Merit Momentum

 April 2008 Newsletter

Inside this Issue:
Product Spotlight: Manufacturing Solutions
Tip of the Month: Hire A Consultant
Microsoft Dynamics Resources
MeritCare Consulting Package
FREE Web Demo - Quality Management
Microsoft Current Customer Offers

 
Product Spotlight: Solutions for Dynamics GP Manufacturing

Streamline your manufacturing operations and improve your bottom line with these Manufacturing Solutions available from Merit Solutions.

Merit Quick PlannerFor Microsoft Dynamics™ GP Manufacturing users who desire to improve  performance through planning without embracing the rigors of MRP, Quick Planner provides an intuitive, easy to use environment using color coded icons as alerts to needed activities.

  • View supply and demand events in a single view.

  • Act on changes across Microsoft Dynamics GP from within the Quick Planner central view.

  • Color coded icons quickly identify areas that need attention.

  • View Item Available-To-Promise (ATP) conditions by site, across sites or company-wide.

  • Centrally view item site quantity and item resource planning information.

  • Quickly focus on items with expected negative future stock status.

Merit Production WorkbenchProduction Workbench provides Microsoft Dynamics™ GP Manufacturing users with a single, intuitive, information-rich location to manage their entire production process. The graphical interface provides a linear calendar of scheduled orders that gives you a high-level view of what products are being made when, and in which work centers.

  • Graphical calendar shows all orders, in all work centers, for any period of time.

  • Using the restriction criteria you can zoom in on just the information you need to see.

  • After selecting a manufacturing order, you have one-click access to nearly every window in the manufacturing system with the relevant information already loaded.    

Tip and Trick of the Month: Hire a Consultant

"When a firm decides to make a major investment in their business management software infrastructure, they have decided already that the current software is not working properly. Sometimes, the company has simply outgrown the software. Sometimes they need new features and functions not available in their current package. Many times the company has so many issues with the current product that management has decided that it can not be fixed and must be replaced. In any event, the firm has decided to embark on a major project involving new software with new features and new opportunities to manage their operations in an improved way. Then, in a misguided attempt to trim expenses, they decide to apply all of their existing old knowledge to the new and different system."

Consider what is required to successfully implement a new business management software package:

  • Software Installation Skills

  • Training on the Software

  • Professional Consulting Services

Read the white paper Why Should I Hire a Consultant, and find out how to leverage our expertise and experience for your benefit. 

This Tip and Trick of the Month came from:

Accolade Publications

Microsoft Dynamics Resources

CustomerSource

CustomerSource is an award-winning, site that provides access to timely and relevant information on your Microsoft Dynamics and related products and services. CustomerSource can help you boost productivity and reduce support costs by providing unlimited access to online training and certification information, technical support Knowledge Base and newsgroups, downloads, event details, and more - any time ,from anywhere.

Watch the CustomerSource demo to learn how CustomerSource can help you.

Microsoft Dynamics Swicki

The Microsoft Dynamics Swicki is a customized search portal for everything related to Microsoft Dynamics. This portal provides the most relevant results powered by Microsoft Dynamics users like yourself. Search using the Microsoft Dynamics Swicki now (below) and begin finding quality results much faster.

Merit Matters Blog

Be sure to stop by the Merit Matters Blog for Microsoft Dynamics News that Matters. Check out our recent postings by browsing the list below - or go directly to the Merit Matters Blog by visiting http://www.meritsolutions.com/meritmatters/.

 

Make sure you are getting the highest value out of your Microsoft and Merit Solutions investments by taking part in Merit Solutions new consulting package. MeritCare is a prepaid 12 month agreement which affords Merit Solutions’ premier clients the ability to continue to improve their use of business applications and streamline business processes for increased productivity.

Benefits of the MeritCare consulting package include:

  • One day (or half day) or Merit consulting per month

  • 1 - 2 hours of telephone support per month

  • 1-2 four hour training classes per year customized by client needs

  • Free attendance at monthly lunch and learn webcasts

  • Free Microsoft Customer Reference Manual

  • Free subscription to Merit Solutions white papers

For more information on our MeritCare package, email us or read our MeritCare Overview. If you sign up for MeritCare before May 1, 2008, you can receive a special 10% discount.

Join us on Thursday, April 24, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (EST) to learn how the latest version of Merit's Quality Management Suite (Enterprise Quality Management, Advanced Lot Management, Advanced Serial Management) helps eradicate quality control and compliance business challenges:

  • Operating efficiently while controlling restricted materials

  • Tracking test results throughout a process lifecycle

  • Improving performance through planning

  • Managing entire production process

Sign up for this FREE webinar and learn how Merit Solutions' Quality Management Applications assist Dynamics GP users to remain competitive on quality compliance issues.

Microsoft Current Customer Offers

Microsoft Dynamics GP Existing Customer Business Intelligence Offer

Receive special promotional pricing on the Business Intelligence modules for Microsoft Dynamics GP. Buy two BI modules (as follows) and receive the third at no additional cost. Business Intelligence Layer , Analysis Cubes Library, Advanced Analysis Cubes Library, Smartlist Builder , Analytical Accounting, Dynamics GP Extender, FRx Professional Upgrade, FRx Webport, FRx Report Server, FRx Currency Translation, FRx Drill Down Viewer, FRx Report Launcher, FRx Report Manager, Microsoft Forecaster.

Purchase After: 10/1/2007         Purchase By: 3/21/2008          Redeem By: 3/21/2008

The Big Easy Offer

The Big Easy Offer is the Microsoft Partner Subsidy program that covers most core products and solutions, delivering great value and flexibility for your business needs in one simple offer. With this offer, earn partner subsidy funds from Microsoft for qualifying purchases. Then use your subsidy dollars to purchase additional products or services through the Microsoft partner of your choice and enrich your solution. This program scales to your business, offering incremental subsidies for qualifying purchases between February 1 and June 27, 2008. Service benefits could be deployment, training, assessments, or solutions to meet your line of business needs. Additional products may include software and/or hardware. Work with the qualified partner of your choice to determine the best solution for your business and get additional value through subsidized services and products.

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