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 SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Connection to Brazil for Multinational Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, May 14, 2012 How international business rules effect on multinational company and its ERP software? We do recommend you to be conservative in software selectionBelow is article written by Andrew Karasev our ERP applications consulting guruCrossing US borders and opening subsidiary in South America might... SAP Business One Chicagoland International Corporation Implementation Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, May 12, 2012 We are living in the era of international business where even small companies have to go globally for cost reduction as well as marketing purposes. SAP B1 is good answer for mid-size multinational firm.First of all it is available in the United States, Canada or Europe where headquarters could... SAP Business One Selecting Inexpensive Accounting for Small Company Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, May 11, 2012 Do you expect to pay just two hundred dollars? Probably not as you are business owner and understand that starter packages' are the ways to waste your time and money. But you may say that we are small and we expect that software market has the option for us. This article is for you if you are re... SAP Business One as Cheap ERP Solution for Small Enterprise FAQ Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, May 10, 2012 Are you comparing QuickBooks, Peach Tree (from Sage), Microsoft Dynamics or SAP? And if you are a small company then you have to stick to low budget, right?Below is the article written by Andrew Karasev our ERP consultant with fifteen years of practicing.There might be an opinion among busi... SAP Business One Handling Software Development and Customization Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 Project management control is probably a key word. Below is the article originally written by Andrew Karasev and distributed on several internet portalsStandard ERP and accounting functionality might be good enough to cover basic needs but not sufficient to cover something that is important in... SAP Business One Technology Consulting Atlanta, Chicago and USA Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, May 08, 2012 It is not a secret that technology consulting associated with programming, integration and custom reporting could not be provided by every reseller. Generic consulting organization has to concentrate on leads generation, initial licenses sale and simple implementation. Opposite to this model techn... Dynamics GP Technology Consulting Chicago and Nationwide plus Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, May 08, 2012 ERP systems are sometimes implemented as is' with generic functionality. However substantial percentage of projects is associated with custom programming, integration and reports design. Technology consulting is not something that you expect to find in every consulting firm. It is common case wh... SAP Business One Remote Support Service via Web Sessions and Phone Conferences Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, May 06, 2012 It might be more attractive as you do not have to pay for consultant commute and get service possibly instantly if technician is available. Let's compile this article in the FAQ style with the option for you to send us your own case and question:Q. Are hourly rates the same comparing to local... Dynamics GP or former Great Plains Support Remotely via Web Sessions Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, May 06, 2012 In sales cycle and implementation phase it is generally good idea to have local consultants to do the job. However when you feel that project was successful and now you are comfortable with your new ERP system you may expect the number of day-to-day issues to decrease. There are some disadvantages... SAP Business One Russian Federation Multinational ERP Chicago Moscow Connection International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, May 05, 2012 In this small article we are trying to rise the questions about consolidated Financial Reporting, Internal Corporate Audit and compliance to the tax reporting requirements in the foreign countryRussia is working on improving its business climate. One of the sides in this process is ERP software... SAP Business One Chicago Atlanta User Defined Fields and Tables plus SDK Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, May 05, 2012 ERP applications have different price ranges. If your business requires unique functionality then there are two options to do the job. First one is to acquire package with rich logic and higher price. The second one is to design new tables and fields and possibly do some programming. Second appr... SAP Business One Customizations Local Service Atlanta and Chicago Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, May 03, 2012 Business One is recommended to small and lower mid-market companies where technology consulting might be difficult to find. At the same time this application has powerful customization tools including Software Development Kit. It is possible to integrate transactions from external databases and ap... Dynamics GP Modifier Module or Simple Way to Change Forms Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, May 03, 2012 There are numerous customization and programming tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP formerly also known as Great Plains. Let's name Dexterity, Visual Studio Tools, Extender and famous eConnect SDK. All the above require experience and the project itself may take some time for preparation and coding.... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Implementing Brand ERP with modest budget Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, May 02, 2012 SAP is often associated with high price tag in the ERP software world. You should hear different opinion especially about SAP Business One small business accounting, ERP and MRP packageBelow is the article composed by Andrew Karasev our SAP B1 expert and Dynamics GP certified master. If you wo... Dynamics GP Custom Implementation in Chicago and Nationwide Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, May 02, 2012 Northern Illinois traditionally hosts large number of mid-size and small businesses engaged in nationwide distribution and assembly on order. Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP line is a fit for lower mid-market. Here we have huge number of warehouses along the highways 80, 355, 290 and 88 all the way up t... SAP Business One Atlanta Customizations Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 30, 2012 We will try to compose this paper in the form of short questions and answers or if you like in FAQ style. SAP B1 is popular in small and mid-size business environment as ERP, MRP and accounting software:Q. We contracted programmer who assured us that he should be able to code integration in SQ... Migrating to SAP Business One from old Accounting Package Chicagoland and Atlanta, GA Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 29, 2012 The homework is required. MRP and ERP packages are moving toward their standard features to be offered in core business logic. Second direction is openness to modifications and customizations. Applications are fighting with each other on the market place by offering user defined object creation d... SAP Business One Chicagoland IL, IN, MI, WI Faru Corporation Customization, Integration Reporting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, April 28, 2012 SAP B1 is likely to become rising star in ERP software market in the next five years. It is natural for the customers who need to walk away from starter accounting packages such as QuickBooks or Sage Peach TreeAt the same time it is successfully competing with Microsoft Dynamics GP especially i... Customization and Integration in SAP Business One Faru Corporation Chicago, Atlanta and US Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, April 28, 2012 In the second phase of your ERP implementation project you may expect custom integration of software development. The best approach is to locate experienced technology VAR and this firm might be specializing in providing service USA nationwideSmall and mid-market ERP consulting in its generic a... SAP Business One Chicago, Atlanta Multinational Corporation ERP System with Connection to Brazil International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, April 27, 2012 Brazilian economy is on the rise especially in Sao Paulo, Campinas and Rio de Janeiro. SAP Business One is localized in Brazilian ERP software market and we recommend you this article written by Andrew Karasev our technology guru and consultantWhen you are crossing US borders amazing things are... Dynamics GP Customization in Dexterity FAQ Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, April 26, 2012 Corporate ERP system is often something that got to interoperate with external databases and applications. In order to make the job done you have to create new tables and open them through user interface. Historically Great Plains Software introduced its Dynamics back in earlier 1990th as applicat... SAP Business One releases 2007A, 2005A Support and Recovery Chicago, Atlanta and US Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 ERP consulting market is pretty competitive. However there are annoying pitfalls where consultants seem to be not interested to help you if you are on outdated version of SAP Business OneOur position is simple. We are interested in helping all possible orphan clients of B1 as well as Great Pla... SAP Business One Customizations Atlanta Chicago: SDK, Data Transfer Workbench Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 ERP system selection might be a tough job as the majority of systems are pretty similar in their financials core. However in MRP, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory Control and Production they are deviating from each other. Customization is often the way to do the job assuming that the majority of your... SAP Business One Selecting ERP on the Budget: Chicago, Atlanta and USA Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 23, 2012 SAP is dedicated to accounting, MRP and ERP lines and there are products for every budget and price level.Below is article originally written by Andrew Karasev our SAP B1 consultant and technology guruWe have heard the opinion that SAP is something expensive and not really a good fit for sma... Dynamics GP Customization Projects or Keeping the Balance in ERP Development Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 23, 2012 First of all we have to admit that modification is something that you should avoid if it is not absolutely required. At the same time software development might be a good way to avoid unnecessary expense in software licenses. Imagine that you need the functionality which is available in expensive... SAP Cheap Accounting and ERP Business One or should we consider it in Small Organization Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 22, 2012 Accounting software selection or replacement in small firm is a tough choice. Even if you are tiny you still have to do your homework and answer on such questions as:Is my preferred application backed by brand name vendor and reliable customer support?Is the database open for managerial rep... SAP Business One Multinational Corporation Consulting from Chicago, Atlanta and US Nationwide International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Nowadays even mid-market and small organizations are in decision making to optimize the cost of labor as well as deploy their technologies internationally. Popular directions are China and Asia in general where labor is cheaper. But on the other hand there is the trend to apply technologies and or... SAP Business One Help in Sao Paulo Brazil: SPED, Portuguese User Training and Taxes International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 SAP B1 was introduced in SAP Sao Paulo office to local and international ERP resellers back in 2005. The version was 2005B. Our company participated in several pilot projects. Some of our customers were multinationals with headquarters in the United States and production facilities and distributi... SAP Business One 2007A and 2005A Helping Orphan Customers Atlanta, Chicago and Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 If you feel that you are outdated and nobody from the consulting community wants to help you with day-to-day routines such as new user training, data repair, Crystal Reports design or custom integration then feel free to find somebody who is probably not local but experienced and ready to do the job... SAP Business One Outdated Release Support 2005A and 2007A from Technical Call Center Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 09, 2012 In our consulting model we provide strong regional and local project management fuelled by our technical support call center located in the country side. We have local presence in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL (Naperville) and Southwest Michigan (Saint Joseph)We are doing our SAP Business One users... SAP Business One Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Russian or the Recommendation for Multinationals Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 08, 2012 If you expect that every accounting package is available internationally and supports such features as Hieroglyphs and Unicode then we have to give you some directions for homework. There is concept ERP localization' which includes foreign country language support and compliance to its legislation... SAP Business One Multinational Company and it is Opening Locations in Brazil, China or Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, April 07, 2012 Real life is often more complex comparing to what is possible to describe in small internet article. Let's assume that you are mid-market company with all the attributes of multinational corporation and you are planning to open office in country side Brazil, China mountain region or in Siberia in R... SAP Business One Chicagoland New ERP in the Era of Economic Recovery Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, April 06, 2012 It is common scenario to expect that most of mid-size businesses will stick to legacy accounting package when economic situation is grim. But now in the spring of 2012 we are slowly beginning to get more optimistic and prepare to form the future of our businessesThere might be apparent obsolesc... SAP Business One Case Study Atlanta Chicago Multinational Company Expanding to Brazil and Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, April 06, 2012 There are sometimes unpleasant surprises especially when you are missing from the considerations such required pieces of compliance as SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping System), or GL transactions on government approved Chart of Accounts in Russia (for example account 20 main production). You may ha... SAP Business One Case Studies Atlanta Chicago Crystal Reporting Sales Commission Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 Such reports as Sales Commissions, Customer Statement of Bill of Lading often require custom design. SAP owns Crystal Reports and Business Objects. So CR is natural choice for custom managerial reporting. If you are reading this article from Pegasplanet or EFaru portals then you should be able to... ERP for Brazil SAP Business One FAQ and Recommendations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 First of all let us introduce our company. We are on the consulting market in Brazil since 1992 (twenty years as we are writing this article in April of 2012). Those days SAP B1 didn't exist and we were adopting such systems as Solomon, Great Plains (Microsoft Dynamics GP as it is currently known)... SAP Business One in Multinational Environment service from Chicago, Atlanta and Sao Paulo Brazil International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 International expansion is often associated with numerous discoveries regarding tax code compliance and other issues. Here in the USA we have pretty simple rules regarding taxation (sales and corporate income tax), AP reporting (form 1099) and W2. Abroad regulation might be more complex and this i... SAP Business One Sao Paulo, Campinas, Rio de Janeiro: SPED or Public Digital Bookkeeping Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 02, 2012 Multinational corporations opening offices or acquiring production facilities across Brazil might be surprised by complex regulations and SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping). While here in the United States we have pretty modest requirements (Sales Tax, W2 and probably 1099 for the majority of compan... Dynamics GP Customization or Advises in Picking the Best Tool to do the Job Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 02, 2012 At this time GP is offered as robust ERP and MRP solution to mid-market companies where large corporations could get different application Dynamics AX or formerly known as Axapta. In the past situation was different and Great Plains Software were pushing this application to all the niches in United... Dynamics GP Data Recovery and Repair Service from Chicago Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 02, 2012 Traditionally Great Plains architecture doesn't have three tiers and complete application server is missing. There are elements of app server as you can outsource batch posting to another computer. But we cannot say that such SQL features as transaction commit and rollback are deployed at their fu... SAP Business One Second Opinion in Atlanta and Chicago Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 01, 2012 We are really sad to meet you here on this web page as chances are high that somebody screwed up your Business One implementation project.But life is going on and feel free to appeal to second opinion as you would do in medical practiceWhere implementation typically fails? The answer is sim... SAP Business One Chicagoland and Atlanta help to Multinational Corporations moving to Brazil or Russia Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 01, 2012 Our parent consulting company is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil and we are ready to help you with such Brazilian compliance challenges as SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping System), tax determination for your Brazilian subsidiary and user training in Campinas, Sao Paulo or across BrazilBusiness One... SAP Business One Case Studies or selecting your future Accounting and MRP system Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 01, 2012 Business One is popular upgrade option when you decided that small business package (QuickBooks, Peachtree or similar) is no longer feasible in the sense of the business growth. Case studies review is good approach in preparation to you further homeworkFew words from Andrew Karasev the author.... SAP Business One as ERP for Multinational Corporation Service in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Atlanta and Chicago International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 31, 2012 International expansion requires careful homework especially in your IT department. In this article we would like to discuss such topics as Corporate ERP localization, Brazilian SPED and Russian chart of accounts and proceduresInternational business might have unexpected complexity especially f... Multinational ERP in Brazil and Sao Paulo or which platform to choose? International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 30, 2012 Here in Brazil we have such challenges as SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping System) and plus taxation is a way more complex considering to US Sales tax. For example we have rate brackets and formulas based on your company side, region (selling from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro or Manaus to give an ex... SAP Business One Integration Programming or Phase II Service in Atlanta, Chicago and Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 30, 2012 Technology consulting and programming is one of the most challenging sectors. Certified consulting firms are often good in initial licenses sale and generic implementation. However such technologies as DI Server, Software Development Kit and others might be too complex for local consulting firm to... SAP Business One SPED Brazilian Localization service from Sao Paulo, Atlanta and Chicago International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 29, 2012 Please feel free to see our video on Youtube regarding SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping System). It was narrated by Celso Tau Zumberg from our Sao Paulo office and interviewer was Andrew Karasev our SAP Business One consultant and technical writer in Chicagohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rysPI8... SAP Business One Sao Paulo Brazil: SPED, Taxation and Brazilian Portuguese International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 29, 2012 This article is dedicated to helping multinational companies establish computerized ERP and accounting in Brazilian subsidiary. Our office in Sao Paulo is Ramo Digital Systems. This paper is written by Andrew KarasevInternational business environment might surprise you if you are just beginnin... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Brazilian SPED or Public Digital Bookkeeping System International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 We provide ERP implementation service in Brazil to USA based multinational corporations especially in such complex areas as Brazilian business legislation compliance, tax rates and formulas determination and SPED.Our service model is simple as we have project management and consulting offices in... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicagoland Worldwide Service to Multinational Corporations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 SAP Business 1 is available and localized worldwide including such regions as United States and Canada, Mexico, Latin America and Caribbean basin, Brazil, Russian Federation and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, China and most of South East Asia. It is not available at this time in Arabic worldOu... SAP Business One Crystal Customer Statement and Sales Commission Atlanta Chicago Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 SAP Business One implementation is often associated with customization and user defined fields and tables creation directly in metadata via client interface. When you are planning use custom objects in managerial reporting then natural tools in Crystal Reports. Below is article written by Andrew K... Sap Business One 2005 and 2007 is my version still supportable? Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 The answer is Yes' but there are limitations on what we or another service provide can do for you. We can support your current environment but we cannot extend the system with new modules, new user licenses and other similar things where SAP has the authority to control the situationWe provide... SAP Business One Supporting 2005A and 2007A Outdated Versions from Atlanta and Chicago Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 26, 2012 We offer technical support service from our tech support call center staffed with technical and functional consultants trained and certified to support all the versions ever released. Supporting cases might be related to new user training, data repair and recovery, custom integrations and programmi... SAP Business One 2005A and 2007A Support Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL and Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 25, 2012 SAP B1 success was probably associated with release 2005A. Since then there were several versions released: 2007A, 8.8, 8.81 and 8.82 as we are writing this small article in March of 2012Currently support for 2007 and 2005 is no longer available directly from SAP. We will try to compile this p... Ongoing Data Migration into SAP Business One via DTW Atlanta Chicago Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 25, 2012 There are opinions that in order to organize regular data import into SAP B1 you need either programming in Visual Studio with SDK libraries or expensive tool or something like iBolt. In our practice we first recommend to discuss your specifications and think if Data Transfer Workbench is capable t... SAP Business One in Multinational Corporation moving to Brazil, China or Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 24, 2012 There is special concept ERP localization' and it includes two major aspects: foreign country language support and second is compliance with foreign country business legislation.We would like to take a look how SAP Business One might be a good fit for your international expansionForeign Lan... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Data Migration: Export, Cleansing and Import Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 24, 2012 Extracting, reshaping and moving documents from old accounting to newly implemented SAP Business One should be planned with understanding all possible underwater rocks.' Try to be reasonable and do not expect convert everything' in just few consulting hoursBelow is adopted article specially w... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Support via Web Sessions and Phone Conferences Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 24, 2012 We are talking here about secondary consulting market where SAP B1 is already implemented and you are phasing phase two with custom integration, Crystal Reports and probably user interface modification. The advantages of web session are apparent as there is no cost for you to reimburse for consulta... SAP Business One Customization Custom Ecommerce Integration Atlanta Chicago Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 22, 2012 There are numerous customers on SAP B1 deploying standard ecommerce shopping carts such as Magento or .Net ecommerce storefront. However there are numerous scenarios where company invests into proprietary ecommerce portal solutions on PHP or Windows platforms. In this scenario SAP BO Software D... SAP Business One Implementation in Brazil with SPED project management from Atlanta and Chicago International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 22, 2012 We have heard a lot of stories from our prospects and effective customers when they were enthusiastic to localized something like Microsoft Dynamics GP formerly known as Great Plains in Brazil for their Sao Paulo or Campinas locationsSince January 1st 2008 in Brazil SPED or Public Digital Bookke... SAP Business One Atlanta Customization and Integration Projects including USA Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 22, 2012 We provide local service in Atlanta, Georgia as well as in Chicagoland: Northern Illinois, Indiana, Southern Wisconsin and Southwest Michigan from our offices in Naperville, IL and St Joseph, MI. Your project managers should be Andrew Karasev (Naperville and Saint Joseph covering Chinagoland and US... SAP Business One Brazil SPED and other challenges connection to Atlanta and Chicago International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 International business is spicy' in the sense of selecting and implementing accounting and ERP solutions. In Brazil since January 1st 2008 SPED or Public Digital Bookkeeping System requires corporations to report their AR, AP and GL over the internet to the servers in IRSIn our opinion SAP B1... SAP Business One Local and Remote Support Atlanta Chicago Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 There are situations where you have to appeal to second opinion in supporting your Small Business ERP system such as SAP B1.Consulting firms might be around the corner but do they have expertise and experience in your industry?If you are running outdated version 2007A or 2005A then do they h... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Second Opinion on Failed Implementations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 We are veterans in ERP and accounting systems consulting. Andrew Karasev is author of about five hundred original publications on SAP B1 implementation, customization, integration and reportingWe are sorry to hear that your SAP BO implementation was screwed up and we are here to help youPle... SAP Business One Customization User Defined Tables and Fields service from Atlanta and Chicago Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 If you are reading this article at EFaru or Alba86 websites then you should be able to see video demoCustomization in the past was often associated with expenses on hiring software developers and then hiring them again with version upgrade. These people typically spend their time on creating ne... SAP Business One 2007 and 2005 Support or Dancing with the outdated Servers Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 19, 2012 Initially the fact that you do not pay for annual contract might looks like money saver policy. But in the long term strategy it is a problem. If you are running your ERP system on SAP B1 2007A or 2005A then it is good idea to reestablish relations with one of the SAP BO resellers and find the... Dynamics GP Payroll Form 8027 Recommendations and Printing Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 19, 2012 There are certain industries where employees have to report tips, including restaurants, casinos, entertainers and comedians to give you several examples. There is well established practice to outsource payroll processing however in these industries you may decide to process it in-house. Some ERP... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Nationwide Consulting and Technical Support Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 18, 2012 Here we are discussing technology aspects and SAP SDK as well as old versions 2007A and 2005A supportThere might be a moment in time when you feel that your original consulting firm is not technical enough to help you with the integration programming or they are no longer interested support lega... SAP Business One Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL Supporting Outdated Versions 2007A and 2005A Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 17, 2012 We are writing this article in March of 2012 and current version is 8.82. Respectively support for 2007A and 2005A expired and no longer available directly from SAP. If you consider your company as orphan customer' or if you would like to appeal to Second Opinion' feel free to email us of give a... SAP Business One Brazil Sao Paulo and Campinas SPED or is it really working? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 15, 2012 Multinational group coming to Brazil has to open its subsidiary as Brazilian Corporation. Here you expose this subsidiary to SPED regulation or in other words to requirement to report Sales and Purchasing invoices to make them public to Lawyers and CPA communities on the monthly base as well as Bal... SAP Business One as Multinationals Global ERP USA, Brazil, China and Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 15, 2012 We are veterans of ERP and accounting consulting on international and American software implementation markets. Please see the article originally written by Andrew Karasev our ERP functionality guru and SAP B1 consultantIt is often the case that headquarters is located in United States or Canad... Dynamics GP Great Plains Supporting Old Version what you need to know Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 It is natural process in software industry to retire old version and concentrate support on the new ones. Historically Great Plains Dynamics was initiated by Great Plains Software in earlier 1990th with emphasis on its compatibility with Microsoft Windows and MacintoshHistorical versions are: 9... SAP Business One Case Studies Chicago or Selecting the Right ERP Application Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Accounting systems seem to do the same job but from the perspective of their features, cost, worldwide availability and vertical industry solutions offered they are all different. Small Business ERP selection is the fun but at the same time tough job as if you do mistake and succumb to annoying sal... Dynamics GP 9.0 Payroll Issue with Benefit based on deduction with employer maximum Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 When customers stays on the version of Microsoft Dynamics GP no longer supported by Microsoft directly in US Payroll module they have to deal with tax percentage updates as well as with mismatch in Social Security employee and employer contribution percentages. Second issue is only fixable in relea... SAP Business One Atlanta Supporting old Releases 2007A and 2005A Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 12, 2012 Of course in best scenario it is perfect to be on current version (it is 8.82 as we are writing these lines in March of 2012). But if you are still on 2007 or 2005 versions there should be a business decision made in the pastQ. Is my version still supportable? A. Yes it is as user interfac... SAP Business One Atlanta focus on Technology and Integrations Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 12, 2012 When you are picking consulting partner it is always a good idea to check if these people have technology exposure and if they did implementation in your industry nicheBelow is article originally written by Andrew Karasev and distributed in open press mediaIf you are expecting generic accoun... SAP Business One Brazilian Subsidiary in Sao Paulo handling SPED International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 11, 2012 When you are opening office in Brazil there should be IT strategy regarding Corporate ERP system and its architecture. In our consulting practice we realized that important things are consolidated financial reporting (P... SAP Business One Case Studies and Advises service from Atlanta and Chicago Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 11, 2012 In the time of Cloud computing we would like to recommend you small business ERP application which gives you control over your data and is open to programmed integrations and interface modifications. Below is article originally written by Andrew Karasev our SAP B1 consultant and Dynamics GP certifi... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Helping Multinational Corporation in overseas office in Sao Paulo Brazil International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 10, 2012 SAP Business One is good candidate for the whole corporation as well as its foreign subsidiary. It is localized in major world regions including China, Brazil, Europe and RussiaIn Brazil we have such challenges as SPED compliance, SPED required GL chart of accounts mapping with your corporate c... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago Data Migration Projects Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 10, 2012 Data Conversion especially when you are forcing your consulting firm to convert everything' might be the case for the implementation project to fail. At the same time consultants are often optimistic to do something that they never tried in the past.Below is article originally written by Andrew... SAP Business One Atlanta and Chicago International Consulting and Implementations International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 09, 2012 SAP B1 is perfect platform for small or midsize companies with attributes of multinational corporation. Business One is localized across the globe including such regions as Brazil, United States, China, Canada and Russia.It supports Unicode alphabets or in other words hieroglyphsConsolidate... SAP Business One Atlanta and Chicago Consulting 2007A and 2005A Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 09, 2012 Our nationwide call center has old versions support as one of its specializations. Please see original article written by Andrew KarasevIn certain business situations you have to freeze software support budget and stick to outdated versions including accounting application. When situation impr... SAP Business One Atlanta or helping multinational corporation expand to Brazil International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 08, 2012 Growing is definitely the good news. However international expansion is often associated with unexpected problems and requires homework on the level of management team and IT. We have already published several articles related to such requirements as Brazilian SPED and Russian government approved... SAP Business One Customizations or some fresh air on SDK Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 08, 2012 This small paper is for IT manager to evaluate possible options in deploying SAP B1 with custom tables and fields and possible coding with Software Development Kit librariesCustomization projects were historically associated with programming and problems with quality assurance and version upgrad... SAP Business One SPED Brazilian ERP Selection and Implementation Advises Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Business decision to expand internationally is definitely great news. However you as IT Vice President should expect some homework and strategy. Below is article written by Andrew Karasev our ERP guru and SAP Business One consultant. Local service is available in Chicago, Atlanta, Sao Paulo (Braz... Dynamics GP Update from old version of Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 05, 2012 Formerly this product was known as Great Plains Software Dynamics. GPS Dynamics was introduced in earlier 1990th as one of the first accounting packages with graphical user interface available on Mac and Microsoft Windows. In our experience successful one was 3.2 around year 1995 and all the succe... SAP Business One SPED Brazilian Localization Service from Sao Paulo, Atlanta and Chicago International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 03, 2012 Multinational corporations opening or acquiring facilities in Brazil have to implement ERP system compliant to Brazilian legislation. Brazil in its turn is regional power with strong tax laws and IRSSince January of 2008 we have here in Brazil SPED as required for corporate businesses. SPED in... SAP Business One Chicagoland and Atlanta Old Versions 2007A and 2005A Support and Consulting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 03, 2012 We respect your decision to save ERP contract money somewhere in the past and now you are facing the dilemma to support your outdated version 2007A or 2005A. There are plenty of excuses as now in 2012 we still are facing weak economy and weak dollarWe are offering you old releases support backe... SAP Business One 2007A and 2005A Old Versions Technical and Functional Support Atlanta and Chicago Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 03, 2012 With new version introduction in our time this is 8.8X line (8.8, 8.81 and 8.82) SAP typically announces older version support expiration directly through SAP technical support department. However help is still available through VAR channel. We recommend you this article written by Andrew Karasev... SAP Business One Sao Paulo Brazil Connection Multinational Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 02, 2012 Accounting and Corporate ERP software have to be localized in the country of expansion. For example in Brazil we have SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping System) introduced in January of 2008SAP B1 is SPED compliant via add-on, we recommend you to see our video on Youtube on SPED here:http://w... SAP Business One Atlanta Chicago ISV Driven Technical Support Call Center Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 02, 2012 Let's assume that you are in one the following situations:1.You are on SAP B1 outdated version 2007A or 2005A and support from SAP is no longer available2.You need programming in Software Development Kit and local consulting firm doesn't carry SDK coding programmers3.You need to estab... SAP Business One Support in South West Michigan we live where you live Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 02, 2012 It might be misleading feeling that Michigan is covered on its entire territory. It is probably easy enough to locate consulting firm if you are somewhere in Detroit, Lansing, Kalamazoo or Grand Rapids. Of course consulting firm from Grand Rapids is positioned to drive out onsite to Holland or Fru... Dynamics GP Customization Extender versus Dexterity Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 02, 2012 It is common to customize your accounting and ERP software and Microsoft Dynamics GP offers the whole spectrum of technologies and tools to do the job. Let's name popular ones: Microsoft Dexterity, Modifier with VBA scripts, Visual Studio Tools, Web Services and Extender. Let's try to compare Dext... SAP Business One as ERP when Multinational Corporation is coming to Brazil: SPED International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 01, 2012 Multinational Corporate ERP application is not an easy in its architecture design, components selection and following implementations. There are nuances attributed to ERP localization conceptsWe would like to mention requirements in Brazil regarding accounting applicationsFirst of all it is... SAP Business One 2007A, 2005A Support Atlanta and USA Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 01, 2012 When we are publishing this article in March of 2012 we really mean that we support this old version 2007A as well as its predecessor 2005A. We have support plan option as well as hourly rates in case if you just need one time help. Below we are sharing some fresh air on what could be supported an... SAP Business One Atlanta Helping Multinational Corporation in Expansion to Brazil or Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 We are part of SAP ISV and consulting community. Corporate ERP application implementation should be divided in phases. The initial phase might be targeted to get software implemented in your Atlanta office. And in the following phases you might be more technology and international business orient... Chicago, Atlanta, Brazil SAP Business One for Multinational Company Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 SAP B1 is popular mid-market Corporate ERP platform which is available almost worldwide including United States, Canada most of the Europe, Latin America, China and Brazil. Please note that the list is not complete as we are just giving you're the ideaIf you are multinational corporation with h... SAP Business One 2005A, 2007A Technical Support and Recovery in Atlanta, Chicago and Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 This article should be released in March of 2012 and yes we support old SAP B1 versions locally from our offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Naperville, IL and Saint Joseph, MichiganCustomers often ask us something like the following.How do you travel to our office in Alaska (or you name the state or... SAP Business One Moscow Region with Emphasis on Multinational Company Expansion to Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 27, 2012 Moscow is the door to Russian Federation. SAP B1 is global Corporate ERP brand and it is available in numerous languages including American and British English, Russian, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese just to open the listHere in Russia we have complex federal reporting requirements including fi... SAP Business One Atlanta, Chicago Customization Project Architecture Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 27, 2012 Customization is really something that you would like to avoid. However in some cases there is no way but custom software development. Following article is written by Andrew Karasev and if you like it please feel free to call our offices in Chicago or Atlanta. We are ready to help you with SAP Bu... SAP Business One Chicagoland and Atlanta, GA Implementation with international business specifics Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 26, 2012 Multinational companies nowadays are expanding to such regions as Brazil, Russia and China and consulting firms have to follow the trend. In this articles are covering the scenarios where software licenses sale and implementation are based in the United States in Atlanta and Chicago with the help f... SAP Business One Krasnogorsk Moscow Region and Support across Russia including Siberia International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 25, 2012 If you are working in IT department of multinational company which is expanding to Russian Federation then such requirements as Russian client user interface and compliance to RF tax agency requirements are criticalSAP Business One has Russian interface and SAP in Moscow works on making its comp... SAP Business One VAR Atlanta, Chicago we help customers on old versions 2005A and 2007A Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 25, 2012 Local service criteria might be not really so critical and we would rather recommend you to find somebody in ISV or reseller channels who is familiar with your industry niche. Historical version support is often complicated with such technology challenging issues as data repair, SDK customization u... SAP Business One Technology Consulting or Phase Two Customizations and Integrations Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 24, 2012 If you are reading this article chances are high that you are disappointed with your current VAR or ISV partner. Attrition is normal process in ERP consulting. Below is the paper originally written by Andrew Karasev our Corporate ERP systems guru and SAP BO consultantIt is not a secret that lo... SAP Business One 2005 and 2007 is my version no longer supportable? Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 23, 2012 SAP B1 was massively introduced here in the United States in the year of 2005 with version 2005A. In 2007 we were watching large strata of customers acquiring or upgrading to version 2007A. We would like to organize this post in the form of questions and answers:Q. We are on 2005A. Is suppor... SAP Business One Old Version User Community Support and Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Let's try to make it in the form of questions and answers with invitation to call us if something is not covered or if you have additional concerns or suggestionsQ. Is it really difficult to support historical release as it has different user interface and functionality?A. Not really. Each... SAP Business One how to run old version and still have technical support contract? