Overview
What is Microsoft Dynamics GP?
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.
GP good for big company
Small Business Friendly
Microsoft Dynamic GP works well for mid-sized companies
Microsoft Dynamics GP Review
Dynamics GP - Manufacturing and Back Office, MRP
GP is good until it is no longer supported
GP Review From an IT Guy
Practical and Affordable, but lacks a user-friendly interface
Dynamics GP Can Be a Useful Accounting/GL Solution
Microsoft Dynamics Review: Pretty Dynamic!
Great product for a great value
Overall a good, solid ERP software for medium size companies.
GreatPlains is well suited for medium to large businesses
Sturdy General Ledger
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What is Microsoft Dynamics GP?
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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Features
Payroll Management
Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.
- 6.1Pay calculation(16) Ratings
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
- 7Benefit plan administration(12) Ratings
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
- 7Direct deposit files(16) Ratings
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
- 7Salary revision and increment management(15) Ratings
Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.
- 6Reimbursement management(14) Ratings
Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.
Customization
This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.
- 7API for custom integration(24) Ratings
An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.
- 7Plug-ins(19) Ratings
A number of third-party plug-ins are available to expand the core functionality of the software.
Security
This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.
- 6.1Single sign-on capability(29) Ratings
The software system supports a centralized authentication mechanism allowing the user to access multiple systems with a single, centrally managed password.
- 7.1Role-based user permissions(36) Ratings
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Reporting & Analytics
Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.
- 7Dashboards(25) Ratings
Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.
- 7Standard reports(35) Ratings
The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.
- 6Custom reports(35) Ratings
Users can create custom reports.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting
- 6Accounts payable(41) Ratings
This includes the automation and tracking of payment to vendors and suppliers, with features such as payment scheduling, check printing, open purchase order alerts, document management, direct ACH bill payment, and vendor records.
- 7Accounts receivable(32) Ratings
This includes the management and automation of invoices and collections, with features like statements, invoices, receipts, payment reminders, customer records, auto billing, and refund checks.
- 6Cash management(32) Ratings
The software provides a complete picture of a company’s cash flows, streamlines payment processing, and includes cash forecasting.
- 6Bank reconciliation(37) Ratings
The software connects to a company’s financial institutions in order to reconcile accounting records with checking, savings and credit card accounts. Often month and year closing capabilities are included.
- 7Expense management(27) Ratings
The software can log and track business expenses and reimbursements, including travel-related expenses, with the ability to tie them to particular projects.
- 7Time tracking(13) Ratings
The software can track billable and non-billable employee time by project.
- 6Fixed asset management(25) Ratings
This includes the ability to track fixed assets (e.g., laptops), including location, check-in and check-out, maintenance scheduling, audit history, specialized property tax period reports, cost and depreciation.
- 8Multi-currency support(17) Ratings
The software supports transactions across multiple currencies.
- 7Multi-division support(25) Ratings
The software is flexible and supports bookkeeping practices along multiple dimensions such as locations, branches or products.
- 6.1Regulations compliance(11) Ratings
The software helps users adhere to typical accounting standards and regulations such as IFRS, GASB, or GAAP.
- 7Electronic tax filing(11) Ratings
The software provides a full electronic interface for the filing of repeatable taxes, such as payroll or sales tax.
- 7Self-service portal(12) Ratings
The software provides online portals for certain stakeholders to find information relevant to them, such as employees, vendors and customers.
- 6Global Financial Support(7) Ratings
Account using multiple ledgers, multiple currencies, and multiple entities
- 7Primary and Secondary Ledgers(18) Ratings
Record and report across multiple currencies and accounting standards with primary and secondary ledgers
- 6Intercompany Accounting(16) Ratings
Automatically balance and reconcile GL for intercompany transactions
- 8Localizations(11) Ratings
Meet reporting requirements with country-specific localizations
- 7Journals and Reconciliations(22) Ratings
Automate and synchronize ledgers and processes
- 6.1Enterprise Accounting(14) Ratings
Create accounting for disconnected ERP and non-accounting source systems
- 7Configurable Accounting(14) Ratings
Configure accounting rules and segments for each chart of accounts
- 6Centralized Rules Framework(12) Ratings
Integrate disparate ERP and transactional systems into single ERP instance
- 7Standardized Processes(15) Ratings
Centralize financial management to facilitate standardized financial processes
Inventory Management
The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.
- 7Inventory tracking(22) Ratings
The software syncs orders and stock to maintain a real-time picture of inventory and supports multiple methods such as LIFO and FIFO.
