As consultants who have worked with Microsoft Dynamics GP (and Great Plains) for many years, we generally guide our customers to wait a few months after a new release before upgrading. Our general rule of thumb is to let the first service pack release and then start the process. Service Pack 1 of
Foundation Enhancements
- Email Functionality – Send embedded documents within email or send email with attachments
- Multiple Metrics can be viewed on your home screen which enables you to use the drill down feature to view additional details
- Security – Copy user settings, display security roles and tasks, option for users to log into favorite company automatically
- Workflow – Electronic Signature enhancement, define action steps in the workflow process for users
- Excel Report Builder – Enables you to select the format of Standard List or Pivot Table
- Drill Down feature in Excel allows you to drill through to view information in a module
- Navigation List Builder – Enables you to access any table in Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Word Templates – Create word templates, modify templates or select from a list of predefined templates
Financial Enhancements
- General Ledger - Enables you to combine single budgets into a master budget, Complies with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Create budget transactions solely against a budget
- Payables Management - Exclude expired discounts in payments, Vendor approval workflow added
- Receivables Management - Enables you to decrease a deposit by entering a negative cash receipt
- Collections Management - Receive collection reminders
Distribution Enhancements
- Inventory Control – Exclude all discontinued items
- Purchase Order Control – Enables you to change the promised date, promised ship date, and then allows you to roll down the date to the purchase order
Human Resource and Payroll Enhancements
- Human Resources – Secondary status code was added
- Payroll Reprint – Ability to reprint paystubs and earnings statements
- US Payroll – Garnishment deduction flexibility, Process concurrent Pay Runs
- Advanced Human Resource Product - Security rights for Human Resource module can now be more defined by granting specific roles to users
- Advanced Payroll – Mass updating to employee records via Pay Policy Manager
- Assign PTO configurations to employee groups
Manufacturing Enhancements
- Field Service Series Enhancements - Automatically move billed service calls to history, Enter non-inventory items
Field Service Series Enhancements
- Move billed service calls to history
- Escalate multiple service calls to different manager levels
Project Accounting Enhancements
- Employee benefit allocation based of projects
- Multiple Reports that report on Project Accounting Trial Balance, Billing, Project Status, and Performance
So, whether you are new to Microsoft Dynamics GP or a longtime customer, GP 2010 has a little something new for everyone.
By Sherri Campanile, AIM Technologies –