subject: Dynamics Gp For Brazilian Subsidiary Of Multinational Company [print this page] Formerly this mid-market ERP application was known as Great Plains Dynamics. It is very popular in United States as well as in Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. If you are working in IT department of multinational corporation with strong presence in South and Central America then it is natural way for your company to open subsidiary in Sao Paulo, Rio, Belo Horizonte or across Brazil. We will try to write this paper in the form of questions and answers for easy reading:
Q. We have Great Plains implemented in our headquarters in Chicago and we plan to deploy it in Campinas facility near Sao Paulo. Should we install it locally there or should we open it via Citrix?
A. License allows you to deploy multiple companies on single SQL Server. It means that if you create company on your headquarters based server then there no need to purchase additional System Manager license. If you install it overseas then you need separate software purchase. Our recommendation is to deploy on central server and expose it to users via Citrix or maybe even Remote Desktop Connection. This method allows you exercise tight control over Brazilian record keeping, backup and IT infrastructure
Q. All our users enter data in English but we expect some reports such as SOP Blank Invoice form to be printed in Portuguese. Is interface available in Brazilian Portuguese?
A. There are few options where text is automatically translated from English to Portuguese on the fly and then when you are saving record it translates back to English and saves it in English. We do not think that it is perfect approach. This is why we would rather suggest you to translate strings in Modifier. You probably need only few forms for data entry, meaning that translation is not a big deal
Q. We are commodity trading company and we only operate on mercantile stock exchange. Our only concern is multicurrency and in this case Brazilian Real support. Is Great Plains a good fit for us and we need to mention that we use it in United States, UK, Japan and Mexico?
A. Yes in your case it is a good fit and we have seen several trading companies implementing Dynamics GP worldwide. Multicurrency is supported in all modules as well as in Microsoft Management Reporter and its predecessor FRx. As we understand your concern is rather consolidated financial reporting including P&L and Balance Sheet and this is doable via Reporting Tree in FRx or similar functionality in MMR
Q. Does it support SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping System)?
A. Well if you have low volume of purchases and sales invoices then it is natural way to use CPA firm to report SPED on your behalf. Dynamics GP has low number of installations in Brazil and it doesnt have SPED add-on. If you plan to do retail operations then consider something localized for example SAP Business One or maybe Microsiga
Q. Are you available for coming onsite to our office in Sao Paulo?
A. We are usually working via remote support including user training via Gotomeeting. If you need tax determination then we have consultants in Sao Paulo who are universal and abstract from concrete Corporate ERP platform
Q. We have only several sales invoices per month as we are dealing with large customers. We can calculate taxes manually. Is it possible to enter tax amount manually in Great Plains?
A. Yes and we recommend you to do it manually
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