2. Introduction
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Microsoft is the industry leader and World’s largest
software maker company.
It support wide range of products and services related to
computing.
Microsoft Dynamics can easily work with the systems
companies already have in place.
It has 3 product division
Windows Division, Server and Tools, Online Services
Division
Business Division
Entertainment and Devices Division
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Microsoft dynamics comes under business
division which is an ERP software.
Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions on-
premises or via the cloud.
It provides the complete package to the
companies with the product and the services
also that includes the implementation of the
product.
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Microsoft Dynamics ERP software, combined
with software from specialized Microsoft
partners, can deliver targeted, cost-effective
solutions that meet the specific needs of vertical
business.
With Software-plus-Services for Microsoft
Dynamics ERP you can make cloud computing a
flexible component of your ERP solution.
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Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions work with or run on the
latest Microsoft products and technologies such as
Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Communicator
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 or windows 8
Microsoft BizTalk® Server 2009
Windows Server® 2008
6. Microsoft Dynamics ERP
offers several solutions
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Microsoft Dynamics AX is designed to help organizations operate across
locations and countries by standardizing processes, providing visibility
across the business, and helping to simplify compliance.
Microsoft Dynamics GP helps you connect business processes, gain
insight with robust reporting and business intelligence tools, meet industry-
specific needs, and adapt your solution easily and cost-effectively.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is fast to implement, easy to configure, and
simple to use. Available in more than 40 country versions, the solution can
help organizations streamline specialized business processes.
Microsoft Dynamics SL is specialized to help project-driven
organizations manage people, projects, and profitability and is particularly
suited for professional services, operations, field services, and construction
management companies.
8. Introduction
Microsoft Business Solutions released of Microsoft® Business
Solutions “Solomon 6.0 ” in 2004.
An enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution developed to
meet the unique needs of midsize project, service and
distribution-driven organizations.
Microsoft Solomon have feature new customer benefits
including improved usability, greater efficiencies and self-
service options through Microsoft Business Solutions Business
Portal 2.5, enhancements to project management and accounting
functionality, and additional analytics and reporting options.
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9. Microsoft Solomon is allow customers to simplify their
business management experience with an enhanced product
interface and access to integrated, Web-based data and
functions. New capabilities for managing projects and
distribution deliver a powerful and comprehensive solution for
project-, service- and distribution-driven organizations.
Microsoft Business Portal 2.5, used with Microsoft Solomon
, provides all the functionality of the Solomon Desktop as well
as new modules, including Key Performance Indicators and
advanced payroll features.
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10. With Microsoft Business Portal 2.5, employees is be able to
build a centralized project desktop that consolidates previously
disparate aspects of project, management and accounting tasks.
Microsoft Solomon users are able to store, share and edit
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other documents in the
Microsoft Business Portal, which has Microsoft Windows®
SharePoint® Services as the underlying structure.
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11. What Microsoft Says
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"After listening closely to our customers and other midsize
businesses share the experiences they've had with their ERP
solutions, we developed Microsoft Solomon to address the
challenges they face conducting business in an increasingly
competitive, complex marketplace."
"Microsoft Solomon will allow customers to simplify their
business management experience with an enhanced product
interface and access to integrated, Web-based data and
functions. New capabilities for managing projects and
distribution deliver a powerful and comprehensive solution
for project-, service- and distribution-driven organizations."
12. Significant New and Enhanced Features of
Solomon 6.0
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Improved, Role-Based Menu Interface :Empower people across
organization to navigate Microsoft Solomon systems more easily and
be more productive than ever before.
Integration to Business Portal 2.5 : Access the information in
Solomon system securely via an Internet browser. Review a snapshot
of key performance indicators about your business, enter time cards,
query data, and export it to Microsoft Office Excel for further
analysis.
Unified Project Desktop: Heighten organization’s productivity with
anytime, anywhere access to Solomon information and processes via
Microsoft Business Portal 2.5.
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Resource Assignment Capability – Easily allocate
assignments for people and other resources (such as
equipment) with new Project Controller processes that
help managers and team members improve
productivity and profitability.
Consolidated Invoicing – Delight your customers by
allowing them to specify the way that they want to be
billed (by shipper, contract, purchase order, addresses,
and more)
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The following list summarizes the business needs that
Solomon is designed to meet:
Project management
Financials
Payroll
Inventory and order processing
Field service
Analytics and reporting
E-commerce
Manufacturing
15. SYSTEM AND SHARED INFORMATION
ENHANCEMENTS
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Provide people across organization with enhancements
that increase productivity by improving users’
navigation, data entry, and database administration
experiences.
Enhanced Menu Interface: An intuitive Microsoft
Solomon Home Page menu builds dynamically for
each user, allowing them to navigate through the
system easily. And because the menu builds from
individual access rights, users see a simplified list of
only those screens and reports specific to their roles.
