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It is common scenario, when mid-size USA based firm or corporation goes internationally: outsources production and assembly, research and development, acquires mining facility, you name it... ?

If this is your case, and you work for corporate IT department, the question you are likely facing is your Corporate ERP application Leonard Fournette Rush Jersey , in our article Microsoft Dynamics GP, formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics, is a good fit for overseas branch. ?As you probably expect, the answer is - it depends... ?Before we dive into details, please think about two complicating factors: foreign country usually speaks and writes in foreign language and second - foreign country typically enjoys independence and it exposes it own domestic regulations on businesses (tax code, government financial reporting, licensing). ?Sometimes it goes even further Taven Bryan Rush Jersey , as local accounting practice might be cash oriented in profit recognition (where most generic Corporate ERP platforms in USA count on accrual method). ?Let's move on to details:
1. Dynamics GP Server License. ?Licensing is per server, so if you plan to roll Great Plains out for international subsidiary, you can do so, if you add GP company on your Headquarters server, the same one, which hosts you current Great Plains system. ?please, note Jalen Ramsey Rush Jersey , that Microsoft SQL Server database for overseas subsidiary must support foreign language collaterals, assuming that targeted language is based in Latin alphabet: accents and other character modification marks
2. Where in the World Dynamics GP is localized? ?ERP localization typically assumes translation to local language and compliance to local country business regulations. ?About 10 years ago, when Great Plains Software was American software development corporation - it has only Great Plains Dynamics as its Accounting platform for international expansion. ?Those days Great Plains was available in multiple languages, including major European, such as Spanish, German, French Telvin Smith Rush Jersey , Polish, even Russian. ?However, when Microsoft acquired Great Plains Software in 2001 and then shortly after Navision Software (adding Navision and Axapta to Microsoft Corporate ERP family), and as Navision already had large portion of European Corporate ERP market, the emphasis was made in Navision direction, and Dynamics GP was step by step deemphasized in Europe. ?Similar story happened in Brazil, where our company was chosen by Microsoft to localize Great Plains 7.5 and then Navision was chosen as preferred ERP platform and now emphasis is Dynamics AX (formerly known as Axapta). ?At this time Nick Foles Rush Jersey , October 2009, Microsoft Dynamics GP version 10.0 is available in English speaking countries: US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa Gardner Minshew II Jersey , Oceania, English speaking South East Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia). ?It is also available in Spanish for most of Central and Latin American countries. ?In French it is available for Quebec. ?Local Dynamics ISV partners have limited support for Dynamics GP in Poland
3. What if all we need to do is translate several Dynamics GP interfaces into local language and maybe have few Custom Crystal Reports? ?This is not very difficult routine. ?Translation could be done in Great Plains Dexterity (String resources), and you could deploy translated Dynamics.dic on the terminal server or Citrix, dedicated for foreign office GP users
4. Unicode characters (typically hieroglyphs: Chinese, Japanese Ryquell Armstead Jersey , Korean). ?Here you do not have a lot of room for Dynamics GP customization, as Great Plains Dexterity platform (GP architecture foundation layer) doesn't support Unicode at this time, and likely will not support in the future. ?Dexterity is the shell programmed in C++ in earlier 1990th, when Unicode was not yet known. ?Some limited GP functionality could be open out if