The ABB Ability Solution Suite is an enterprise ERP product suite designed for asset-intensive industries like power generation and water management.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Microsoft Dynamics GP is an ERP software with accounting capabilities. It includes various packs for customizability and features tailored to specific industries’ needs. GP is offered as a perpetual license or subscription.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP
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Microsoft Dynamics GP
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ABB Ability Solution Suite
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Features
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Customization
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ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
7.0
25 Ratings
10% below category average
API for custom integration
10.01 Ratings
7.024 Ratings
Plug-ins
10.01 Ratings
7.019 Ratings
Security
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ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
8.4
37 Ratings
3% above category average
Single sign-on capability
10.01 Ratings
7.930 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
10.01 Ratings
8.937 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
7.8
25 Ratings
4% above category average
Inventory tracking
10.01 Ratings
8.923 Ratings
Location management
10.01 Ratings
8.017 Ratings
Automatic reordering
00 Ratings
6.012 Ratings
Manufacturing module
00 Ratings
8.914 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
5.5
23 Ratings
32% below category average
Pricing
10.01 Ratings
3.117 Ratings
Order entry
10.01 Ratings
3.220 Ratings
Cost of goods sold
10.01 Ratings
7.023 Ratings
Credit card processing
00 Ratings
7.011 Ratings
Order Orchestration
00 Ratings
7.08 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility
00 Ratings
7.010 Ratings
Order exception Resolution
00 Ratings
4.16 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
36% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
30% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Production Process Design
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Production Management
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Configuration Management
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Work Execution
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Supply Chain
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ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
32% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Forecasting
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Inventory Planning
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
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ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
32% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Proposal Management
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.8
18 Ratings
10% below category average
Pay calculation
00 Ratings
7.017 Ratings
Benefit plan administration
00 Ratings
7.013 Ratings
Direct deposit files
00 Ratings
7.016 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management
00 Ratings
7.015 Ratings
Reimbursement management
00 Ratings
6.014 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
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ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.0
38 Ratings
27% below category average
Dashboards
00 Ratings
4.126 Ratings
Standard reports
00 Ratings
7.036 Ratings
Custom reports
00 Ratings
7.036 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
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Of course this is the one of the best solution available in the market at present. When you have Multiple system in a plant then you need a powerful tool for Computation which Ability does it smoothly.
A large company where users have one function- for instance, where someone only receives or works in payables. That minimizes the number of windows they need. A smaller company where one user does multiple functions will require a lot more training and user knowledge to navigate, and it makes it harder to secure users. You also have to understand that GP started life as Great Plains, designed for accountants. The other modules were added on after Microsoft bought Great Plains, which means that modules like Manufacturing are red-headed step children with much smaller support ecosystems. So, if you're starting fresh, you may want to look at something built for the mobile world. D365 and Business Central are a lot more money, buggy, and hard to customize and essentially still vaporware. Microsoft is heavily investing there, leading to the previously mentioned question about the future of GP. If I was starting today I would be hard pressed to justify jumping into GP in a world where Salesforce ties in with so many programs. GP has MRP but it is limited so it's hard to justify a manufacturer starting with GP today.
Able to be extended into multiple areas of your business
One feature we have been using for a few years is EFT for payables - it has significantly reduced the time spent paying vendors and reduced our check printing and mailing costs. It is very easy to setup and use.
With respect to the allocations, once the expense is entered into the allocation account, you lose the ability to run any detail on just the total of the expense. It would be nice if you could run a trial balance on the allocation accounts the same way you can with regular accounts.
I've always thought security set up could be a bit simpler. It actually has gotten better through the years. Specifically, with eight separate entities, it would be nice to have a "master" setup where you could call up one group entity, assign the users rights, and then be finished. Currently, whenever I have a new user, I have to call up each individual entity and select all of the features I want the user to have. That means I have to do eight steps for each user.
Due the economic challenges that Puerto Rico is having, the company has had to merge some companies in order to be more efficient. It has been easy in GP to process those merges, even thought we had to spend days to accomplish that the process was smooth and accurate. In addition we were able to streamline the purchasing and sales process and the organization is confident to keep renewing GP for the future versions.
One of the best solutions in the market with a user-friendly system. This is very useful when the ABB system (Like we had 800xA) is there, new or existing; all the ABB systems can be integrated using this rather than going to a 3rd party vendor, which may have interface problems.
Though it is a basic accounting package, I believe some users do not find the old style menus and navigation options intuitive. There is also a great lack of training resources in the market, so users have to learn the product without guidance a lot, resulting in inefficient workflows and misuse or misunderstanding of many features.
Good support in terms of quality and promptness. When we had problems with some of the commands not getting executed, their online support also provided a good solution to solve the problem. Even mission-critical task we were able to solve during this Pandemic time. The suggestion is to go for the online support 1st in the future, followed by a visit.
Basically the challenge with this implementation was the Business Portal, too many errors and even the aplication is up and running the users are still having issues. We will start planning the migraton to GP 2015 soon.
I come from a strong background of using SAP. SAP doesn't have the flexibility of GP, an example would be SAP doesn't allow core mods, if they catch you, you lose support. Microsoft doesn't really care about mods, but they will be quick to have the vendor you used support your issue if it is caused by those mods. With SAP your company adapts to the software, where with GP you adapt the software to you.
Microsoft Dynamics GP allows my clients to move from a paper or spreadsheet based company to an integrated, electronic, streamlined business. I love being able to help clients gain efficiencies through the use of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Microsoft Dynamics GP allows for better customer service because everything is at our fingertips. If someone calls questioning an invoice, we can easily look it up. If someone calls stating they paid an invoice with a certain check number, we can quickly run a query to find that particular check number to see where it was applied.
Having everything on a single platform provides ease of use for upgrades, backups and end user training. There is only one software to learn!