Great Plains
Executive Summary
by J.
Carlton Collins, CPA
Highlights
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Great Plains has
enjoyed an excellent reputation for many years.
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Very stable product,
good testing procedures, good track record.
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Great explorer
screen for drilling data.
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Excellent
integration to Microsoft Excel.
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2003 Trinity
acquisition filled in sorely missing advanced distribution holes.
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Great macro
recorder.
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Full breadth of
modules, wide range of add-on products.
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Backed by Microsoft,
very innovative company.
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Excellent resellers
throughout the world.
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Nice inventory
features, such as margin pricing.
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Attractive design,
good use of icons & colors.
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Good customization
capabilities regarding user screens.
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FRx financial
reporting extremely powerful.
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Good manufacturing
solution.
Common Selection
Considerations
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Absence of tabbed
dialog boxes forces results in numerous pop ups.
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Slower reporting, as
transactions are tabulated for each print run.
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E-commerce solution
is more expensive than other solutions such as ACCPAC’s E-Transact.
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Detailed strengths
and weakness reports are available at
www.accountingsoftwareadvisor.com.
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