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Having old release supported is not a funny thing. We respect your past decision to save money and seek support through partner channel. But you should also understand the challenge for consulting firm to run tech support call center with technicians trained in historical versions. Below is artic... SAP B1 2007A and 2005A Technical Support from Consulting Channel in Atlanta, Chicago and Nationwide Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 20, 2012 SAP Business One is recommended for small and midsize businesses as Accounting, ERP, CRM and MRP platform. It's penetration to USA software market is probably attributed to the year of 2005 where version 2005A marched across American states. Let's try to form this discussion in Questions and Answe... Supporting SAP Business One Old Versions 2005A and 2007A in Chicago, Atlanta and Nationwide Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 20, 2012 It is common practice for brand name Corporate ERP software vendors to require you pay annual so-called enhancement plan which is often reaching seventeen percent and higher. We as customers have to enjoy economy growth as well as fight through recession. Attrition or dropping off are common scena... SAP Business One as an option when Multinational Company is moving to Russian Federation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 19, 2012 It is generally good idea to have general contractor or ERP consulting partner who is in charge to manage accounting systems implementation for your international officesIf you are midsize company with attributes of multinational corporation then we recommend SAP B1 as corporate ERP application.... SAP Business One in Brazil Implementation with Localization: SPED, ICMS, ICM Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 19, 2012 In Brazil you should probably expect higher number of consulting hours in implementation due to the fact that tax rates and formulas determination is unique for each company and SAP B1 consultants have to work with you on the determination and then manually enter rates and formulas.Another requi... Brazilian Add-ons for SAP Business One SPED Electronic Filing International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 19, 2012 In Brazil SAP B1 is localized and could be recommended as accounting and ERP software for local branch of multinational company with headquarters in the United States or Canada. Besides core logic with tax rates and formulas you also need add-on where SPED or in other words electronic filing is rea... SAP Business One Tables Structure Short Introduction Faru Corporation Chicagoland and Atlanta Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 18, 2012 Possibly the easiest and fastest way to get info on the table name and the field itself is to switch on View -> System Information in SAP B1 user workstation menu. Let's come through exampleLet's assume that you need to get table and fields names related to AR invoice. Open AR Invoice through... SAP Business One Brazilian Localization in FAQ manner explained International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 18, 2012 Probably first question to be popular is this one: Is SAP B1 localized in Brazil in the sense of supporting Brazilian Portuguese and having user interface in our language?'Answer is simple - it is localized in Brazil including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Goiania, Recife, Porto Alegre and... SAP Business One Old Versions 2007 and 2005 Support USA Nationwide Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 18, 2012 When you are on the outdated software version there are several factors to consider. First of all when you are asking for second opinion try to be sure that consultant was in active practice in the time when your version was current. If he is not then he is probably trying to get you as the custom... SAP Business One Multinational Deployment Chicago, Atlanta and Brazil International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 17, 2012 When company crosses US borders and opens location somewhere in Brazil, China or Russian Federation then probably it is a good idea to deploy the same ERP application for your foreign subsidiary. However this might be something that doesn't work in the foreign country. Accounting applications are... SAP Business One Custom Programming or is it really required to modify the system? Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 16, 2012 Let's try to form this session in QA scenario. Our host is Andrew Karasev long term ERP consulting enthusiastFirst question. Is SAP Business One available in United States only?Answer. No it is available and localized in most of the world regions (probably excluding Arabic speaking countrie... SAP Business One Consulting Firm Selection and Integration Projects Chicagoland and Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Well, we assume that you are doing your initial homework and you were able to locate our page via Google, Yahoo or MSN search engines. There is a lot of homework ahead of you but we welcome you to visit our information portal and read articles on Small and Midmarket Corporate ERP applications inclu... SAP Business One as Customizable Small Business ERP which could serve midmarket company Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 13, 2012 There are theories about sort of luxury and budget ERP solutions. Let's take a look at some technology advances and shifting in the accents. We will try to stick to SAP B1 architecture and we will make comparisons to other small and midmarket accounting packages. This paper is not intended to be... SAP Business One Brazilian Version Localization Faru Corporation Atlanta International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 11, 2012 Faru is associated office with M2-D2 with local service to Atlanta metro area. Special attention is guaranteed to multinational companies with headquarters in USA sunbelt states moving to BrazilWhen multinational corporation moves into such regional powers as Brazil it is generally good idea to... SAP Business One Brazilian Version Highlights Faru Corporation Chicagoland International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 11, 2012 When multinational corporation moves into such regional powers as Brazil it is generally good idea to research local ERP software offer especially from brand names such as Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle and SAP. It is not a secret that all three have an offer but then the question is about its scalabil... SAP Business One Campinas Business Park Sao Paulo Brazil Consulting International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 10, 2012 Here we have world automakers with assembly facilities as well as parts manufacturing and quality assurance businessesAre you associated with Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford, Citroen or Fiat? Then chances are high that you have international branch right here in Campinas SP BrazilWhy SAP B... SAP Business One in Moscow Region: Pavlovskaya Sloboda International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 10, 2012 We are monitoring growing warehouse management business along Moscow Riga high way in Istra region near Krasnogorsk, Manikhino and Pavlovskaya SlobodaWe provide SAP B1 consulting services to multinational corporations opening facilities in Russian FederationService is available Russia nation... SAP Business One Brazil or Strategy for Multinational Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 10, 2012 Brazil is pretty attractive for outsourcing high quality manufacturing jobs plus in building apparels and foods distribution channels. You may see different opportunities. In international expansion scenario Corporate ERP application is one of the key concepts.In the case of Brazil you should... SAP Business One Multinational Corporation Moving to Russia and Siberia International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 10, 2012 The strategy here is to retain and exercise control over your subsidiary or probably mining facility somewhere in Siberia or Far East. There are various instruments and one of them is ERP system tightly integrated with accounting application in the Headquarters here in the United StatesAccounti... SAP Business One Implementation Recovery or Second Opinion Chicagoland, Atlanta and Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 10, 2012 Consulting firm and individual consultants are not the same as they might be in learning curve or in trying second product consulting. If you feel that your project was screwed up and technicians are not meeting experience requirements then it is probably time to open Google and search for second o... SAP Business One or Microsoft Dynamics GP: which ERP to choose? Chicago Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 10, 2012 We were engaged as consultants since 1994 and since then helping customers implement, customize or integrate such applications as Great Plains Dynamics, PeachTree and as soon as it became available SAP Business One. In SAP B1 consulting practice we have local presence in Atlanta, Chicagoland and So... SAP Business One Chicagoland Old Version Support Faru Corporation 2007A and 2005A Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 09, 2012 Our specialization is secondary ERP consulting market. We might be not that great in pursuing initial executive software presentation. It might be something that is not ideal when SAP includes your organization into its blacklist of customers blocked from technical supportAccounting and ERP sy... SAP Business One Chicagoland Good News about this ERP package and some recommendations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 First of all we would like to say that SAP B1 is leveraging its modern ERP architecture. Even when you are small business you are getting such elements as SQL Server database, three tiers architecture (with Application Server). It is strong in automating warehouse operations including picking and... Dynamics GP AP Check Batch Recovery and Reposting Consulting Notes Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 In Payables Management module computer check processing typically takes time or at least to say one minute or more. Traditionally Great Plains deploys two tiers architecture with the option to send batch posting to secured and backed by UPS processing server. If you are posting batches directly fr... SAP Business One: SPED, NCM and ICMS or Implementing ERP in Brazil International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 Multinationals typically have issues with picking and implementing ERP applications for their overseas branches and subsidiaries. We are planning to issue several articles and Youtube videos dedicated to the subject. Please feel free to read the first oneMultinational companies are opening the... SAP Business One Russian Federation Questions and Hopes International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 02, 2012 SAP B1 is likely a good fit for multinational corporation opening office in Moscow Region, Saint Petersburg or maybe somewhere in Siberia. It is scalable to up to two hundred users and is cheaper to implement comparing to Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics AX Axapta, Navision or SAP R3... SAP Business One in Chicago Region Customization, Integration and Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 02, 2012 Small business ERP consulting is not just something where you are pursuing new software sale and then install the product and walk away. It is rather about keeping your customer happy and helping them with post implementation phases including Crystal Reports, SDK programming in MS Visual Studio and... Dynamics GP W2 Popular Issues and Work Around Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 02, 2012 Microsoft Dynamics GP Payroll module is sensitive to tax rates and formulae. If you are running payroll in house good recommendation is to be on the latest tax update. If you are on the old version then you have to either update federal and state income taxes manually or use the service from consu... SAP Business One 2005A and 2007A versions support Chicagoland, Atlanta Georgia Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 Being on the outdate SAP B1 version has some advantages and at the same time it introduces hidden technology challenges. You have to probably stick to such outdated technologies as MS SQL Server 2000 and Windows Server 2003 32 bit edition to name a fewTechnically support is not really challengi... Dynamics GP New Year Resolution or W2 and 1099 forms as well as Social Security Contribution mismatch Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 Controllers are often in heavy workload mode so when it is time to print and mail 1099 and W2 forms you might find yourself in the situation when something is terribly wrong in the printed form and it is due today to be stamped and mailed by USPS. Also with recent congress activity GP got issue wit... SAP Business One Historical Version and how get it Supported Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 SAP Business One is popular mid-market and small business ERP available in the United States and in many foreign countries. There is large stratum of customers who are on the outdated release and have issues to get technical support. Below is article written by Andrew KarasevWhen you are runni... SAP Business One Outdated Version or how to get Support for 2007A or 2005A Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 If you feel that you are in limbo having major issue with SAP Business 1 and your former provider is avoiding your calls then it is probably the time to search on Google, Yahoo or MSN to figure out who is out there ready to helpBelow is the article originally written by Andrew Karasev our ERP co... SAP Business One 2005 and 2007 old versions support in the United States and Worldwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 30, 2012 We should make it clear upfront that support is available via remote desktop connections, web sessions or phone conferences or in other words it is remote support. However if you are located in Chicago, Atlanta, South West MI (where we could reach you from Saint Joseph/Benton Harbor office or likel... SAP Business One USA Brazil Technology Consulting by M2-D2, Ramo Sistemas and Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 30, 2012 Ramo Sistemas is the leader in sales in the state of Sao Paulo at this time for the results of Q4 2011. M2-D2 is Ramo subsidiary in the United States with headquarters in Atlanta and office in Chicagoland. EFaru is launched by Andrew Karasev and it is now SAP Business One consulting information po... Expanding to Brazil, please think about SAP Business One for local branch and the whole corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 29, 2012 In this small publication we would like to touch such issues as Invoice reporting to IRS and its analogy with 1099 Form in US, complex tax formulae and rates dependent on your business profile. Can SAP B1 be the Corporate ERP application for the whole group? If you think that the answer that you n... SAP Business One Web Inquiries and Sales Order Processing in B2B and Intranet Environments Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 29, 2012 Here we are featuring WebViews initially designed by Ramo Sistemas in Sao Paulo and localized on the USA SAP B1 market by M2-D2. Local service is available in Atlanta and Chicago but to our experience USA nationwide service including product installation, customization and remote support is the way... SAP Business One Web Sales Order Approval Cycle plus Inventory Inquiries WebViews Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, January 27, 2012 Often the question to optimize the price and pick budget oriented solutions is important. There is no need for you to purchase named user license which is at least thousand US dollars each versus purchasing Web Views user licensesIf you are opening your ERP system in both: intranet and extranet... SAP Business One Sao Paulo, Atlanta and Chicago Connections Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Multinational companies are interested in Brazilian subsidiaries in several aspects such as reasonably priced skilled workers, offering their goods to local consumers and businesses to name a few. Complicated tax percentages and formulas as well as such requirements as electronic invoice reporting... SAP Business One Consolidated Balance Sheet Second Opinion or which tool to deploy Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 SAP Business One by its current set of modules gives you excellent financial reporting for just one company where user is logged on. However the fact that SAP B1 is recommended in multinational business environment and is localized in various countries including Canada, India, Russia, China and Bra... SAP Business One Consolidated Financial Statements and Multicurrency GL Transactions Import Method Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 If you were accounting system implementation consultant back in earlier 1990th then you probably remember the method of creation virtual company for importing all the General Ledger entries from all the branches of multinational corporationIf you are in essence multinational company with branche... SAP Business One Consolidated P International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Having long term experience working with multinational corporations we would like to share the ways to build consolidated Profit and Loss as well as Balance Sheet reports. Our company has strong consulting operations here in the United States as well as in such countries as Brazil and Russian Feder... SAP Business One Consolidated Financial Reporting or Work Around International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 23, 2012 SAP B1 doesn't have FRx or Microsoft management Reporter where you could consolidate multiple companies via reporting tree concept. We are still optimistic that the solution is not a rocket science and could be deployed with standard integration tools. Let's begin with historical introductionI... SAP Business One Moscow Region Distribution Facilities Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 21, 2012 We are consulting SAP B1 internationally with Russian speaking consultant available from Krasnogorsk.What we are considering as a trend is warehouse and assembly on order activity along Moscow - Riga highway in the vicinity of Pavlovskaya Sloboda, Zvenigorod, Istra, Visokovsk and all the ways to... SAP Business One in Russian Provincial Areas Implementation, Customization and Second Opinion International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 21, 2012 As this paper is written in English we believe that you understand our business model to help multinational corporations automate accounting of their foreign subsidiaries. In Russia we have Andrew Karasev who is native Russian and American resident. Andrew is servicing you from his two residences... SAP Business One or Moving to Sao Paulo, Campinas or Rio de Janeiro Brazil International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 21, 2012 This article is written for IT managers auditory in multinational corporations. Our consulting practice is serving both North American and Brazilian market and it is always a good idea to have strategic consulting partner helping you with international ERP selection as well as with such things as s... SAP Business One the way to be Customized in Chicagoland or USA Nationwide Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, January 20, 2012 This article is represented in its second version where Andrew Karasev tried to give more highlights to Chicago Northern Illinois region as we as Northern Indiana and South West MichiganPhysically service is provided by call center and software development factory located in the known village and... SAP Business One Evangelist and Potential Leader of the Practice is Needed Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 18, 2012 We are not really looking for somebody who is trying to get entry level or lower level consulting or project management job. We are looking for somebody who is considering himself or herself as SAP B1 maestro with at least five years and who is certified. You should be good in all the aspects of S... Ecommerce and SAP Business One or Shopping Cart Integration Questions Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 18, 2012 This article is helping you understand technology side of your ecommerce portal as well as giving you recommendations in case if you are deploying popular retail ecommerce shopping cart solutions such as Magento or Dot Net Store Front and others or if you are coding your shopping cart with your loca... SAP Business One Implementation Recovery in Russia Second Opinion International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 16, 2012 We are specializing in international ERP systems implementation and integration to our primary clientele multinational companies.Faru Corporation was launched by Andrew Karasev who is long term in ERP consulting business implementing Great Plains and SAP Business One. Andrew speaks native Russi... SAP Business One Demos in Chicagoland, Atlanta and Michigan Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 16, 2012 When you are selecting your new ERP software it is good idea to see executive and technical presentations. Be sure that you have compiled the list of requirements as the final winner should fit at least eighty or better ninety percentIf you are thinking about Business One we also recommend you... Customization for SAP Business One in Chicago, Atlanta and Southwest Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 16, 2012 This article is contributing to the topics of Small Business ERP selection, customization, integration and reportingCustomizations in general should be avoided and in ERP selection cycle you should find the solution backed by established software vendor which fits to eighty percent or more of yo... SAP Business One Recovery Services Chicagoland, Atlanta, South West Michigan Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 15, 2012 Let's begin with the recommendation to calm down as you are probably not the first one and not the last one. SAP B1 is reasonably new player on the USA Small Business ERP software market and the problem is likely associated with inexperience or learning curve of your chosen consulting companyQ.... SAP Business One Customization, Integration Faru Corporation and Personal Greeting from Andrew Karasev Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 15, 2012 Let's begin with popular questions and answersQ. Why you guys are everywhere on Google, Yahoo or MSN?A. We provide second opinion to somebody who is not happy with the quality of work done and these people in our opinion are relaying on internet search engines to find the helpQ. Why you... SAP Business One or Customizable and Flexible ERP Selection Recommendations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 15, 2012 You are probably in a very exciting moment in your business career where you are assigned to do new accounting system selection. The journey is promising but at the same time the responsibility is high. This publication is written by Andrew Karasev who is functional and technical consultant since... SAP Business One Integration and Customization Chicagoland Naperville, Aurora and Joliet Areas Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 14, 2012 We believe that Corporate ERP consulting to smaller firms is underserved. You probably could find local provider who is ready to show up in your office. But when you are facing customization project chances are high that your initial consulting company doesn't have the pool of programmers or the p... SAP Business One Customization Chicago, Atlanta and Internationally Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 14, 2012 We are happy to invite SAP Business One customers with customization projects and we are doing the work via remote support from our SAP BO Software Development Factory with head offices in Naperville IL and Saint Joseph MI. SAP Business One is geared to cover your international ERP needs in such co... SAP Business One Chicagoland with Connection to Russia in the eve of American Economy Recovery International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 We expect several things to happen in the arena of international business. First one is USA economy recovery in 2012 following huge expenses sacrificed by president Obama administration in 2008 through 2011Second thing is economy delay in China and letting weak American dollar to do the job of... SAP Business One from Chicago to International Expansion to Brazil, Russia or China International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Expanding internationally and opening subsidiaries somewhere in Sao Paulo, Russian Siberia or South America has hidden underwater rocks and homework is required. We are offering your attention original article written by our technical writer, SAP Business One and Dynamics GP consultant Andrew Karas... SAP Business One Consulting Service from Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region emphasis on Multinationals International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 09, 2012 If you are reading these lines chances are high that your implementation in Russia was screwed up and now you are in limbo phaseWe are not a consulting firm doing mass telemarketing and cold sales calls to force you to acquire the software and do generic implementation in RFWe are rather res... SAP Business One Support Illinois and Chicagoland Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 09, 2012 Feel free to call us for second opinion if you implementation, integration or customization project was screwed up by somebody who is in learning curveWe run SAP B1 Software Development Factory with large number of SDK programmers who are comfortable to do coding in C... SAP Business One Consulting Internationally Brazil, Russia and China International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 09, 2012 The question opened in this publication is what is more important to have ERP application to be implemented in overseas office or retain control from the headquarters?'Companies expanding internationally and opening subsidiaries in South America, China, Europe or Russian regions need to form th... SAP Business One Strategic Consulting in the United States with International Travel and Support in Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 08, 2012 Participation in international business is tough job especially for headquarters based IT departments, controllers and the managers transferred from USA to local subsidiary somewhere in Moscow, St Petersburg, Kazan or even far to the east in Siberia, Ural or TuvaBusiness culture is different in... International ERP SAP Business One versus Microsoft Dynamics and comments about Brazil, Russia and China Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 08, 2012 We are continuing our series of publications in international ERP consulting practice with emphasis on multinational corporation with headquarters in United States and expanding to South East Asia, South America or Russian regions including Siberia, Ural and Far East. The following article is writt... SAP Business One Implementation in Moscow and Across Russian Federation for Multinationals FAQ International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 07, 2012 Q. First of all what is your business model in international Corporate ERP consulting? A. We are helping multinational corporations to work our spoke-and-hub Corporate ERP architecture where you are retaining control by installing and implementing application directly in your United States based... SAP Business One as Worldwide ERP Application USA, Brazil, China and Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 07, 2012 Global ERP architecture is now something that is not only attributed to large established multinational corporations. American, Canadian, European and Australian compact businesses are opening their offices in China, Brazil, Russian Federation and East Europe in order to minimize production cost as... Dynamics GP 9.0 Social Security Issues Different Percentage Employee and Employer Contributions Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, January 06, 2012 In January of 2011 Social Security contributions from Employee and Employer sides are no longer equal or historically referred as match'. Employee contribution portion was reduced to 4.2% while employer part is still calculated at 6.2%. If you are current with Microsoft Business Solutions GP annu... SAP Business One Support and Second Opinion from Krasnogorsk Moscow Region of Russian Federation International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 05, 2012 Who is consultant in charge? Andrew Karasev who is in ERP consulting industry since 1994 and under his belt are such accounting applications as Dynamics GP or formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics, SAP Business One, Peach Tree and QuickBooksTargeted clientele. Well, we are offering support t... Multinational ERP and SAP Business One in Connection to USA, Brazil, China and Russia Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 05, 2012 When you are expanding internationally USA jurisdiction is no longer applicable and here you have to be a good resident with compliance to the country tax, customs and business related laws. If you are multinational corporation then the problem is even more complex as you have to choose Corporate E... SAP Business One as Corporate Accounting for Multinationals plus Brazilian, Chinese and Russian Connections International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 There are misleading opinions that Business One could be integrated in the form of consolidated financial reporting or GL regular transaction migration with high end SAP ERP solutions. In fact we helped numerous customers to do GL transactions feeding to such systems as Microsoft Dynamics GP. This... Dynamics GP Payroll 6.2% Employer and 4.2% Employee Social Security Contribution Issue and Work Around Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 As we are writing this paper Microsoft seems to be in process of rereleasing US Payroll Tax Update for versions 2010 and 10.0. We have heard good observation that business community wants predictability from legislation makers, smile... SAP Business One for Multinationals or Expanding to Russian Regions Including Siberia Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Compliance to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is good starting point however large countries such as Russian Federation, China, India or Brazil exercise their sovereign rights to introduce unique tax code and accounting regulationIn the case of RF here traditionally we are follow... SAP Business One USA Brazil Connection or Multinational ERP International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 03, 2012 When you are expanding internationally and crossing the borders of the United States accounting package for your overseas subsidiary selection requires careful homeworkFirst of all proposed solution should be localized for the country where your new facility is located. In the case of Brazil pa... SAP Business One Technical Support or Getting Issues Resolved Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Each SAP B1 customer should have assigned consulting firm and the services are provided through that organization. If you are reading these lines chances are high that you are either not aware who these people are or simply not happy with their service quality or response time. Business One is rea... Dynamics GP Payroll Tax Update for Old Versions no Longer Supported by Microsoft Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Traditionally in the United States we had Social Security contribution match meaning that whatever is deducted from employee paycheck the same amount is matched by employer. If you are on one of the currently supported version there is no concern assuming that you are applying released tax updates... SAP Business One Atlanta and Chicago with Brazilian Connection International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 02, 2012 Our business model is based on the fact that multinational companies are opening their production or distribution facilities in Brazil especially in Sao Paulo and Campinas areas. International ERP application selection area is murky and there are underwater rocks.Risks should be avoided if poss... SAP Business One in the United States and Russian Interface International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 02, 2012 Multinational company with headquarters in the USA expanding to Russian Federation including Russian regions such as Siberia, Kamchatka, Far East and Yakutia is often facing the challenge to select ERP application which is localized in Russia and open for internal audit and consolidated Financial Re... SAP Business One in Chicagoland, Northern Indiana and SW Michigan plus Second Opinion Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 02, 2012 Local service is provided from offices in Naperville, Illinois and Saint Joseph, Michigan. We are consulting firm with ERP implementation, customization, integration and report design experience coming back to earlier 1990th. EFaru is backed by Software Development Factory specializing in SDK prog... Dynamics GP FICA Issues in Payroll Module and Tax Tables Update Options Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 01, 2012 Let's begin with historical introduction. Traditionally in the United States Employee and Employer contributions to social security fond were equal: FICA and Medicare. When Great Plains Dynamics US Payroll module was introduced back in mid 1990th the same fields was used to calculate and accrue Me... SAP Business One Customization Atlanta GA, Chicago IL and Nationwide Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Small Business ERP processes mapping should be done as precise as possible. We are serving you from our offices in St Joseph MI, Naperville IL, Atlanta GA and our Software Development Factory.Small Business ERP customization is not a piece of cake. Think about version upgrade surgery or even p... SAP Business One in Russian Regions Siberia and Far East Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 The main idea of this article is the necessity to retain control over your plant or mining facility in Russian Federation. We are trying to address questions where do we purchase licenses', who will go onsite to do implementation and user training' and othersWhen you have office in Moscow or... EFaru SAP Business One Customization Projects South West Michigan Service from St Joseph Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 26, 2011 We have our location in Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph metro in Berrien county in Western MichiganIt is common scenario where you are coming through sales cycle, acquiring software licenses and implement ERP system through one consulting organization and then when you are entering in phase two w... SAP Business One Customization Projects Atlanta GA, Chicago IL and Internationally Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 26, 2011 In this article we are discussing technology consulting firm selection, interview questionnaire, customization tools and local versus remote project managementIt is common scenario where you are coming through sales cycle, acquiring software licenses and implement ERP system through one consulti... SAP Business One Partner Level Position Certification and Experience Required Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 24, 2011 Please note that this is not an entry level consulting job as we are looking for somebody who is considering herself or himself as consulting guru and evangelist.Faru Corporation was launched by ERP consulting entrepreneur and Great Plains Certified Master Andrew Karasev. Andrew is expecting ca... SAP Business One Western Chicago Land Naperville Second Opinion Customization Integration and Reporting Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 22, 2011 Small Business ERP consulting market is based on certification idea. And certification itself doesn't guarantee the success but it has some benchmarks met by consultant. When consulting firm is trying to offer new product line learning curve is expectedWe provide second opinion in such areas a... SAP Business One Custom Integration via Data Transfer Workbench Faru Corporation Chicago Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 22, 2011 Local service including second opinion is available in Chicagoland, Atlanta and nationwide remote support is good alternative if your integration was screwed upThere is popular opinion that Data Transfer Workbench is sort of great tool for initial data migration but when you need ongoing import... SAP Business One or Selecting ERP System when you need Customization Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Here in the United States large portion of new ERP software licenses sales is attributed to scenarios where customer is abandoning old accounting software. It could be QuickBooks, Peach Tree, Great Plains Accounting or Sage productsWe are writing this small paper in December of 2011 and current... Dynamics GP Winery Accounting in Michigan, California or New York Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Winery is complex combination of small business operations, production or wine making process and small business accounting. Grapes are cultivated all the way North including Great Lakes, especially lakes Ontario, Michigan. All the way down to the North West or in the states of Michigan or Illinoi... Dynamics GP Warehouse Automation plus Barcoding Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Discussions about deploying ERP system in the warehouse are common. First recommendation is to think about automation scope or in other words are you talking just about USB barcode scanner or you are thinking smart scanners deployment and working without connection on the floor with later batch mod... Customizing SAP Business One in Chicagoland and Worldwide Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 19, 2011 We would like to share with you our Small Business ERP selection, customization and integration ideas. Below is article originally written by our technology guru Andrew KarasevCreating user defined tables and adding fields to existing table directly in user interface are definite pluses. In ou... SAP Business One Data Import via DTW Chicago Atlanta Brazil Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 18, 2011 Second opinion service is available assuming that your data migration project was screwed up. Data migration could be set up directly in Data Transfer Workbench without appealing to expensing third party toolsIn initial implementation Data Transfer Workbench is often helping you in data migrati... SAP Business One Russia or ERP Option for Multinational Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 17, 2011 When you are expanding internationally and moving into such regions as Russian Federation the question of ERP localization is especially importantThere is also consideration that your Corporate ERP application might be not translated to Russian language as well as not compliant to RF Tax code an... SAP Business One Chicagoland Second Opinion in Technology Challenging Projects Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 17, 2011 Small and Midmarket ERP systems might be sold through energetic telemarketing by small consulting firm. These consulting organizations should be respected for their contribution to SAP B1 expansion however they might be lacking technology expertise especially in such areas as Software Development K... SAP Business One Customization and Few Words about ERP Flexibility EFaru Chicagoland Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 17, 2011 Serving from our Chicago and West Michigan Locations we are ready to provide second opinion regarding SAP BO customization projectERP vendors are competing in the area of unique business processes where customization is required. The systems architected in previous generation leveraged custom s... SAP Business One Data Interchange with External Application or Database Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 15, 2011 We are presenting here publication originally written by Andrew Karasev our SAP Business One consultant and technology guruBy one reason or another there is opinion in consulting community that when you need ongoing data move to SAP B1 from external database then you have to appeal to third part... SAP Business One in Northern Illinois Customization and Crystal Reports Design Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 We are covering the area from our location in Naperville, IL strategically located on the intersection of the following highways: 55, 88, 80, 290 and 355. Special attention will be given to businesses relocating to the warehouses along the highways. Below is the articles written by our Small Busin... SAP Business One Customization and Russian Market Comments by Andrew Karasev Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 International competition is doing its job and multinational companies are moving to Russian Federation and its regions including Siberia, Far East, Tuva and Buratia Question: do we consider customization option or maybe instead simply review other packages?Answer: custom programming might b... SAP Business One Customization Comments from ERP Consultant Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 We are offering you the article originally written by our technology guru Andrew Karasev in December or 2011Question: do we consider customization option or maybe instead simply review other packages?Answer: custom programming might be a good option when you are sure that code business logic... SAP Business One as Customizable Small Business ERP in Chicago and Internationally Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 When you are working in IT department of multinational company with headquarters in Northern Illinois expanding to such regions as Brazil, China, East Europe or Russian Federation ERP platform is often a puzzle. Below is the article written by Andrew Karasev our technical consultant and technology... SAP Business One in International Business Scenarios International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 12, 2011 porate ERP localization is probably coined terminology and it is important when your organization crosses the borders of United States or Canada and opens facilities overseas. If you are using accounting application here in the USA this fact doesn't automatically means that it is available in forei... SAP Business One Kazakhstan Implementation, Customization and Managerial Reporting International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 11, 2011 We do not see problems in implementation assuming that you are ready to pay for our travel expenses. This statement probably forces to drop off small businesses in Alma Ata but for multinational corporation it is probably a good starting pointBusiness One has lucrative software licenses cost an... SAP Business One Chicagoland International Business Highlights International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 11, 2011 This Small Business ERP is localized in such important world regions as Brazil, China, Western Europe and Russian Federation. Chicago is host city for large number of multinational companies and we believe that SAP B1 is good candidate to be implemented as your overseas branch ERP solutionIt is... SAP Business One Chicagoland Customization and Integration Services Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 11, 2011 Second opinion in Small Business ERP implementation project might be required in order to find the way out of crisis. Accounting applications are open to customization, data integration and managerial reporting. And these areas might lead you to implementation limbo or even failureYou should b... Customizing SAP Business One in Chicago and Suburbs via SDK plus Data Transfer Workbench Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 11, 2011 Small Business ERP technology consulting is often associated with underserving. CPA firms might have several packages available for executive demo and following generic data conversion and implementation. Customization is where projects could fail or go into limbo phase.Chicagoland is perfect... SAP Business One Moscow Region Emphasis on Multinational Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 10, 2011 If you are opening location in Russian Federation then welcome to Russia and Moscow!Corporate ERP selection is one of the first questions to consider and answer. There is wide selection of accounting packages in RF including such brands as Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and SAPWhen you are movi... SAP Business One in Siberia and Other Parts of Russian Federation International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 10, 2011 Russia is sometimes considered as a country where you either have to implement high-end SAP, Oracle Financials or Dynamics AX and if not then you are looking at something local such as 1S Bukhgalteria.Well we would like to suggest something that should be a good fit for small and midsize firms a... EFaru SAP Business One Custom Development Scenarios Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 10, 2011 This small and midsize business ERP system is very flexible and you can add user defined fields to existing tables as well as create new tables directly in user interface and without programming. And these fields and tables have automatic and simple interface for data entry and update. These facts... Dynamics GP SSRS Custom Reports Design Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 09, 2011 As you might be aware Microsoft released predefined SQL Server Reporting Services pack compatible with version 10.0 and current 2010. You can install them directly from installation DVD. However in our opinion SSRS deserves special consideration as it is web based comparing to Crystal Reports desi... SAP Business One in Russian Federation or Expanding Internationally International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 08, 2011 Multinational Corporation typically is very conservative in Corporate ERP consulting firm selection. The questions: who is my primary consultant', who will go onsite to Siberia for initial system installation and data conversion?' These questions are natural in due diligence process and we will... SAP Business One in Multinational Company or ERP Localization and Unicode International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 08, 2011 SAP BO supports Unicode meaning that such languages as Chinese, Japanese and Korean are supported. ERP localization is coming directly from SAP and you do not have to do in-house programming to make you ERP application speak foreign languageWhen you are expanding internationally and crossing th... SAP Business One Customization or Locating Technology Consulting Firm Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 08, 2011 Small Business ERP consulting industry is very competitive and the competition itself could be categorized as local versus nationwide as well as in offered platforms such as SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Peachtree, QuickBooks and others. Nationwide firms might be better positioned to hel... Dynamics GP Drop Shipping with Commitments SOP to POP in Distribution Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 Formerly this midmarket ERP solution was known as Great Plains. If you are in shipping and receiving, picking and packing business then you might be aware that industry standards allow your supplier to under ship or over ship in quantity range plus or minus ten percent. Let's briefly review how lo... SAP Business One Moving Data from Legacy Great Plains DOS Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 Data migration from legacy accounting packages to modern Small Business ERP is always popular and we do not expect the trend to change in the future. In this small paper we would like to review the options assuming that you are walking away from Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows or Macintosh... SAP Business One Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook Full Service, Second Opinion plus Customization Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 Small Business ERP market diversification might leave you in the feeling that consulting competition is not as great as you expected it to be. Well it might be the case as consulting firms in Northern Illinois Chicago metro area have to cover such applications as Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, P... Dynamics GP Support from St. Joseph Southwest Michigan Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 05, 2011 Traditionally consulting firms tend to open their locations in major business metros such as Chicago, Detroit or Grand Rapids MI. We are trying to open the reverse trend when consulting company opens small office with experienced professional backed by software development factory and sales support... Dynamics GP Chicagoland Metro Support and Software Development Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 05, 2011 Chicago is excellent location for mid-size business engaged in nationwide distribution, packaging, shipping and receiving and manufacturing on order. Implementing ERP applications in such environment is often associated with unique requirements which could not be covered in standard set of modules... SAP Business One SDK or Integration via