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As we are writing this article  a lot of new ERP related information aboutMicrosoft Business Solutions products: Axapta (Microsoft Dynamics AX), Navision(Microsoft Dynamics NAV), Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Great Plains ispublished on the daily basis, especially with the advance of the so-called  ProjectGreen . We would like to be a bit pessimistic and toss in new ideas about futureMicrosoft MRP products development and marketing positioning as we see thedevelopment on European (including UK, East Europe: Russia, Poland, Czech Republic,plus Southern Europe: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece), Latin American (includingBrazil, where Microsoft is starting from scratch) and Asian ERP markets.  Microsoft Dynamics GP vs. Microsoft Dynamics AX. This is probably the question offuture positioning of these two ERPs. Axapta has modern design (the end of 20thcentury), while Great Plains Software Dynamics was designed in the beginning of1990th as Great Plains Dexterity application  Microsoft Dynamics GP USA MRP market. This seems to be the stronghold of MicrosoftGreat Plains. Microsoft Business Solutions makes its Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 thefirst wave of its Project Green with the switch from Microsoft Dexterity to .Net andVisual Studio development: C# and VB, plus the increased role of eConnect (initiallyintroduced for eCommerce web XML developers, now the middle tier to resolve GreatPlains Dexterity peculiarity with generic .Net development)  Microsoft Dynamics GP European ERP Market. In Europe Microsoft Great Plains isleaving its French, German, Spanish and Dutch positions (leaving current MicrosoftGreat Plains clients to switch to Navision or Axapta). Microsoft Dynamics GP willstay in UK, Australia, New Zealand, LATAM: Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador,Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, Salvador, Panama, Caribbean  Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Microsoft CRM 3.0 will become the CRM frontend for all theMicrosoft Dynamics ERPs, including Great Plains, Axapta, Navision, Solomon. The mostinteresting part is Microsoft CRM integration, when you can automatically moveCustomers, Quotes, Orders from Microsoft CRM to accounting back end  here you havetwo options: use Microsoft Great Plains CRM integration (based on BizTalk for CRM1.2 or eConnect based integration for MS CRM 3.0 and GP 9.0)  Oracle/Java/EJB/J2EE. Here we have to appeal to our third party programmingexpertise and knowledge/experience with Oracle Financials/Oracle E-BusinessSuite/Oracle Applications development and Programming  SAP MRPs. SAP is another traditional MRP market leader. For years ago SAPpurchased Israel made MRP software application, now known as SAP Business One. SAPBusiness One is seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Office (what is the next stepfrom SAP R/3 mySAP project Mendocino with Microsoft for the next few years), plusSBO is integrated on the Sales and Purchasing transaction consolidation level witmySAP/SAP/R3. In the case of SAP  you will need customization/integration partnerto help you with the above consolidation  International aspects. Well  as you can conclude from this whitepaper and ourpast publications  Microsoft Great Plains / Dynamics GP is not supported for nonEnglish or Spanish speaking countries. In the case of Brazil/Sao Paulo/Rio deJaneiro/Salvador  population speaks in Brazilian Portuguese. SAP Business One couldbe a good spoke/hub ERP application to be consolidated to Microsoft Dynamics GP/NAVor AX in the USA/UK/France (including Canada/Montreal/Quebec)/German y/Europe We are serving USA Nationwide: CA, IL, NY, FL, AZ, CO, TX, WI, WA, MI, MA, MO, LA,NM, MN, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle,Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver,Minneapolis, Washington, Baltimore, New Orleans, Austin, Kansas City. About Alba Spectrum Group. Alba Spectrum Technologies is joint venture of several ITand business consulting companies, now operating as single business entity. We havelocal presence in the USA, LATAM & Brazil, Germany, South East Asia and Oceania. Webelieve in the coexistence of Java (J2EE, EJB, Linux, Unix), Oracle and Microsoft(.Net, C#, VB) platforms and systems and specialize in several product lines andcross platform integration, customization, heterogeneous report design, plus weprovide ERP/CRM systems comparison and reviews, not being committed to just on MRPplatform. We also stake on XML cross-platform data interchange to be advanced in thecoming decade.
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