Great for the Project/Service Oriented Company
March 24, 2015
Great for the Project/Service Oriented Company
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
2011
Modules Used
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Purchase Order
- Order Management
- Inventory
- Project Controller
- Project Budgeting
- Bill of Materials
- Cash Management
- 3rd Party Tools
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Dynamics SL
We use Dynamics SL across our organization: Accounting, Order Processing, Shipping/Receiving, Purchasing, Engineering, and Manufacturing. SL addresses the need of sharing information between various functional groups and then making this information readily available in a variety of methods.
- Built on a SQL Server back-end. SQL Server is fairly easy to use and integrates well with other Microsoft products, such as the Office suite of applications.
- Screen customization. It's relatively simple to customize existing screens to expose user fields and to modify field layouts to make screens fit the needs of different users.
- Familiar interface. Users appreciate the similarities between the look and function of SL screens and those of other Microsoft products, particularly Office.
- Manufacturing. SL isn't a great product for discrete or process manufacturing.
- Built-in Reporting. The built-in reporting options, Crystal Reports, FRx, and SQL Server Reporting Services, are inadequate. You'll find, eventually, that you'll need a better reporting tool (after you tire of struggling with your own custom solutions).
- Planning. SL doesn't provide any built-in method for planning, budgeting, or forecasting. Thus, SL isn't great for Supply Chain Management either.
- SL helps us to be an agile business. It can handle upturns and downturns without affecting staffing.