Custom Coding Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 04, 2011 Small Business ERP is often considered to be something that needs integration with external database, EDI or Ecommerce shopping cart. There might be requests when you are integrating Business One with Point of Sale or even warehouse management activity.In the phase two of your new accounting ap... SAP Business One as ERP for your foreign branch in Brazil, Russia or China International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 03, 2011 You might be now in the situation when you have just realized that your Corporate ERP package is not localized overseas and you are opening mining, distribution or manufacturing facility in Portuguese speaking Brazil or maybe in China or even in Siberia or Far East region of Russian Federation. And... Dynamics GP Project Oriented Consulting or Solution versus Generic Implementation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 03, 2011 When you are implementing Corporate ERP application the implementation process is often divided into several phases. Sales cycle and licenses acquisition are followed by data conversion, user training and going into production with core functionality. Following phases are associated with more tech... SAP Business One Customization and Flexibility: Chicago, Atlanta Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 02, 2011 Andrew Karasev is OK to let this article being syndicated in free internet contents. Our primary goal is to help SAP BO expansion in the United States and InternationallyTraditionally when we are thinking about customization we expect programming and software development. At least it is fair t... SAP Business One and Secondary Market of ERP Consulting or Customizations and Integrations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 01, 2011 It is not something uncommon to hear the stories when you initial sales cycle and generic implementation went OK but the second phase where you expected customized business logic delivery was really screwed upSuch things as initial Small Business ERP software license purchase with generic implem... SAP Business One Chicagoland Expansion or Slow Down Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Well the situation in economy is still uncertain. Are we going into the double dip recession or we are on the first steps to go ahead with recovery?Small Business ERP application is often considered as durable goods in being paid for. In the time of recession companies typically prefer keeping... Dynamics GP EFT Payables Some Popular Questions and International Aspects International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Dynamics GP ERP is flexible and is available in various countries and your vendors could be also located internationally. In the United States popular Electronic File Transfer protocols are based on US-NACHA. As you may expect foreign countries have their own banking systems where the way to addre... SAP Business One Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 The author was enthusiast in travelling across Central Asia and especially Uzbekistan back in 1970th Currently Andrew Karasev is SAP B1 consultant and Dynamics GP Certified Master and MVPSales Cycle should be probably done via Skype free VOIP conferences and then we are ready to travel onsit... International ERP or notes on SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics GP and Local Applications International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 There are coined terms where such concepts as Corporate ERP, Small Business ERP and ERP internalization are definedInternational ERP has to be in compliance with the country of residence tax code and support it's language in user interfaceMicrosoft Dynamics ERP family of products is competin... SAP Business One Expansion to Far East and Kamchatka Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Russian Federation and its regions such as Siberia, Far East and Kamchatka are rich with minerals, oil and gas. Assuming that you are reading this publication in English you are representing multinational company moving to Siberia, Yakutia or our Kamchatka regionYes, Corporate ERP architecture... Dynamics GP in Chicago and Suburbs with Customization, Integration and Reporting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Alba Spectrum concept is rooted deeply in uniqueness of our specialization including such technologies as Microsoft Dexterity, Modifier with VBA, Integration Manager, eConnect, VST plus advice with data conversions, FRx, Crystal Reports and other technologiesThere are firms that sell you the sof... SAP Business One Chicago South West Suburbs Full Service including Customization Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Small Business ERP consulting is challenging area where you have to dance with your potential reseller first. Software license cost is typically between ten to twenty five thousand dollars but the opportunity to open the system to custom business processes, including integration, Crystal Reporting... SAP Business One Istra, Dedovsk and Krasnogorsk Moscow Region International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 It is important to recognize high construction pressure in Istrinskiy Rayon near Pavlovskaya Sloboda along the highway Moscow - Riga - Rzhev - Velikie LukiWhen business is expanding one of the next questions is the question about Corporate ERP platform at least its future directionsWe assume... SAP Business One Ukraine Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Brand Name Corporate ERP applications are preferred especially when you are multinational corporation and moving to former USSR lands including Ukraine, Belorussia, Russia or KazakhstanThere is real mosaic of local accounting packages including 1S Bukhgrlteria but not limited to. We are par... SAP Business One or Expanding into Siberia or Russian Far East and Kamchatka International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Well this small publication is recommended to multinational corporations expanding to Moscow region with the office and acquiring mining, oil or gas drilling facility in Siberia, Russian north or Far East.First of all we have to say that Russian Federation at this time is built on the radial pri... SAP Business One Implementation in Russian Federation on behalf of the Multinational Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 We have to admit that situation is far from being ideal as Duma elections are around the corner and Mikhail Prokhorov is expelled from the party. There might be electorate to vote for Zuganov or maybe Zhirinovsky but the situation with business rules openness is still questionableDo we really k... SAP Business One Deployment in Russian Federation for the Branch of the Multinational Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 When you are opening the office in Moscow or acquiring mining or drilling facility in Siberia chances are high that you have to be very conservative in progress estimation. Control is one of the key terms in doing business here and it includes IT control, Financial control and other types of contro... Dynamics GP International Deployment International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 When you are at the point of crossing national borders of the United States and open facility overseas we would like to review the option where your Corporate ERP application is Microsoft Dynamics GP. We will come through such concepts as ERP localization, consolidated financial reporting, GL level... Dynamics GP as Corporate ERP Application in Nationwide Organization Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 28, 2011 This accounting, ERP and MRP application has huge number of implementations here across the United States, Canada and internationally especially in Spanish speaking South America. Number of installations means availability of consulting help as well as limited dependency from one particular consult... Corporate ERP Consulting or where we are in earlier 201X Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 27, 2011 There seems to be the trend toward web based accounting systems such as NetSuite and at the same time we see increasing competition between such giants as Microsoft Business Solutions, Sage, SAP and OracleIf you were a consultant back in late 1990th and earlier 2000th you probably remember the t... SAP Business One as Part of Global ERP System Connections to Brazil, China and Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 27, 2011 This small publication is opening such topics as Corporate ERP application localization, IT control in multinational corporation, Chinese characters support or Unicode and othersThis application is often considered as entry level for small to midsize businesses to replace small business accounti... SAP Business One Chicago Connection Implementation in Service Organization Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 26, 2011 Here in the United States we are trying to switch away or maybe walk away from business activity concentrated on manufacturing only. More service oriented companies are opening their doors every year. Services might be related to healthcare and pharmacy selling online or it might be field service... SAP Business One International Expansion Connection to Brazil, Russia and China plus View from Chicago International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 26, 2011 Corporate ERP software market is very competitive especially here in the United States. Large publicly owned corporations often find themselves in the situation when they have very little clue about such concepts as ERP localization for overseas marketWhen your company is crossing the USA borde... SAP Business One in Central Asia Licenses Sale, Implementation and Customization International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 25, 2011 First of all we would like to position our publication as the one offered to multinational companies expanding to Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Russian Federation. SAP B1 was initially architected in Israel and this is probably why Arabic version is not available so farIn Central Asia we are dea... SAP Business One Moscow, Krasnogorsk and Central Russia Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 25, 2011 For multinational corporation it is important to stick to higher standards in picking ERP application. It is especially important when you are moving to Russian FederationIn Russia we see several offers from worldwide Corporate ERP brands such as SAP and Microsoft Business Solutions. While Mic... SAP Business One in Moscow Region from Krasnogorsk Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 25, 2011 Historically our consulting team was helping customers in Russia, Switzerland and United States with MYOB, Peachtree and Great Plains Dynamics. We actually pioneered with GP in Moscow on Macintosh platform and Ctree/Faircom server back in 1995A lot of water moved since then and the fact that Gr... SAP Business One Rio de Janeiro USA Connection Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 25, 2011 Well first of all driving distance between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in Brazil is around eight hours. Rio has one of the busiest ports in Brazilian Ocean shore while Sao Paulo is sitting on the upper terrain about nine hundred meters above the ocean or in other words over Atlantic oceanSAP B... SAP Business One Sao Paulo USA Connection Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 24, 2011 American firms might be interested in SAP B1 when they are expanding internationally into the country or region where their Corporate ERP system implemented in the headquarters in not localized in Brazil. International business expansion is not a piece of cake and you should expect to be familiar w... SAP Business One Sao Paulo and Moscow Connection or Implementation in Global Enterprise International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 24, 2011 At this point both Brazilians and Russians are able to visit counterpart country without the need to apply for the visa. Political decisions are often complex but we believe that we have to recognize the potential in mutual trade perspectivesWhen we are doing business with each other internatio... SAP Business One Moscow Region and Chicago Connection Implementation and Consulting International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 24, 2011 International business is now open for midmarket firms in the United States and Europe. When your organization made a decision to expand internationally into such regions as Central Russia then homework is required. We hypothetically assume that your headquarters is located in Midwest Chicagoland... SAP Business One as Small to Midmarket ERP Localized for Brazil, China and Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 24, 2011 When your company makes the decision to expand internationally either via acquisitions or via opening new branch overseas the question about ERP system might be pretty challenging. At this time popular destinations are China, Brazil and South America as well as East Europe and Russian Federation wi... SAP B1 Technical vs. Functional Consulting Chicagoland, USA Nationwide and Internationally Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 We are trying to stretch out SAP Business One customers who are currently in implementation limbo or where you feel that your customization project failed and you would like to seek second opinionBelow is original article written by our technology guru Andrew KarasevSmall Business Accounting... SAP Business One Implementation in Moscow for Global Enterprise International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 21, 2011 Moscow is self-sufficient mega center which could be comparable to such conglomerates as New York, Sao Paulo, or Los AngelesIf you are opening office in Moscow chances are high that this facility is serving manufacturing factory or mine somewhere in Siberia, Far East, or maybe KazakhstanInit... SAP Business One Implementation in Russia FAQ and Recommendations International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 21, 2011 First of all this publication is only available in English and it is intended for American, Canadian and European companies expanding to Russian Federation and its Siberia regionInitial question is how to retain control? We recommend you to install the server in your USA, Canadian or European H... SAP Business One Tailored Implementation with Customization and Programming Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 21, 2011 In this small publication we would like to come through SAP Business One features and implementation highlights including Software Development KitThis package is recommended as Small Business ERP however there are consultants who are also recommending it for lower mid-market where business proce... SAP Business One Krasnogorsk Moscow Region Implementation and Support Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 20, 2011 You might think that Krasnogorsk is rather located in Russian province but the facts indicate that office building construction is moving toward Moscow Region borders where Krasnogorsk is on the first lineChernevo microrayon is now dominating over the old known Krasnogorsk where Volokolamsk high... SAP Business One Poland Chicago Connection Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 20, 2011 There is the legend popular here in Illinois and across the United States that Polish population in Chicagoland is exceeding the population of Warsaw metro area. We are a bit skeptical about the questions who is identifying himself as Pole or who is considering his or her identity as American espec... SAP Business One Siberia or Implementation for Multinational Corporation Russian Mine, Plant or Facility International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 20, 2011 Technically SAP B1 is localized in Russian Federation in the sense of being translated to Russian language and supporting RF legislation including VAT and government auditIf you are multinational corporation with the headquarters somewhere in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston or M... SAP Business One Chicago Metro Area Serving Companies with Mexican and Brazilian Connection International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 20, 2011 It is not a secret that SAP B1 is popular in both Mexico and Brazil and even across Spanish speaking Central and South America including such countries as Colombia, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina.Our approach is simple here in Chicago... SAP Business One Custom Programming Warrenville, Glen Ellyn, Naperville and Downers Grove IL Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 20, 2011 Faru Corporation is backed by SAP Business One Software Development FactoryIf you think about local consulting firm which has to take all the possible business coming its direction especially new software sale - are you really expecting this firm be the proficient in custom software developing?... SAP Business One Custom Programming or Software Development Factory Concept Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 20, 2011 If you think about local consulting firm which has to take all the possible business coming its direction especially new software sale - are you really expecting this firm be the proficient in custom software developing? Probably not as programming requires dedication and software coders are typica... SAP Business One Chicago Metro Area Connection to Bulgaria Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 We have huge Bulgarian community in western Chicago suburbs and it is mostly composed from the educated specialists, especially in Willowbrook, Naperville, Bolingbrook and LemontWhen you are emigrating from your native country chances are high that process of integration into new country and com... SAP Business One for Lithuanian Community in Chicagoland Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 Lithuanian World Center in Lemont Illinois is good place to start with directions. If you are Lithuanian business arriving into Chicago metro area we recommend you to take a break and think about phased approachAccounting system is one of the first questions to pose and answer. The homework is... SAP Business One Polish Connection in Chicagoland Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 Some experts are pointing to the fact that there are more Polish people in Chicago metro area of the state of Illinois than in Warsaw city itself. It is probably difficult to judge as some of the immigrants from Poland consider themselves as American and probably do not speak Polish in the family... SAP Business One Ukrainian Businesses in Chicago Metro Area Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 Faru Corporation is local to you and we are specializing in Small Business ERP packages selection, sales, data conversion, integration and customization. SAP Business One is gaining its market share here in the United States and it has strong presence in the international software market, including... Chinese Connection SAP Business One in Chicagoland Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 Here in Chicago metro area of Northern Illinois, North Western Indiana and South West Michigan we see expansion of Chinese companies as well as USA corporations doing business with ChinaCorporate ERP application in this case should be open to such features as Chinese hieroglyphs support includin... SAP Business One in Schaumburg IL Japanese Connection Implementation Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 In several business parks in Schaumburg and around we see large cluster of Japanese companies especially at the northern part of the city to the south to toll way 90SAP Business One is available in Japanese user interface as well as it localized in Japan in case when you are looking for total ER... SAP Business One Implementation in Chicagoland Corporate Business Parks near Naperville, Bolingbrook Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 We welcome businesses relocating to the new business parks along highways 55, 88, 290, 80 and 355. Warehouse management and logistics for mid-size company are good candidates to be automated on SAP Business One.If you are engaged in international business and replenishing your inventory from th... Russia SAP Business One Automating Accounting in Multinational Overseas Plant or Mine International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 SAP Business One is one of the few brand name ERP packages localized on the software market in Russian Federation. Multinational companies are slowly expanding to such Russian regions as Siberia, Yakutia, Far East and Ural where they are pursuing oil and gas drilling and various mining activities i... Brazil SAP Business One Automating Accounting in Multinational Overseas Office International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 Brazil is popular destination for companies importing food ingredients from tropical plantations and opening production and distribution operations in this country. Auto makers also like Campinas in the vicinity of Sao Paulo where we see major world companies opening their production plants. Ports... SAP Business One Second Opinion in Atlanta Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 SAP B1 is marching across the United States and gaining its Small Business ERP market shareIf you are reading this article then probably your Small Business ERP implementation was screwed up by somebody who was in learning curve. Or maybe you tried to undertake customization which was too aggre... SAP Business One Second Opinion in Chicagoland Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 19, 2011 If you are reading this article then probably your Small Business ERP implementation was screwed up by somebody who was in learning curve. Or maybe you tried to undertake customization which was too aggressive and failed eating up all budget. Challenging data conversion is also known to be a poten... Chicagoland SAP Business One Implementation for Multinational Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 18, 2011 We are living at the time of ERP application market rapid evolution which could be also categorized as sleeping revolution. Take a look at such trends as Cloud computing or web based accounting application user interface We would like to give you some excurse into ERP application expansion hist... SAP Business One or Selecting Accounting Package for Subsidiary in Brazil, China or Russia Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 18, 2011 We would like to give you some excurse into ERP application expansion history here in the United States and Internationally especially in such regions as Brazil, Russian Federation and ChinaHere in the United States we have healthy competition between such popular platforms as Microsoft Dynamics... SAP Business One Data Migration Notes or Walking away from Great Plains Accounting DOS Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 17, 2011 Switching from one Small Business ERP to another one should be considered as the project with data export, massage and import budget. Faru Corporation is offering local service in Chicagoland, Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, Northwestern Indiana and South West Michigan. If you are working f... Input/output failure opening then the name of the file Btrieve error Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 In 1990th and earlier 2000 there was a fight between Pervasive Software successor of Btrieve and MS SQL Server Desktop edition, also known as MSDE. Such legacy accounting packages as Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and Mac versions 9.5, 9.2, 9.1, 8.0 and earlier as well as Great Plains Dyn... Great Plains Accounting Customization or Table version mismatch symptoms Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Great Plains DOS version is still around and popular due to its high reliability and portability from Btrieve to Pervasive SQL. This fact allowed old-good-days GPA customers migrate their accounting from Novel or Windows NT servers to Windows 2003 and even 2008 of course on 32 bit editions as neith... Recovering SAP Business One USA Nationwide and locally in Chicago, Atlanta and Western Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Non successful Small Business and Corporate ERP implementations might lead to company cash flow problems and in some cases even to bankruptcy. Below is original article written by Andrew Karasev and we serve you USA nationwide and internationally via remote support and locally in Chicagoland, Atlan... Naperville Area ERP Consulting SAP Business One and Microsoft Dynamics Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Local experienced consultant with teaching university experience is probably better choice comparing to remote support from large consulting company.Andrew Karasev is considering management consulting theory father Peter Drucker as his teacher. Andrew carved his way through Microsoft profession... SAP Business One Support in Chicago West Suburbs Naperville, Aurora, Joliet Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 If you are familiar with Small Business ERP market consulting the situation where you got independent consultant to serve your account might look idealFaru Corporation is exactly the same case where Andrew Karasev goes onsite to do executive demo, initial data migration, user training and emerge... SAP Business One Implementation in USA, Brazil, China and Russia for Multinational Company International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 14, 2011 Multinational company corporate ERP platform selection requires you to be ready to come through complex and lengthy homeworkMid-market companies often grow and expand internationally via acquisitions or opening subsidiaries overseas. The way of acquisitions might lead to nightmare in consolidat... SAP Business One Chicago International Exposure and Connections to Mexico, Brazil and Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 13, 2011 Modern mid-market and small businesses are under the production cost pressure and this pressure forces them to outsource manufacturing operations to such regions as China, Brazil, East Europe, South East Asia and Russian FederationHere in Chicagoland Northern Illinois area we have a great mix of... Small Business ERP Selection Process or which Platform to Choose Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 13, 2011 Of course here you are entering the market of ERP resellers where each one is promoting its own product. In our small publication we would like to consider such accounting packages as SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics GP, PeachTree, QuickBooks, Mas 90 and NetSuite. Please be ready to do your ho... SAP Business One Consulting in Northern Illinois Chicago Metro Area with the Emphasis on Technology Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 12, 2011 There are resellers who are using hard selling technique to gain new customers, sell software licenses and provide initial implementation. There are other consulting firms who are specializing in technology consulting, second opinion and failed projects recovery. We are positioning our company as... SAP Business One Technology Consulting in Chicagoland Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 12, 2011 We are located within minutes of morning commute to such business parks as Naperville, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Aurora, Downers Grove, Warrenville and JolietWe are proud to inform our prospects that we pay special attention to technical consulting being backed by SAP Business One Software Develo... SAP Business One Consulting in Western Chicago Suburbs Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 12, 2011 Chicagoland with its former railroad hub and network of highways including 80, 88, 290, 294, 355 and 55 is perfect place for distribution related businessesBusiness One is recommended to small businesses but at the same time such features as discrete manufacturing with MRP, simple CRM, field ser... SAP Business One Customizations Support and Recovery plus Second Opinion Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 12, 2011 Small Business ERP often requires several missing features to be added via custom programming and SAP B1 is not an exception where coding is usually done via SDK. Below is original article written by our ERP consultant Andrew KarasevIt might be surprising to realize that your chosen Small Busin... Kazakhstan SAP Business One Implementation, Licenses and Software Developing International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 10, 2011 SAP B1 offers budget licenses for multinational company accounting package in Astana, or Alma Ata. SAP is leader in offering Corporate ERP, MRP and accounting packages tailored to be localized and serve on regional software market.Even here in Moscow we have to deal with strong bureaucratic mac... Brazil SAP Business One Customization, Licenses Sale, Implementation and Integration International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 10, 2011 Andrew Karasev was one of the pioneers in Brazil especially Sao Paulo and United States Small Business ERP market. Initially Andrew and Luis Leung were engaged in Microsoft Great Plains version 7.5 translation and localization on the Brazilian market with reasonable support from Microsoft Business... Remote Support SAP Business One in USA Nationwide, Chicago Region and Internationally International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 10, 2011 There is traditional point of view that Small Business ERP market is underserved especially in such areas as customization programming and deployment by reasonable price and integrations with external systems such as databases, EDI, Point of Sale and ecommerceFaru Corporation offers SAP B1 Softw... SAP Business One Integration Readiness and Services in Chicago, USA Nationwide and Internationally Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 10, 2011 This SAP B1 oriented small publication is intended as introduction level to corporate ERP market and its flexibility. Some attention is given to ERP localization for specific country or world region. Andrew Karasev is inviting new ERP customers where we are offering such services as second opinion... SAP Business One Customization Recovery or Second Opinion Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 07, 2011 SDK programming is one of the areas where initial software licenses sale partners tend to overpromise. To share the truth with you - software development requires special attention and project management. Neglecting these recommendations might result in over budgeting and project stalling in limbo... SAP Business One Integration and Programming Services in Chicago Metro Area Northern IL Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 07, 2011 Our specialization is secondary Small Business ERP market where SAP Business One is especially popular competing with Dynamics GP, NetSuite web accounting, Peachtree and QuickBooks. ERP consulting is challenging business and we have to offer special attention to each customer and prospect coming ou... SAP Business One Customizations and International Business International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 07, 2011 When your company crosses United States borders and enters into international business market place there are important terms and lessons to learn or at least to review. Corporate ERP localization theory has two aspects: local country languages support and compliance to its business related legisla... SAP Business One Tech Support in Chicago and Northern Illinois Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 07, 2011 SAP B1 is relatively new offer on the American Small Business ERP market and it seems to be successful so far. Besides traditional accounting core modules it also offers simple discrete manufacturing, human resources, CRM, MRP and such web extensions as ecommerce and web based CRM.Here in Chica... Customization Tools Dynamics GP and SAP Business One Introduction Level Comparison Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 07, 2011 These two Small to Midmarket ERP systems are often considered as competitors to each other and when prospective customers are coming through sales cycle they often see executive and technical presentations to make a decision between the two. Modern ERP and MRP systems are expected to be integrated... Accounting Data Migration Project Dilemma to do or not to do? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 05, 2011 We recommend you to begin your homework with considering the option of not to do.' Why don't you just keep old application running in the corner for historical inquiries in the case when old-good-days customer calls? Well, you may say - at least I need my customers to be in the new system. A... Accounting Data Conversion Master and Historical Records and GL Chart of Accounts Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 05, 2011 Data migration projects often lead to the situation when your ERP implementation budget is depleted and you feel that that the project is in limbo phase. Consulting firms might be inclined to overpromise in data conversion areaWhen you are switching from one Accounting or ERP application to ano... SAP Business One Customization and Programing SDK Article from Andrew Karasev Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 04, 2011 Technical business writing is a good way of being noticed by consulting community including SAP Business One customization and reporting needs. This small paper is intended as introduction to SAP Business One and others Small Business ERP applicationsBeing in consulting practice over twelve yea... SAP Business One Moscow Russia International Implementation and Customization International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 03, 2011 SAP B1 user interface is available in Russian and plus this Small Business ERP is localized in the sense of being compliant with Russian Federation business legislationMoscow metro region is growing and it is opening itself up to Western Europe, China and United States. As we see here from Mosc... SAP Business One Small Business Accounting Competition: Dynamics GP QuickBooks Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 03, 2011 Data Conversion perspective is really a pain in the ass. If you are staying in such mainstream as Dynamics GP then you should be able to upgrade all the way from Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and Macintosh to GP 2010 as it is current version in the fall of 2011SAP B1 in its turn is n... SAP Business One USA Brazil Connection or Corporate ERP for Small Multinational Company Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 03, 2011 When you are crossing United States borders and expanding to such regions as Brazil your corporate ERP system should follow the expansion. Here in the United States we see popular accounting packages such as Dynamics GP (former Great Plains Dynamics), AX (formerly known as Axapta), MAS 2000/90, Acc... SAP Business One USA Brazil Connection or Corporate ERP for Small Multinational Company International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 03, 2011 When you are crossing United States borders and expanding to such regions as Brazil your corporate ERP system should follow the expansion. Here in the United States we see popular accounting packages such as Dynamics GP (former Great Plains Dynamics), AX (formerly known as Axapta), MAS 2000/90, Acc... SAP Business One Customization Projects in Chicago Mega Polis Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 03, 2011 Local consulting is preferred in small business ERP software selection, data migration and implementation. Here in Chicagoland stretched from Northern Illinois to Southern Wisconsin, North West Indiana and South West Michigan we are ready to help you with SAP B11.Some Observations on the Compe... SAP Business One Customization or Covering Gaps in Generic ERP Application Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 03, 2011 If you are in accounting system selection phase then you may have the question about percentage in standard and altered business logic. General advice is to keep modification below five percent. SAP Business One opens new horizons and tolerance level to altered business logic as customization is a... SAP Business One Implementation in Chicago Area connection to China, Russia and Brazil Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 Global business and logistics are popular terms but the implementation is not straightforward and could not be compared to ABC. We are republishing original article written by Andrew Karasev, who is Alba Spectrum concept author and Faru project initiatorIf you have corporate headquarters in Chi... SAP Business One for Multinational Corporation, Internal Audit and Globalization International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 When you are expanding internationally via acquisitions or opening foreign branch from ground up the question of accounting system is often on the top of the list. We are publishing article written by Andrew Karasev who is Faru Project initiator and author of the Alba Spectrum concept and informati... SAP Business One Consulting in Chicagoland with Technology and Programming Orientation Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 23, 2011 Small Business ERP consulting is often focused around initial software licenses selling and generic implementation and user training. Popular way to get into consulting business is through CPA certification and then taking ERP application classes with professional certification examIf you do it... SAP Business One Technology versus Functional Consulting or Local versus Nationwide Consulting Firm Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 23, 2011 Maybe somewhere in the downtown of New York you could expect the office of consulting and software development firm to be located within a mile from your headquarters. And these people can proof that they are equally good in functional and technical consulting slash programming. For the rest of us... SAP Business One Romeoville IL Support Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 22, 2011 We respect warehouses along the highway 55 where distribution businesses are relocating from Chicago northern suburbs where transportation and delivery are too expensive at this timeSAP B1 is good fit for small manufacturing or assembly on order and this is typically what you are expecting in Ch... SAP Business One Minooka IL Faru Corporation Technical Support, Software Sales and Implementation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 22, 2011 We are impressed with Warehouse building construction expansion along the highway 80 in the area of Minooka, Channahon and Morris. We are catching up as ERP consulting company and software integrator to offer SAP B1 implementation services including data conversion, custom report design, modificati... SAP Business One Reporting in Chicagoland Advanced Topics on Crystal, Microsoft SQL Server Stored Procedures Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 22, 2011 We are serving you from our location in Naperville Illinois and this is to the South West from Chicago downtown on the intersections of the highways 88, 355 and 55. We are in short driving distance from warehousing paradise along the highway 55 from Bolingbrook all the way through Joliet, Channahon... SAP Business One Reports Design Introduction and Advanced Topics in Crystal Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 22, 2011 SAP is now a successor of Business Objects or former owner of Crystal Reports. We think that it is a good opportunity to familiarize SAP Business One users community with CR design, its initial learning curve and best practicesAs Microsoft SQL based application SAP B1 is open to such popular re... SAP Business One Chicagoland Suburbs Implementation, Customization and Reporting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 21, 2011 Consulting community is definitely a small world and there is no need to compete with highly professional sales oriented firms. In our case we are concentrating on secondary market including second opinion providing, recovering unsuccessful data conversion, customization or report designIn fift... Chicago SAP Business One in Small Manufacturing Warehouse Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 21, 2011 It is generally good idea to engage local consulting company. We can travel to your office in Northern Illinois, North West Indiana and Michigan from our locations in Naperville and St. Joseph MIIt might be difficult to find accounting product dedicated to small business with pretty robust disc... SAP Business One in Chicagoland Western and Southern Suburbs Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, October 20, 2011 This small business ERP application is regaining market share from such traditional accounting systems as Peach Tree, QuickBooks and Great Plains Dynamics in its old versions. Its penetration on the US ERP market is probably attributed to the year 2005 when version 2005A was released with reason... Dynamics GP Technical Support Chicago and Nationwide plus Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, October 20, 2011 It is possible to get support directly from Microsoft Dynamics subdivision. Here you simply place new support case through Customer Source or call direct number. MBS support is case based meaning that if you have single question then it is likely the scope of the case. If you are thinking about l... SAP Business One Magical Circle of Highways 80, 55, 294 and 355 Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 For us it looks like new business development booming with perfect fit to Chicagoland where we are traditionally strong in regional, nationwide and international distribution, supply chain management and final manufacturing on orderHighway 80 is probably perfect example. Let's take a look at wh... Dynamics GP Recovering Failed Data Conversion Projects Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 ERP software sales phase might be nice exercise for both consulting firm and potential customer. However you should not push too hard in order to promise unrealistic things as the promise often means more consulting hours and revenue and at the same time increases the risk of failure. One of the a... SAP Business One Data Export including historical transactions and master records Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Switching from one accounting system to another is normal business evolution scenario often related to acquisition, growing or downsizing. Each accounting application is different and has its own unique migration tools and it would be too complex to introduce all of them in this small publication.... SAP Business One Implementation with International Connection to China, Brazil or Russia Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, October 17, 2011 International business often reveals unexpected expenses and overheads in the area of accounting system implementation. To explain and partially justify the reasons let's take look at State legislation and the competition between the states inside the USA. Recently Illinois increased State Income... SAP Business One or Small Business Going Internationally: Brazil, China and Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, October 17, 2011 Small business ERP selection is a tough one especially when you are expanding internationally from USA headquarters or versa from China mainland to lure out customers in the United States, Canada or Brazil. Below is the article written by Andrew Karasev and published in open mediaSmall companie... SAP Business One in Global Franchising or Notes on Localization and Connection from Chicago Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 16, 2011 Franchising networks are created in dozens every month but not all of them are crossing United States or Canada national borders and pursue international business tenets. Small Business ERP or often referred as accounting system is important part of the franchisee decision and franchise contract... SAP Business One Integration and Data Conversion with Large Company Case Studies International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 16, 2011 If you are working in IT department of the multinational company and you got assignment to deal with SAP Business One technology we would like to recommend you this introduction level articleThere are situations when large or mid-size firm have to deal with Accounting or ERP system which might b... SAP Business One South Western Chicagoland Suburbs Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 14, 2011 SAP B1 is designed to be Small Business ERP with such advanced logic as discrete manufacturing, warranty contracts, CRM, Human Resources and advanced inventory managementWe believe that this software is perfect fit for Chicago distribution oriented small and mid-size businesses located along hig... SAP Business One Technical Support or how to get my Questions Answered Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 14, 2011 If you are looking on the web for tech support there might be several reasons. The most likely one is about your implementation was screwed up or customization went into limbo phase. When you are making a decision about new ERP system the percentage of custom business logic should be reduced to th... Sap Business One in Chicago Western Suburbs Small Business ERP, Manufacturing and MRP Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 It is difficult to guess how Google or Yahoo would rank your article however we are proud to announce SAP B1 implementation, reporting, customization and integration programming services to local communitySAP B1 is new generation ERP system geared toward discrete manufacturing, warranty contract... SAP Business One Illinois Country Side Implementation Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Country side consulting service might be CPA oriented and lacking technology expertise. If you are located in Kankakee, Morris, Ottawa, LaSalle or DeKalb chances are high that you have to outsource your customization requirements to nationwide consulting firmSetting reasonable expectations. So... SAP Business One Chicagoland Customization Challenges or Programming in SDK Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Small Business ERP selection is not a piece of cake and if you made a mistake the consequences might be biting from the budget stand point. Generally we do not recommend high scale customization projects. But if you have to undertake the one we recommend you to consider phasing approach. The first... Great Plains Payables Computer Check Batch Recovery Notes from the Field Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 It is not really difficult to do it when your system is on Microsoft SQL Server and Dynamics GP has one of the recent versions with Batch Recovery functionality. We would like to describe how to do the job if you have old Dynamics on Pervasive SQL Server 2000 and its version is 7.5, 6.0 or older.... SAP Business One in Chicago Metro Area with Chinese User Interface Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 International business is a norm in the XXI Century. Here in Northern Illinois Chicagoland we have large number of companies that are doing proxy distribution of Chinese and South Asian goods. Midwest is in fact perfect distribution hubBusiness One by its nature is open to such features as Chi... SAP Business One ERP several words on Cloud Model plus Competition Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Cloud is probably the new development for the model earlier known as hosted environmentWhen you are selecting your next Small Business ERP application it is good idea to talk to consulting firm where they sell and implement several products. When you are talking to somebody who is selling just... SAP Business One Poland in Eastern Europe with Customization, Integration and Reporting International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, October 