Microsoft Axapta Dynamics Ax Brazilian Portuguese Version Consultant Highlights

Writen by Andrew Karasev

Axapta/Microsoft Dynamics AX short overview. Navision Axapta was designed by Navision Software, shortly before its acquisition by Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions. Navision Software had tremendous success in Europe and partially in North America with Navision Attain. Some IT commentators believe that Microsoft purchased Navision Software because it had European clientele and Microsoft with its mid-market ERP Microsoft Great Plains was present in USA, Latin America, Canada, UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand only. If this is true – Axapta was kind of in the position to still proof itself – Navision Axapta was targeted to upper mid-market and probably in the time (2001/2002) Microsoft was not yet ready openly compete with high-end ERP brands, such as Oracle Financials, Oracle Applications, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, SAP R/3. However since 2005 Axapta sees very high interest both in Western Europe/UK and USA among the Microsoft Business Solutions VARs. Plus – on emerging markets, such as Brazil, Russia, East Europe – Axapta has very good positions and "competes" with Navision – in the good meaning of this word – number of Axapta implementations in East Europe is comparable with the number of Navision implementations

• Modern Design. Axapta was designed by Navision Software at the very end of 20th and the beginning of 21st centuries. Regardless of how nice it could sound – Axapta has the most recent design among MBS ERP systems: Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains Software Dynamics (beginning of 1990th – Great Plains Dexterity platform), Microsoft Navision – Navision Attain – Microsoft Dynamics Navision (middle of 1990th with C/SIDE, C/ODBC and other proprietary technologies)

• Object Oriented Design. This word itself might be slightly outdated – we should probably talk about multi-tiered functional application logic and the way to modify/customize it. Axapta designers analyzed and took into consideration a lot of issues they formerly had with Attain as well as general ERP/MRP development trends and directions. This is why Axapta/Dynamics AX has tremendous potential

• Localization. Here we are switching to Brazilian thematic. Brazilian localization has two sides: Brazilian tax code and Brazilian Portuguese language translation. Tax Engine localization was subcontracted to India and the beta testing was done by Brazilian Microsoft VARs: XPTA and Alba Spectrum. Screen translation was minor issue and should be considered as successful. Regarding Brazilian tax code localization details we would like you to read bright articles, written by Roberto Kowas, who demonstrated Axapta tax localization in Sao Paulo to MBS partners in December 2005.

• Customization, Integration, Reporting. MorphX with X++ programming language. From the integration and report writing standpoints we could expect Microsoft move with Visual Studio.net and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. You probably know that currently Microsoft is implementing so-called Project Green, now Microsoft Dynamics project, aiming in synchronization and possible future modulation of all Microsoft ERP/CRM products: Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Microsoft Dynamics CRM

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Create A Flash Presentation For Free With Open Office

Writen by Steve Howson

The intentions of this short tutorial are not to teach you how to use Open Office, but rather to show you a quick and dirty way to create presentations and tutorials that can be exported as a Macromedai Flash file.

What is Open Office? It is a free, open source, cross platform office suite that has a lot of the same features as popular commercial suites.

Being that it's cross platform means it can be compiled for just about anything, Windows, Linux / Unix, Mac, etc..

Using Open Office Presentation -

Basically, if you've ever used Microsoft Powerpoint, you've pretty much used Presentation. It's a slide show (or presentation) creator that lets you create any style slide show you want.

You can have text, graphics, charts, etc... or any combination

It does not take much to figure out Presentation. You can add text or picture boxes, add designs, add tables and pretty much anything you can think of.

After you have created the presentation, here's where you convert it to Flash:

You simply go in to the 'file' menu and select 'Export'.

A 'save as' dialog box will come up where you can choose the file name, location and the format you want.

From the pull down box you will see the 'Macromedia Flash (SWF)' option, that's the one you want.

Select the format, pick your location, name the file and press the Save button.

That's it.. you now have a Macromedia Flash version of your presentation that you can include on your website.

Why whould you want this?

Macromedia Flash is pretty much a standard for multimedia on the web, as a result there is a plug-in for almost every browser and most people already have this plug-in.

This gives you the chance to put Flash content on your site without having to play for the Macromedia Suite.

About The Author

Steve Howson is the Webmaster for SG Network Technologies web hosting company. http://www.sgnettech.com

Sales Force Automation Software

Writen by Kent Pinkerton

Sales are a vital aspect of every company. If there are no sales, there is no profit and the company is bound to die. But on the other hand, if the expansion of sales activities is not managed properly, trouble is soon to come. For more than a decade, effective sales management is helped by sales force automation software.

Sales force automation software belongs to the business class of software. It is similar to contact relationship management (CRM) software but unlike CRM, it focuses first on the sales process and then on managing sales contacts.

Basically, sales force automation deals with activities like accepting and processing orders from customers, managing inventory, tracking performance of people and sales campaigns, analyzing past market trends to make a forecast for the future, management of promotions and campaigns, etc.

There are hundreds of ready-made sales force automation software programs on the market and there are offers for companies of any size - from huge multinational corporations to middle-sized enterprises to the small shop on the corner. Also, there are solutions targeted for specific branches - consumer goods, technical sales, financial services, real estate, etc.

Not that this abundance makes choosing sales force automation easy. It is true for all types of business software that there is hardly a universal solution that fits every single company. Sometimes it turns out that it is easier to write a software solution from scratch, then to adapt a commercial product to the needs of a particular company.

Because of this, custom development of sales force automation solutions has become more and more popular. Custom solutions allow one to add new features, like access from the Web or from mobile devices, or to integrate the sales force automation module with the company database or ERP system.

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Laser Check Printing Software

Writen by Jason Gluckman

Many financial institutions, insurers and payroll companies to avoid fraud, save money and for convenience, have integrated check-printing software. Laser check printing software gives a fast, easy and secure method of printing checks. It is a complete payment software solution that delivers the benefits of the present electronic payment and remittance options.

This software has efficiently modernized the laser printing process. It can be constructed in a manner that prevents fraud by having control of the check-generation process.

Laser check printing software is usually compatible with all financial management systems and legacy system data. The software tends to eliminate the cost of expensive preprinted laser checks and the connected stock costs. The need for bursting, decollating and signing machines is totally eliminated. The software facilitates better cash management by speeding up the money transfer process from 14 days to 24 hours.

There are many companies that have begun to offer this software as a download from the Internet for a small fee. They guarantee that their systems are packaged with updated security features such as a watermark and options like workflow. The software is compatible on all operating systems like windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris. It is simple to install and an instruction manual is provided to guide the user through the installation process. It is a solution that offers a set of benefits to secure the entire process of printing checks. Some of the software features electronic payments made through the system. This helps reduce costs, since a check does not need to be processed. The software allows the user to print a check manually after a task is completed. This ability to switch between printers is possible only through the advanced versions of the programs.

The use of laser check printing software has brought about a reduction in the number of check fraud cases, and has given people a sense of security.

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