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Simplified Data Entry: For easy identification, any required
fields within a screen or report are now highlighted in the
user’s color of choice, offering graphical alerts to users about
what data is required before a record can be saved.
Streamlined Database Maintenance: Back up and restore the
database without leaving Microsoft Solomon, using the new
Database Maintenance screen.
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Group Customizations: To accommodate a new
level of customizations for groups or departments of
users, a customization Select Level has been added
that allows administrators to deploy configured
screens to all the users in a group at the same time.
18. ACCOUNTS, CASH MANAGEMENT AND
PAYROLL ENHANCEMENTS
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Accounts Payable Prepayment Application and
Reversal – Keep your payables records up to date.
Microsoft Solomon Accounts Payable now offers the
flexibility that lets you make a prepayment to a vendor
before receiving their invoice.
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Improved Flexibility in Payroll Management: To
meet specific regulatory needs, you can now define
the order in which each employee’s deductions
should be calculated.
Improved Flexible Union Reporting: New report
formats support the most common union reporting
needs Now you can produce not only the actual hours
an employee worked, but also represent any overtime
pay, weekend pay, holiday pay, or other pay types to
meet union reporting requirements.
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Portal-Based Timecard Entry – Enable your
employees to record their own time worked with
Microsoft Solomon Time & Attendance within Microsoft
Business Portal.
21. Project Management and Accounting
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Resource Assignment Capabilities: Gain
greater visibility and control of valuable
resources. The new Resource Assignment
capability and corresponding Task List helps
managers and team members to assign projects
and tasks.
Unified Project Desktop: Access Solomon
information and processes via Microsoft
Business Portal 2.5 for a complete picture of
project financials, timecard and expense report
entry.
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Enhanced Financials Integration with Project
Management and Accounting: Maintain
accurate views of each customer’s receivable
position on a project by using Accounts
Receivable or Cash Manager modules to record
the receipt of payments against project invoices.
Expandable Help Topics: Provide employees
with additional information about how to use
Microsoft Solomon applications more effectively
to help reduce training costs.
23. Field Service Management
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Service Contract Change History and Audit Trail: Track and
report contract value changes from inception to completion using
the new Service Contract History and Service Contract Change
Log.
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More Modules Offered in Microsoft Solomon Standard:
Add the flexibility of Flat Rate Pricing to your Solomon
Standard deployment. To provide a better solution for specific
industries, Microsoft Solomon Standard now includes Flat
Rate Pricing in its list of available modules.
25. INVENTORY AND ORDER
MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENTS
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Consolidated Invoicing: Include multiple shippers
on a single invoice with Consolidated Invoicing, a
new feature in Order Management that allows you to
define invoicing rules by customer.
Improvements in Distribution Efficiency and
Performance: Microsoft Solomon 6.0 offers
improved allocation of inventory from all
modules, lot and serial tracking, and negative
inventory tracking.
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Credit Limit Holds: Eliminate the possibility of
overextending customer credit limits. Microsoft Solomon can
help better manage cash flow and prevent difficult situations
with your customers by stopping the acceptance of new orders
from customers whose credit limit has been exceeded.
Integrated Invoice Sequencing: Number invoices in Order
Management in sequence with Accounts Receivable invoices,
instead of in separate sequences for each module.
27. Analytics and Reporting
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FRx Report Manager 6.7 – Combine Microsoft FRx reports
and other information such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
Word, or Microsoft PowerPoint® documents easily with
Report Manager.
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Support for Crystal Reports 10: Use new features
and capabilities to review, edit, or design compelling
data views via Microsoft Solomon support for the
latest version of Crystal Reports.
FRx Drilldown Viewer™ and Printing Options:
Enable quicker export of reports to the FRx
Drilldown Viewer, enhance printing options, and
provide a more stable reporting environment.
30. Organization Profile
MacKay & Sposito provides a full array of consulting services, including civil
engineering, planning, land and construction surveying, landscape
architecture, and construction management and inspection.
Situation
To thrive in the challenging economic climate, and facing intense
competition for new contracts, the firm needs to direct its business
development efforts very precisely. This requires a deep understanding
of the business knowing which projects and segments are most
profitable and the ability to apply this information to sales and
marketing activities. The company requires an enterprise resource
planning solution that can be tailored to its unique project management
model while closely aligning business management, general
accounting, and operational functions.
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Solution:
MacKay & Sposito relies on Microsoft Dynamics
SL for both project accounting and financial
management, including custom reports that
provide the intelligence that executives need to
navigate the problems Microsoft Dynamics SL to
align more closely with the way MacKay & Sposito
does business.
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Benefits
Streamlined accounting
Better insight into company performance
Improved cash flow and profitability