10, 2011 We are ready to travel worldwide and of course in European zone and common market. Poland is located between Germany and Russian influenced zones such as Belarus and Ukraine. Baltic countries including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland are breaking apart and accepting the rules of Euro curren... SAP Business One Chicago Connection with Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, October 10, 2011 Tropical climate is forcing you to drink cheap artificially flavored juices and good example is Tampico or formerly known as MarboSAP Business One is Small Business ERP localized for Central American countries and available in Spanish user interfaceTo our knowledge Tampico is mixing its powd... SAP Business One Jewish Israeli Connection in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, October 10, 2011 This Small Business ERP application was initially architected in Israel as the tools to be expanded to international Corporate ERP marketInternational Small Business ERP market was pretty open in earlier 2000th especially in such regions as Brazil, China and RussiaIn the United States we see... SAP Business One Custom Tools in Reporting and Integration Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, October 10, 2011 This small business ERP is progressing and gaining its market share in the United States and Internationally. There is the challenge to gain the ground in the United States as Small Business Accounting and ERP market is very competitive. Market is taken at this time by Dynamics GP or former Great... SAP Business One Chicago Mexican and Latino Connection International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 Here in Chicago metro area we have large Mexican, Brazilian and Latino population especially in Western Chicago sector and in the areas of Aurora or Joliet. Mid-market Mexican businesses are typical in foods distribution and wholesale such as cheese, avocado, fruits and vegetablesSAP Business O... SAP Business One Chicago Kazakhstan Connection Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 Here we speak Russian and we are familiar with international business challenges. If you have headquarters in Alma Ata and need small office automation in the United States then SAP B1 is natural choice and it is completely localized here in the USA with supporting such reports as W2, 1099 and W4... SAP Business One Thailand and Vietnamese Connections Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 Oriental Food Import, textile and row materials are natural way to do business in the United States for South East Asia based companiesSAP Business One is one of the brand names for your US based location or subsidiary.Chicago is one of the perfect distribution hubs to deliver supplies and f... SAP Business One Chicago Brazilian Connection Customization and Implementation Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 SAP B1 is localized in Brazil and its user interface is available in Brazilian Portuguese. We participated in Microsoft Dynamics GP localization project in Sao Paulo Brazil but Microsoft Business Solutions changed its plans and recommended Dynamics AX Axapta instead on Brazilian Corporate ERP softw... SAP Business One Russian Connection Los Angeles Chicago Customization and Implementation Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 SAP Business One is localized in Russian Federation and it is also available in the United States. Most of the Russian Oil, Nafta and Gas related businesses prefer to open foreign offices in Switzerland, United Kingdom or Continental Western EuropeUnited States is becoming popular as well espec... SAP Business One Chicago Connection to China or International Business Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 SAP B1 is localized in the majority of Worlds regions including China and Russia. Business One user interface and data entry support Unicode or Chinese hieroglyphs. Chinese importers in such industries as general merchandise, textile and oriental food often require their invoices to be sent to the... SAP Business One Chicago Crystal Reports Design and Second Opinion Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 Business Objects was acquired by SAP earlier and now it could be considered as recommended tool for managerial reports designCrystal Reports designer tool is very friendly to novice developers and it offers comprehensive set of wizards to walk you through the design process and shorten the time... SAP Business One Chicago Upgrade Season Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 It is normal to expect that Corporate ERP vendors have the tendency to force their customers to undertake version upgrade projects. What they do is this - they announce old version technical support expirationSAP B1 was popular in the United States somewhere from the year 2002 and we see custom... SAP Business One Customization in Chicago Metro Question of the Day to Andrew Karasev Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 We feel that SAP B1 is a good fit but at the same time custom programming is required. How customization projects are typically done in SAP Business One?Well, first of all there are user defined tables and fields to existing native tables. There is no need to do coding to enable data entering... SAP Business One Chicago Metro Area Customization Projects Second Opinion Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 It is always sad to admit the fact that your Small Business ERP implementation project failed or went into limbo phase due to too challenging customization, integration, reporting or data conversion.Faru Corporation provides second opinion and we are running SAP B1 SDK software development facto... SAP Business One Chicago and Northern Illinois Implementation and Customization Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 Faru Corporation provides full service in Chicagoland and Northern Illinois. The nature of our service allows us to provide second opinion and SAP B1 unsuccessful projects recovery USA nationwide and internationallySmall Business ERP is not something simple and not worse attention from your bus... SAP Business One Implementation Success Factors or How to Avoid Potential Problems Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 09, 2011 Small Business ERP is not something simple and not worse attention from your business owner or company manager. The word implementation' means something complex that needs to be sort of implanted into the body of your organization. Below is the article of our founder Andrew Karasev and Corporate... Customization for SAP Business One in Chicago, Atlanta and Internationally Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 08, 2011 Modern IT technologies such as web sessions, Citrix, Remote desktop connections and phone conferences deemphasize regional time differences and allow you to attend your ERP customers as if you are in the same time zoneCustomization or SDK Programming. There is strong market to integrate Ecommer... SAP Business One Customization, SDK Programming and Reporting in Western Chicago Suburbs Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 08, 2011 There is rapid growth and business relocation to Chicagoland western suburbs along highways 55, 88, 80 355, 294 and 290. There is boom in warehouse building in the area of Aurora, Naperville, Plainfield, Joliet, Minooka, DeKalb and all the way to Morris, Marseilles and Ottawa. SAP B1 is Small Busi... SAP Business One in Chicago and Atlanta Regions Consulting, Customization, Integration and Reporting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 08, 2011 It is always a good idea to stick to new software brands. ERP packages have their life cycle and we do not recommend you to pick the package which is about to be announced as phased out. Business One is at this time on the rise as we are writing these sentences in October of 2011Faru Corporati... SAP Business One Accounting System Implementing with Customization and Reporting Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 08, 2011 Faru Corporation is one of the leaders in Small Business ERP consulting with experience coming back to earlier 1990th when we were implementing such applications as Great Plains Dynamics, Peach Tree Accounting and MYOB. Currently we are serving local markets in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Western Mi... SAP Business One as Small Business ERP Implementation Projects in Chicago Suburbs Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 07, 2011 ERP selection and implementation is not always smooth and you should be ready to bumpy process. It is difficult to blame you initial reseller as these people were trying to offer you the best deal and act according to their implementation experience and intuition. It is not common to expect that e... SAP Business One Second Opinion in Chicago Metropolitan Area Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 07, 2011 Small Business ERP system implementation success rate is not a hundred percent and you should not feel completely depressed if your project was screwed up. Consulting firms are different and some of them are in learning curve where others are in decline. The areas where implementation typically fa... SAP Business One Chicagoland Implementation, Customization and Reporting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 07, 2011 We do not really pretend to be an aggressive reseller who is using telemarketing calls to prospects. We rather believe into business model where customers are finding the consulting firm by its reputation. Our strong points are providing second opinion and recovering unsuccessful implementation wi... SAP Business One Tailored Implementing with its Positive and Negative Points Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 07, 2011 Small Business ERP is not a piece of cake to be selected and then implemented. Such questions as do we have to stick to local consulting market or seek nationwide support' are not easy to answer. Our company offers local support in such metropolitan areas as Atlanta, Chicago and Southern Californ... Chicago SAP Business One Full Service Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, October 06, 2011 Small Business ERP implementation competition in Chicagoland seems to be fierce. However you have to do your homework as each reseller is trying to occupy its own niche in specialization. For example in our case we are specializing in second hand ERP implementation and customization recovery marke... Customized SAP Business One Small Business ERP Discrete Manufacturing and CRM Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, October 06, 2011 There is fierce competition between major Corporate and Small Business ERP brands such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle and Sage. We would like to offer introduction level SAP Business One article. Our customers are dispersed across the United States, Canada and internationally where we are succ... SAP Business One Consultant Helping to Recover Unsuccessful Customization Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 05, 2011 Implementing Small Business ERP is not a piece of cake. Every application on the software market is different and you have to stick to due diligence principles. We do not really like the idea to let you float on your own making all the kinds of related failures and this is why we are recommending... Data Migration to SAP Business One or Walk away from Legacy Accounting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 05, 2011 Native data conversion tool for Business One is Data Transfer Workbench. If your data cleansing and migration project is reasonably modest in its scope and number of records to bring over then all you need to do is to fill out so-called CSV template files. Natural tool to do the job is Microsoft E... SAP Business One Small Business ERP is Crossing International Borders Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, October 03, 2011 Small Business ERP selection process is key factor where you can save on the implementation budget or just an opposite - expose your company to uncertainty often followed by going over budget without results. In this small publication we would like to review SAP BO internationalization features as... SAP Business One Chicago Small Business ERP with the Option for International Expansion Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 02, 2011 Corporate ERP selection homework is the fun and sometimes it is a puzzle. Small businesses do not have the budget to hire pre-engagement consulting firm to select future accounting application and walk you through formal ERP selection process. Let's take a look at where we are staying with SAP B1.... SAP Business One Customization Projects on the Secondary ERP Consulting Market Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 02, 2011 Initial VAR is not necessary positioned to help you with custom software development, reporting and integration. SAP B1 is not an exception and here programming in Software Development Kit, DI or even implementing ongoing integration in Data Transfer Workbench via advanced ODBC views should be give... SAP Business One in West Chicagoland Second Opinion, Customization and Implementation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, September 23, 2011 There is old saying in consulting and servicing communities we live where you live' And this is true about Faru Corporation as we are close to you if you are in Aurora, Jolliet, Naperville, Romeoville, Plainfield and the rest of west ChicagolandWhen your implementation is done and you are look... SAP Business One Plainfield and Naperville or why local service is better Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, September 22, 2011 Corporate ERP selection and implementation often requires shake hands with your perspective implementation consultant. In our opinion that is fair statement and we respect that approach. There might be additional factors to consider for example do we need SAP B1 SDK programming or custom Crystal R... SAP Business One Local Service in Chicago Metropolitan Area Small Business ERP Consulting Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, September 22, 2011 SAP B1 is marching across America and Chicagoland taking over its market share from such traditional Corporate ERP applications as Great Plains, Solomon, Accpac, QuickBooks and Peach Tree. Here in Chicago area we are dealing with nationwide distribution hub with such requirements as supply chain ma... SAP Business One Consulting in Villa Park and Lombard IL Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, September 22, 2011 Our specialization is technical consulting, B1 SDK software development, including integrations plus Crystal Reports. We provide second opinion if your implementation project as screwed up by another consulting firm. We are strategically located in Villa Park and Naperville IL to cover all the Chi... SAP Business One Implementation in Joliet and Naperville area of Illinois Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, September 22, 2011 This is perfect intersection of highways 55, 88, 80, 355 and supply chain management oriented businesses are relocating in the area from Chicago outskirts. Business One is step by step gaining the market share and especially from such accounting and MRP applications as Microsoft Dynamics GP formerl... Failed SAP Business One Implementation Recovery Highlights and Practical Steps Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Small Business ERP consulting firm typically has to control uncertainty especially in such areas as data conversion, customization, integration and custom reporting. At the same time you as end customer do not like the idea to expose your firm for consultant learning curve. And what are your optio... Dynamics GP Implementation Requisition Management in Business Portal Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 In large organization requisition management with approval hierarchy might be required and you do not really want all the purchasing managers to be users of your accounting system. In Dynamics GP this challenge is addressed in Business Portal where you can implement Requisition Management module an... SAP Business One Connection to Russia and China or Highlights on Corporate ERP Localization International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Traditionally SAP B1 is supporting international Small Business ERP market and this doesn't mean that you have to be small company to consider this accounting package. If you are part of multinational company with headquarters in the United States or Canada then you can implement SB1 for local subs... SAP Business One User Training via Remote Support Web Session and Phone Conference Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Small Business ERP remote support is a natural way to crack down high consulting cost associated with local travel and time in transit. Modern web sessions such as Gotomeeting are very cheap for subscribers and they imitate virtual connection to user computer with sharing keyboard and mouseMode... Dynamics GP User Training via Remote Support Web Session and Phone Conference Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Modern small business ERP consulting is experiencing technical support workforce consolidation in so-called call centers and software development factories. It is natural to expect basic implementation to be performed by local consulting firm and the second phase where you are expecting custom prog... Selecting Small Business ERP or choosing between Dynamics GP or SAP Business One Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, September 19, 2011 It is difficult to judge which Corporate ERP application is better. This is why you have to do your homework. Nowadays the rivalry is obvious between Microsoft Dynamics ERP family and SAP Business OneAccounting application is often not enough for small or mid-size business especially with ware... Faru Corporation Dynamics AX and SAP Business One Data Conversion Services Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 18, 2011 Corporate ERP Data Conversion project typically has the following phases: data export, cleansing and massage and final date import into new ERP applicationWe recommend two approaches: printing legacy accounting report into text file and direct ODBC connection to legacy databaseAndrew Karasev... Andrew Karasev is Consolidating his Followers around Faru Corporation Society | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 18, 2011 Here I am broadcasting to you personally without technical writers involved. In 2004 I opened Alba Spectrum brand and since then we had success in Corporate ERP Implementation, Customization, Integration and Reporting where I'd like to mention exceptional contribution from Luis Leung, Mauricio Ruba... SAP Business One Brazilian Connection Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 18, 2011 This small business ERP application is localized in both United States and Brazil and we are traditionally providing services to American and European companies in helping them with local facility ERP implementation in BrazilAndrew Karasev is founder of Alba Spectrum movement and Faru is logical... Exporting Data from Great Plains Dynamics GP all Versions Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 18, 2011 Service is available in USA, Canada and Mexico nationwide and internationally as there is no need for our consultants to travel onsite - the job could be perfectly done via web session and phone conferenceVersions of Microsoft Dynamics GP are 2010, 10.0, 9.0, 8.0, 7.5Great Plains on Pervasiv... SAP Business One Small Business ERP for International Subsidiary International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 18, 2011 Have you ever had a chance to make a research and pick the right Small Business ERP that fits to your Brazilian, European, Chinese or Russian subsidiary? You may think about opening something like Microsoft Dynamics AX hosted on the corporate SQL Server however the implementation cost might be too... ERP Data Migration or Avoid Historical Documents Import Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 18, 2011 Corporate ERP data conversion projects are on the top of the list to lead to possible implementation problems. We recommend you to plan your data conversion in advance and below is the article written by Andrew KarasevWhen you are rushing into new ERP system implementation project there is good... SAP Business One Chicago South West Suburbs Implementation, Customization, Integration and Reporting Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 17, 2011 We provide quality local service from our location in Naperville, IL strategically located to reach local businesses via highways 55, 355, 294, 88 and 80. As we are observing the trend for Warehouse and Supply Chain Management oriented businesses to relocate from more expensive towns in the norther... SAP Business One Data Conversion Exporting Records from Great Plains: Chicago, Atlanta Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 17, 2011 Small Business ERP implementation might have bumpy start when you are underestimating data migration challenges. We recommend you to speculate about what happens if you do not do completed historical documents import and keep old accounting system up and running available for data inquiry onlyD... SAP Business One Programming Interface in SDK plus Custom Tables, Version Upgrade and QA Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 17, 2011 This Small Business ERP is marching over the United States and internationally. Big boost was the release of version 8.81 with Purchase Quote logic and merging former 2007A and B flavors into one meaning that at this point you can deploy Business One on the same SQL Server in US based headquarters... SAP Business One Integrating with Legacy Database Oracle, MySQL and MS Access Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 17, 2011 SAP Business One is Small Business ERP with flexible and advanced features. It is ready to be customized directly in settings and SDK. Custom ecommerce scenarios are welcomeWe would like to feature here two native integration tools such as Data Transfer Workbench and Software Development Kit.... Crystal Reports SAP Business One as Part of Customization and Software Development Strategy Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, September 15, 2011 Complex software development for SAP BO is not typically something that you could expect to be done locally or around the corner. Good quality add-ons are designed by proven SDK software development firms USA nationwide and internationally. We would like to introduce series of SAP BO technology ed... SAP Business One Krasnogorsk, Istra, Dedovsk, Zvenigorod Faru Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Andrew Karasev was born in Krasnogorsk and he is still in passion to its Krasnogorsk surrounding forest preserves and lakesAndrew is ready to serve you in SAP B1 software licenses sale, data conversion and if required customization in SAP BO Software Development Kit. SB1 is also friendly to Cry... Dynamics GP in Krasnogorsk Moscow Region Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Well, this is my native town and Andrew Karasev your author graduated from the school number two in ChernevoCurrently Andrew is residing in Chicago, but he is willing to travel back to Moscow region and help with Dynamics GP, Axapta and SAP Business One projects across the whole Russian territor... Dynamics GP in Moscow Russian Federation International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 If you are internationally relocated manager then please note that Microsoft Dynamics is only localized in AX hive. Dynamics GP is not localized in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belorussia or even in continental EurupeWe recommend you to do your homework toward Dynamics AX former Axapta, SAP Business One... SAP Business One in Siberia, Yakutia, Far East of Russian Federation International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 We are addressing this small publication to multinational companies acquiring facilities in Eastern Russia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. International business is not something like a piece of cake. Russia is tough as the level of corruption is high and business related regulation is pretty restri... SAP Business One Oil Drilling and Natural Gas Industries International | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Key players in this market are large corporations registered in Canada, United States, Russian Federation and other countries. Oil drilling has recent tendencies to move either to the north to such regions as Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan or offshore to Northern Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Norwegian n... SAP Business One Naperville, Aurora, Plainfield, Joliet IL Implementation, Integration and Customization Services Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 SAP B1 is in progress of getting its Small Business ERP market share. Current version is 8.81 as we are writing this paper in September of 2011. It is priced above comparing to such small business accounting packages as QuickBooks, Peach Tree however SB1 offers elements of basic ERP, MRP, Field Se... SAP Business One Reseller in South West Chicago Suburbs Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 We are agent of M2D2 and specializing in SAP B1 technology since 2005. In our opinion it is not enough just to pass certification exam. SAP technology requires dedication and learning curveOur primary expertise is in secondary SAP BO customer market where we are recovering failed implementatio... SAP Business One Implementation Second Opinion in Chicago and Atlanta Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 First of all we have to note that Small Business ERP requires dedication from local or nationwide consulting team. If you feel that your SB1 implementation project is not going as expected you should decide when it is the time to ask for second opinion and ERP implementation auditFaru Corporati... SAP Business One SDK Programmed Integration Recovery Faru Corporation Chicagoland and Atlanta Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Small Business ERP customization requires dedication, commitment and passion from technical consulting and programming team. We encourage you to do your homework on Google, Yahoo and MSN. If you customization project failed ask for second opinionCustom logic is typically realized via Software... Small Business ERP SB1 and Dynamics GP connection Russia International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 11, 2011 SAP B1 is a little bit cheaper from the software licensing side and it also has advantages of being available and localized in most of the foreign countries (except probably Arabic world). >AA89A:>9 $545@0F88 2 !818@8 =0 0;L=5< >AB>:5 2 /:CB88 8 2 070EAB0=5 Dynamics AX 8 SAP Business One.... Small Business ERP Coming to Conclusion that we need the One and comparing SAP B1 and Dynamics GP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 11, 2011 SAP B1 is a little bit cheaper from the software licensing side and it also has advantages of being available and localized in most of the foreign countries (except probably Arabic world). Former Great Plains is concurring the world ERP market since early 1990th and it has more modules and ISV add-... SAP Business One Ongoing Integration with External Data via DTW or SDK Programming Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 10, 2011 Small Business ERP implementation and integration programming is probably the area where you want the job to be done by professional functional and technical consultants. We are pleased to offer you the article written by SAP B1 consultant Andrew Karasev belowThere are tools available through I... ERP Data Migration from Great Plains Dynamics to AX or SAP Business One Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, September 08, 2011 Small Business ERP lives certain number of years and after that period you make a decision to switch over to something that fits your growth requirements or supports you into scaling down. However you would like to move on with your historical records and convert your legacy customer sales order an... SAP Business One Technical Support Collection WebIntelligence.dll Installation Error Notes Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, September 08, 2011 There are multiple posts in web forum where Crystal Report 2008 installation produces error 1904 and in popup dialog there is message that WebIntelligence.dll failed to register. If you keep ignoring the error the installation will finally report that it was successful however when you are trying t... FRx and Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, SL and Nav supporting old versions Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics ERP family of products were depending on FRx financial reporting including former Axapta, Great Plains Enterprise and Dynamics, Solomon, Navision and Small Business Financials SBF was in fact based on Dynamics.dic Dexterity code with scaled down functionality and this Small Busine... SAP Business One Integration Developing in SDK and DTW Alternative Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 SAP B1 is for small business and often referred as Small Business ERP and this is one of the reasons we are recommending you all the possible ways to keep your ERP implementation budget as low as possible. Today's publication is dedicated to integration coding in SAP Business One SDK and alternativ... SAP Business One Finding Alternative Consulting Firm via Remote Support Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 Small Business ERP consulting business might be bumpy and sometimes you might feel that your implementation is screwed up. In this small paper we are giving you some details on SAP Business One remote technical supportIn certain situations mid-market businesses or small stores have to appeal to... SAP Business One Second Opinion or Fixing Complex Integration and Customization Projects Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, September 05, 2011 Small Business ERP implementations have some percentage of failed cases. The probability to be in this percentage increases with all types of customization and programming where you have to fill the gap of missing native logic. In ideal scenario you are choosing Small Business ERP where modificati... Dynamics GP in Truck Rentals and Leasing or Implementing Scheduled Payments in Accounts Receivable Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, September 04, 2011 This Corporate ERP application already has required functionality in Receivables Management module. We saw successful implementation in Truck Leasing business where the company keeps each leased truck on its books and leasing period typically stretched over three years. Technically the same schema... SAP Business One Data Integration Projects are they really challenging or you have to do your homework Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 03, 2011 Well first of all we have to stress the fact that SAP B1 is recommended as Small Business ERP solution. Small business owners often have Napoleon plans to expand but the reality of operations might command different software licenses and consulting hours purchasing patternThe problem might be a... Dynamics GP Data Conversion via Integration Manager Advanced ODBC Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 03, 2011 Normally you have to do only master records migration and beginning balances in General Ledger. However some percentage of implementations requires so-called historical data migration from your legacy accounting application. Historical data export, cleansing and importing might be obviously done i... SAP Business One Integration Services in Chicago, Atlanta, Western Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 03, 2011 Local service is available within the reach of our offices in Naperville, IL, Atlanta, GA and St. Joseph, MI. This article gives you some excurse into integration timing as well as discusses the power of Data Transfer Workbench and SDK. If you got issues with your implementation, integration or cu... SAP Business One Integration via SDK and Data Transfer Workbench where you do not purchase external tool Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, September 03, 2011 There are tools supported by ISV channel partners and consulting firm often recommends them. However in our opinion such nice native migration tool as Data Transfer Workbench can be set up to do ongoing data import from SQL ODBC compliant database and if you have SQL DBA in IT staff them you probab... EFaru SAP Business One Integration Methods via SDK and Data Transfer Workbench Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, September 02, 2011 We would like to give you some highlights on SAP B1 integration with external legacy system or database. When you are planning integration project you should classify it as on-demand or real time or maybe quasi real time. Also before you decide to purchase third party data import solution we recom... Customizing SAP Business One User Defined Fields Tables and SDK Coding International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, September 01, 2011 We would like to republish new version of Andrew Karasev original article. Andrew is our Corporate ERP marketing guru and leading consultantIn contrast to other small business and mid-market ERP packages Business One allows you to create so-called user defined tables and add user defined fields... SAP Business One Manufacturer Coupons Automation plus Additional Flexibility in Vouchering Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 In SAP Business One batch processing is realized via auxiliary methods, such as Vouchers in General Ledger and Purchase Quotation (introduced in version 8.8X in the year of 2011). Manufacturer coupon in accounting theory could be associated with Credit memo with the option to be cancelled or expire... SAP Business One SDK Programming Projects Getting Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 The nature of software development is unstable and requires such terms as iteration, debugging, quality assurance and code versioning. Custom coding projects should be monitored by your dedicated project managersWhen you are shopping for a new Small Business ERP system chances are high that you... SAP Business One Small Business ERP Market Providing Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, August 29, 2011 If you are reading this article chances are high that your SAP B1 implementation went into limbo or even failed and you are seeking for help. Corporate ERP implementation projects have reasonable attrition percentage and you are not the first one and not definitely the last one to report the issues... SAP Business One Chicago Metropolitan Area Getting Second Opinion or Recovering Implementation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, August 29, 2011 SAP Business One small business ERP niche is pretty wide and it is gaining its ERP market share. This successful in long term perspective market advancement needs time and trained and certified consultants to come through their learning curve and have enough SB1 implementation projects under their... Dynamics AX Data Migration Project Second Opinion with Nationwide Service Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 28, 2011 Corporate ERP data conversion is not a piece of cake even if you were promised that it should be like that. There is ERP data conversion theory where historical transaction import is not recommended. The general recommendation is to keep old accounting application running for inquiries only and cl... ERP Data Conversion or Popular Migration Paths and General Recommendations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 28, 2011 Author is Dynamics GP, SAP Business One and Axapta consultant with fifteen years of Corporate ERP implementation experience. If you feel that your ERP conversion project went to limbo or failed author is ready to hear your story and suggest the way out. ERP data conversion project should be respec... Crystal Reports Design for MS SQL Server Based ERP Systems: SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 27, 2011 We are featuring SQL Stored Procedures and View advantages over direct table linking in Crystal Report Designer or new CR creation wizard. Below is adopted article originally written by Andrew KarasevSQL Server opens new horizons in Crystal Reports design and deployment. Here you can separate... ERP Data Migration or How to Export, Cleanse and Import Documents into New Accounting System Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, August 26, 2011 Before we dive into details let's restate the old data conversion wisdom that the best conversion is the one that was avoided.' Think about the approach where you keep old accounting system on one of the small servers and use it for historical documents inquiry only whenever historical customer ca... SAP Business One in Chicago Metropolitan Corporate ERP Market: Data Conversion, Customization Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, August 25, 2011 We are reprinting original article written by Andrew Karasev SAP Business One consultant, SDK programmer and technology enthusiastWhen we are talking about SB1 as Small Business ERP' it doesn't necessary mean that this accounting application with elements of ERP and MRP is only recommended to s... ERP Data Conversion or how to Minimize the Risk of Failure in Phase One Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Unrealistic Data Migration from legacy accounting to newly selected Corporate ERP application has high risk of failure or going over budget with the following headache of renegotiationBelow we recommend you our article written by Andrew Karasev and specially adapted for EFaru websiteHere we... SAP Business One how to Recover Failed Customization Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Here in Faru Corporation we are providing second opinion. The nature of our service is nationwide support via web sessions and VOIP conferences. Physically we are located in South West Michigan and satellite office in Naperville Illinois Chicago areaWe are optimistic about SB1 to gain its port... Dynamics AX Axapta Support in Chicagoland Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 We are reprinting adapted version of Andrew Karasev original article on Dynamics AX Data Conversion from Great Plains Dynamics GP. Local service is available from our Naperville office. We are happy to provide second opinion on failed implementation, customization and reportingConverting Data... Converting Data from Great Plains to Dynamics AX or former Axapta Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 We are reviewing such topics as Great Plains Dynamics table structure, ODBC connection to Btrieve or Pervasive SQL 2000 database, data cleansing and massageFormer Axapta and now part of the Microsoft Dynamics ERP family known as AX is marching over United States Corporate ERP upper mid-market.... Dynamics GP Security Practical Advices plus Model Explained in Simple Terms Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 In version 10.0 Microsoft Business Solutions redesigned security model in its Dynamics GP ERP system. In earlier versions your consultant had to grant the user access to forms, tables and reports where initially upon the creation user had access to all the resources. Behind the scenes this old con... SAP Business One Westmont, Downers Grove, Oakbrook Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 21, 2011 Local service is available from our location in Naperville. As SAP B1 educators we would like to offer original article written by our technical writer and local consultant Andrew KarasevSAP Business One Migrating Historical Documents from Legacy Corporate ERPThis publication discusses the... SAP Business One Migrating Historical Documents from Legacy Corporate ERP Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 21, 2011 This publication discusses the pluses and minuses of historical data conversion in general and specifically from your legacy accounting to SAP BOData conversion project might be neglected in its planning phase and this fact might lead to implementation going over budget and even the desire to se... SAP Business One Consulting and Technical Support via Web Sessions Remotely Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 20, 2011 Such tools and terminologies as web session, VOIP, phone conference, VPN and Citrix are becoming common in IT world. Small Business ERP consulting business is tended to concentrate in business metros, such as Chicago, New York where rural areas are underserved and there might be only few local cons... Dynamics AX in Chicago Down Town and Suburbs Second Opinion or How to Recover Screwed Implementation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, August 19, 2011 Formerly known as Axapta this upper mid-market Corporate ERP application typically requires portion on modifications in being deployed. Customization is not necessary a bad thing but it might lead to higher support cost and possible software bugs and additional quality assurance needsWe special... Dynamics AX in Mining Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, August 19, 2011 In mining and exploration we typically have the needs in so-called process manufacturing and project accounting. What is mining in the term of finished goods? You have to process the extracted material but the outcome of the final product might be predicted but not guaranteed. Minerals or Oil exp... SAP Business One Customizations Combining User Defined Objects and SDK Coding Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, August 19, 2011 We would like to revisit the topic of Small Business ERP modification raised by our founder Andrew Karasev. Below is his article published in major information portals with exclusive additions available on eFaru website onlyThis is true that Business One allows you add user defined fields to exis... SAP Business One Second Opinion in Joliet, Naperville, Lombard IL Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 It is not really an exciting scenario where your Small Business ERP application implementation is in limbo or even worse to say failed. But for you as IT manager or simple programmer who was promoted to manage the implementation project - how to present the bad news to company management or even po... SAP Business One Upgrade to New Version Things to Consider and Recommendations Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Version upgrade is a project and it should be considered with relevant respect. In Corporate MRP upgrade there are risks and we would like to point out these risks as well as give your highlights and recommendations.Of course each Corporate ERP vendor including such companies as SAP, Microsoft... SAP Business One Customization Upgrade Projects in Illinois, Indiana and Western Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Here we have to deal with SAP B1 SDK source code in C... SAP Business One Customization Upgrade Projects in Illinois, Indiana and Western Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Here we have to deal with SAP B1 SDK source code in C... SAP Business One Upgrade Projects from 2005A or 2007A to current version 8.81 Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 This small business ERP application became popular in United States around the year of 2005 with the version 2005A. Its direct competitors were probably Microsoft Small Business Financials and Dynamics GP. Since then two new versions were released: 2007A and 8.81. In this small publication we wou... SAP Business One Highway 55 Illinois Implementation Services: Plainfield, Romeoville, Joliet, Minooka Faru Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, August 15, 2011 Both warehouse management and consulting community are enjoying business development in the area, especially along free highways 55 and 80 in Northern Illinois Chicago area. Distribution businesses are relocating here from more expensive in the sense of warehouse and office space renting areas in N... SAP Business One Software Development Kit Customization or what to do if it failed? Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, August 15, 2011 Sometimes consulting firm might try the technique of overpromising with optimistic desire to learn new tool in the project itself. Especially in SAP B1 where you do not need to do SDK coding in order to create new user defined table or add user defined fields to existing table with automatically cr... Dynamics AX Axapta Data Import Service in Chicago, Northern IL and South West Michigan Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 14, 2011 Initial Corporate ERP implementation phase typically includes data conversion from your old accounting package. Typical migration paths are from Great Plains on Pervasive SQL 7.5, 7.0 and earlier, from SAP Business One 5007 or 2005, QuickBooks or even from Great Plains Accounting DOS version 9.5 or... Dynamics AX Initial Data Import Phase and Exporting Historical Transactions from Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 14, 2011 Data conversion especially historical documents move from one ERP system to another is something not recommended but sometimes required. In Axapta such migration technology as Excel Import is popular and you may consider doing it internally without appealing to consulting budget. Popular migration... SAP Business One Tinley Park, Homer Glen IL Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 13, 2011 When you are selecting your next Small Business ERP application the simple thing is to find consulting firm with nicely looking consultants and sales engineers in blue suits ready to travel to your office from downtown Chicago. However later on you may realize that some firms are sending consultant... SAP Business One Romeoville, Joliet IL Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 13, 2011 When you are selecting your next Small Business ERP application the simple thing is to find consulting firm with nicely looking consultants and sales engineers in blue suits ready to travel to your office from downtown Chicago. However later on you may realize that some firms are sending consultant... SAP Business One Russian User Interface and Advances in Version 8.81 International | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 13, 2011 This small publication is intended to help multinational company with its expansion to Russian Federation, Belorussia, Kazakhstan where such popular accounting packages as Microsoft Dynamics GP are not localized and not recommended due to possible issues with regulated reporting and tax compliance... Moving to SAP Business One from Great Plains Steps and Recommendations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 13, 2011 The likely reason of such migration is outdated version of Great Plains Dynamics and inability to upgrade. Customers on older ERP version typically do not have current support plan with Microsoft Business Solutions and do not have new version registration key for upgrade. Sometimes the reason migh... SAP Business One Naperville, Plainfield, Romeoville Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, August 12, 2011 We are here on the intersection of the highways 55, 80, 290 and 88. We are all about Small Business ERP. SAP Business One does wonderful job or if you are not happy we are here to provide second opinionWarehouses, this is the key concept of our South West Chicago suburbs world. Assembly and W... SAP Business One Customization Service or how to Reshape my User Interface Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, August 12, 2011 This small business ERP application is very advanced in adding user defined fields to existing tables as well as creating new tables. When new user defined table is created editing form is added automatically. Plus there is the fact that SAP acquired Business Objects with its jewel Crystal Reports... SAP Business One Russian User Interface and Localized Version in Russian Federation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 We are residing in Chicago metro area and we do not pretend to be the high experts. However we are doing Corporate ERP implementations since 1994 and we have done numerous in Moscow and across the Russian Federation. SAP B1 is revolutionary small business ERP application as it is crossing internat... SAP Business One International Interface or How to Open your Accounting to Chinese Users International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Initially this small and mid-market accounting package with MRP, ERP and CRM elements was intended to serve international Small Business ERP market. If you deploy SAP in your headquarters in the United States or Europe and would like to find accounting solution from the same vendor for rolling out... SAP Business One ODBC Data Migration in Data Transfer Workbench plus International Aspects International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 This topic seems to be not officially documented to pop up on the first page in Google or Yahoo search. We feel that ODBC connection in DTW is very powerful and should be deployed in historical data conversion projects where number of historical invoices crosses million. Why we are declaring this... Corporate ERP Data Conversion Projects or How to Avoid Failures in the Phase One Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 In our consulting practice we've seen two extreme approaches to initial data export, massage and migration to the new Corporate Accounting system. Let's begin with the case where customer suggests consulting team to migrate everything'. This approach might be interpreted by consulting team as we... Econnect Programming for Dynamics GP Services Integration Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 Econnect technology and SDK were created initially intended to enable ecommerce shopping cart integration with Sales Invoice back in 2003. The nice thing about eConnect is the fact that you as Microsoft Visual Studio C... SAP Business One Chicago, Atlanta Second Opinion or Complex Customization and Data Conversion Handling Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 07, 2011 We are beginning the new series to SAP Business One client community to help them understand the consulting industry trends, customization project planning, local versus nationwide consulting firm selection. The nature of our service is web sessions and VOIP conferences with strong specialization i... SAP Business One Second Opinion or How to Recover Failed Installation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 07, 2011 We are beginning the new series to SAP Business One client community to help them understand the consulting industry trends, customization project planning, local versus nationwide consulting firm selection. The nature of our service is web sessions and VOIP conferences with strong specialization i... Dynamics AX Second Opinion in Naperville, Plainfield, Wheaton IL Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 06, 2011 We are reprinting original article written by our Corporate ERP guru Andrew Karasev. This publication is about historical data conversion from Great Plains Dynamics and Accounting for DOS to AxaptaIt is popular route when your company grew and now your legacy Corporate ERP doesn't do the job an... Dynamics AX Second Opinion in South West Michigan and Northern Indiana Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 06, 2011 We are reprinting original article written by our Corporate ERP guru Andrew Karasev. This publication is about historical data conversion from Great Plains Dynamics and Accounting for DOS to AxaptaIt is popular route when your company grew and now your legacy Corporate ERP doesn't do the job an... Data Conversion from Old Great Plains to Dynamics AX Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, August 06, 2011 It is popular route when your company grew and now your legacy Corporate ERP doesn't do the job and is not scalable to catch up with lacking functionality. Likely in the past you did strategic decision to implement high end ERP system and walk away from Great Plains Dynamics. And when you finally... SAP Business One in South West Michigan Full Service plus Second Opinion Sport | Andrew Karasev | Friday, August 05, 2011 We really do not deploy such techniques as hard selling with pushing until customer says whatever I am ready to pay for the licenses'. It is a piece of cake for consulting firm to sell you licenses and install SB1 on your brand new SQL Server. More challenging is come through such important phase... SAP Business One Imitating CSV Templates in SQL View in Data Conversion Project Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, August 05, 2011 Data Transfer Workbench is traditional data import tool and consultants are trained to prepare so-called CSV or Excel templates filled with data rows from your legacy accounting. Workbench does perfect job where your import volume is modest and you only importing several tables. However it is not... Data Cleansing and Templates Preparation prior to Migration to SAP Business One Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 It is generally good idea to avoid full scale data export and migration into your new Corporate ERP system or in other words to migrate large portion of historical invoices, payments and other documents. It is easier and budget wise cheaper to keep the old accounting online for data querying only p... Crystal Reports and Microsoft SQL Server or where to Start Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, August 01, 2011 Crystal Reports are so widespread and popular due to the fact that they could connect to virtually every database via ODBC or Native Drivers. Currently Business Objects are owned by SAP as we are writing this paper in August of 2011. SAP is now recommending CR as preferred design tool is such appl... Crystal Reports Design from the office in South West Michigan: Sales Commission, Customer Statement, Graphical Invoice Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 31, 2011 The nature of our services allows us to service USA and Canada nationwide. There is often the need to appeal to local consultants. We travel to you in Michigan from Saint Joseph location and in the case of Chicagoland and western northern Indiana from Naperville or Villa Park IllinoisBelow is... Crystal Reports such as Customer Statement, Sales Commission Design in Chicago Western Suburbs Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 31, 2011 Crystal Reporting requires professional consultant expertise when you need the records to be pulled out of your Corporate ERP database. Such accounting applications as Microsoft Dynamics or SAP Business One are not easy to construct Select statement for your commission formula. There are also old... EFaru Crystal Sales Commission Report Design Overview and Recommendations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 31, 2011 Major accounting applications such as SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics have Sales commission accruing functionality and reporting. However it is often the case when your commission formulae are complex and you have to do calculations outside of the commission login in your Corporate ERP. For e... Crystal Reports Design Local Focus Chicagoland, Northern Indiana and Berrien County of Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, July 30, 2011 If you are trying to locate local programmer or designer we would like to introduce our consulting company. Faru corporation with offices in St. Joseph Michigan and Naperville Illinois is Corporate ERP integrator where we are covering such projects as SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics AX formerl... Crystal Reports Customer Statement Design: ODBC, SQL Server, MySQL, Access, Oracle Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, July 30, 2011 There is no need to introduce Crystal Reports designer tool as powerful and flexible. Billing system often has to combine records from SQL Server and Linux based business management system often hosted in PHP with MySQLMost of the accounting packages have customer statement version available ou... Crystal Report Failed Project Recovery in Chicago and USA and Canada Nationwide Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 29, 2011 Custom report design projects typically fail when the designer is not familiar with SQL Stored Procedures and Views. The failure reasons are often duplicate rows and incorrect summariesWe provide second opinion if you think that your Crystal Report design project failed with producing duplicate... Crystal Reports Design as Arts and Programming Combination Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 29, 2011 We provide second opinion if you think that your Crystal Report design project failed with producing duplicate lines incorrect summaries and things like thatGood report is often based on SQL View or Stored Procedure. And professional design often involves computer graphics in the form of logos,... SAP Business One Gary Indiana Welcome to Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 28, 2011 SAP B1 is marching across the mid-west and Great Lakes area. This Small Business ERP is cheaper comparing to Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Ready. And its user interface is reasonably intuitive and there is no need to do custom programming in order to customize SAP B1. The work could be done in s... SAP Business One or Dynamics GP as Corporate ERP Selection Dilemma in Chicago Metro Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 28, 2011 In our opinion former Great Plains has more USA fitting business logic while SAP B1 is geared toward supporting small branches of multinational companies worldwide, including China, Russia, Japan, Brazil and other regionsWe have to admit that SAP BO is very flexible in letting you add user defin... Data Conversion Chicago Dynamics AX, Great Plains, SAP Business One Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 28, 2011 Each Corporate ERP or MRP system is different in its business logic, database platform, user interface. It is often a challenge to pump out historical transactions from legacy accounting application, something like Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Mac or WindowsIn our opinion the most advanced... Data Export Cleansing and Import between Great Plains, AX, QuickBooks and SAP Business One Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 28, 2011 It is usually impossible to avoid the step of data conversion in implementing new Corporate MRP application. In this small article we are revisiting Corporate ERP implementation theory and its data migration phase. The material is based on real life experience and is relevant to such platforms as... Florida Recovering Dynamics AX Failed Data Migration Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Have you really discussed Data Conversion project scope with your original Axapta reseller? If the answer is Yes' did they recommended to keep data import profile as low as possible? If you are not sure, please note that heavy data conversion projects are one of the most popular ways to Corporate... California Dynamics AX Data Import Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 There is a dilemma to pump out historical and master records from your legacy accounting database. Typically you have to choose between direct ODBC, SQL connection, or do it via printing report into text file with following data cleansingWhich method is preferred? The answer depends on the pla... New York Dynamics AX Recovering Failed Data Migration Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 To set your expectations upfront we have to say that the best data conversion is the one which was avoided. In Microsoft Dynamics ERP family of products former Axapta has reasonably powerful data import tools, but they might be not user friendly and require custom programming in MorphX X comparin... Dynamics AX Chicago Data Conversion Help and Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Well, the question is probably not about filling up Excel Import template worksheets but rather export and cleanse data from your legacy accounting such as Great Plains, SAP Business One, Sage Accpac, Peach Tree, QuickBooks, MYOB. Typically you have to choose one of the two data export methods:... SAP Business One Chicago Second Opinion or Recovering Failed Implementation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 If you are reading this paper we are sorry to hear about your case. Well, but it is not the end of the world. SAP B1 is typically smooth in its generic implementation. However if you are trying to program custom processes in SDK or planning to force major data conversion - you original reseller m... Crystal Reports Design for SAP B1 Combining Standard and Custom Fields and Tables Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 In version 8.81 there is no need to install special Crystal add-on as standard logic allows you incorporate CR. We would like to give you popular Sales Commission report design case study, where we are deploying such functionality as User defined tables and fields. These objects are open to design... Data Migration to SAP Business One from Great Plains and Notes on ODBC Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 SAP B1 is popular as Small Business ERP system however we know the cases when multinational company with Dynamics GP in their headquarters decided to deploy Business One in its overseas subsidiaries. And in a matter of several years they switched to B1 for headquarters as well. Why they decided to... Chicago Data Migration from Great Plains to Dynamics AX, SAP Business One, Oracle PeopleSoft Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, July 25, 2011 We are professionals preparing Great Plains data export in your chosen format, including Excel, SQL Server Custom tables, MS Access DB, Coma and Tab delimited text filesWhen you make a decision to implement new Corporate ERP in the near future, you typically stop version updates for your existin... Migrating Data from Great Plains to Dynamics AX, SAP Business One, Oracle Notes for Consultant Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, July 25, 2011 When you make a decision to implement new Corporate ERP in the near future, you typically stop version updates for your existing accounting application. When that future time comes legacy application might be so outdated that it is not easy to export its records without consulting help from somebod... SAP Business One in LaSalle and Peru IL Second Opinion in Recovery Limbo Implementation, Data Import and Report Design Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 24, 2011 Highway 80 and I... SAP Business One DeKalb, Montgomery, Sandwich, Rochelle, IL Second Opinion in Recovery Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 24, 2011 This is obviously not a norm but it could not be categorized as uncommon or impossible. New Small Business ERP implementation requires management commitment, users and key employee involvement. Second opinion works in Corporate ERP implementation similar to how it does in healthcare. Custom sof... SAP Business One Chicago and Suburbs Second Opinion in Implementation Recovery Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 24, 2011 This is obviously not a norm but it could not be categorized as uncommon or impossible. New Small Business ERP implementation requires management commitment, users and key employee involvement. We are happy to provide second opinion in Chicago, its western, northern and southern suburbs, including... Recovering SAP Business One Unsuccessful Customization, Integration and Reporting Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 24, 2011 Second opinion works in Corporate ERP implementation similar to how it does in healthcare. Custom software development has some risk potential by its nature. Plus original reseller has to promise a little bit more than they currently have under their belts. However modern consultant should be opt... SAP Business One Support in Aurora, Plainfield, Naperville, ILL Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, July 23, 2011 We are here local to you with office in Naperville. We believe in rise of the warehouse operations along highways 55 and 80Below is original article written by our evangelist Andrew KarasevSAP Business One Support via Web Sessions and TeleconferencesThere is large number of underserved... EFaru SAP Business One Support via Web Sessions and Teleconferences Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, July 23, 2011 There is large number of underserved existing Corporate ERP customers across the country. Let's name it as secondary consulting and technical support market. You may still remember initial project implementation with data, conversion, user training. You went into production with your new accounti... SAP Business One Reporting Downers Grove, Lisle IL Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 22, 2011 We are travelling to you from Naperville location. It is a good idea to redeploy your business on SAP Business One flexible platform. It is ready to be customized directly via Settings or In Microsoft Visual Studio C... SAP Business One Reporting Kankakee IL Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 22, 2011 We are travelling to you from Naperville location. It is a good idea to redeploy your business on SAP Business One flexible platform. It is ready to be customized directly via Settings or In Microsoft Visual Studio C... SAP Business One Reporting Ottawa, Marseilles, Morris, Channahon IL Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 22, 2011 We are trying to educate our local audience, located along highways 55 and 80. It is a good idea to redeploy your business on SAP Business One flexible platform. It is ready to be customized directly via Settings or In Microsoft Visual Studio C... SAP Business One Reporting South West Michigan Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 22, 2011 We travel to you from St. Joseph location in Berrien Country on the shore of the Lake Michigan. Local SAP B1 service is available, including licenses sale, data conversion, implementation, version upgrade and providing second opinion in failed implementationIn version 8.8 there is no more need... SAP Business One Reporting Plainfield, Naperville Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 22, 2011 We welcome new or existing businesses relocating to the business parks along highway 55 in Plainfield, Romeoville, Bolingbrook. Local SAP B1 service is availableIn version 8.8 there is no more need for separate add-on to integrate custom Crystal report into user interface. This is traditional... SAP Business One Reporting Chicago Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 22, 2011 In this article we are coming through CR specifics for SAP B1. It is known general recommendation to base reporting on SQL Stored Procedure or View to avoid row duplication issuesIn version 8.8 there is no more need for separate add-on to integrate custom Crystal report into user interface. Th... SAP Business One Crystal Reports Integration and Design Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 22, 2011 In version 8.8 there is no more need for separate add-on to integrate custom Crystal report into user interface. This is traditional reporting tool and numerous programmers and consultants are comfortable in building reports in Crystal. Let's try to get into specifics of SAP B1 and probably recomm... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Springfield Capital of the state of Illinois Faru Corporation Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 Springfield is 3 hours driving from Naperville. We thing that it is still a good dealOur consultants are driving from St. Joseph MI, Naperville, IL. Plus please take into consideration that modern computer technologies allow remote access to your server or user computer via web session, Citrix... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Galena Illinois Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 SAP Business One Consulting Services in Galena Illinois Faru CorporationGalena area is 3 hours driving from Naperville. We thing that it is still a good dealOur consultants are driving from St. Joseph MI, Naperville, IL. Plus please take into consideration that modern computer technologies a... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Ludington, MI Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 Ludington area is 3 hours driving from St. Joseph. We thing that it is still a good dealOur consultants are driving from St. Joseph, and this is around thirty miles to reach Holland. Plus please take into consideration that modern computer technologies allow remote access to your server or user... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Holland and Saugatuck, MI Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 Our consultants are driving from St. Joseph, and this is around thirty miles to reach Holland. Plus please take into consideration that modern computer technologies allow remote access to your server or user computer via web session, Citrix or remote desktop connectionBelow is our original articl... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, MI Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 Our consultants are driving from St. Joseph, and this is around sixty miles to reach Kalamazoo. Plus please take into consideration that modern computer technologies allow remote access to your server or user computer via web session, Citrix or remote desktop connectionBelow is our original artic... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Aurora, IL Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 We are in Southern Naperville, practically from five to ten minutes away depending on your office location in AuroraBelow is our original article written by our consultant Andrew Karasev on SAP Business One Data Massage and migration projectsSAP Business One Data Transfer Workbench in Complex... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Elgin, Batavia, St. Charles, IL Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 Our consultants are living across the Chicagoland area. We are charging travel mileage from our Naperville office, which should be at the distance of fifteen miles from North Aurora, Saint Charles or Batavia. Elgin is probably 25 miles awayBelow is our original article written by our consultant A... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Channahon, Joliet, Morris, Illinois Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 We are in driving distance from Naperville location, it is about thirty minutes to drive to your office from our Naperville location via highways 55 and 80Below is our original article written by our consultant Andrew Karasev on SAP Business One Data Massage and migration projectsSAP Busines... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Sterling, Rock Falls Illinois Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 We are in driving distance from Naperville location, it is about one and the half hour to drive to Sterling via tollway 88Below is our original article written by our consultant Andrew Karasev on SAP Business One Data Massage and migration projectsSAP Business One Data Transfer Workbench in... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Berrien County Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 We are available locally out of our Saint Joseph location, Faru corporationBelow is our original article written by our consultant Andrew Karasev on SAP Business One Data Massage and migration projectsSAP Business One Data Transfer Workbench in Complex Migration ProjectsData Transfer Wor... SAP Business One Consulting Services in Naperville, West Chicago, Warrenville, Glen Ellyn Chicago Area Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 We are available locally out of our Naperville location, Faru corporationBelow is our original article written by our consultant Andrew Karasev on SAP Business One Data Massage and migration projectsSAP Business One Data Transfer Workbench in Complex Migration ProjectsData Transfer Workb... SAP Business One Data Transfer Workbench in Complex Migration Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 21, 2011 Data Transfer Workbench is part of the SAP B1 basic training and certification exam. However certified consultant is familiar with only limited part of the data import power of DTW. They know that it is good for limited scope initial data migration, where you need to fill in CSV templates, often r... SAP Business One in Chicago Metro Area Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Chicagoland Corporate ERP market was known and probably still is with tight competition. Chicago extends itself to such suburbs as Oak Park, Cicero, Evanston, Hayden ParkSAP Business One is really friendly to small business and its interface is intuitive and ready for user surfing and discover... SAP Business One in Kankakee and Bourbonnais IL Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 SAP Business One is really friendly to small business and its interface is intuitive and ready for user surfing and discoveryNew Corporate ERP selection homework is not easy one. If you are thinking about something like Microsoft Dynamics GP, we would also suggest you to consider its direct com... SAP Business One in Northern Indiana Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Highway 80 is artery connecting Chicagoland, Western Michigan and serving as IN distribution hub New Corporate ERP selection homework is not easy one. If you are thinking about something like Microsoft Dynamics GP, we would also suggest you to consider its direct competitor SAP Business One... SAP Business One in Rockford, Elgin, Crystal Lake IL Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 We are close to all Fox River located Cities and Villages. There is no need to overpay for consulting hours to Chicago based brick and mortar consulting firms. We are also ready to recover failed implementationNew Corporate ERP selection homework is not easy one. If you are thinking about som... SAP Business One in Morris, Ottawa, LaSalle, Peru, Sterling IL Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Western Illinois area might be considered as underserved in the sense of small and mid-size business corporate ERP application offering and implementation optionsNew Corporate ERP selection homework is not easy one. If you are thinking about something like Microsoft Dynamics GP, we would also s... SAP Business One in Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 South West Michigan area might be considered as underserved in the sense of small and mid-size business corporate ERP application offering and implementation optionsNew Corporate ERP selection homework is not easy one. If you are thinking about something like Microsoft Dynamics GP, we would als... SAP Business One in Downers Grove, Lisle, Darien, Westmont Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 We are serving western section of Chicagoland and we are specializing in SAP B1, AxaptaNew Corporate ERP selection homework is not easy one. If you are thinking about something like Microsoft Dynamics GP, we would also suggest you to consider its direct competitor SAP Business OneLet us int... SAP Business One in Chicagoland Illinois: Schaumburg, Lombard, Joliet Faru Corporation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 New Corporate ERP selection homework is not easy one. If you are thinking about something like Microsoft Dynamics GP, we would also suggest you to consider its direct competitor SAP Business OneLet us introduce ourselves. We are trying to combine CPA Corporate ERP implementation style with pro... SAP Business One in Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook Illinois Faru Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Let us introduce ourselves. We are trying to combine CPA Corporate ERP implementation style with profound technology expertise, such as SAP B1 SDK programming in Microsoft Visual Studio, Delphi, challenging data conversions done via ODBC connection to your legacy accounting package in Data Transfer... Migrating Data into SAP Business One Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 There are several powerful tools, developed by ISV channel and they are obviously pricy and require consulting budget. If you ask SAP B1 consultant on how we move our old accounting documents and master records into the new system, the answer likely to be that we will use Data Transfer Workbench.... Dynamics AX Support Internationally via Remote Connection and Citrix focus on Afghanistan International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, July 18, 2011 Technically we can support Axapta worldwide, including such remote places as Afghanistan, Pacific Oceania, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Siberia. All you need to do is provide reasonable high speed internet connection. Remote connection technologies such as Citrix, Microsoft Terminal services are doing... Ecommerce Integration Options with Dynamics GP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, July 18, 2011 Integration method is often depending on where you are maintaining your inventory items, pricing, discounts and credit card processing for the submitted shopping cart. Smaller electronic retailers are typically ecommerce portal implementation price sensitive. They may find it cheaper to deploy exi... Dynamics AX Strategic Partner needed, Proposed Countries are India or Russia, maybe Philippines International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 17, 2011 If you are established Axapta professional with certification in both functional and technical consulting, including MorphX X programming with proven implementation, data conversion and customization projects records, we invite you to give us a callOur plan is outsource Dynamics AX Technical S... Dynamics AX Data Migration Services USA Nationwide with Local Presence in Chicago, Western Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 17, 2011 Former Axapta, or how it is currently known as Microsoft Dynamics AX was designed to be flexible and customizable solution for upper mid-market and large companies. It is open for data conversion with such tool as Excel Import and othersMigration path to AX is typically from old version of mid-... Dynamics GP Enabling Barcoding Devices Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 17, 2011 Barcode scanners and RFID readers in integration to GP should be considered in the context of business routine, where you plan label scanning automation. Typical barcode scanning scenarios are turning Great Plains workstation into Point of Sale terminal, and Warehouse Management. There might be un... Dynamics AX Axapta Customization in MorphX X Notes with regards to reading programming manuals Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, July 16, 2011 Former Axapta and now it is known as Microsoft Dynamics AX is flexible to be modified, extended or customized. If you are business owner or ID department manager, you may have shortage of time to install AX on your personal computer and read through user guides and programming manuals. This applic... Dynamics AX Extensions, Customizations, Modified Reporting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, July 16, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics AX or Axapta as it was known with its initial versions is flexible to be modified. It has its own classification of customizations: extensions, reports modification and customization in its broad meaning. Traditionally all the modifications are done in enabling custom objects in... Dynamics AX Contracting Jobs in India, Russia, Philippines with X MorphX Programming Expertise Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 15, 2011 Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and the author of Alba Spectrum marketing brand is launching new project EFaru (the name means lighthouse in English and it sounds like Faru in old Spanish, from Foros the ancient lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt, now in ruins)What we would like to ac... SAP Business One Data Conversion Projects Recovery in Chicago Metro Area and USA Nationwide Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 15, 2011 Data import to SAP B1 in initial implementation is typically done in Data Transfer Workbench, where your consulting force has to fill CSV templates. This statement might seem as doable without rocket science expertise. However the pitfalls are often in the exporting from your old accounting applic... SAP Business One Coding Projects in SDK Recovery and Software Development Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 15, 2011 Sap B1 customizations are typically programmed in Microsoft Visual Studio C... SAP B1 Exporting Everything to Excel or how to Consolidate P Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 14, 2011 SAP Business One is very popular in hub and spoke Corporate ERP implementation scenario for multinational company. This small business accounting package is actually translated for the majority of foreign languages including Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Russian. It is available across the Europe, La... Crystal Reports for SAP Business One or how to Design them without Duplications Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 14, 2011 SAP B1 table structure could be reviewed if you enable View -> System Information in the user interface. Be sure that your consulting firm gives you report designer with years of experience. Otherwise novice report designer tends to discover Crystal Reports via Report creation wizard. Professiona... SAP Business One Data Conversion Projects and Recommendations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 14, 2011 It is not a secret that data migration is typically done in Data Transfer Workbench and the sources are CSV templates, which you need to fill with the data exported from your legacy accounting. We would like to talk about conversion scope, exporting data from legacy ERP as well as suggest Advanced... SAP Business One Customization and Data Conversion Getting Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 SAP B1 implementation is typically goes pretty smooth, assuming that you do not require extensive programming in SDK and data conversion. Local implementation firms might be small in size and not affording to have SDK programmer in staff. Excel CSV templates are also simple to fill and conduct min... Inviting Dynamics AX Practice Manager and MorphX X Software Development Team Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Faru Corporation is looking for strategic relations to form joint venture or possible invite shareholder with proven Axapta Dynamics AX experience and practice managing skills. We are looking for project manager here in the United States as well as programming team in India, Russia or Philippines.... Initial Data Conversion to Microsoft Dynamics Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 In this publication we would like to review data migration in initial implementation for two ERP products: Dynamics AX and GP. Formerly they were known as Axapta and Great Plains respectively. Before we begin we would like to share with you some fresh air about data conversion, its export from leg... US Based Microsoft Dynamics Consulting Firm is seeking for Partnership with Indian Axapta AX team International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, July 11, 2011 Faru Corporation is USA based consulting firm, incorporated in the state of Michigan and providing Microsoft Dynamics consulting services to American, Canadian, Mexican and international Corporate ERP implementation and support market.We are efficient in getting market share in Dynamics GP secon... Data Migration from Great Plains to Dynamics AX Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, July 11, 2011 Both Corporate ERP applications belong to Microsoft Dynamics family, their user interface navigation is similar. However they have different tables structure and there is no direct data migration utility to switch from GP to AX. Easiest way is probably through Excel Import, where you have to fill... Dynamics AX Data Conversion Projects in SW Michigan, Northern Indiana, Chicago Metro Area Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 10, 2011 Traditionally data migration to Axapta is done in Excel Import tool. Popular migration paths are from such legacy accounting applications as Great Plains Dynamics on Pervasive SQL Server 2000/Btrieve versions 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.0, Great Plains for DOS 9.5, 9.2, QuickBooks, SAP Business One... Dynamics AX Data Conversion Pitfalls and how to avoid them Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 10, 2011 Data export from legacy accounting database, cleansing and importing to your new Corporate ERP system should be planned. It is not recommended just to give an order to your consulting team... Dynamics AX or Formerly Known as Axapta Data Migration Puzzle Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 10, 2011 Converting your historical data to new Corporate ERP application is often the fun. General wisdom doesn't recommend complex data export and import projects, as each accounting application is different and it is not an easy task to find the way to match the fields in old accounting tables to be migr... Warehouse Management Solution for Dynamics GP or how to get it for Smaller Company Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, July 09, 2011 There are sound WMS brands on the software market. These systems are typically standalone and self-sufficient with rich distribution and supply chain management logic. They support majority of smart barcode scanners, autonomous labels scanning on the warehouse floor and following upload in Batch M... Dynamics AX Data Migration Recommendations or how to stay away from Implementation Limbo Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 08, 2011 Former Axapta is recommended for upper midmarket. Implementing Corporate ERP system for large company often requires strong project management and phasing approach. Microsoft Business Solutions recommends this application to be implemented and documented in special project management technology Su... FRx for Dynamics GP 2010 Some Fresh Air to Share Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 08, 2011 As you may already know Microsoft Business Solutions recommends switching from FRx Financial Reporting to Microsoft Management Reporter. There is no guarantee for FRx to be compatible with 64 bit Windows7, Vista or XP. For version 2010 of GP Microsoft released service pack 12 for Financial Report... Dynamics AX Preparing Excel Templates for Importing in Data Conversion Project Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 07, 2011 Data migration into AX might be tough, especially if you plan to bring over historical sales and purchases. When you are switching over from legacy accounting to new Corporate ERP system general recommendation is to keep old system alive for inquires only and in the new application avoid massive da... Dynamics AX Data Export and Massage before Production Migration from Legacy Accounting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, July 07, 2011 Large scale data conversion project, where you are exporting master records and historical transactions from legacy Corporate ERP system and preparing them to be imported into Dynamics AX, requires careful planning. If you plan to deploy Excel Import, then you should expect data export from old acc... Dynamics AX Importing Data from Great Plains All the Versions Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 AX technical consultants and programmers are typically very good in MorphX X programming and their expertise goes beyond such popular integration tools as Excel Import. The challenge is rather in extracting master and historical documents from your legacy accounting application. This paper shoul... SAP Business One as Cool Brand New Small Business ERP System Open to Customization, Reporting, Integration Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, July 04, 2011 Do you like the idea having your new Corporate ERP system based in popular (and reasonably cheap in IT support cost) MS SQL Server 2008 or 2005. Also, if you would be promised that most of the reports and queries, created without external consultant help will be ready to be exported to Excel - isn'... EFaru Dynamics AX Data Cleansing and Notes or Converting from Legacy Small Business ERP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, July 04, 2011 We are continuing the series of article on Microsoft Dynamics Axapta data export, massage and import as required initial phase of implementationThere are several technologies and tools in AX to help you with data conversion. We should mention Excel Import, .DAT, SQL Server Integration Services,... Dynamics AX Importing Customers, Vendors, Employees from Legacy Corporate ERP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, July 03, 2011 Andrew Karasev is sharing with us his original article with exclusive additions for Pegas Planet information portalGeneral advice is try to make data massage and conversion project scope minimal. In the case of AX data conversion is recommended to be minimal as well. Consider keeping your lega... Dynamics AX Data Import and Conversion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, July 02, 2011 If you are switching to AX from legacy accounting system, often the problem happens in exporting master records, such as customers, vendors, GL accounts and transactions, such as Sales Invoice, Purchase Order. If you as Axapta developer would have legacy ERP data exported to something like text fil... Monthly Billing in Dynamics GP How to set it without Programming and Integration Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, July 01, 2011 In Dynamics GP or how it was known formerly Great Plains regular billing setup depends on business type. If you are in leasing business it is recommended to deploy Scheduled Payment functionality in Receivable Management module. Obviously leasing logic doesn't fit to all billing scenarios, as it i... Dynamics AX Flexible Mid-Market ERP of the Future Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, June 30, 2011 As historical excurse, in earlier 1990th when Great Plains Dynamics was conquering United States Corporate ERP market with affordable expansion to Latin America, Europe and Russia, and when Navision was marching across the Europe with reasonable success in the USA, Axapta was in its initial steps to... Dynamics AX Custom Programming in X MorphX Consulting and Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Software developing is often the sputnik of Axapta implementation, data conversion, integration with legacy applications. New version 2012 is opening AX for being customized directly from Microsoft Visual Studio in C... EFaru Dynamics AX Former Axapta and SAP Business One as International Corporate ERP Tandem International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 When you are expanding internationally one of the discoveries that you make in IT department is incompatibility of your current Corporate ERP system with the requirements of the foreign country. This is not necessary foreign language user interface and data entry. It is also compliance to foreign... EFaru Data Migration to Dynamics AX Projects and Highlights Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, June 28, 2011 This upper midmarket Corporate ERP application often requires custom programming in initial data conversion. This is not necessary a big hurdle, as its technology is flexible and technical consultants are often expected to be part of the implementation team. What might be challenging is export leg... EFaru Dynamics AX Software Development Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, June 27, 2011 Formerly known as Axapta this mid-market Corporate ERP system often requires customization and programming to be implemented. It is a good idea to use phasing approach, where in initial phase you are going live with standard modules and business logic, including data conversion, settings, user trai... SAP Business One new Wave in Small Business ERP Implementation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, June 26, 2011 This application could be portrayed as pretty innovated. Such technologies as three tiers, MS SQL Server hosted. We are featuring this Corporate ERP implementation in scenarios where you have Dynamics GP or Axapta in USA, Canada, Continental Europe and would like to acquire new subsidiary in Brazi... Dynamics AX Programming as Natural Part of Corporate ERP Implementation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, June 26, 2011 The strategy is to plan creating custom objects in MorphX metadata and cover the functionality gaps. Formerly known as Axapta this upper mid-market ERP and MRP platform is extremely flexible, that it likely the reason why the selection of ISV add-ons is limited. They are not really needed, as ever... Dynamics AX Openness to Programming World in Version 2012 and Possible Directions Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, June 25, 2011 There is noticeable shift in the new version to open AX metadata to Microsoft Visual Studio. Plus we would like to share our impression about synchronizing custom query creation and its exposure not only for Windows version, but also Enterprise Portal or web interface. MS VS developers could also... Corporate ERP Architectures: Dynamics AX versus GP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, June 24, 2011 Both applications are members of Microsoft Dynamics ERP family. Former Axapta is often recommended to upper-mid market, process manufacturing, project organization, retail and entertainment, supply chain management. It is also available in most of the international markets. Dynamics GP in the pas... Microsoft Dynamics AX Data Migration Projects from QuickBooks, Great Plains DOS, SAP BO Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 If you are implementing AX (or formerly known as Axapta) then the reason probably is expansion. Data conversion was known as potential cause of going over budget. This article should give you introduction in exporting historical and master records from popular accounting packages, such as Great Pl... Dynamics AX Data Import or Walking away from Great Plains, QuickBooks, SB1 Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 We got reasonable stream of leads, associated with unsuccessful data export from their legacy accounting systems. Data extract limbo was especially frequent with old timers, such as Great Plains Accounting for DOS and Windows 9.5, as well as QuickBooks, where data conversion requires text file impo... EFaru Dynamics AX ERP Programming and How to Handle It in Large Organization Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Monday, June 20, 2011 Important in our opinion is methodology and control over the future events, such as compatibility with service packs, version upgrade, redeployment on the new server, etc. These questions are especially important, as newly released version 2012 opens AX for .Net developers in Microsoft Visual Studi... SAP Business One SDK Programming Projects Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 This small business ERP system is very popular in the United States and internationally, where it is translated to popular languages and localized. Custom programming is typically done in Microsoft Visual Studio in C... Dynamics AX as Corporate ERP for Global Organization International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, June 13, 2011 This is probably the only offer from Microsoft Business Solutions, and this offer is really a jewel by its flexibility and power, which is translated to major foreign languages and localized in major countries. Former Axapta was architected in Europe back in 1990th by Daamgard Software with the goa... Dynamics AX Technical Support via Remote Access Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, June 11, 2011 This method of support is feasible when your Corporate ERP system is already implemented and you would like to change