- 6Automatic reordering(12) Ratings
The software can be set up to automatically reorder a good when it falls below a certain threshold.
- 8Location management(17) Ratings
The software can track multiple goods across multiple locations.
- 6Manufacturing module(13) Ratings
The software helps track and manage raw materials, work-in-progress items, and finished goods.
Order Management
The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.
- 6Pricing(16) Ratings
Users can set up complex and unique pricing requirements.
- 7Order entry(19) Ratings
Users can enter an order once, and the data flows to all the necessary units such as fulfillment and billing.
- 7Credit card processing(11) Ratings
The software facilitates credit card processing.
- 6Cost of goods sold(22) Ratings
The software calculates the direct costs attributable to a finished product, such as materials and labor, and includes roll-up pricing.
- 8Order Orchestration(7) Ratings
Define and execute order fulfillment processes for products as well as services on the same order.
- 7End-to-end order visibility(9) Ratings
Get updates on orders, inventory, shipments, planned supply, and invoices, and improve the quality of decisions through in-context analytics
- 6Order exception Resolution(5) Ratings
Monitor fulfillment tasks and resolve issues, view and evaluate varios options via what-if analysis and define and enforce change order rules
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Reviews
(26-50 of 50)Microsoft Dynamics GP - Improved information
- Get information out though Smart List -- super easy.
- Import large data such as purchase card detail.
- Copy and paste short journal entries.
- Sometimes system gets hung up and takes a while to troubleshoot.
GP - Solid, Scalable, Secuirty
- GAAP Accounting system
- Process large amounts of transactions
- User security
- Reporting
- Account history views - difficult to see complete customer account history
- User interface
Microsoft GP Review
- Generate smart lists for tracking expenses & sales
- User controlled accounting transactions - it does what you tell it to do
- It would be great if it was easier to apply accrual percentages to existing JEs
- Easier exports to Excel/other reporting tools
- Easier integration with payroll software
Decade long user of Microsoft Dynamics GP
- User friendly interface
- 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.
- search functionality could be improved within native GP functionality - we use Rockton Smartfill to improve search capabilities.
- ACH payment processing works well.
- Smart list capabilities
- Dashboard capabilities
- Reporting is insufficient.
- Manufacturing module insufficient.
- Costing features don't seem to be well configured. Landed cost is particularly problematic for us.
- Seems to be easy for records to go astray. Difficult to clear items from reports in AP and purchase receipts.
- Would like to see a workflow purchase requisition solution resident in GP.
Chief Financial Officer
- FRx is a very simple third party report writer that makes report running so easy and straight forward. But it can also use more advanced features such as reporting trees so multiple sets of financials can be chained together.
- The allocation accounts are a great feature of GP. It makes the process of allocating salaries and other expenses when necessary a breeze. If your organization does any type of expense sharing across entities, departments, etc, consider using GP to do that.
- Overall ease of use. I absolutely love GP. I am a Microsoft Certified Professional in Version 9. It is very intuitive, extremely easy to navigate, simple to set up, and easy to maintain. It has great reporting features, has a simple budget import/export feature, and is truly the best GL package on the market.
- 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.
GP isn't perfect, but it is a very good product for its space!
- Core accounting functionality is exceptional - for processing A/P, A/R, and G/L transactions, this product is the best mid-market solution available.
- Reporting has improved significantly over the years. The product has many tools developed by Microsoft and in conjunction with accounting specific needs, such as SQL reporting services, smartlist builder, and Excel reporting.
- The user-interface is user-friendly and easy to learn - very similar to other Microsoft products.
- Supply chain management is adequate but not exceptional, and there are challenges tying the product to a website front end. These features are present and work fine in many environments but are often lacking for customers who need more robust systems.
- Reporting tools often require consulting expertise or an internal business analyst to develop. Many smaller companies don't have this skill set, so it can be costly to upgrade to GP from a smaller packages like QuickBooks.
- Some features that are available in competing products are still not present in GP, such as full copy-paste functionality and more intelligent workflow/batch processing functions.
Basic general ledger needs
- Detailed expense tracking
- Unitary accumulation and reporting (operating statistics)
- Statistical reporting is troublesome, not very robust
- Management Reporter can cause challenges to getting the data required; requires a super expert user to figure out. We have been fortunate in having a personal friend as an expert, otherwise we would end up paying exhorbitant prices to design what should be routine reports.
Microsoft GP
- Financial reporting is easy and can be done with the reports that are set up in the system.
- Payroll and time management is easy to manage in GP. The integrated time clock posts hours directly into GP. The steps to generate the payroll are short and easy.
