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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.
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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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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. |
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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!
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Melbourne
- Tuesday 21st June
Le Meridien at Rialto
495 Collins St, Melbourne
Reserve
me a seat
Sydney
- Thursday 23rd June
Sheraton on the Park
161 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Reserve
me a seat
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