your consulting help method from relatively expensive local walk-in consultant to something more budget-oriented. There might be visible trend that local resellers are interested in... Dynamics AX Coding Projects in MorphX X and Customization Deployment for Global Organization Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 This upper mid-market Corporate ERP application is available in USA, Canada and major countries. This fact makes AX as natural choice for multinational corporation to be implemented in its headquarters and in all of the locations internationally. Very important is to consider the model, when you a... Dynamics AX Custom Projects Recovery Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 Unfortunately Corporate ERP implementation and customization projects have ten or more percent failure rate. The good news is the fact that you as the customer could manage the risk and reduce it substantially. We would like to share with you our experience in managing these risks. This publicati... Dynamics AX Programming in X Introduction or how to Find MorphX Coder Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Formerly known as Axapta this mid-market Corporate ERP application is very flexible to all kinds of customizations. It is possible to create new tables with automatic forms directly in MorphX metadata (it is AX IDE and architecture), as well as in MS Visual Studio (where Metadata is also exposed).... Dynamics AX Development Projects with Consideration to Version 2012 International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, May 23, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics AX customization work might be getting special leverage from the opening of MorphX Metadata in such tools as Microsoft Visual Studio. Plus we see good opportunity to publish custom tables, queries and forms into Windows AX interface (so called fat client) and to Enterprise Portal... Dynamics AX Flexible Implementation with International Aspect International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, May 22, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics Corporate ERP family of products includes several applications where certain percentage of business functionality is duplicated. Certainly each one has basic accounting features, such as General Ledger, Accounts Receivables and Payables, Inventory. If you are expanding internati... Dynamics AX Customization Technology Shift in Version 2012 Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, May 20, 2011 This version should be released later in 2011 and we would like to share our discovery as software developers and integrators. Traditionally programming in Axapta and Dynamics AX was done in X in MorphX Integrated Development Environment. Metadata is now ported into the SQL Server database and e... Dynamics AX Customization Readiness: Fresh Air about Version 2012/6.0 Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, May 19, 2011 First of all we would like to mention that in this new release AX is open for Public Sector and Fund Accounting. This is in addition to its tradition industries, such as Manufacturing (both process and discrete), Distribution, Retail, Service (including Media, Entertainment, Professional Services).... Corporate ERP in International Business International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, May 15, 2011 Modern mid-market companies often cross national borders and go internationally both in marketing and production outsourcing. If you are saving on cheaper manufacturing, the unexpected cost might be in the Corporate ERP selection for your foreign facility. When you were building and growing your c... Exporting Data from Great Plains, all the versions, including DOS Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, May 14, 2011 It is obviously the easiest question, if you are on the current version 2010/11.0, as every consultant can help you. It is also relatively straight forward export procedure, if your release is on Microsoft SQL Server platform. In this case all you need to know is review tables structure, we'll tou... SAP Business One as Corporate ERP Extension for Multinational Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, May 13, 2011 If you are expanding internationally it is natural idea to deploy the same Corporate ERP platform for your foreign subsidiary. However there are numerous nuances that you have to consider. First of all foreign country may have its own language and your ERP at the Headquarters might not support thi... Dynamics GP in SCM: Barcoding, Warehouse, B2B eCommerce Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, May 12, 2011 Formerly this mid-market Corporate ERP application was known under Great Plains and eEnterprise names. It has good base for the companies in Distribution and Logistics, general Supply Chain Management. There is special Distribution set of modules, including Sales Order Processing, Inventory Contro... EFaru SAP Business One Getting Implemented in Rentals with Reasonable Customization International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 This small to mid-market business Corporate ERP application seems to give stiff competition to traditional players in this software market such as Great Plains (especially with discontinuation of its Small Business Financials line), Solomon and probably Navision. If you purchase Full Professional l... SAP Business One Customization: User Defined Fields and Tables Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 If you think about light customization of your user interface, prior to considering SDK programming we recommend you to review User defined fields and tables with your consultant. We would like to show you where they are and give you some modification case studies. We will base our publication on... SAP Business One Implementation Recovery Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, May 09, 2011 There might be situations when your small business ERP implementation was screwed and now you feel yourself in limbo. Well, now it is probably the time to look for second opinion. We would like to describe some typical scenarios when you get your Corporate ERP implementation in danger. Try to mat... Alba Spectrum Ecommerce and Dynamics GP Integration Manager Scheduled Runs Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, May 08, 2011 In typical scenario ecommerce shopping cart is transformed into Sales Order Processing Invoice with Customer deposit. Assuming that you are controlling ecommerce programming side and has an option to expose its database via ODBC connection or even export into coma or tab delimited text file, we rec... SAP Business One Custom Programming Projects, Areas of Implementation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, May 07, 2011 With the introduction of the version 8.8, where A and B releases are merged into one we expect the spark in implementing SB1 for multinational corporations. As you know in SAP BO you can switch user interface language within the same session. To give you additional details - such user interfaces a... Alba Spectrum Warehouse Extension for Dynamics GP: Barcoding, Allocation, Replenishment Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, May 07, 2011 There might be several approaches to build so-called Warehouse Management System and integrate it with your Corporate ERP application, such as Dynamics GP. First approach is to implement brand name standalone WMS and then establish integration in the form of connectors to send scanned documents to... SAP Business One Customization Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, May 06, 2011 This small business ERP system is reasonably new and it has powerful custom programming instruments. We also recommend you consider SB1 if your company is expanding internationally as it is localized in many countries and you can deploy international company databases on central server in US or Can... Dynamics GP Software Development Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, May 06, 2011 Formerly this mid-market Corporate ERP system was known as Great Plains Software Dynamics and eEnterprise. In late 1990th and earlier 2000th we saw numerous customization requests from all spectra of customers from small to large and in variety of industries. This was the time, when Corporate ERP... Dynamics GP Deleting Historical Year in SQL Scripts: SY40101 and SY40100 Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, May 04, 2011 There might be situations, where you have to clone of the Great Plains companies and load its Chart of Accounts into new company, installed via GP Utilities. Table SY40101 is well known in such scenarios, where you need to remove historical years, plus if you would like to reopen one or more of the... Bank Reconciliation in Dynamics GP: Deposit to Clear Unused Receipts Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, May 04, 2011 Some of the existing Great Plains customers implement Bank Reconciliation module, including Electronic version in the phase two. This means that they need user training and initial reconciliations for active checkbooks. This is where Clear Unused Receipts Deposit type is popular. If you already h... EFaru Dynamics GP Integration and Remote Support Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 There is the need for integration and customization project for mid-market Corporate ERP applications, such as Great Plains Dynamics. And due to required technology exposure, these services are often outsourced to nationwide technology partners, specializing in Dexterity, Integration Manager, eConn... Dynamics GP Importing Data from External Database Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, May 02, 2011 There are several methods available, the easiest one is probably Integration Manager, assuming you can either export external records into the text files or expose it via ODBC connection. If you have another type of connection to external database via native driver, web services - good idea to crea... Dynamics GP Customizing Sales Order Processing Module with Dexterity, Modifier/VBA Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, May 01, 2011 SOP Transaction screen is probably one of the most popular in modification scenarios. If you are sending Ecommerce shopping cart with customer deposit to Great Plains, please consider either eConnect (with real time integration option), or Integration Management module, where integration could be e... EFaru Dynamics GP under the Hood: Setup in Dex.ini File Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, May 01, 2011 System settings for the user workstation are stored locally and most of them are in Dex.ini file. This setup file could be found in versions 2010/11.0 or 10.0 in Data subfolder of the client application main folder in Program Files. For earlier versions it could be found directly in the client app... Tables in Dynamics GP: Where to Find, Categories, Linking in Reports and SQL Queries Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, April 30, 2011 Former Great Plains has special naming convention for its tables and the names are not self-explanatory, as this application was designed in earlier 1990th, where multiple competing DB platforms often used alphanumeric conventions. We would like to walk you through user interface, where you can fin... Dynamics GP How Do We Translate Great Plains to Foreign Language? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, April 29, 2011 Well, first of all you need to familiarize yourself with such concept as Corporate ERP localization. It includes two components: local language support and compliance to local country business related regulation. If business related regulation compliance is not required (it might be the case, as s... Dynamics GP Translation to Foreign Language International | Andrew Karasev | Friday, April 29, 2011 Current version of Microsoft Dynamics GP is available directly from Microsoft in English, Canadian French and Latin American Spanish. Earlier versions were available in some of the European languages, such as German, Polish, Russian. There is Arabic version. If you are thinking about implementing... Dynamics GP New User Interface Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, April 28, 2011 If you are planning version upgrade from pre-Dynamics version of Great Plains and have some concerns in its user interface similarity and simplicity we recommend this small publication. User interface has numerous new features, where navigation could be done via various methods, such as navigation... Dynamics GP Customer Email Information Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, April 28, 2011 If you are programming integration to this Corporate ERP application as developer you may pose legitimate question about where customer email record is stored. If you know how access table structure via user interface, the first natural way is to guess that email related fields should be on one of... Recovering Dynamics GP: Looking for Second Opinion Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, April 22, 2011 Corporate ERP implementation has some percentage of failures or stalled projects, where you need to think about changing original consulting firm. It is often difficult to say who is the cause of failure - ERP reseller typically tries hard to keep good reputation, however there might be learning cu... Dynamics GP Russian Version - Is it Available? International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 From time to time we are getting this question posed, especially from US and Canadian corporations, who are expanding into Russian Federation (Siberia), Kazakhstan, Ukraine. The answer is simple - there are GP interface translation technologies, allowing you to get some or even all screens to be tr... Great Plains 2010 and Older Versions Support and Recovery Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Current version for this mid-market Corporate ERP application is 2010, formerly referred as 11.0. There are plenty of consultants either in local area or specializing in industry niche and available for nationwide remote support or via travel. We will try to cover the challenges, which you may f... EFaru Upgrading to Dynamics GP 2010 Some Positive Results and Reservations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, April 14, 2011 Each new version of the Corporate ERP application means major redesign, including introduction technology layer stack: new tables, new procedures and functions. Technology innovations are good in general, especially when they tested heavily in the labs or on the pool of volunteers. At this point,... EFaru Dynamics GP Updating to Version 2010 Case Sharing Notes Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 10, 2011 This was interesting cases study, as we moved over two versions from 8.0 to 2010. Also new environment was deployed on the new Windows 2008 Server with SQL Server 2008 both 64 bit alternatives. There were about seventeen production companies and five test copies. There was also VBA script to expo... Dynamics GP, Great Plains Select, GPA for DOS Remote Support Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, April 09, 2011 Whatever version is in use in your organization, they are all reflecting initial design and Dexterity architectural ideas, probably except Great Plains for DOS, Windows or Mac. But even DOS version (9.5, 9,2, 9.1) seems to be similar in its business logic and could be considered as predecessor to D... Dynamics GP Version Update to 2010 Notes from the Field Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, April 09, 2011 We tried to do the whole upgrade by migrating GP data from MS SQL Server 2005 to 2008. This method allowed the customer to have two environments in parallel during post upgrade week to ensure the quality. Our customer was on version 8.0. As you may read from upgrade path to 2010 (find this docume... EFaru Planning Dynamics GP Upgrade all the Way up to version 2010 Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, April 07, 2011 Upgrade is often a bit confusing process and project. Why don't we just insert new version DVD and follow the upgrade wizard? The answer is - no, there are numerous factors to review. Of course if you are on version 10.0 or 9.0 - upgrade could be done in one step with recommendation to switch als... Dynamics GP Chart of Accounts Copy From One Company to Another Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, April 06, 2011 When you are implementing new Corporate ERP system it is good idea to review or even maybe redesign your legacy Chart of Accounts. There are sample COA available for the company that you could load during the installation in Utilities (such as generic Corporation, Partnership), however they might l... How to Copy Dynamics GP Company into Newly Created One? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 Recommendations on cloning Great Plains Dynamcis on Microsoft SQL Server 2008. 2005, 2000 as well as on Pervasive SQL 2000/Btrieve/Ctree, plus notes on Great Plains DOS cloning (9.5, 9.2)...Microsoft Dynamics GP deploys the architecture where each Company has its own SQL Server database. If you... EFaru Dynamics GP Reshaping Chart of Accounts Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 If you are working in accounting department in large company with several business entities installed and implemented in this Corporate ERP application, chart of accounts transformation might be a necessity. It is often expected when your company adopts new standards, and that should be reflected i... EFaru Dynamics GP 2010 Technical Help and Consulting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 03, 2011 When new Corporate ERP system is implemented and you are in production with transaction entering, processing payments and generating reports, there might be a good opportunity for outsourcing ongoing support. There might be also the consideration, that you decided on your current consulting firm b... Integration Manager for Dynamics GP, maybe this is all you need: eCommerce, EDI, ODBC Cross Platform, XML Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, April 02, 2011 Integration Manager is preferred tool to consider, even when you believe that you need such advanced features as event handlers, quasi real time data import, cross platform DB queries (Oracle, MS Access, MySQL, Text File, IBM DB2, Excel)Such data interface scenarios, as ecommerce shopping cart,... What if I am on old Great Plains Dynamics GP Version? My Tech Support options, please Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, April 01, 2011 Support should be available, when you make you homework searching Google, Yahoo, Bing (Microsoft MSN)When the author got his first position as Great Plains Technical Support Consultant back in 1990th, the norm was phone call to Great Plains Software support center in Fargo, ND. Somewhere arou... Exporting from Great Plains Older Versions: 7.5, 7.0, plus GPA for DOS Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Some recommendations on setting up ODBC connection to Pervasive SQL Server 2000/Btrieve, Ctree. Creating DDF files for Great Plains Dynamics, Location TranslationIf you are working with ERP version, where your data resides in Microsoft SQL Server, data export or table access in reporting is o... EFaru Dynamics GP Test Environment Installation, Loading with Data Sets Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 28, 2011 If you are implementing Microsoft Dynamics with moderate or heavy customization planned, test server and environment are recommended. Custom programming requires testing scripts and software quality assurance activities. Technically it is possible to consider some QA against the data, available in... Dynamics GP OLE Notes and Attachments Deployment on the Server Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 28, 2011 This technology is actually not an innovation. It was present since initial versions of Great Plains Dynamics back in mid 1990th. OLE was popular nice feature of Microsoft Windows operating system. If you look at Integration Management module, it actually deploys OLE Server technology in hiding u... Dynamics GP Custom Coding Project Management in Sure Step Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 25, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step is new tool, which is intended to become project management guidance and methodology. Customization projects as not a simple ones and it is good idea to have them automated in Sure StepBased on the expected custom programming magnitude you can classify the project a... Web Internet Based Interface for Microsoft Dynamics GP former Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 24, 2011 Well, first of all, consider Citrix server, where you could publish GP, FRx Microsoft Management Reporter, Excel, Outlook or whatever you need to exposure to your external internet connected clientsIf you do not have a budget for Citrix, consider another two options: Virtual Private Network (VPN... Novell and Microsoft Dynamics GP - are they compatible? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 24, 2011 Please, if you are Novell support engineer, consider the fact that Dynamics GP is Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2005/2000/7.0 application. Try with lesson company in Great Plains to see if you could achieve the workability. But this is not all however. Recent version of Dynamics GP is coming with MS... Great Plains DOS, Btrieve/Pervasive SQL Server 2000, Ctree, MSDE version Support Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 24, 2011 Historically Great Plains Dynamics (current version is Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010/11.0, as we are writing these lines in April of 2011) was available on several DB platforms: Btrieve (here you also could have Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows or Macintosh 9.5, 9.2, 9.1 or earlier version); P... Modification Project for Dynamics GP in Sure Step: Dexterity, eConnect, Extender, VBA with Modifier Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 24, 2011 Practical recommendations on project management in Microsoft Sure Step 2010 for Customization related projectsIf your modification is tiny and requires just work order to be compiled with the requirements included and signed by the customer, you may decide that such Project Management methodolog... Sure Step in Dynamics GP Modifications: Dexterity, Crystal Reports, FRx Extender, EConnect Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 21, 2011 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev Great Plains Certified master and I'd like to answer you questions, associated with this article. Please note that this plaper crosses the borders of Dynamics GP implementation in USA or Canada. We are discussing costomization options for Standard, Enterprise or Igile pr... Sure Step and Dynamics GP Customization Project Management Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 21, 2011 It is possible to manage such Great Plains Dynamics GP projects in Microsoft Sure Step as Dexterity, eConnect, Extender, VBA/Modifier, Web Services, Visual Studio Tools, SQL custom stored procedures and scripts, SSRS, Report Writer, Crystal Reports.Customization department manager could be defin... Microsoft Dynamics ERP Application Implementation and Consulting in Sure Step - reassuring the quality Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 19, 2011 Corporate ERP projects as typically complex and you should expect Project Management methodology to be present (including the charisma associated with the assigned project manager). Well, we are only in the XXI century, so don't expect too much. But the good news is - Microsoft Dynamics ERP is mov... Upgrading Dynamics GP or Older Great Plains Version with Project Managing in Sure Step 2010 Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 18, 2011 When you are on the old legacy version of Great Plains Dynamics, eEnterprise or Dynamics GP, version update project might reveal multiple unpleasant surprises, such as... Implementing Dynamics GP with Sure Step 2010: Unifications, Project Management Guidelines Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 17, 2011 If each project manager understands the work done by the previous PM - isn't it a value for the customer, where Microsoft Dynamics projects is to be implemented? We think that the value is great and we would like to make some comments on Dynamics GP Sure Step 2010This tool is very desirable as... Microsoft Dynamics ERP Management Reporter versus FRx Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 This topic is especially popular with the introduction of the Microsoft Management Reporter, which should become a replacement to FRx. We have numerous years of consulting experience in FRx and we tried Management Reporter and compared the results in brief. This is initial article, please do not e... Andrew Karasev reconfirmed his certification for Dynamics GP Financials 2010 Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Andrew earned his Great Plains Certified master certification back in earlier 2000th where he passed Installation (both Pervasive SQL 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server credentials), Great Plains Financials test, FRx, Inventory and Order Processing, Report Writer. Nowadays the large numbers of Dynamics... Sure Step 2010 as the revolution in Microsoft Dynamics Implementation, Customization, Upgrade Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 We are in consulting business since 1995 and we are actively serving clients in the USA, Canada, Saudi Arabia, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, and internationally. In our opinion Sure Step from Microsoft Business Solutions is the great tool to facilitate new impleme... Taxes in General Ledger Great Plains Dynamics GP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 14, 2011 It is common to expect Sales, Purchases, Use tax, VAT, GST to be accrued in Sales and Purchase Order Processing modules, plus Receivables and Payables Management. However it is possible to do it directly in GL. We consider this option useful for larger organization, where you may manage your sales... Dynamics GP Fixed Assets Back Out Depreciation Methodic plus Multicurrency Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 13, 2011 If you made a mistake and depreciated some of your assets to the future dates, and you need to roll it back, there is no need to invite SQL programmer to remove the depreciation records in Financial Details FA table (and even from GL20000 open transaction table). Let's review recommended methods:... Dynamics GP FA Mass Assets Change, Retire or Transfer, plus Partial versions Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 13, 2011 Fixed Assets module is powerful and at the same time it is often not really familiar to generic Great Plains certified consultants. We are launching the initiative to purchase the series of educational articles about Microsoft Dynamics GP and its modules, including FAIf in your organization you... Dynamics GP RM Procedures: Posted Documents Voiding, NSF, Waiving, Editing Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 12, 2011 When you post documents in Great Plains they are moving from work tables (normally 1XXX) to open (2XXX), and when you are ready to discontinue these documents you can move them to history (3XXX)There might be several scenarios, where you would like to work with posted Receivables module document... Intercompany Transactions in Microsoft Dynamics GP Brief Overview International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 10, 2011 IC transactions could be entered and posted in General Ledger (for Sales documents) and Payables Management. Multicurrency is supported, so you could consider to implement IC for multinational corporation. Please, check if Dynamics GP is localized for your targeted country (where you company subsi... Legacy Corporate ERP Support Series: FRx Financial Reporting Support Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 FRx was popular consolidated financial reporting package for various Corporate ERP applications: Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Epicor to give you few names. In 2010/2011 Microsoft Business Solutions introduced the trend of phasing out FRx in favor to its new tool - Microsoft Management Reporter. This... EFaru Great Plains Legacy Version Support: DOS, Pervasive SQL 2000 Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 There are Corporate ERP customers out there on the versions of Great Plains, that are no longer supported directly by Microsoft. These might be: Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows or Macintosh (9.5, 9.2, 9.1 and earlier), Dynamics GP 8.0, 7.5, Great Plains Select 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, eEnterprise 7.... Microsoft Dynamics GP Computer Checks in PM Notes Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 Paying to your suppliers might be a bit delicate process, where you would like to excercese such instruments, as terms discounts available, trade discounts, finance charge waive, Scheduled Payments in Leasing or Mortgage scenarios, to give you few examplesIf you are doing miscellaneous small pay... Great Plains Accounting 9.5, 9.2 for DOS, Windows or Mac, creating new company license key Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 This small and mid-market businesses Corporate ERP application is long time as retired and support is terminated by the successor of Great Plains Software, which is Microsoft Business Solutions. If you are still on this small business legacy ERP, chances are very high that you do not have active an... Dynamics GP Payables Management Scheduled Payments Notes Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 08, 2011 In Payables Management module you can implement Scheduled Payment, if you are willing to pay for something with installments, leasing contract, for example. In SP entry form you can pick Original Document Number, which would be Vendor Invoice. Schedule Document Date will be automatically filled in... EFaru Dynamics GP Working with Customer Statements Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 06, 2011 We recommend you to take a look in the lesson company on the month end receivable management checklist, where you should get the idea on the sequence. Recommended steps are: Aging, Reconcile to GL, Assess Finance Charges, Print Statements, Transfer Sales Commissions, and Remove Paid Transactions.... EFaru Dynamics GP Receivables Management Advanced Topics: Leasing, National Accounts Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 04, 2011 We would like to review two popular techniques: National Accounts and Scheduled Payment in AR module of GP or former Great Plains. While National Accounts might be useful when you are selling to large corporations with multiple subsidiaries in the US, Canada or Worldwide, Scheduled Payments are typ... Security Logs in Dynamics GP former Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 02, 2011 If you have security loopholes or if you just need to audit whatever your GP users are doing in the system, this small paper should give you initial directionsSometimes you have concerns about specific user and would like to track what this employee is looking at in your Accounting or Corporate... Andrew Karasev Invites Dynamics GP Customers with Bank Reconciliation Customization or Integration Needs Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 Well, first of all, I am happy hear that you are visiting my internet page. We do not think that we have limitations in modifying, implementing, customizing Dynamics GP, or doing integrations. We do it since 1995, plus we support older versions, such as Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows, Ma... Bank Reconciliation module in Microsoft Dynamics GP - helpful info to start using it Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 We respect the fact, that numerous small business customers have tight budget, especially in Corporate ERP implementation areas. We are publishing self-training or self-starter orientation articles for Dynamics GP Bank Reconciliation module in majority of the implementation is used for Matching... EFaru Dynamics GP GL Advanced Topics: Matching, Multidimensional Analysis, Organization Structure Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 28, 2011 Sometimes we consider General Ledger module as the destination for the distributions from subsidiary ledgers, where all you need to do is verify batch totals, distribution and post the batches, originated in other modules. Microsoft Dynamics GP offers several powerful tools within GL itself, where... Organization Structures in Microsoft Dynamics GP: Setup, Procedures and general advises Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 27, 2011 This topic is about Account Level Security setting in former Great Plains Dynamics and its current version Microsoft Dynamics GP. I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and your guide through this small white paper. As we are writing this paper - current time is the end of February 201... Dynamics GP Simple Project Tracking in Transaction Matching General Ledger Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 26, 2011 Do I really need heavy lifting Project Accounting module for Microsoft Dynamics GP in order to track my simple projects, where I have to control the match between the revenue and expenses? The answer is probably not. But, you should be aware that you understand what cheaper or better to say budget... Recovering Customer via SQL Queries in Great Plains Dynamics GP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 24, 2011 The situation, where you lost your customer or vendor master tables in Dynamics GP is not ideal, but recovery could be possible. We need to review your situation via web session to assess our involvement efficiency. There might be unpleasant situations, when you realized that you cleared maste... Loading New Company from Dynamics GP Backup Database Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 23, 2011 if you have to create new company in Great Plains Dynamics GP, please, be sure that you understand the routines and the associated challengesWhen you are running multiple companies, in the environment, where you are serving as accounting outsourcer, it is possible to work out reasonably simple p... Andrew Karasev: New Features in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 and 10.0 Foundation Series Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Earlier in 2000th when we were passing Great Plains Certification exams, this topic was referred as System Manager. However with the acquisition of Axapta, Navision, Solomon, we feel that terminology unification is a good thing to do. Also it is understandable trend to provide programming options,... MS Word Templates in Dynamics GP or How to Print Sales Invoice as Word Document Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 21, 2011 Former Great Plains Dynamics after being acquired by Microsoft went pretty long way as part of the Microsoft Dynamics ERP family of products. One of the featured elements in Dynamics is its user interface unification, making it recognizable even via self-discovery by the user, who has reasonable ex... Dynamics GP 2010 what is new in Foundations? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 20, 2011 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Dynamics GP MVP and Certified Master. In EFaru project we are trying to open Microsoft Dynamics for user community self service via Internet search with key words. Below is my today's article, dedicated to Great Plains System Manager, now known as Foundation SeriesV... Andrew Karasev, Recovering Failed Dynamics GP Implementations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 19, 2011 Well, sometimes you may feel that you do not have a fun doing your job, especially when you recommended new Corporate ERP application, such as Microsoft Dynamics, and its implementation failed or went into limbo. The good news is - there are plenty consultants around the corner and some of the rese... Dynamics GP Fixed Assets: Rolling Back Depreciation, plus some cool features Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 19, 2011 We feel that Fixed Assets module is underserved. And in this situation, we would like to give you FAQ level advicesMicrosoft Dynamics GP has diversified set of modules, and it is a good fit for growing small business and all the way up to mid-size corporation. Fixed Assets module has in our op... Andrew Karasev invites Warehouse Management Customers with Dynamics GP in West Michigan Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 18, 2011 Here in the Western part of the State we have the whole cluster of distributions and wholesale businesses. I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and one of the key managers in Alba Spectrum Corporation. We specialize in GP implementation in Supply Chain Management, Barcoding, Wholesal... Automating Warehouse in Dynamics GP - Where to Start Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 18, 2011 Let's assume that you are at the point, where GP is implemented as Accounting application, or to say wider Corporate ERP. Nowadays IT infrastructure has higher requirements, and ERP system should go beyond standard GL, AP, AR. It should go on the warehouse floor and help you in laser scanning. Ho... Dynamics GP Fixed Assets Daily Transaction and Routines Highlights Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 17, 2011 We already published highlights on the setups and master records. This is the second part, where we are reviewing transfers, retirements, projections, depreciations. For complete and the most accurate information, please review FA user manual, which could be printed as PDF document - it is in user... Great Plains DOS How to Extract Data via ODBC into Crystal, MS Access Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows or Macintosh was popular in earlier 1990th. As we are writing these lines in February 2011, there is still substantial cluster of GPA users here in the USA. We already published numerous articles on redeploying GPA on new hardware and Microsoft servers, suc... FRx Changed Default Base Period to Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Andrew Karasev invites FRx and Microsoft Dynamics customers, this small article is helpful in such annoying issues as closing the year in General Ledger and the needs to follow the recommended procedures on recreating new fiscal periods
FRx Finan... FRx Reporting or Some Notes on New Year Resolution Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 16, 2011 FRx Financial Reporting tool is typically deployed to produce consolidated financial statements: Balance Sheet, P... Andrew Karasev Dynamics GP Data Fixing and Recovery Guidelines Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master, Dexterity programmer and Dynamics GP MVP. I do believe that data recovery issues should be handled with certified Great Plains technical consultant, however I'd like to recommend this small publication to help your to do your homeworkTh... Andrew Karasev Great Plains or Dynamics GP Data Recovery Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 14, 2011 We already published the articles on the topic. However GP cusotmers are calling and checking with us on what kind of files they need to recover from the RAID crash. The answer is not straight forward, this is why I'd like to republish original article on our websiteLet's assume that you got i... EFaru Dynamics GP Files Recovery after the Server Hard Disk Crash Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 14, 2011 In this small paper we would like to give you the directions on what needs to be recovered as the top priority. First we will give you the scenario, where we assume that you are on MS SQL Server 2008, 2005, 2000, or 7.0: versions 2010, 10.0, 9.0, 8.0, 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0 and then we will look a... Andrew Karasev: All Great Plains and Microsoft Dynamics GP versions and platforms are supportable International | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 13, 2011 Hello, I am Great Plains Certified Master and I serve as GP consultant since 1995. In our consulting team we were able to catch up with all the historical versions of Great Plains such as GPA for DOS, Windows, Macintosh 9.5, 9.2, 9.0 and earlier, plus as certified consultants we have access to Grea... Andrew Karasev, Dynamics GP Certified Master is inviting Great Plains cusotmers with challenging Fixed Assets Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 13, 2011 Well, I am here to stay as GP guru, technical and functional consultant. New Corporate ERP application inmplementation is often the challenge as it reshapes your IT infrastructure and users attitude. Please, see my recent article on Dynamics GP Fixed Assets Module. Second halph, dedicated to tran... Dynamics GP Fixed Assets Module, Master Records and Setup Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 13, 2011 Hello everyone in Dynamics GP Great Plains customers and consulting community. As internet blog genre is limited, we decided to split Dynamics GP FA materials into several articles. This first one is concentrating on setup and master tables: Book, Class, Asset, Custodian, Insurance, Location, Phys... Upgrading from Small Business Financials to Dynamics GP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 10, 2011 This migration is a smart decision, assuming that your organization is growing and some Corporate ERP escalation level is acceptable. As you may of being aware Microsoft Business Solutions terminated Small Business Financials and the last version supported in 9.0. Historically SBF and its earlier... Dynamics GP How to Deploy Multiple Invoice Forms in Report Writer Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 10, 2011 Historically Great Plains Dynamics dictionary has only three Sales Invoice forms: blank, short and long. You may find yourself in the scenario, where your system has, let's say - more than ten companies, each has its own graphical logo and you need the way to print invoices for all these companies.... Andrew Karasev - comments on Dynamics GP Modifications, or how to translate Great Plains into exotic language Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 Hi guys, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and MVP. I understand that you would like to get the instructions to the shortcut on having Dynamics GP implemented for your multinational corporation overseas subsidiary. It is possible and I'll restructure the publication below to be mo... Dynamics GP Modifier: Some Elegant Examples of Altering the Form Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 Modifier with VBA is traditional technology, enabling you to modify existing form. You can change existing field position, you can also add new field and animate it with VBA script. Plus you can add Dexterity Sanscript code as the text, which is not compiled, but parsed and executed on the fly (of... Andrew Karasev is inviting Dynamics GP Customers with Dexterity, Modifier, Integration Manager Customizations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 08, 2011 Programming your Corporate ERP might be a tough job, we recommend you to bring in experienced consulting company. I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Dynamics GP Certified master, helping Great Plains customers since 1995. I invite you to share your issue with GP via email or free 866 number for the... Dynamics GP Custom Coding or How to Modify My New Corporate ERP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 08, 2011 Corporate ERP is typically the thing that requires professional consulting touch. We would like to give you the initial information on the modification methodology and tools to let you do your homework on consulting company and the right tool selection. In the case of Great Plains we would like to... Andrew Karasev Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration Technology Opinions Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 07, 2011 Today I'd like to suggest you another article on Corporate ERP Implementation and Integration. Microsoft Dynamics is very popular family among Corporate ERP systemsModern Corporate ERP application is not something isolated. The majority of new implementations require connection with the legacy... Efaru Dynamics GP Integration Technology Highlights Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, February 07, 2011 Modern Corporate ERP application is not something isolated. The majority of new implementations require connection with the legacy parts of your IT infrastructure. Even when you plan to discontinue legacy applications, you do it in the evolutionary manner, step-by-step. ERP integration is recomme... Andrew Karasev EFaru Great Plains Dynamics GP Technical Support Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 06, 2011 This is what our specialization, expertise, certification and experience are - supporting GP customers USA, Canada, Mexico and Internationally. Formerly this Corporate ERP application was known as Great Plains Dynamics. Before the acquisition by Microsoft it was also available on Pervasive SQL Ser... Andrew Karasev: Dynamics GP Support Internally: Recommendations and Scenarios Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 06, 2011 Hello. I am Andrew Karasev Great Plains Certified Master, MVP and Microsoft MSDBA and MSDE. I work for the consulting company, where we are supporting Dynamics GP USA, Canada nationwide and Internationally: Mexico, Caribbean, South America, Oceania, South East Asia, Africa, UK, AustraliaWhen yo... Supporting Dynamics GP Internally: Recommendations and Scenarios Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 06, 2011 When your new Corporate ERP is already implemented and works in production environment, there is the time to rationalize technical support cost. As your team of consultants expects more billable hours in the short, mid-term and even long term future, these people might not be willing to give you bu... Dynamics GP Data Import: eConnect, Web Services, Integration Manager Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 02, 2011 There are several tools to do one time data conversion or ongoing integration into this mid-market Corporate ERP. There are more than what you see in the header of this publication. For example, you can use obsolete tool: Table Import, which was very useful for non-MS SQL Server versions. If you... Dynamics GP 2011 Customization Notes Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 After talking with David Musgrave, Dexterity evangelist on Microsoft Convergence 2010 in April in Atlanta Georgia, I, Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and MVP got to the opinion that Dex is not going, it is recovering and moving to its prosperity. If you are Great Plains Dexterity prog... Andrew Karasev: Dynamics GP Integration Series Article Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master, Microsoft MVP and Dynamics GP technical support enthusiast. Below is my fresh article just published on February 1st 2011Dynamics GP Integration Scenarios and Techniques: Using IM ModuleNew Corporate ERP application is not something... Dynamics GP Integration Scenarios and Techniques: Using IM Module Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 New Corporate ERP application is not something sitting in the isolated Server, modern enterprise often requires various integrations. IT infrastructure management theory prefers evolutionary methodic, where you keep reasonable pace of innovations and replace one obsolete legacy application in the t... Dynamics GP What To Do If You Need Custom Programming Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 31, 2011 ERP modification is not always required, but in some situations you have to rescue to this channel. Custom developing project always requires homework and we will try to give you basic understanding on the next steps. As the first observation, please, note that Great Plains is mid-market Corporate... Warehouse Automation Module for Dynamics GP: Barcoding, RFID with Some International Aspects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 30, 2011 Corporate ERP