We have successfully used Microsoft Dynamics GP for nearly a decade in a company of 7,000 employees with turnover in excess of $1bn. Average transaction value is low leading to huge transaction volumes being processed through the system on a 24x7 basis. The product has met the operational requirements of our business for extraordinarily low costs. Alternatives like Dynamics AX, SAP etc. is frequently considered but to date none of the alternatives could offer significant benefits withouth inflating costs significantly and besides, our solution is stable.

I have been involved in implementing GP in companies at the upper end of the typical target market and it has consistently delivered a successful solution at a very low cost. Most of these installations have looked at AX but have not been able to find the cost justification at upgrading the installation and even often find the functionality to be lacking. The only features that most tier 1 solutions have handled better for businesses of this size are multi-currency and record locking. The question of manufacturing is not clear as different business have very different requirements. GP always wins top points for its ease of use and simple user interface with great tools for the end user. It frequently beats its competitors in this area. It is a great solution, long may it live!

You should check out this interview with Justin West, SR. Director of Finance for the largest multi-speciality dental group in the Northwest. He has more than 50 dental locations and 300,000 patients. He talks about how he replaced Oracle for Dynamics GP, and his experience with consolidating his multiple databases into one fully integrated database and how that saved him $70,000 per year using GP and Multi-Entity Management. You mention that native is always better than third party, but there IS an issue – and we have a solution. We are one of those ISVs that provide a fully and seamlessly integrated solution for organizations with multiple entities wanting to scale using Dynamics GP in the native dexterity.. Our Multi-Entity Management Solution is fully and seamlessly integrated with GP, extending GPs functionality, not sitting on top of it. MEM allows organizations to scale with GP at a much lower TCO… As Justin mentions in this interview, “MEM customized our overall solution to extend functionality to meet our complex needs. From our perspective, our complete solution IS under one umbrella. All entities work seamlessly together and the service and support we receive is first rate.” http://bit.ly/OCXEiz