What’s a Small Manufacturer to Do? Go With Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 or AX 2009?

by Jason Gumpert, Editor
published June 18, 2008

Last February, medical products maker AliMed Inc. decided to switch from a six-year-old ERP system that was no longer being supported and implement Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0.

But then a month later came news that Microsoft was nearing introduction of Dynamics AX 2009. Fred Fish, AliMed's CIO, saw all kinds of intriguing options in AX 2009: the company could, out of the box, integrate to its shipping system, its credit card processor, and its customer relationship management (CRM) system.

"With AX 4.0, we would have to pay extra to accomplish these integrations," he says.

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About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. Jason has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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