systems typically do not support Barcoding in its typical scenarios, including scanned batch of documents upload. Instead you would have to do your homework in selecting Warehouse Management System module to handle barcoding operations on the warehouse floor and uploading it to GP Dis... EFaru Supporting Dynamics GP Remotely or How to Get Second Opinion and Broader Expertise Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 27, 2011 EFaru Supporting Dynamics GP Remotely or How to Get Second Opinion and Broader ExpertiseMid-market Corporate ERP application is probably something, customers prefer to implement through local consulting firm. In the case, when you have challenging business processes, you may decide to combine... Andrew Karasev: Migrating Data to Dynamics GP from Your Old Accounting Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 27, 2011 Data conversion should be reviewed first, where you should pose such questions as conversion scope, budget, availability of the old system for data querying. In general, the lesser is the scope - the less is the chance to get some data inconsistency issues discovered for the converted data set. Pl... Great Plains DOS Exporting Data via ODBC connection or Pervasive SQL Control Center Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 27, 2011 Some of the mid-market and smaller ERP customers are still deploying Great Plains Accounting version 9.5, or 9.2 for DOS, Windows or Macintosh. There are numerous GPA installations frozen for data inquiry only, this is also helpful if you may expect future audit. From time to time we hear requests... Dynamics GP ejecuciýn la segunda fase International | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 24, 2011 Es una situaciýn normal, cuando usted estý eligiendo la forma de consultorýa locales para la aplicaciýn inicial de ERP corporativo y que necesita su caminata en apoyo a los consultores por algýn tiempo, mientras usted todavýa estý lleno de baches en la post-producciýn de sintonýa procedimientos, dis... EFaru Dynamics GP Implementation Phase Two Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 24, 2011 It is normal situation, when you are choosing local consulting form for initial Corporate ERP implementation and you need their walk in consultants support for some time, while you are still in bumpy post-production procedures tuning, reports design and comparison. However, when you feel lesser and... Warehouse Technology and Dynamics GP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 20, 2011 Barcoding is probably one of the keywords, when you are thinking about operations automation on the warehouse floor. There might be also other popular technologies, often similar by their idea, for example RFID tags and readers. Modern Corporate ERP system typically doesn't support advanced featur... Dynamics GP Development: Trends and Technologies Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Mid-market Corporate ERP applications, such as Microsoft Dynamics GP, often also referred by its historical name Great Plains, should have reasonable openness to custom programming projects. GP offers such tools as Dexterity, Extender, VBA in Modifier and Integration Manager, eConnect, Microsoft Vi... EFaru Dynamics GP Technical Support Practical Advices Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 All the versions of Great Plains Dynamics, GPA for DOS, Windows and Mac, Dynamics GP are supportable, no question about it. However the support might not be available directly from the Microsoft Business Solutions, successor of Great Plains Software. MBS tech support model includes two or three cu... EFaru Upgrading Dynamics GP or former Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Version update for your Corporate ERP system is relatively simple project, when you are one the previous version, or maybe skipped one. In this situation you typically work it through your VAR, but the chances are high, especially because we see you, reading this publication, that you are several v... EFaru Dynamics GP Dexterity Customization Highlights Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 17, 2011 Dex is semi proprietary tool, we strongly recommend you to hire professional Great Plans Dexterity programmer to do the job, having appropriate certifications and has proven track of successful programming projects. One of the reasons for our recommendation is the fact that Dex requires at least on... Dynamics GP Reporting: FRx, Crystal, SSRS, Practical Advices from the field Consultant Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 17, 2011 For the introduction paragraph, I'd like to mention that all the tools are doing their job, the dilemma however is to select the right tool to do the job. Reports may differ in their nature. Let's review such reports as Balance Sheet, P... Dynamics GP Integration Alternatives to Ecommerce Module, Doing the Job in Integration Manager Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 17, 2011 When you are implementing ecommerce extension for your Corporate ERP application, probably the first idea is to have it integrated in real time, where ecommerce shopping cart (Magento, ASP.Net Storefront, etc.) comes directly into Sales Invoice with customer deposit in the form of the credit card pr... EFaru Dynamics GP Implementation Recovery or serving Great Plains Secondary market customers Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 16, 2011 Yes, we are happy to provide this service. If your initial Dynamics GP reseller screwed up the implementation, data conversion, user training, EDI, Ecommerce, Manufacturing or legacy system integration we are here to provide second opinion and pick the implementation. We are professionals, meaning... Dynamics GP Technical Support USA Nationwide, Canada and Internationally Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 16, 2011 We are supporting Great Plains Dynamics customers since 1994, all the versions of Great Plains are supportable, including current Dynamics GP 2010, 10.0, 9.0, 8.0, 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.0, 3.2, plus Great Plains Accounting for Dos, Windows and Mac (including Microsoft Great Plains Accounting Se... Great Plains Tech Support via Web Session or how to keep my Dynamics GP running on the low budget Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 16, 2011 Here in the USA and Canada the nicety of the business life is high competition to get your business. For you this fact typically means lower cost, assuming that you are good in negotiation skills. When your Dynamics GP ERP application is already implemented, here you could consider cost saving str... Dynamics GP Integration with Legacy Systems: Oracle, Lotus, ODBC, Excel, MS Access Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 15, 2011 Well, if you are deploying Great Plains Dynamics for mid-market organization as your new Corporate ERP, we recommend you to think about other parts of your IT infrastructure. This infrastructure might have such legacy applications as MySQL/PHP Linux hosted website, Oracle custom application, Lotus... Great Plains DOS Support: GPA 9.5, 9.2 and earlier versions Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 15, 2011 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and consultant since 1995. I am aware that some of you may still be on Great Plains Accounting and Microsoft Great Plains for DOS, Windows or Mac. This is fine, you are hosting your transactions and master records in Btrieve database (or if... Dynamics GP Integrations, Which Tool to Deploy? Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 15, 2011 In our opinion, the first and probably the best in most of the scenarios is Integration Manager module. If is end user friendly and you can do advanced things there, for example VBA scripts (event driven), name translation (where translation table could be simply copied and pasted from Excel). You... Dynamics GP Custom Programming Advices Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 15, 2011 If you have GP implemented and you would like to try to improve it via modifications, there are several things to consider. First of all, be sure that you have established test server (or at least test company, which could be restored from your production company backup). We recommend you to consi... Dynamics GP Programming - Where to Start Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 15, 2011 If you are happy with your new Corporate ERP system implementation, which might be categorized as phase one, the next phase is probably about some custom features. How about the idea to change field names and their positions, maybe add new fields on the existing forms, and even add new windows with... Dynamics GP Integrations or What is Possible to do to integrate my Great Plains with Legacy Application Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 15, 2011 Well, Dynamics GP is established mid market Corporate ERP application and you have numerous tools at your disposition. ERP and Accounting application integration are typically enabled for the end user for most of the mid-market MRP and ERP platforms including Great Plains. Please, check out with y... How to Customize My Dynamics GP or what to do if you are smaller business with Great Plains as ERP and Accounting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, January 14, 2011 Well, this question is very reasonable and we have helped to large number of small and midsize businesses to have their Great Plains system to adopt custom business procedures and processes.However, first of all consider to call your existing Dynamics GP VAR and check with them if GP add-ons (th... Dynamics GP Reporting Options, short notes written by Andrew Karasev Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, January 14, 2011 Great Plains Dynamics, or nowadays Microsoft Dynamics GP is open to industry reports design tools, such as Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, MS Excel, Microsoft Access. Plus there are several proprietary tools, such as GP Report Writer, FRx (or its alternative Microsoft Mana... When Should You Consider Microsoft Dynamics GP Customization, and When You Should Not Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, January 14, 2011 Formerly Microsoft Dynamics GP was known as Great Plains Dynamics, if you got some confuse recognizing the new name. Custom programming is something you normally probably do not want to do, as it is safe to stick to the original code and logic, where you expect that software vendor already passed t... Dynamics GP Warehouse Integration and SCM Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 13, 2011 We recommend you to consider such extensions to your newly implemented Corporate ERP system, as Warehouse Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Management as phase number two. Let's assume now that your initial ERP implementation went smooth and now you believe that you are ready for the new phase, i... Having the Goal to Customize Dynamics GP - tools selection, hey, is any one out there? Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Amigos, in Great Plains customization and modification you have multiple options. Historically it was Great Plains Dexterity, and for modification only Modifier with VBA. When Microsoft took over Great Plains Software, you may found such new and wonderful tools as eConnect (enabling GP programming... Integrating Dynamics GP: Which Tool to Choose: IM, eConnect, Dexterity? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and MVP. The question above requires further details, as each tool has its advantages and disadvantages. If you have no idea, really on where to begin your research, I'd personally recommend you to start with GP Integration Manager module,... Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and FICA 2011 change and mismatch in employee and employer portions Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 As you might be aware that this was issue was introduced with 2011 tax cut, employee has to pay less, while employer pays the same contribution as before.In Dynamics GP 2010, 10.0 and 9.0 the work around is suggested on GL transaction level, as the percentage for both employee and employer is st... Microsoft Great Plains for DOS and Windows: Year 2000 Cutoff Dilemma History | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Hello, everyone, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and I'd like to share with you my todays discovery of the problem and its fix, which one of our archaic DOS versions of Great Plains Accounting got as the time crossed the line of the year 2011Please, note, that it is technicall... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP Customers in South America with Warehouse Management and Distribution projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and I'd like to recommend you our Warehouse Management and Supply Chain Management extensionsWe are happy to announce our WMS extensions for Dynamics GP availability for installation and implementation in Spanish speaking South, Central A... Dynamics GP Warehouse Management System for Latin America International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 We are happy to announce our WMS extensions for Dynamics GP availability for installation and implementation in Spanish speaking South, Central America and Caribbean region. We have Spanish speaking consultants and techniciansOur product differs from traditional external Warehouse Management Sy... Dynamics GP in Your Warehouse - Alba Spectrum WMS Extensions Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Our product differs from traditional external Warehouse Management Systems, available from nationwide WMS software brands. We actually... Andrew Karasev Dynamics GP Certified Master invites Great Plains customers with challenging Implementation Requirements Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Second opinion should be a norm in our ERP consulting industry, and I am pioneering in the idea. If your initial provider screwed up the job, you should know that there are people out there ready to help and pick it up. Below is my original article, published in the open pressDynamics GP Inven... Alba Spectrum Dynamics GP Inventory Module in SCM and Warehouse Management Programming Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Former Great Plains and current Microsoft Dynamics GP has pretty structured modules hierarchy, where the heart is General Ledger. Then one step away you see Payable, Receivable Management, Bank Reconciliation, Payroll. Inventory Control module sits on the next layer and it is required for such dis... Dynamics GP Order Fulfillment in Warehouse Management Module Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 09, 2011 Sales Order Fulfillment, which is often also referred as Allocation is one of the key functionalities of the Warehouse Management Software. If you are looking for new Corporate ERP system, or if you already have Microsoft Dynamics GP implemented in your distribution and wholesale oriented organizat... Dynamics GP is Coming to Your Warehouse: Barcoding, RFID tags reading Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 08, 2011 Great Plains Dynamics or how it is currently known Microsoft Dynamics GP is mid-market Corporate ERP application. Out of the box Corporate ERP software typically doesn't do the job of barcoding and RFID technologies automation. In order to open your Dynamics GP for Barcode scanning you will have t... Great Plains Accounting for DOS 9.5 and 9.2 ODBC Data Export Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 06, 2011 Hello to everyone from Great Plains Dynamics community. We were able to expose GPA 9.5 Accounts Receivable tables for audit driven data export to Microsoft Access Database. The important things hear are the following: you have to do this on Windows 32 bit platform (Intel Atom or archaic version of... Alba Spectrum Wholesale Industry and Dynamics GP Integration, SCM Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, January 06, 2011 Alba Spectrum Wholesale Industry and Dynamics GP Integration, SCMImplementing new Corporate ERP application in wholesale and distribution organization often goes beyond standard accounting features. You typically need some or many elements of Supply Chain Management, which often translates into... Andrew Karasev, GP Certified Master and MVP invites Great Plains Customers with Challenging projects Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 05, 2011 Whatever is your unsuccessful story, we are here to help you with second opinion and the way out. Andrew Karasev strongly believes that Dynamics GP is matured Corporate ERP application and if you to it failed in the implementation, there is no reason to blame Great Plains Dynamics itself, it might... Dynamics GP in Nationwide Distribution: Deployment, Extensions Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 05, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics GP is mid-market Corporate ERP system with powerful technologies behind it: MS SQL Server, eConnect, Dexterity. And from its core functionality, Great Plains has so-called Distribution suite of modules, including such modules as Sales Order Processing, Inventory Control with Dist... Great Plains Accounting on DOS, Windows or Mac - We Open your GPA database via ODBC connection Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 04, 2011 Please note that GPA is not the same as modern Microsoft Dynamics GP, or even Great Plains Dynamics on MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2010, Pervasive SQL 2000/Btrieve or Ctree platforms. There are still some customers having Great Plains Accounting in production, but the majority of requests are abou... Andrew Karasev invites Microsoft Dynamics GP, Great Plains Customers with Barcoding needs Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 04, 2011 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Dynamics GP Great Plains Certified Master and MVP in GP nomination. Today I'd like to review Dynamics GP openness to various Barcode scanning technologies, including RFID. Below it the article available in open circulation, except my comments, available exclusively on P... Dynamics GP and Barcode Scanning: How to Enable Cooperation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, January 04, 2011 Alba Spectrum Dynamics GP and Barcode Scanning: How to Enable CooperationThere are various potential scenarios, where you may need barcode scanner working with Great Plains forms, fields and tables. The most popular requests are turning Sales Order Processing form into Cash Register POS transac... Dynamics GP in Scuba Retail Outlet Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 03, 2011 Obviously Microsoft Dynamics GP might be too heavy from Scuba diving outlet. But, for Scuba consolidators Great Plains might be a good fit for the Corporate ERPFrom our perspective Scuba store needs integration between POS (Point of Sale) and Accounting. Dynamics GP is compatible with such POS... Dynamics GP RFID and Barcoding Notes, final countdown for the year 2010 Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 03, 2011 Hello, everyone from Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains programming and consulting community. Today I'd like to review the results of our barcoding, RFID label scanning, Warehouse Management System and Supply Chain Management consulting and custom programming for Great PlainsWMS, this seems to... Dynamics GP Warehouse Management System available from Alba Spectrum Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 03, 2011 Traditionally Alba Spectrum is the leader in Great Plains secondary market Great Plains technical support. If you search Google, Yahoo, Bing with structured query - we should be on the first page.We are also established Dynamics GP ISV, with such modules as Warehouse Management Extensions, eCom... Andrew Karasev invites legacy Great Plains Customers: GPA for DOS, Windows, Mac, Great Plains on Pervasive SQL Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 03, 2011 All versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP, Great Plains Dynamics and GPA for DOS are supportable. The question is how to find the right consultant, who is certified in Great Plains technologyI am Andrew Karasev, Dynamics GP, Great Plains Certified Master and MVP. I work with Great Plains Dynamics... Dynamics GP: How to Enable Beginning Balances for BS Accounts, when previous year is still open? Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 03, 2011 Yes, this is perfect question. You cannot see beginning year balances (or so called Balances Brought Forward), as Great Plains is double entry compliant accounting application.But, we are listening to our customers complaints and we created here at Alba Spectrum Balances Brought Forward add-on... Alba Spectrum Dynamics GP GL Posting To Historical Year Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 03, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise) does allow you to post General Ledger Journal Entry into the one recently closed historical year. What supposed to happen on the Accounting logic is pretty complex. Correction transaction should be created to adjust re... Alba Spectrum Dynamics GP Canadian Payroll 2011 Tax Update Notes Society | Andrew Karasev | Monday, January 03, 2011 If you deploy Microsoft Dynamics GP in Canada, we would like to share our experience and possible data fixing scenarios, related to just released Canadian Payroll Tax Update for 2011. Before we go to details, we would like to recommend Great Plains customers on version 9.0 with Canadian Payroll to... Andrew Karasev Great Plains DOS, Windows and Mac 9.5, 9.2 and earlier versions support and recovery service Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 02, 2011 Please, note that archaic Corporate ERP application, Great Plains Accounting is just a predecessor for Great Plains Dynamics, however it is not coded in Great Plains Dexterity and its DB platform is Btrieve. What we could do for you is to redeploy GPA on Pervasive SQL Server 2000 on Windows 2003 or... Alba Spectrum Historical GL Entry Module or How to Post Transactions to Several Years Ago Closed Year Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 02, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics GP allows you to post General Ledger transaction, but only to the most recent Historical year. You are not allowed to post GL Entry to the year, which is older than thatThe alternative is to reopen Historical Years in Great Plains via SQL Scripts, working with GL3000, GL2000... Alba Spectrum Balances Brought Forward Add-on for Dynamics GP Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 02, 2011 If you are controller and you have to keep the historical year open in Dynamics GP Great Plains General Ledger, you may have some disappointment about the fact, that your Balance Accounts do not show beginning year balance. This is temporary problem, as soon as you close the year, balances will be... Alba Spectrum eCommerce Module for Dynamics GP Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 02, 2011 Electronic Commerce is very popular topic and at the same time it might be a tough crossword to resolve and make the right pick. If you are on Microsoft Dynamics GP or older versions of Great Plains Dynamics, here in Alba Spectrum we are ready to advise on the optimal way to pick the product or jus... Alba Spectrum WMS Extensions for Dynamics GP former Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 02, 2011 Warehouse Management System is logical next step for Nationwide or Regional wholesale distribution company. In this small article we assume that you are on Microsoft Dynamics GP, or formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise. When you think about your warehouse automation, you probabl... Andrew Karasev Invites Dynamics GP eCommerce Customers, Let's Review Integration Manager connection approach Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 02, 2011 If you have Dynamics GP deployed in your organization and now you are ready to move to the next phase, Electronic Commerce website integration, usually sending Shopping Cart into SOP Invoice or Sales Order, I'd like to suggest you the article belowIf you are deploying Microsoft Dynamics GP, or e... Ecommerce Connection to Dynamics GP via Integration Manager Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 02, 2011 If you are deploying Microsoft Dynamics GP, or even earlier version of Great Plains Dynamics, in mid-size ecommerce retail business, we would like to suggest you one of the most popular ways of ecommerce integration. There are numerous... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP SCM, WMS, Distributions, Barcoding Customers Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 01, 2011 Today's article is dedicated to Warehouse Management System and Supply Chain Management theoryModern Corporate ERP systems go down to your Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Distribution processes automation. In Microsoft Dynamics GP (former Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise), there is spe... Implementing Dynamics GP in Distribution and Supply Chain Management Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 01, 2011 Modern Corporate ERP systems go down to your Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Distribution processes automation. In Microsoft Dynamics GP (former Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise), there is special suite of modules - Distribution: Bill of Materials, Inventory Control, Purchase Order Process... Warehouse Management Software for Microsoft Dynamics GP Highlights Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 31, 2010 Warehouse Management System normally includes three functional parts: Inventory Replenishment, Order Fulfillment and internal Inventory Transactions. There are numerous brands available on the software market, where these WMS functions are implemented. The question often is posed about the integra... Ecommerce Integration with Dynamics GP: Simple Method to Achieve Results Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 30, 2010 Sometimes we are trying to get the best products in integrating ecommerce shopping cart with your Corporate ERP application. But, it might be much easier, if we just listening the stories of other ecommerce merchants and retailers. As we see from our consulting practice very successful and relativ... Deploying Dynamics GP in Warehouse: SCM, Barcode highlights Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 30, 2010 Numerous companies with Microsoft Dynamics GP or formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics are moving in their decision making to automate their Warehouse and Supply Chain Management operations on their chosen Corporate ERP platform. We would like to give you introduction paper, where various options... Andrew Karasev Great Plains Dynamics Certified Master invites Dynamics GP customers with Customization needs Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 28, 2010 Andrew is available by phone or email. Please, see this blog about author sectionHow to Customize Dynamics GP Great PlainsIt is absolutely great that you posed this question. Microsoft Dynamics GP custom programming projects require homework on selecting the right tool. Let's review the m... How to Customize Dynamics GP Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 28, 2010 It is absolutely great that you posed this question. Microsoft Dynamics GP custom programming projects require homework on selecting the right tool. Let's review the most popular tools, programming methods and languages. As general observation, Great Plains is mid-market Corporate ERP application... Customization Projects for Dynamics GP with Dexterity, eConnect, Integration Manager Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 26, 2010 When you have your Microsoft Dynamics GP Corporate ERP System already implemented, the next step is often related to modification, integration, custom reporting and programming. It might be too optimistic expectation to find all the required functionality in out-of-the-box Accounting, MRP, ERP and... Supporting Legacy Great Plains Dynamics versions for Publicly Traded Corporation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 25, 2010 Myself, being Great Plains Dynamics and later on Microsoft Business Solutions functional and technical consultant, I would recommend you to pick Dynamics GP Technology partner, who has proven record in implementing Great Plains Dynamics GP for your industryIt is common scenario, when the growing c... Andrew Karasev: Corporate ERP Customization Projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 25, 2010 I believe that modern Corporate ERP systems are following the trend to become more friendly to end user or at least the programmer. As the example of my believes, I would like to recommend you the article belowIt is often a difficult task to find Corporate ERP consultant, who can help you with... Dynamics GP Custom Development Projects and Integration Solutions Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 25, 2010 It is often a difficult task to find Corporate ERP consultant, who can help you with custom programming, integration, reporting and data migration on the regular base to Dynamics GP. How about Great Plains Dexterity, when you have custom module, programmed in Dexterity back in late 1990th, when Dex... Andrew Karasev: Dynamics GP Projects and Project Management Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 25, 2010 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Dynamics GP Certified Master, functional and technical consultant, software developer in Dexterity, eConnect, Integration Manager/VBA, C... Dynamics GP Projects: or How to Customize my Corporate ERP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 25, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP is usually sold and implemented through Dynamics GP VAR channel. When your new Corporate ERP system is implemented and you are now in production phase, entering transactions, printing reports from Great Plains, there is less support required directly from Dynamics GP implement... Dynamics GP Implementation Internationally or how to choose your multinational corporation Corporate ERP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 24, 2010 When you are crossing USA borders (applicable to most of the English speaking countries, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, etc.), you are entering in the World of different cultures, including business related legislation. There is special term - Corporate ERP localization, which includes... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP Customers, today's topic is supporting Great Plains Dynamics GP in large organization Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 24, 2010 Hello, I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise Certified Master, consultant and I'd like to share with you our experience in supporting mid-market Corporate ERP application Microsoft Dynamics GP in large organization, this could be public corporation or even non profit fundMic... Dynamics GP Tech Support in Large Organization Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 24, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP sometimes is also referred by its historical name Great Plains Dynamics or eEnterprise. Modern Dynamics GP, having strong DB platform behind it - Microsoft SQL Server (with possible clustering options) is often found as Corporate ERP application in mid-size publicly traded cor... Andrew Karasev invites Great Plains Dynamics and new Dynamics GP International Customers Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 23, 2010 Great Plains is open to custom programming, and this is probably good news. At the same time Dynamics GP as the successor of Great Plains Enterprise and Dynamics is exposed to the same technologies, such as Great Plains Dexterity, eConnect, Extender, Microsoft Visual Studio SDK for Dynamics GP, Mod... Dynamics GP and International Corporate ERP Market Short Notes Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 23, 2010 It is common scenario, when the growing company with Microsoft Dynamics GP as Headquarters Corporate ERP plans to expand internationally and faces the dilemma on which Accounting platform to deploy for overseas subsidiary. The temptation is obvious to push Great Plains Dynamics internationally for... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP Customers with Challenging Tech Support Issues Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 23, 2010 Great Plains technical support might be challenging, especially when you do not have active annual contract with Microsoft Business Solutions, or when you have Dexterity customization, where you may have issues with data integrity and bugsWhen newly selected Corporate ERP application is implemen... Dynamics GP Support Nationwide and How to Find the Right Consulting Firm Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 23, 2010 When newly selected Corporate ERP application is implemented and works in stable fashion and there is no need to have Great Plains Consultant to babysit it in your office, you may decide to shop for remote support service. Relatively new technologies, such as web sessions allow your Dynamics GP tec... Andrew Karasev invites International Great Plains Dynamics Customer with the Challenging Worldwide Expansion Plans Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Are you planning to open or purchase the manufacturing facility in Canada across the US border, or you are looking for more complex strategy, where you plan to outsource some of you manufacturing processes to China, India, Brazil or South East Asia. All the questions should be answered, but the ans... Dynamics GP and the International Business International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Well, here we probably have to confess, that Microsoft Dynamics GP in nowadays has lesser openness to the international Corporate MRP, ERP, HR, Accounting software market. Older Great Plains Dynamics was available across the Europe, but with the Microsoft acquisition of Navision Software the situat... Andrew Karasev Invites International Customer with Microsoft Dynamics GP or older versions of Great Plains Dynamics International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 We are happy to support all the Dynamics GP, Great Plains Dynamics, eEnterprise, Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and Mac versions. We are also pretty comfortable in helping you to integrate your international subsidiary on the GL or financial reporting level (likely to be FRx or Microsoft... Implementing Microsoft Dynamics GP in Multinational Corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 International business rules are not as straight forward as USA GAAP and domestic regulation. If you own Dynamics GP or older Great Plains Dynamics user licenses in USA, Canada, UK, technically you may create as many companies, and by doing so open accounting systems for foreign subsidiaries (assum... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP Customers, who need all kinds of Modifications Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Welcome everyone! I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Dynamics Certified Master and MVP. In today's publication I'd like to concentrate on the recommendation on picking the right modification tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP and earlier versions of Great Plains Dynamics. By the nature of our service... Dynamics GP Modification: Technologies, Recommendations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP often requires professional consultant, when you need to customize user interface. With latest versions Dynamics GP 2010, 10.0 and even 9.0 Microsoft Business Solutions introduced numerous improvements and flexibilities from the client application interface, however these are... Andrew Karasev, Implementing and Supporting Dynamics GP Great Plains in International Environment Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 International business rules might be sometimes frustrating for American Multinational Corporations, but this is the World of reality and we have to accept it as is. Microsoft Dynamics GP is successor of Great Plains Software Dynamics (GP core architecture is still the same - Microsoft Dexterity or... Dynamics GP in an Option for Multinational Business, consider combining with SAP Business One and Axapta Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Great Plains Software was pushing on the international market, but it was acquired by Microsoft in later 1990th. Microsoft Business Solutions had the budget to do more acquisitions, including such European companies, as Navision Software (at that time Navision already owned such upper mid-market ri... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP Customers with Challenging Dexterity Customizations Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Great Plains Dexterity was especially popular in late 1990th, earlier 2000th, when the set of customization tools was relatively small (in mid 2000th such new tools, as eConnect, Extender, Visual Studio SDK, Web Services were introduced, and programmers shifted partially from Dexterity coding to the... Andrew Karasev Dynamics GP Dexterity Custom Software Programming Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP, or how it was known in the past - Great Plains Dynamics has several customization tools, including Great Plains Dexterity. This is in essence GP architecture, specially created in earlier 1990th to provide Great Plains Dynamics ERP product some level of neutrality - from thos... Dynamics GP Data Conversions or How to Migrate Your Old Accounting Records Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 20, 2010 Data conversion from your legacy Accounting to newly installed Microsoft Dynamics GP is really a puzzle and at the same time it is might lead to disappointments. We see several customers, who bought Great Plains Dynamics from one Reseller and then had to change Dynamics GP Partner, as the initial V... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP, Great Plains Dynamics and older Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows customers Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 19, 2010 I moved my publications to Alba 866 Corporation Website. But nothing have really changed, the same quality service is availableToday's blog is about Great Plains Integration methodologiesDynamics GP Integration Instruments and Practical RecommendationsMid-market Corporate ERP applicatio... Andrew Karasev invites Customers with Great Plains Customization Needs Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 18, 2010 Of course, local service is available in Benton Harbor/St. Joseph Michigan, area code 269 Dynamics GP Customization Methods: Microsoft Dexterity, eConnect, ExtenderCustom programming for your Corporate ERP system might be something that requires homework and self-discovery on the available c... Dynamics GP Customization Methods: Microsoft Dexterity, eConnect, Extender Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 18, 2010 Custom programming for your Corporate ERP system might be something that requires homework and self-discovery on the available coding instruments and which one fits the best to your project. Each Corporate ERP application is open through custom development tools, and Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly... Andrew Karasev: Account Balance in Dynamics GP When Past Years Are Not Closed Yet Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 18, 2010 This is known Accounting system puzzle and dilemma, related to the Accounting theory - if you do not close the Year in your General Ledger, your P... Andrew Karasev is here to help Dynamics GP International Customers: Barcoding, SCM, Warehouse Management Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 16, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP is available in many countries, especially where the English language is in use as the language of the business (including Arabic peninsula, northern Africa, South East Asia, India, Pakistan). It is also popular in Spanish speaking Latin America: Mexico, Caribbean, Honduras, C... Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Dynamics GP Certified Master invites customers with challenging projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 16, 2010 Amigos, we have local presence in Western Michigan (St. Joseph, covering Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, New Buffalo, Muskegon, Saugatuck, Holland, South Haven, Grand Haven, Ludington). In California we are in the Los Angeles and Sand Diego areas (with executive demo office in Orange County... Dynamics GP Historical Journal Entry or Posting into the Closed Year Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 16, 2010 In Microsoft Dynamics GP in General Ledger you can only enable posting transactions into historical year, but only to the most recently closed one. Sometimes you may end up in the situation, when you have to redo multiple GL related transaction batches, one of the examples might be multicurrency re... Andrew Karasev the Challenge to Support Dynamics GP and legacy Great Plains Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 Of course this is the fact that multiple certified Dynamics GP consultants, VARs, ISVs, Resellers are scattered randomly on the USA and Canadian territories. As we are guessing your challenge is to find the reseller who is comfortable to help you with such technologies as Great Plains Dexterity, eC... Dynamics GP Technical Support - rolling the dice or what are my options Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 First of all, we recommend you to contact your Dynamics GP VAR (Reseller, Consultant, or whoever is your Great Plains Guru). Tech support could be obtained directly from Microsoft Business Solutions (Dynamics GP subdivision), where each case could be purchased at reasonable price (when you have act... Great Plains Accounting on DOS, Windows - what we can really do for you in the sense of support Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 Economy hardship, especially in recent recession, left small and even mid-size businesses without IT budget, including the fact, that there is no money to upgrade such small business Corporate ERP applications as Great Plains AccountingIf you are still on this antiquity Corporate ERP application... Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master invites challenging GPA customers on DOS, Windows Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 If you are still on this antiquity Corporate ERP application, such as Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows or Mac - my respect to you. Probably the economy hardship made its impact, or you simply decided to keep family business style in your company and associated low profile, or even when you... Andrew Karasev: Great Plains Dynamics all versions support and recovery service Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 Sometimes you may feel frustrated, especially when somebody sold you expensive Accounting application and failed to implement it for you. Also, there might be situations, when you feel that nobody out there is available to support your older version of Great Plains Dynamics. Well, we are here, jus... Dynamics GP Support: Functional and Technical, All Versions of Great Plains Covered Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 Andrew Karasev invites Microsoft Dynamics GP, as well as Great Plains Dynamics on Pervasive SQL Server 2000, Ctree, MSDE and even Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and Macintosh. All, ever released versions of Great Plains are supportable and will be supported. By the nature of our service,... Andrew Karasev: Printing Account Balance and Balance Sheet Report while your historical year is not yet closed in GP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 We serve you USA nationwide from our local Dynamics GP Great Plains supporting offices and remote web session support calls. We are also comfortable (and have large number of clients) internationally, including Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Brazil, Philippines, China (including... FRx Balance Sheet Report when your Financial Year is not yet closed in Dynamics GP Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 Well, there is popular Dynamics GP ISV product, named Balances Brought Forward, where you do not have to close unlimited number of historical years, and still see such nice features as GL Trial Balance reports with current open year balances. One of them is Balances Brought Forward. Of course, thi... How to See GL Beginning Balances in Dynamics GP when your historical year is not closed Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 Alba Spectrum Balances Brought Forward (BBF) add-on allows you to print such important reports as GL Trial Balance Summary and Detail and plus to refer to Account Open Year Summary Inquiry. Please, see the original article belowIf you are keeping past years open in Great Plains (current name Mi... Balances Brought Forward in Dynamics GP Trial Balance Report Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 If you are keeping past years open in Great Plains (current name Microsoft Dynamics GP) and do not close them in Financial Routines, you may feel a bit disappointed that Financial Trial Balance report doesn't show beginning balance for the current year. The same issue you may notice in Account Inqu... Dynamics GP Implementation with the elements of ecommerce and Wareouse Management in Michigan, California, Illinois Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP is mmid-market Corproate MRP, ERP, HR and Accounting application with emphasis in such industries as Distribution, Logistics, Retail, Wholesale. We do believe in the future of the Microsoft Dynamcis ERP project, where such features as Accounting, Workflow, CRM, Emailing, Share... Andrew Karasev Invites Microsoft Dynamics GP and old Great Plains Customers with SCP, WMS and ecommerce projects Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Being in the ERP consulting industry over fifteen years, Andrew is Great Plains Certified Master in functional and technical consulting. Alba Spectrum carries Great Plains Dexterity Software Development Factory and we believe that we are capable to help you, regardless the complexity of your situat... Dynamics GP Web Enabled Warehouse Management and Elements of SCM Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Electronic Commerce, such features as Customer self-service to get the update on the order status and of course such important part of Supply Chain Management as Warehouse Management System often is on the top of your implementation list. We would like to share with you typical situations and how t... Andrew Karasev invites customers with challenging Great Plains Technical Support issues Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 13, 2010 Below is the article published worldwide, but here I'd like to offer private comments directly from the author, Andrew Karasev. Microsoft Dynamics GP is Dexterity based application (there were several attempts to deemphasize the under laying technology, to open more options for Microsoft .Net progr... Dynamics GP Technical Support Options: Customer Source, Consultants Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 13, 2010 When you are implementing new Corporate ERP system, or when you already have one implemented, technical support options should be always discussed and ready to be exercised. Microsoft Dynamics GP, or how it was formerly known - Great Plains Dynamics, was created with high leverage of flexibility an... