Welcome to the Merit Solutions Newsletter!

This quarterly publication provides our customers, partners, and associates with useful information and connections to the multitude of resources we have accumulated.

As a business solutions provider, our years of serving customers have enabled us to build an extraordinary array of business practice expertise, relationships, and information access. Providing a channel to these relationships and information is one of the greatest advantages Merit Solutions can offer you.

A core fundamental of Merit Solutions is to build synergistic relationships that will provide success for all involved. This newsletter is just the first step in an exciting new series of resources we are making available. We will introduce new resources as they become available through this newsletter, our Web site, and e-mail announcements.

We look forward to continuing to serve you in exciting new ways that build great value for Merit Solutions and, more importantly, for you.

Automation, Cost and Risk: A Balancing Act

Because business information systems can lower people costs but generate their own costs, there must be a balance, creating the right level of automation at an appropriate cost.

As a business grows, it must continually reevaluate this balance. Integrated business systems vary widely in cost from those needed for a large company to a comparable system for a smaller or mid-sized company. Pharmaceutical companies in particular need to maintain this balance when looking at automating FDA compliance. There are a growing number of systems that facilitate FDA compliance for fast-growing firms, and finding the right-sized solution can be the key to profitability and success.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers who use widely recognized and standardized integrated business systems adapted for FDA compliance are much closer to full compliance than those who rely entirely on manual processes and handwritten records. No system that involves human action is bulletproof, but automated systems can reduce the risks of sloppy practices considerably. Finding the right system for your business can reduce your risk of non-compliance, saving you money and avoiding potential legal problems.

Within or without the pharmaceutical industry, integrated business systems pay for themselves by helping cut the costs of production and doing business, e.g. by speeding product cycle time, cutting inventory costs, and more. Contact Merit Solutions to discuss your level of automation.

Microsoft Brand Change

Microsoft® Business Solutions recently announced its brand change to Microsoft DynamicsTM. With the upcoming 9.0 release, Microsoft® Business Solutions–Great Plains® will be known as Microsoft DynamicsTM GP.

For more information about the brand change, go to http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=s6txjqbab.0.kaszmqbab.zurtiqbab.258&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fdynamics

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There you can get more specific information about our products and services, read about company news, and contact us with any inquiries you may have.

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