Boost productivity with a portal
Make your organization and
its key relationships productive and efficient
with business portal in Microsoft Dynamics GP
Using familiar browser technology and
existing software skills, business portal
capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics GP lets you
increase the productivity and efficiency of
people and teams, be more responsive to
customers, and stay true to your goals. At the
same time, business portal features can help you
reduce the cost of doing business.
Make business management and team
collaboration capabilities available through the
browser
Many businesses set up business portals to
provide better access to collaborative
functions, documents, and information to
workers, who use their Web browsers to connect
online to the portals. Implementation usually
needs careful planning and can be costly.
Microsoft Dynamics offers a portal solution that
implements easily, has minimal continuing
support requirements, and allows tangible
productivity improvements right from the start.
Business portal capabilities in Microsoft
Dynamics GP are built on well-proven Microsoft
SharePoint® technology, integrates smoothly with
your business management solution, and quickly
demonstrates its value within your technological
infrastructure.
With business portal in Microsoft Dynamics
GP, you can provide employees, managers,
customers and partners with an effective
framework for collaboration and information
sharing. Microsoft Dynamics GP gives all of
these business stakeholders an easy, efficient
way to access functionality, information,
applications, and processes from Microsoft
Dynamics GP online. With personalized gateways
to Microsoft Dynamics GP based on business
roles, people can work productively with your
business management solution, no matter where
they are.
Allow people and teams to be productive and
in control
With business portal in Microsoft Dynamics
GP, you can eliminate needless limitations to
individual or team productivity. Employees
access information, documents, and business
functions through their browser, any time and
anywhere. Teams can easily set up collaboration
sites, using business portal Web parts, and
pursue their goals with great efficiency.
Especially valuable capabilities of a business
portal are human resources self-service and the
management of requisitions, time, and expenses.
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Let employees
and managers control information and
streamline administrative tasks
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Simplify and
control purchasing
Requisition Management in business
portal lets employees submit purchase
requisitions online, where managers can
approve and send them automatically to
the purchase order system in your
business management system. You can
reduce paperwork and data entry errors,
and drive costs down by consolidating
items and orders for better vendor
terms. Customize the solution to have
the right people review and approve
requisitions, and set up automatic
e-mail notification to make sure all
requisitions receive timely
consideration. |
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Reduce the costs
and increase the effectiveness of
project management
You want to be in firm control of the
cost and progress of projects, avoiding
surprises. Project Time & Expense in
business portal lets you track in detail
project costs and time spent, and gives
managers the ability not only to approve
expenses and time used, but also to
drive better project efficiencies.
Customer billing based on Project Time &
Expense can be more accurate and timely,
making it possible to receive and book
payments sooner. |
Keep managers informed and empowered
Executives and managers can use business
portal’s Executive Center to promote success
based on smart decisions. You can, through the
Executive Center, publish data and reports from
the business management solution to the people
who need to steer the business course, or export
queries to Microsoft Office Excel® 2003 for
further analysis. In addition, business portal
in Microsoft Dynamics GP can play a vital role
in performance and compliance management:
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Fast-track
business performance management
Executives and managers need to be in
touch with the true pulse of the
business. Provide them with Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs) for
business portal, so they can review
business performance by KPIs, get a read
on trends, and direct the organization
toward its goals. Microsoft Dynamics GP
comes with 20 pre-defined KPIs and makes
it easy to set up additional ones.
Requiring a minimal time investment, KPI
management in business portal in
Microsoft Dynamics GP can yield
significant performance payoff. |
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You can now reduce
the cost and complexity of compliance.
Implementing business portals using
Microsoft Dynamics GP with the Microsoft
Office Solution Accelerator for
Sarbanes-Oxley helps to ensure that your
managers take all the steps they need to
make full compliance a documented
fact—without being sidetracked by
worrying about compliance issues. Use
business portal in Microsoft Dynamics GP
to keep compliance-related documents and
data are available in a secure manner
for your financial managers and
auditors. |
Become a preferred vendor and trading
partner
Business portal features within Microsoft
Dynamics GP let you add value to your key
relationships with customers and suppliers by
offering an uninterrupted online presence. Build
custom portals for customers and suppliers to
give them access to key functions and
information they need, and make it easy for them
to do business with your organization. By
running detailed queries on customers’ and
suppliers’ dealings with your business, you can
manage the vital relationships more closely and
productively, spot emerging customer needs and
plan to meet them, and derive better results
from the key elements of your supply chain.
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Get documents to
the right people at the best time
With Electronic Document Delivery for
business portal, you can streamline
communications with your customers and
trading partners and demonstrate
consistent responsiveness to customer
needs. Customize and automate the setup
and e-mail distribution of business
documents, using practical, flexible
templates. Choose from a variety of
efficient, widely used document formats,
and let Microsoft Dynamics GP track
delivery and receipt. |
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Increase
customer satisfaction and sales results
Using Order Management for business
portal, customers can enter their orders
online at their convenience, review
order status, and enjoy prompt,
responsive service from your company.
Your sales associates can concentrate on
supporting those customers who require
hands-on assistance. For even better
results, integrate business portal Order
Management with your business management
solution for most efficient,
cost-effective processing of orders and
sales. |
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Business Portal
 GP_BusPortal.pdf
1.4 MB
Portable Document Format file |
Unlock business
potential and enhance productivity by
providing role-based access to
information and processes from a single
Web-based portal. Business portal in
Microsoft Dynamics GP delivers
applications, information, and processes
to employees, customers, and partners
across your organization. |
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Project Time
and Expense
GP_ProjectTE.pdf
769 KB
Portable Document Format file |
Project Time and
Expense provides project team members
and managers with a way to effectively
capture, review and approve project time
and expense data on the Web, enabling
prompt, accurate customer invoicing and
efficient reimbursement for
out-of-pocket employee expenses. |
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Electronic
Document Delivery
GP
EDocDelivery.pdf
448 KB
Portable Document Format file |
Organize and
schedule the e-mail message delivery of
invoices, credit memos, and other sales
documents to your customers in XML,
HTML, Microsoft Office Excel, or PDF
format, reducing administrative overhead
and increasing customer responsiveness. |
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HR Management
Self-Service Suite: Canada
GP_HRMSS_CANADA.pdf
593 KB
Portable Document Format file |
Streamline human
resources management, and empower
employees to view and update personal
information from any Web browser. The HR
Management Self-Service Suite for
business portal integrates human
resources and payroll data and helps
provide accurate, current information
across your organization. |
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HR Management
Self-Service Suite: United States
GP_HRMSS_US.pdf
683 KB
Portable Document Format file |
Streamline human
resources management, and empower
employees to view and update personal
information from any Web browser. The HR
Management Self-Service Suite for
business portal integrates human
resources and payroll data and helps
provide accurate, current information
across your organization. |
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Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs)
GP_KPI.pdf
528 KB
Portable Document Format file |
Define and deliver
key performance indicators (KPI) to
individuals' desktops via a Web portal.
You can set up personalized views of the
key business information each person
needs in order to monitor and act on
business performance. Profitability,
debt-to-equity, and gross margin |
