User Group Summit North America 2019 Preview: Building a Microsoft Dynamics GP manufacturing program

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Attendees at October's Microsoft Dynamics GP event at Summit North America will have the opportunity to connect with individuals who know and use the product the way that they do. One of those experts, Aleiha Hanson, IT manager at Royal Basket Trucks, spoke with MSDW about  her work with GP and her involvement in the event, including the sessions she'll be presenting.

Sessions to benefit users

Hanson was on the planning committee for two of the Dynamics GP tracks: Manufacturing and industry, which encompass inventory and purchasing, among other topics in which she is heavily involved in her role. That practical perspective informs the committee's work.

When we review the content, we look at whether it is something that will help users day to day. Is it something that's a pain point for many of us users who could really benefit from having somebody show us more detail, or show us how to perform an [action], such as how to get better reporting.

I and three others went through all of the submissions for the manufacturing and industry tracks and selected which ones – and in which order – we felt that users would most benefit from seeing. So at the beginning of Summit, [we'll have] some of the more entry-level kinds of sessions, and then build up to the more advanced.

A Dynamics GP user for six years, Hanson is the "in-house go-to" expert at her firm for all things GP from the financial side all the way through ...