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June Issue

Announcing Extensions for Microsoft Business Solutions
Great Plains 8.0

Version 8.0 Extensions, developed to build on the existing strengths of Great Plains have now been released. The new extensions provide increased flexibility, enhanced functionality and greater visibility, through a number of new modules including:

  • Analysis cubes for Excel
  • SmartList Builder
  • Extender

For more information on the Extensions visit Customer Domain. You will also notice that Customer Domain has been updated following your valuable feedback.

In this issue:


Great Plains 8.0 Extensions
New Product: SmartAsk

Free Induction Courses For Your New Users
Customers inTheSpotlight
Upcoming Online Events
Useful Information
Stay inTouch

Did you know.....

........that four user pack licenses are a thing of the past? Single licenses can now be purchased for your Great Plains system.
 
Ask your Account Manager for more details

New Product Release: SmartAsk for Great Plains

SmartAsk, a new product from Professional Advantage enables authorised team members to access any SmartList you build in Great Plains directly within Excel. This would benefit team members who require information from Great Plains but do not have access to it. Using SmartAsk means the finance team need not be interrupted anymore!

First: Instantly access information that take minutes in traditional SmartList
Live: Real time access to your data without the need for Great Plains on your desktop
Flexible: View your data in detail or as an Excel Pivot Table
Easy: You can be up and running in minutes

Attend our June inTouch to find out more. We will be running a live demonstration of SmartAsk!

FREE induction courses for your new users

Do you have new staff that need a jump start into Microsoft Great Plains readiness?

Professional Advantage offers a FREE induction course designed to introduce new users to the basics of Microsoft Great Plains. For more information please read the Induction Flyer and then contact Miriam Rosser on 02 9466 8652.


Customers inTheSpotlight - Award Winners!

Kingfisher International, winner of the 2002 Victorian Governor Award for export, has now been inducted in the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame. Established for 18 years, the privately owned organisation manufactures fibre optic test equipment and now supplies the global market. www.kingfisher.com.au

Kingfisher has been using Great Plains for a number of years and has been repeatedly told by government and financial companies that their back office system is the very best they have ever seen in the small to medium manufacturers sector, and has "contributed to another success story in Victoria," says MD Rosmin Robertson.

Peter Sanbrook of Sanbrook Holdings, manufacturer of baby and balloon products, has been awarded the 2005 Jim Watkins Award by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) at the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards.

The award is dedicated to Jim Watkins, the driving force behind the AME, and is presented to individuals recognised for their dedication to Continuous Improvement and Manufacturing Excellence standards.

For more information on Sanbrook visit: www.sanbrook.com.au


Upcoming online events
A wide variety of WebEx sessions for you this quarter!

This quarter we have compiled a series of DemoOnline sessions that, we feel, will not only keep you technologically savvy but will assist with your day-to-day working processes. Visit Customer Domain for more details.

Useful Information

SQL Server 2005 Workshops - Click here

Training Courses - Click here


Stay inTouch

Join us at the June InTouch meeting where we will revisit some basic steps to ensure your Year End process is as pain free as possible!  Over a hot plated breakfast you will have the chance to catch up with your Account Manager and our consultants and find out about Microsoft's latest release - Great Plains 8.0 Extensions and our new SmartAsk product.

Don't wait for the official email invitation, reserve your seat at inTouch now!

Melbourne - Tuesday 21st June
Le Meridien at Rialto
495 Collins St, Melbour
ne
Reserve me a seat

Sydney - Thursday 23rd June
Sheraton on the Park
161 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Reserve me a seat


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