectionately called "Pill Hill") surrounded by other hospitals including a Veterans Affairs Hospital, Portland Shriners Hospital, and Doernbecher Children`s Hospital.

Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) began as the University of Oregon Medical School in 1913. In addition to its medical, nursing, and dental divisions (see below), it merged with the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology in 2001, taking on its current name and composition.

Portland Public Schools high schools include Benson Polytechnic High School, Cleveland High School, Franklin High School, Grant High School, Jefferson High School, Lincoln High School, Madison High School, Marshall High School, Metropolitan Learning Center, and Woodrow Wilson High School. Lincoln, one of the oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi River, was established in 1869 and boasts several famous alumni, including cartoon voice actor Mel Blanc, singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), Golfer Peter Jacobsen, and astronaut S. David Griggs. Both Lincoln and Cleveland draw many students because of the International Baccalaureate program. Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, graduated from Cleveland. Sally Struthers, Beverly Cleary, and Thomas M. Lauderdale of Pink Martini graduated from Grant. Benson is a citywide magnet high school named for lumber baron and social entrepreneur Simon Benson, who in 1917 endowed the school with a grant worth /

Portland is served by six school districts, Parkrose, David Douglas, Centennial, Reynolds, Riverdale, and Portland Public. The largest, Portland Public School District consists of about 100 schools covering, in various combinations, grades kindergarten through 12, as well as 50 special education programs. The number of students in the school district is approximately 53,000 — an enrollment of over 90% of the available school-age children, a higher percentage than other large citified school districts. Nonetheless, total school enrollment is declining, accompanying a change in Portland`s demographics, and the Portland Public Schools are facing increasing budget pressure.