- We found the sales order entry process to be cumbersome and requires too many steps to get the invoice posted and the documents for customer generated. We process many sales orders in a day and need a system that allows for quick entry and processing. This system did not meet that need.
- We have a fairly simple manufacturing process. The manufacturing module seemed to be geared to more technical and in depth processes and we were not able to find a way to fit it to our needs. We wanted a system that would allow the accounting to be as straightforward and basic as our manufacturing process is.
- Simplicity of exporting smartlists directly to Excel in order to quickly analyze data
- Ability to quickly import large journal entries as well as other data using integration manager
- Printable manuals make it easy when you want to look for how to do something specific
- Reporting and the ability to export reports to Excel; like a historical AP or AR aging; inventory reports
- Regarding inventory management GP is only adequate to support a distribution type of business or the most basic high level manufacturing
- It cannot be used in an advanced manufacturing environment; our company currently uses a third party inventory and planning module and will be searching for a replacement; as controller of the company I cannot defend the opinions from our Operations group that GP cannot handle our business without requiring a third party interface
GP Dynamics for the Restaurant Industry
- SQL database back-end
- It is stable
- There is a wide range of small to medium sized business users and support network
- It is more user friendly than some top tier ERP systems
- Cost center tracking
- Financial reporting system
- Cloud functionality
GP comments
- Can set up intercompany transactions to enter on both sides with one journal entry, do not have to go into each company. Improved workflow process in this area.
- System controls-Can set up good interal controls for access to entities and can limit access by user type.
- Consoldiated Reporting-System allows for setting up Reporting Tree structure and different roll ups in the reporting tree
- Management reporter and the consolidated reporting process are somewhat clunky, not the easiest to use. Reports often need manual edits to make the presentation expereince better for end users.
- The system is not the most intuitive, have worked on other systmems such as MAS 500 or Epicor that are much easier to use.
- Missing functionality-the reporting function does not allow you to easily pull expense accounts across companies. Reporting is not the most robust.
How many entities before the reporting function is not effective?
Can you find qualified software support in your area at a reasonable price?
Great valueand functionality
We use the software in the Finance/Accounting department. We use the GL and AP modules extensively. We use the AR module for a small area of our company.
It is a very solid, flexible product that can be adapted to any company or industry.
- We send some vendor payments by ach. We used another add on product to send an email remittance so they would know what was being paid. The software now has a built in area for this which makes set up and execution easy.
- We have a few subsidiaries that are involved in different kinds of businesses. We can tailor the software to fit each business but still consolidate the results.
- Distributing information to other departments is very easy, even though they don't have direct access to the software. We have created many reports and download them in various formats.
- We like the functions that we use.
Great Software For Most Business Needs
- Budgeting
- General Ledger
- Management Reporter
- Report Manager
Microsoft Dynamics GP With Office 365 AND CRM
- Real time accounting between us and the client
- Saves all work papers emailed, faxed, or scanned to the client folders for financial statements and taxes on our schedule
- No client calls about "the computer made a mistake?'
- Easier training on installation and integration
- Cost to install - varies widely between the Microsoft Partners
Microsoft Dynamics GP must be set up by a trained accountant the first time it is implemented. The old Great Plains was not an easy program for new users and it does have a longer learning curve than other packages.
For medium to larger clients, its great and can be great for newer, fast growing companies.
Microsoft Dynamics GP Review
- Ability to integrate files
- Smart Lists reporting
- Cannot run a combined trial balance for 2 companies
- FX functionality is lumpy
Microsoft Dynamics GP rocks
- A/P module is very good, makes it easy to do ach payments
- G/L is good and allows for a robust chart of accounts structure
- System is sophisticated enough for large organizations but cost effective for smaller organizations
- I am not sure what improvements are needed, maybe in the area of a/p for further automation
Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Specialized reports
- Smartlist options
- 1099 tracking
- Help/chat options
GP the best ERP: affordable and easy to deploy and use.
GP has been so flexible to adapt to the company requirements, even though we do not have experience in Dexterity where able to create new functionalities just using extender.
- Adaptability to new functionalites, easy to customize
- Easy to Integrate with other Third party software and a lot of third party software in teh market that integrates with GP
- Easy deployment for future upgrades
- Increase real-time data sharing and integrate business processes in any organtization
- Great reporting Tools , you can build reports from scratch and customize templates for specific individuals or groups to deliver information across the entire organization
- Improve the Vacation and Sick accruals calculation, basically we would like to have different options or schedule to setup the vacation and sick hours.
How will GP help to generate more revenue?
What is the Scalability for GP ?
