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Nov. 18, 2010 —
Following the
successful
launch of
Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2010,
Microsoft Corp.
(Nasdaq “MSFT”)
announced that
the upcoming
release of
Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2010
R2 will
provide midsize
customers with
new contextual
business
intelligence
capabilities and
additional
ease-of-use
features that
make actionable
information more
accessible than
before to people
across an
organization.
The Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2010
R2 update
expands key
areas of
investment for
Microsoft
Dynamics GP
2010, including
the following:
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Enhancing
insight
into
role-specific
information
through
an
improved
user
interface
and
personalized
dashboards,
quickly
delivering
information
that’s
relevant
to the
actions
people
are
taking
or the
information
they are
viewing
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Making
it
easier
to
complete
tasks
with
improved
approval
workflow
and
electronic
signature
capabilities,
helping
people
save
time
while
managing
compliance
and
helping
to
reduce
fraud
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Extending
connections
through
Fact
Boxes
and
Action
Shortcuts,
which
are now
connected
with
Microsoft
Lync
2010
instant
messaging
windows,
bringing
information
about
the
people
who are
chatting
and
their
companies
to the
user’s
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“We have seen
unprecedented
momentum for
Microsoft
Dynamics GP
2010, having
recently added
more new
customers in one
quarter than any
previous quarter
in the history
of the
solution,” said
Crispin Read,
general manager,
Microsoft
Dynamics ERP
Product
Management
Group.
“Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2010
R2 delivers on
our ongoing
commitment to
provide
customers with
long-term value
and the ability
to make quicker
decisions by
presenting
intelligence
that’s directly
relevant to
their job.”
Companies using
Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2010
have experienced
tangible
benefits. As an
example,
Primo Water
Corp.
experienced the
following:
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A
savings
of
approximately
$300,000
in
consulting
costs as
a direct
result
of the
significantly
reduced
need for
customizations
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A
savings
of
approximately
$200,000
in time
and
labor as
a result
of more
streamlined
business
processes
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A
savings
of
$35,000
in legal
and
audit
expenses
because
of
tighter
control
of
business
functions
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A 29
percent
improvement
in
invoice
accuracy
with
faster
and
easier
visibility
into
inventory
positions,
checks
and
balances
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More
environmentally
minded
business
practices
as a
result
of
paperless
invoices,
further
saving
the
company
almost
$5 per
invoice
in
postage
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“Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2010
is delivering
huge opportunity
for our business
by providing the
ability to drill
down into
details from the
home page using
configurable
dashboard
metrics,” said
George
Mackiewicz,
president, CAL
Business
Solutions Inc.
“The fact that
Microsoft is
continuing to
provide further
innovation for
the solution on
a regular basis
makes it an even
easier choice
for customers.”
Details of
Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2010
R2, which is
scheduled for
general
availability in
the first half
of 2011, will be
presented at a
technical
conference in
Fargo, N.D.,
March 1–3, 2011;
partners are
encouraged to
register at
http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/fargodeveloperconference.
Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2010
will also be
available in
French Canadian
and Latin
American Spanish
versions later
this month. More
information
about Microsoft
Dynamics GP is
available at
http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/gp.
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