Introduction
This paper is directed toward Microsoft Dynamics GP
customers to help them understand the ways that Microsoft Office 2003
and Microsoft Dynamics GP form a powerful tool that connects information
with the people and processes their organizations use to succeed. This
integration offers an approach to managing information that’s based on
the following four objectives:
- Information for everyone
– Provide more people in the organization with better visibility
into the company’s operations so they can gain deeper insights, make
better decisions, and take more effective action.
- Process management –
Improve organizational ability to anticipate, manage, and respond to
changes in the marketplace in order to maximize opportunities.
- Effective teamwork –
Use communication and collaboration to improve the effectiveness of
teams within your organization, as well as with partners and
customers to reach common understanding so they all can work
together with speed and agility.
- Personal impact –
Provide tools that help individuals gain insight into the data they
deal with each day, to improve their ability to make the
contributions that move your business forward in an increasingly
demanding business environment.
This white paper notes specific integration points
between Microsoft Dynamics GP and Office and suggests business
situations in which these points are particularly useful. Some
integration takes place between Office and SmartList, and Office and
Business Portal. SmartList and Business Portal both are features of
Microsoft Dynamics GP.
- SmartList –
SmartList is a Microsoft Dynamics GP querying tool that allows you
to instantly create sophisticated queries to find detailed
information about customer, vendor, inventory item, and employee
records, as well as general ledger accounts. A number of pre-defined
queries are included with Microsoft Dynamics GP.
- Business Portal –
Business Portal is a role-based portal that integrates seamlessly
with Microsoft Dynamics GP to deliver applications, information, and
processes to employees, customers, and partners across the
organization in a browser-based environment.