What are the benefits we should see with GP ?
GP good for the user and the systems Integrator
- The Inventory module integrates smoothly with the Accounting module. Along with the our third party Logistics addin, we can use handheld scanners to maintain our inventory.
- Writing reports for use within GP is easy. I have written reports and published to GP within 30 minutes
- The econnect API is easy and straight forward. We use it for many custom integrations such as automatic Invoice and Payables document generation.
- More out of box reports that can be exported to excel in tabular form. There are to many text based reports that even though they can be exported to excel, are still not in a form that allows easy used.
- Easier setup of the Web Services,
- More workflow capabilities
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- Accounting
- Distribution
- Manufacturing
- Field Services
- Project Accounting
Great Plains Can Do Amazing Things
- It's ease of use is a plus for many people in my organization, the layout of the software is well received.
- The software is very flexible. We have a few 3rd party add-ons we have purchased and Microsoft is very supportive of having these add-ons to meet our needs.
- Great Plains offers a software developer kit (SDK) called eConnect that allows extensive importing through .Net programming into Great Plains. This flexibility has been great when the need to import large files on a regular basis.
- The support tools from an Admin stand point is great. Check links and reconcile are very good at fixing issue when they come up.
- Microsoft support is great. They fix the issue quickly and describe why it happened.
- A lot of document amounts can't be changed or updated, you have to delete them and recreate them if the total is wrong. This can cause a lot of extra hand keying of transactions if they mistyped them.
- Integration Manager is limited and would benefit in have more options available to the end user.
- Having a client application that ties into the server would be good. Currently we either remote into the server to access GP or use Citrix. It would be nice to have a way for users to access GP without Citrix or Remote Desktop.
Midwest Partner uses and sells Microsoft Dynamics GP
- GP is a great application to integrate other financial data to. The robustness of SQL helps GP adapt well to being able to integrate information.
- GP with SQL is great to be able to provide Business Intelligence and get that information out to the related parties instead of relying on your accounting team to get you that information.
- GP is always getting more functionality and moving with the times. Example in GP 2013 they released a web version so that you can access GP from any where, even a coffee shop!!
- The internal reporting to GP is very old school and would like to see a tighter integration to SSRS or other reporting tools. (There are add-ons that do this well, but having it built into GP would be great)
- Sometimes software packages put together by "developers" miss some of the simple things that "accountants" think of, and there are just some of those simple things that one has to just work around.
Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Reporting - Connecting data to Excel via Live Excel (Database Connection) that is a free part of GP, or via SmartList. The exports are clean and easy to use for calculations and charts.
- Collaboration - Multiple users have access to the same data via reports and inquiries. Users can see the data in Excel as it is being entered and saved via the connection to Excel. Multiple users can also add data to the same batch. This is great for billing or other large processes.
- Data Integrity - GP is GAAP compliant. If someone makes a change, you will see it. Unlike some solutions that allow deleting and changing of posted transactions.
- Navigation - Users can customize the navigation to quickly access Frequently Used screens and reports.
- Help Features - The built in Help Features and free access to manuals and online training is AMAZING
- Integrated 3rd Party Products - many companies build specialized products that integrate seamlessly into the solution. This allows for companies to address specific needs without paying for and maintaining costly custom solutions.
- Requires expert help for implementation. Clients who try to implement on their own miss many key setup windows.
- Some built in reports do not open in a clean version in Excel (Historical Aging). This would be a great feature to add.
- Microsoft Dynamics GP is completely integrated. There is no need for additional products to handle payables, receivables, project accounting, field service, payroll, etc.
- The drill back capabilities within Microsoft Dynamics GP are phenomenal! There is no need to write down a journal entry number and then go find it, you let the system doing the drilling back for you to go from a journal entry all the way back to the initial transaction in the subledger.
- The reporting options from Microsoft Dynamics GP are endless. You can utilize any of the hundreds of reports built into the application or easily utilize SmartList to perform ad hoc queries of your data. If more robust reporting is needed, then SQL Reporting Services is available.
- Having an integration between Project Accounting and Field Service would be amazing! There are so many companies that have service technicians that perform work on a customer's contract but also have a need for project accounting functionality within that customer's contract. Right now those modules are separate so you either need to use one or duplicate some efforts if you need to use both.
- Microsoft Dynamics GP could do a better job documenting their new enhancements to the product. They realize great enhancements but the documentation about them, or new products, is lacking so it is difficult as a consultant to know everything a new feature can do for me and my customers.
- They could enhance their forecasting capabilities with a new forecasting tool within Management Reporter.