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP and older Great Plains Dynamics customers with ecommerce projects Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 12, 2010 Life is wonderful and at the same time difficult. Recent buzzes with Obamacare and unemployment statistics probably moved you to a very grim expectationIf you already have such popular ecommerce shopping carts, as Magento, ASP.Net Storefront implemented and working in production, plus Great Pla... Ecommerce B2B and B2C for Dynamics GP Great Plains: Michigan, California, Illinois Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 12, 2010 If you already have such popular ecommerce shopping carts, as Magento, ASP.Net Storefront implemented and working in production, plus Great Plains Dynamics is your Corporate ERP application - is it really possible to integrate these two? The answer is positively Yes, but this project requires some... Andrew Karasev Invites Dynamics GP Warehouse Management System Prospects and Customers Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 11, 2010 Obviously that nobody has an easy life nowadays, the technology requires dedication, and there is no exception for your Corporate ERP application, Warehouse Management System, Barcoding and RFID solutions. I am Great Plains Dynamics Certified Master with confirmed certifications from Microsoft Busi... Alba Spectrum Integrated WMS for Dynamics GP: Inventory In and Out Flows Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, December 11, 2010 Warehouse Management System selection process for your Corporate ERP application is not an easy homework. You will discover that various WMS providers make their Warehouse automation emphasis on different processes. Some make emphasis on manufacturing parts and finished goods paperless checking an... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP Customers with Barcoding, SCM, Warehouse Needs Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 10, 2010 Supply Chain Management Theory includes Warehouse Management as it essential part. WMS in its turn is based on Barcode label scanning and in some cases on RFID tags readingMicrosoft Dynamics GP is mid-market Corporate ERP system with reasonable flexibility and openness to such business routines... California Dynamics GP in the Warehouse: Barcoding Routines Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 10, 2010 We would like to emphasize our Warehouse Management and Logistics services in Southern California: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange CountyMicrosoft Dynamics GP is mid-market Corporate ERP system with reasonable flexibility and openness to such business routines as Supply Chain Management, Distribu... Dynamics GP Dexterity Custom Programming for Great Plains Alba Spectrum Notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 09, 2010 Microsoft Dexterity or how it was known in history - Great Plains Dexterity - in fact this is the Great Plains Dynamics architecture, still valid for newest versions, such as 2010/11.0, 10.0 and 9.0. By the way, Dynamics GP 9.0 streamline support expires in January 2011 (it will no longer be availa... Andrew Karasev, Dynamics GP Great Plains Certified Master invites GP customers in Michigan, Indiana, California Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 09, 2010 The important thing is reputation and related business and Corporate ERP application expertise. These are something that you cannot achieve without the numerous years serving Great Plains Dynamics customers USA nationwide, Canada and internationally. Mid-market Corporate ERP system consulting requ... Dynamics GP Implementation in Western Michigan 269 Area code Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 09, 2010 Covering St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, New Buffalo, Shoreham. We share with you the concern that USA (including Michigan) countryside clientele is underserved from the perspective of implementing Corporate ERP and mid-market accounting applications. Hearing your concerns we have implanted... Dynamics GP Implementing a New Corporate ERP System Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 09, 2010 If you are living through such an exciting time, when your company is selecting and implementing new Corporate MRP and ERP system, we would like to help you with Microsoft Dynamics GP considerations. Please, consider seeing multiple demos, and on the initial phase of selection, do not make unnecess... Dynamics GP Customization - We Believe in Great Plains Dexterity Alba Spectrum Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP has its long way as Corporate ERP platform. Formerly this Corporate MRP, ERP and Accounting application was a valuable asset for the Great Plains Software (remember Dough Burgum?). Great Plains Dexterity was designed as a shell (similar to SAP ABAP) to resolve future Great Pl... Dynamics GP Support Remotely via Skype, Web Sessions, VOIP Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 In mid 2000th Alba Spectrum pioneered with such technologies, as VPN, Citrix, Remote Desktop Connections, Microsoft Terminal Server to support Great Plains Dynamics, eEnterprise and even Great Plains Accounting for DOS and Windows (9.5, 9.2 and earlier versions) customers. We believe that there is... Dynamics GP Tech Support Worldwide via Web Sessions and VOIP: Skype, GotoMeeting International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 This material is intended to multinational companies or US based mid-size company, expanding internationally, where their Corporate ERP application is Microsoft Dynamics GP, formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics. We would like to cover also such aspect of international accounting application as l... Dynamics GP Recovery or How to Get Second Opinion in Great Plains Implementation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, December 06, 2010 We believe that everyone is trying to play fair game in computer consulting business. It is not an easy step to obtain certification in such mid-market Corporate ERP applications as Microsoft Dynamics GP. And we admit the right for the individual consultant to fail Great Plains implementationM... Dynamics GP Technical Self Support, or How to Resolve the Issue without Paying Consultant Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, December 05, 2010 Each Mid-market Corporate ERP, MRP or Accounting application might require moderate level of technical support, including such delicate topics as data recovery. With multiple years of Dynamics GP and former Great Plains Dynamics and even archaic versions of Great Plains Accounting for DOS and Windo... Alba Spectrum Warehouse Management Module as Key Advantage for Dynamics GP Driven Company Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, December 03, 2010 Barcoding, as well as RFID technologies are important if not to say critical for the company with extensive Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Distributions operations. If you already have Microsoft Dynamics GP implemented with basic data conversion, user training and reporting, the next step migh... West Michigan: Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor - Dynamics GP Great Plains Support - let's see what we could do for you Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 02, 2010 USA country side is typically underserved in the sense of high tech, Corporate ERP and Corporate MRP systems. We live where you live and we are ready to implement, customize, support you Dynamics GP application in Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Holland, South Haven, Saugatuck, Battle Creek, Ludington, Sout... Supporting Dynamics GP in the Real Life Situations Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, December 02, 2010 There are companies with the goal to sell you new computer software, including mid-market Corporate ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics GP. These Great Plains resellers definitely push the market and make the good things for US economy in general. When the software licenses are sold and system is imple... South Bend, Indiana, Dynamics GP Partner with Warehouse Management, Barcoding, RFID expertise Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 For the prospects and existing Dynamics GP or older versions Great Plains Dynamics customers, preferring local full service in Western Michigan, Northern Indiana, we provide Certified Dynamics GP consulting with expertise in Distribution, Supply Chain Management, Small Manufacturing, EDI, POS and Re... Holland, Michigan Dynamics GP Partner with Warehouse Management, Barcoding, RFID expertise Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 For the prospects and existing Dynamics GP or older versions Great Plains Dynamics customers, preferring local full service in Western Michigan, we provide Certified Dynamics GP consulting with expertise in Distribution, Supply Chain Management, Small Manufacturing, EDI, POS and Retail, Electronic C... Kalamazoo Dynamics GP Partner with Warehouse Management, Barcoding, RFID expertise Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 For the prospects and existing Dynamics GP or older versions Great Plains Dynamics customers, preferring local full service in Western Michigan, we provide Certified Dynamics GP consulting with expertise in Distribution, Supply Chain Management, Small Manufacturing, EDI, POS and Retail, Electronic C... Chicago Dynamics GP Partner with Warehouse Management, Barcoding, RFID expertise Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 For the prospects and existing Dynamics GP or older versions Great Plains Dynamics customers, preferring local full service in Northern Illinois, we provide Certified Dynamics GP consulting with expertise in Distribution, Supply Chain Management, Small Manufacturing, EDI, POS and Retail, Electronic... Alba Spectrum Warehouse Module for Dynamics GP Selection and Implementation Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 Normally, you expect Warehouse Management System software to be based on Barcode Scanning or RFID technology. Generic Corporate ERP packages, such as Microsoft Dynamics GP, formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics, do not support Barcode scanning advanced features, such as Batch mode scanning and up... Alba Spectrum Dynamics GP Modifying User Interface Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP or how it was formerly known, Great Plains Dynamics, is very flexible and open for all the kinds of customizations, modifications, reporting, integrations. Modification is pretty generic term and each Corporate ERP application has its own meaning for this term and which tool f... Dynamics GP Remote Support: VOIP and Web Sessions - Skype and GotoMeeting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 29, 2010 When your Corporate ERP application is pretty much implemented and you are now in maintenance mode, local service might be too expensive and paradoxically too slow. In this small paper we will review how such Accounting system as Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics) could... Custom Coding for Microsoft Dynamics GP Notes for Programmer Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 28, 2010 Formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics, modern Dynamics GP has long list of native modules as well as hundreds of so-called Add-Ons, typically programmed in Microsoft Dexterity and distributed via... Technical Support for Dynamics GP and Older Versions of Great Plains Dynamics Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 27, 2010 Normally you get it either directly from Microsoft Business Solutions tech support team, or through your Dynamics GP Partner, who probably implemented this new Corporate ERP system in your organization. However there might be the situations, when you are not sure who is your original or even curren... Dynamics GP Posting Batches Automatically from Ecommerce Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 26, 2010 It is known restriction in such tools, as eConnect SDK for Microsoft Dynamics GP, Integration Manager, where you are restricted to the methods, available to regular Great Plains user in the sense of entering, editing or deleting document, placing it in the batch for following approval by the manager... Microsoft Dynamics GP Support via Remote Web Sessions and Phone Conferences Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 25, 2010 If you are active internet surfer and search engines enthusiasts, plus you have to support Great Plains or its newer brand Microsoft Dynamics GP in your organization, you probably familiar with such Great Plains Partner as Alba Spectrum Corporation. Despite the fact that we are locally present in C... Dynamics GP for SQL Programmer: Highlights, Useful Information Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, November 25, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP with its current version 2010/11.0 is available exclusively on Microsoft SQL Server DB platform. If you are certified Microsoft DBA or SQL developer - you should feel very comfortable querying Great Plains tables, assuming that you know GP table structure (info below in the pa... Dynamics GP SQL Scripting and Reporting Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, November 23, 2010 If you are experienced SQL developer or Microsoft SQL DBA with reasonable exposure to Transact SQL ad-hoc querying and if you are working for the organization, where Corporate ERP system is implemented on Microsoft Dynamics GP platform, your skills might be very valuable for internal Great Plains su... Dynamics GP Tech Support: When you may need it and how to get it Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, November 22, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP is mid-market Corporate ERP system, which has rich business logic and functionality and from time to time you should expect professional support needs. Normally we categorize support requests into two mainstreams: functional support (where you need to understand the way to ent... Dynamics GP Warehouse Management and Logistics Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 21, 2010 Formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics GP has dedicated suite of so-called Distributions modules, where you may expect the business logic, typically deployed in Logistics, Supply Chain Management. However some or even most of SCM related operations you expect to be performed on... Alba Spectrum Dynamics GP Simple eCommerce Integration and Implementation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, November 20, 2010 Implementing various ecommerce projects for such Corporate ERP applications, as Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics), plus SAP Business One, we figured out that the majority of the customers are looking for quasi real time ecommerce shopping cart integration strategy. Qua... Dynamics GP Warehousing: Fulfillment, Restocking, Adjustments Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, November 14, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP offers flexible modules and tools for Distribution and Logistics and general Supply Chain Management. Warehousing logistics is often very unique to your specific business model and you may expect custom programming and integration to have SCM and its parts, such as Warehouse M... Volgoverkhovie Village, Monastery and History, Short Article Society | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 05, 2010 The village of Volgoverkhovie, where Volga river has its inception spring. We travelled all the way down to Ostashkov district from Moscow (via Istra, Volokolamsk, Shakhovskaya, Zubtsov, Rzhev, Selizharovo, Ostashkov).Few comments about the place. Volgoverkhovia was known to Russian people sin... Microsoft Dynamics GP in Michigan Support: Barcoding, Warehouse Management System, EDI Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, November 05, 2010 This article is adopted for Michigan ERP customers. Alba Spectrum Corporation serves Michigan customers from St. Joseph/Benton Harbor office, Andrew Karasev is Michigan based Great Plains Dynamics GP Consultant and Sales EngineerCorporate ERP application in Distribution and Wholesale industries... Andrew Karasev invites Microsoft Dynamics GP and Great Plains Customers in Small Manufacturing Sector Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, October 25, 2010 Recommendation to review Distribution Bill of Materials, Barcode scanning, simple Supply Chain Management requirementsIn small manufacturing business, you typically assembly on order relatively small number of customized items with high customer price attached. Under such conditions it is proba... Dynamics GP Ecommerce Shopping Cart Transfer to SOP Document Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, October 24, 2010 If you are using Dynamics GP (or even its older version, when it was known as Great Plains Dynamics) and now you are thinking about exposing this Corporate ERP application to ecommerce shopping cart interface, you probably want shopping cart to be transformed into Sales Order Processing document. S... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP Great Plains Dynamics and GPA for DOS customers Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 23, 2010 I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master in eEnterprise and Great Plains product lines (achieved in 1999), plus I am Microsoft Most Valuable Professional since 2005 in Dynamics GP nomination. I am here to stand with my company Alba Spectrum Corporation to help Dynamics GP customers, who a... Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master Invites GP Customers to Share Their Concerns, Ideas Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 22, 2010 First of all, we are here to help somebody who got specific problem with Microsoft Dynamics GP, or older Great Plains Dynamics and even with really archaic Corporate ERP application Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows or Mac. It probably takes several minutes for experience Dynamics GP Dexteri... Andrew Karasev welcomes Microsoft Dynamics GP Customers in Western Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 We believe to the fact that country side businesses are underserved, especially when you need such services as Laser Barcode scanning, POS, Retail, Warehouse Management, Supply Chain Automation. Plus local service in supporting your WMS or Corporate ERP system is always better in comparison to remo... Andrew Karasev welcomes Microsoft Dynamics GP Customers with Barcoding, Warehouse Management and SCM Needs Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Andrew is Microsoft MVP in Dynamics GP nomination since 2006 through 2010. He also achieved Great Plains Software Certified Master certification in earlier 2000th. Alba Spectrum serves you USA, Canada Nationwide and internationally. Andrew lives in St. Joseph, Michigan to be perfectly available fo... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP Customers with Challenging Barcoding, Warehouse Management SCM Implementation Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP, or how it was formerly known (prior to the acquisition of Great Plains Software by Microsoft Corporation) Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise, is powerful and flexible mid-market Corporate ERP application with modules and add-ons for various industries. GP has special suite... Andrew Karasev Invites Dynamics GP and old Great Plains Customers, who are not happy with support Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, October 15, 2010 In today's article we'd like to concentrate on Barcode Scanning, Warehouse Management, POS technologies and how they could be enabled in Microsoft Dynamics GPModern Corporate ERP system is typically not something standalone, it is integrated with your manufacturing facility, warehouse, ecommerce,... Andrew Karasev Invites New Customers with Great Plains or Dynamics GP Integration Needs Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, October 14, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration Manager is very powerful tool, however you may see the situation, when your Great Plains Consultants have hard time in designing the integration. We intend this article to be addressed to new Dynamics GP customers. Andrew should be available in Chicagoland, Wester... Andrew Karasev invites Dynamics GP customers with Barcoding needs Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, October 14, 2010 Andrew is Microsoft Dynamics GP MVP and he serves Great Plains customers since 1994. Alba Spectrum Corporation serves you USA and Canada nationwide and internationallyNormally Barcode scanning for Microsoft Dynamics GP is implemented either in Dexterity Programmed POS, Warehouse Management Add-... Andrew Karasev invites Great Plains Accounting for DOS or Windows 9.5, 9.2 and earlier customers Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, October 09, 2010 Andrew is supporting Great Plains customers since 1995. He was recognized as Great Plains Certified Master in 2003 and since then Andrew was working on his certification level, career path and the credentials of Alba Spectrum Corporation. As Certified master Andrew did his concentration on Great P... Dynamics GP Great Plains Data Conversion in Michigan - Local Support from Alba Spectrum Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 08, 2010 If you are migrating data from your old accounting application, such as GPA for DOS, Peach Tree, QuickBooks, MYOB, Accpac to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010/11.0, 10.0, please feel free to contact our office for further information. Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified master invites you to become our... Dynamics GP WMS (Warehouse Management System) implementation in Michigan Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 08, 2010 Alba Spectrum Corporation is leading Microsoft Dynamics GP ISV and Customization Partner in USA Nationwide and Internationally, we are local to your business in Michigan. Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and famous blogger on Great Plains Dynamics and Microsoft Dynamics GP Support topi... Dynamics GP Logo on SOP Blank Invoice Form - Great Plains Michigan Partner Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 08, 2010 Great Plains Report Writer is Dexterity coded module, and it is integrated in GP security realm. RW supports such fonts as barcode compliant and regular and we recommend you to stick to RW to avoid unnecessary consulting fees to program the same functionality in Crystal Reports or Microsoft SQL Rep... Dynamics GP FRX Sysdata Folder - Great Plains Michigan Partner notes Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 08, 2010 FRX Financial Reporting for Great Plains Dynamics is very powerful and at the same time very simple in its database platform. FRx catalogue is in essence MS Access database (protected by the password, but it is very vulnerable, and by the way with renamed file extension from .mdb to .frl). It is r... Andrew Karasev Great Plains Accounting for DOS Support in Michigan Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 08, 2010 From our Michigan office in St. Joseph we made small research to discover that older version of Great Plains, such as Great Plains Accounting for DOS is more immune to the computer technology innovations, comparing to no longer supported Great Plains Select on Pervasive SQL Server 2000. One of our... Andrew Karasev - I am your local Michigan Dynamics GP, Great Plains consultant Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 08, 2010 Microsoft Dynamics GP version 2010 is just released in May of 2010, it is also referred as version 11.0. If you are visiting this web page in the year of 2010, it is probably unlikely that you are Great Plains Dynamics 2010, more likely that you are looking for local support in Michigan for screwed... Andrew Karasev Dynamics GP Implementation Internationally and Great Plains Dynamics older version support Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 08, 2010 I am Andrew Karasev and I am happy to invite you to this web page! Through my career I have been involved in numerous Great Plains Dynamics projects in international environment. I remember Great Plains customers in such countries as Russia, Poland, France, China. The current trend, or at least h... Andrew Karasev invites Great Plains and Dynamics GP customers for Second Opinion and System recovery Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, August 08, 2010 Hello and thank you for visiting this page! I am Andrew Karasev, Great Plains Certified Master and Certified Dynamics GP Consultant. I specialize in support, customization, integration, data conversion, reporting for Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains. I work for Alba Spectrum Corporation and in... Corporate ERP Reporting for Dynamics GP, SL, NAV, CRM notes - Alba Spectrum Press Release | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, April 16, 2009 Corporate ERP and MRP II are coined standards in search engines keywords. And yet, you have to be sort of conservative when buying on what corporate MRP or corporate ERP really is. We would like to offer you small ERP publication, where reporting standards are considered for Microsoft Dynamics ERP... Dynamics GP Partner San Diego, Chicago Newsflash: hardware and software compatibility - Alba Spectrum Computers | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 31, 2009 Microsoft Dynamics GP, especially when ERP software is targeted to be implemented in matured organization with its own IT networking, hardware and legacy software lifecycle - you should pay special attention to the environment, where Dynamics GP Great Plains will be installed: server and workstation... Dynamics GP Partner Newsflash: Great Plains Support Cost Reduction - Alba Spectrum Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, January 31, 2009 If you are in the hands of hardest ever recession, this fact doesn't mean that there is the end of the World and you are shutting down your accounting department completely and stopping ERP and MRP applications. We are guessing that better options here to relax and to speculate about renegotiating... SAP Business One Implementation Highlights Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, April 17, 2008 SAP B1 is relatively new ERP and MRP on the US and international accounting application market for small and mid-size businesses. SBO can also serve to large corporation in spoke-and-hub environment where your branch deploys SB1 with upstream integration to mySAP/R3 or in non-SAP ERP. As you proba... Great Plains Integration with Aspect - Restaurant Management Example Alba Spectrum Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 14, 2008 Many mid-size restaurants, networks and even franchises deploys Aspect to consolidate Sales, Purchasing, Item Ingredients (or in essence bills of materials). Aspect also allows you to consolidate transactions from various POS terminals. Aspect in turn could be integrated with back office accountin... Google Sandbox and how to break trough via Article Submission Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 13, 2008 It is funny, but probably not so to the ones who commit money to get leads from the internet. We gave our customer 10 thousand leads over the period of three months and we see them still in Sand Box. So, again if you plan to make dollars from internet leads, please be aware that not only twenty, b... SAP Business One Implementation in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan - Alba Spectrum Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, April 09, 2008 We believe that this Small Business ERP and MRP could fit to the majority of Illinois downstate businesses in Springfield, Peoria, Morris, Ottawa, Marseilles, Utica, LaSalle, Peru, DeKalb, Dixon, Rachelle, Normal, Champaign, Vandalia, St Luis, Pontiac, Rockford. Our goal is to make SB1 available ac... Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains Posting Server - Alba Spectrum Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 07, 2008 Microsoft Great Plains Posting Server is Dexterity customization, allowing you automatically post work batches without GP operator. Especially popular among eConnect eCommerce developersPosting Server will require GP workstation with Posting Server to be running all the time, when you need autom... Sap Business One Implementation in Chicago, Illinois - Alba Spectrum Computers | Andrew Karasev | Monday, April 07, 2008 Sap B1 is modern ERP with very intuitive elegant user interface, which has all the attributes of contemporary Enterprise Resource Planning System: Financials, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Banking, Service, CRM, Inventory, Production and MRP, HR. System installation, user t... SAP Business One ERP review with technical emphasis Technology | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, April 06, 2008 The World of Corporate MRP systems is full of surprises. If in the late 1990th major ERP market players: Oracle, SAP were trying to realize the strategy of releasing so-called light', select', express' versions of their high-end ERP - the idea is very simple and attractive - if your corporate ERP... SAP Business One Implementation: Rentals as Service Warranty Contracts Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, April 03, 2008 SAP B1 is in expansion mode and we expect more new software purchases, data conversions, and installations. This might be the time when ERP implementation ideas are appreciated. The fact that SAP BO logic is relatively simple should not make you think that system doesn't fit to the majority of ind... SAP Business One Deployment and Implementation: Service Warranty Contracts - Alba Spectrum Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, April 01, 2008 SAP B1 is small to mid-size business ERP application, and please try to tune your expectations to simplicity and reasonable customizability of SB1. If it doesn't fit exactly to your business processes as they are in your legacy MRP, then you should adapt as much of SAP BO standard logic as possible... SAP Business One Service Module Implementation Highlights for Consultant - Alba Spectrum Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 31, 2008 Sap B1 is relatively new player on mid-size and small businesses ERP market and this definitely gives it some advantages. Sap Business One has modern design and intuitive interface with such cool data analysis features as drag and relate, where you can simply drag something like item number and rel... SAP Business One version 2007 Implementation highlights for consultant Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, March 28, 2008 SAP B1 has all the power of SAP R3 or mySAP muscles behind. Meaning that this small and midsize business ERP is integrated upstream to large scale full featured SAP MRP. If you are multinational corporation or publicly traded company in USA we encourage you to review multiple SBO integration optio... Submit your photo article, blog, press release to Pegas Planet Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Video and Photo news submission is great help to your website SEO and you should consider writing and posting internet free press articles on regular base. We understand this may seems too difficult to produce new article every week or so, but if you want to engage internet leads - people who are s... Great Plains Grant Management Module Implementation notes Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Microsoft Dynamics GP is excellent fit for mid-size and large non for profit organization. Great Plains has special suit of non-for-profit modules, and among them Grant Management. This module enables functionality, when you on behalf of sponsors opening the grand for bidding and later on releasin... Writing and Submitting Articles to Internet Portals - Pegas Planet Society | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 24, 2008 Yes, if you think it will help your website SEO and contribute to your product internet advertising, it will definitely help, no doubt about it, however you are not the only one out there, who are trying this internet marketing techniques to inch up on google pagerank. Our point is - you do not hav... Post Internet Article to Pegas Planet Society | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 23, 2008 If you are novice or established writer, give us the opportunity to boost your website on major internet search engnes: google, yahoo, msn, altavista, askjeeves, alexa and others. We are specializing in internet marketing since 2003 and we launched up such web sites as www.albaspectrum.com which is... SAP Business One: breaking through ERP implementation myths - Alba Spectrum Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 15, 2008 If you undergone MRP implementation in the past, you probably was a bit disappointed or not utterly happy. If you now look back on technology progress, when graphical operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows made their changes, you may recognize historical drawbacks. Yes, Windows was nicely lo... Post Your Article, News, Press Release to Pegas Planet: optional photo, logo, video Society | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 13, 2008 Internet blogging is becoming important tool for your website SEO, link generating, and as the desired results getting more internet leads to your business, or friends, if you pursue private interests. If you are making your first steps in internet journalism, submitting articles may not be equal t... Andrew Karasev Photos: Great Plains developer comes out of trenches International | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Alba Spectrum Group and its partner Andrew Karasev is inviting your to see his blogs, photo, video releases. The photos we are proving here were taken in the source or initial spring of Russian river Volga1.Alba Spectrum Group. This is our international Great Plains implementation, customizat... Sales Engineer, Sales Director Assistant - Alba Spectrum, Manila, Philippines Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 This position is not Sales Executive, but should lead you to our Regional Sales Executive career path in the futureRequired: 1.Microsoft Great Plains functional and technical expertise: modules business logic, customization tools (be familiar, programming experience is a plus but not required... Articles Publication Online Business - some facts of earning adsense google advertisement money Society | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 11, 2008 In this small article we would like to share our experience, so you understand what you will be facing, if you try similar business launch: PR, articles, video and photo blogs, news, opinions publishing website. In our case we don't do it for living, however we are pretty advanced in using posting... Kizhi the gemstone of Russian wood architecture: Orthodox Churches Series in Karelia Russia Society | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 09, 2008 Kizhi is the masterpiece of Russian arbor architecture of 18th and 19th centuries. It is simply gorgeous, please see photo illustrations. Karelia is Finnish speaking Russian province (however the majority of people there do not speak longer Finnish, and Karelians, who does, they more likely li... Articles Posting Strategies: writing for your internet marketing Society | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, March 09, 2008 Well, we so far have read tons of press releases, blogs, general news and articles on Search Engine Optimization Strategies, or SEO. Internet is in essence open press, where the privilege to be an author is virtually given to anybody and even if you don't have specific knowledge or product expertis... eCommerce and Shopping Carts for Great Plains: where to start your research Technology | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, March 06, 2008 Microsoft Dynamics GP for sure has multiple third party products and extensions, however in this article we would like for you to first come through Microsoft Business Solutions original products and modules. If one of native Microsoft s-commerce solutions fits you, then you should be more secured... Submit Article or Press Release as Part of your SEO and web marketing campaign - Pegas Planet Society | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Writing articles, PR and internet blogging is essential success factor for web exposed businesses: all kind of ecommerce web sites, online exchanges and services. If you are on the top part of the first page, returned by google, yahoo, msn on your keywords combination, you got the deal, otherwise i... eCommerce Shopping Cart Options for Great Plains Options overview Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 Microsoft Dynamics GP has very robust Sales order Processing module, which is typically the subject for e-commerce integrations, and in this small article we would like to review the possibilities. Microsoft Business Solutions promotes and primarily supports Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Portal Or... Great Plains Integration Manager version 10.0 overview Technology | Andrew Karasev | Monday, March 03, 2008 Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 has higher reliance on such new Microsoft technologies, as SQL Server Reporting Services or SRS, Sharepoint with its famous workflow (competitor to traditional Lotus Notes workflow) and of course eConnect (this is rising star in GP software programming and e-commerce devel \... Great Plains Implementation for Large Corporation overview Technology | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, March 01, 2008 Microsoft Dynamics GP is definitely one of the winners and breaking through ERP packages. In this article we assume that you are not small or midsize business, where accounting options are well known and openly available. Here we are giving recommendations to large corporate businesses. First of... How to submit your article if you are novice to the internet blogging Society | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 You are not the only one who started like that and you are not the last one - every author will have to come through the same dilemmas and will be blocked by editors multiple times until finally your writing works will be approved and your pen creatures will see the World. You should first probably... Great Plains implementation for light manufacturing and assembly business Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Microsoft Dynamics GP has full featured Manufacturing module, which addresses discrete production business needs. However before you try this route, you should ask the question: if we are small manufacturing company - why we need heavy weight lifting in manufacturing automation, maybe instead regul... How to submit your article if you are novice to the internet blogging Society | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 26, 2008 You are not the only one who started like that and you are not the last one - every author will have to come through the same dilemmas and will be blocked by editors multiple times until finally your writing works will be approved and your pen creatures will see the World. You should first probably... Great Plains eCommerce: Order Management and Business Portal notes for consultant Computers | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 26, 2008 If you are consulting Great Plains Dynamics customers, you probably remember old good days when eCommerce solution could be built on eOrder module platform. eOrder was written in Interdev as ASP application, and as such could be modified deirectly in its ASP pages. This customization did the job u... Great Plains ERP in eCommerce environment: combining hosted website with Business Portal Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 24, 2008 After seeing reasonable and multiple concerns, we would like to give you some directions for your homework, when you consider transitioning for your let's say... Volga and Mississippi - two major rivers of two superpower nations Society | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 23, 2008 Reka Volga is very sacred term to all the Russians and Mississippi as it Indian name states is in turn extremely important for all the Americans. With this small article we would like to share with you photo pictures of Volga River in Tver Oblast of Russia and at the same time encourage you to publ... Submit your article on Microsoft Dynamics GP product family - Alba Spectrum Society | Andrew Karasev | Saturday, February 23, 2008 Alba Spectrum Group, leader in Microsoft Dynamics online support and ERP products promotions invites Great Plains gurus to write articles, video and photo blogs, press releases and recent news. We are more than happy to publish your materials on our web portal, so you could get relevant links back... Articles and Blogs submission considerations Society | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 21, 2008 Writing articles could serve various goals: becoming popular author, promoting your personal or company website, getting internet leads, popularizing your product, getting new friends, etc. In this small article we would like to come through article format in the sense of making it ranked higher -... Great Plains eEnterprise Upgrade FAQ Technology | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 High end version of Great Plains Software Dynamics was known under the name of Great Plains eEnterprise. In turn eEnterprise is successor of Great Plains Dynamics C/S . eEnterprise licensing concept allowed you as eEnterprise customer to purchase such advanced modules as Manufacturing, Intercompan... Old Great Plains Dynamics on Pervasive SQL and Ctree support Computers | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 17, 2008 It is not really very rare case, when you are not following Microsoft Dynamics GP clients mainstream, where GP customers do ERP version upgrade every second or third year and stay current with Microsoft Business Solutions GP annual enhancement program. However the chances are high that you were fol... Great Plains Dynamics on Ctree and Pervasive SQL Support review Technology | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 15, 2008 Current version of Microsoft Dynamics GP, successor of Great Plains Software Dynamics and eEnterprise is 10.0. The latest version, supporting old DB platforms: Ctree and Btrieve was Great Plains Standard 7.5. Due to the fact that Microsoft Business Solutions deploys annual enhancement program requ... Great Plains Accounting for DOS and Windows support FAQ Computers | Andrew Karasev | Friday, February 15, 2008 This ERP application was very popular in 1990th, before the time when Great Plains Software introduced Great Plains Dynamics. We still see customers, who are on GPA, and the version is normally 9.5, in some really complicated old cases it is 9.2. If you are still in production with Great Plains Ac... Great Plains Support: How to recover Suspicious company Database Computers | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Microsoft Great Plains from time to time falls to the situation, when the problem really sits at the MS SQL Server level and you need to do SQL scripting in SQL Query Analyzer. Very good example of this is when you were recovering company DB from backup and for some reason restoration process faile... How to Submit photo news with optional video Society | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 12, 2008 If you are internet writer or somebody who could characterize yourself as blogger, including video and photo blogger, we invite you to submit your article, picture or video news or professional press release to our new PR, articles, photo and video blog portal We would like to share with you, pote... Submit Your Photo Article or Video News to Pegas Planet Society | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 10, 2008 Media portals are adding new features for authors: optional uploads for photos, logos, pictures and video. Also internet search engines: google, yahoo, msn are improving page ranking where they find relevant illustrative materials, including movies - take youtube example.Pegas Planet is offerin... ERP from Scratch - SAP Business One or Microsoft Dynamics GP Small Business Financials Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 07, 2008 ERP selection is not an easy one, and we respect your search in the internet to get this article pulled out from google web search. More likely you are entrepreneur or business owner and you are facing MRP selection decision. This is very natural, if you outgrow small business accounting packages,... Barcoding for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains - customization overview Computers | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 07, 2008 As we see ERP system are implemented in the companies, where it must be tightly integrated with existing or legacy system, automate warehousing, shipping ... SAP Business One - simplified ERP for mid-size company Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 07, 2008 The World of Corporate MRP systems is full of surprises. If in the late 1990th major ERP market players: Oracle, SAP were trying to realize the strategy of releasing so-called... ERP Selection: SAP Business One, Brazilian subsidiary - multinational corporation International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 07, 2008 As we see it, based on decade long ERP consulting practice, the decision is not an easy one. First of all - if you look at the USA ERP market - here Microsoft Great Plains / Dynamics GP has very strong positions among midsize public corporations. Plus it has very good opportunities to automate lar... SAP Business One vs. Microsoft Dynamics GP - highlights for consultant International | Andrew Karasev | Thursday, February 07, 2008 In this small article we will not make side-by-side technical specs comparison. We would rather like to give you opinions from both sides - Microsoft and SAP. Both products target mid-size businesses in the USA, Europe (however Microsoft Great Plains - Dynamics GP will be leaving continental Europ... How to submit your article to major media portals Society | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Article is very efficient vehicle to get more traffic to your website, increase its page rank, plus as a consequence to get more leads for your sales department. If you are novice in SEO or getting your website higher on the google ranking, you should know the differences in search engine treating... Microsoft CRM as Time logs for Consulting Business: integration with Great Plains - Alba Spectrum Technology | Andrew Karasev | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 This article is targeted to programmers, we are providing C... Articles Submission strategy or where to submit your article Society | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, February 03, 2008 When you are seriously decided to work on your website ranking, you should understand very simple thing - you can't move yourself on the top through some tricks and doing nothing after this - instead you have to contribute to your product consumers community by giving them really new and important i... Video Press Release internet marketing overview - Pegas Planet Press Release | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 27, 2008 Few years ago, if you were responsible for internet marketing in public relation department, your job was to compile one-page long press releases about your company on the regular, preferably on the daily or weekly basis and use media partner, who in turn distributes your releases to news portals.... Video News Submission FAQ - how to submit your video press release Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Sunday, January 27, 2008 If you are representing large or midsize enterprise, you should be researching of new tools and virtually new era of submitting press releases. If you explore what Youtube.com has been done, you should raise the question: why can't publish my company press releases in video format?1.Well, vid... Microsoft Great Plains: Government and Non-Profit Organization - workflow implementation Government | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Usually workflow ... Submitting Articles to Internet media portals overview Pegas Planet Recent News | Andrew Karasev | Wednesday, January 23, 2008 When you plan to launch your respected internet website base business, you should think about establishing good relations with such folks as Google, Yahoo, MSN, Altavista, and other titans on the internet ranking and search market. 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