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Microsoft Great Plains – consulting in the post-recession time


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Microsoft Great Plains – consulting in the post-recession time : by More by Andrew Karasev
Added on Tuesday Dec 23rd, 2003
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Microsoft Great Plains – consulting in the post-recession time More Computer Industry Articles Microsoft Great Plains – consulting in the post-recession time
Author: Andrew Karasev
Date Added: Thursday Dec 23rd, 2004
Category: Computer Industry Microsoft Great Plains is main Microsoft
Business Solutions accounting package for the US market.  Microsoft Great Plains
is now in the transition to become portion of one of the Microsoft Business
Suites – probably Microsoft Financials and Microsoft Logistics.  Here we would
like to describe new directions for emerging and future consulting practice from
both client and consulting company side.  New post-recession era has new
features, which didn’t exist in late 1990th during high tech boom. 
This will be in our opinion new directions for Microsoft Business Solutions
products consulting, including Microsoft Great Plains.


New features:



Overall cost reduction campaign. 
We see general direction, when companies hire new executives who specializes
in cost reduction, work force reduction, secondary departments functions
outsourcing, etc.
Computer ERP systems literacy among
mid-management.  If you look back
to 1950th when management consulting was booming, then for now it
is included in all the MBA university programs and managers themselves know
the subject.  The same happens with ERP systems – managers have general
knowledge and can learn the new system, applying their education, experience
and intuition
Databases Support cost reduction
– today we would dare to say that IT department can easily support such
databases as the ones, sitting on Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle is also
following the idea of zero support efforts.  You don’t have to hire DBA with
10 years of experience – this means that even small business could move to
industry-strength database platforms
Software Customization and Development cost reduction
– well – many of us probably like to
purchase cheap and reliable goods from department stores, manufactured in
China.  The same happens with software development.  Now if you have your
software product designed – you better find the company to do real coding
somewhere in Brazil or India.  We do not want to judge – is it good or bad –
this is what it is going on with our market.
Increasing Demand for Quality
– this is not a secret that in the era of internet boom – late
1990th – consulting companies had to hire college graduates to do
highest complexity assignments.  And market was tolerating this – not any more

 


All these features will
enforce the consulting companies to reduce cost, seek nation-wide clients via
remote support, web sessions, abandon traditional software leads generation
techniques and move to internet sales, increase the quality of their consultants
(we don’t know the answer how)


Happy implementing! if
you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-630-961-5918 or 1-866-528-0577!

help@albaspectrum.com


Andrew Karasev is Chief
Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies – USA nationwide Great Plains,
Microsoft CRM customization company, serving Chicago, California, Arizona,
Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, Australia, UK, Canada, Continental Europe,
Russia and having locations in multiple states and internationally (

http://www.albaspectrum.com ), he is Dexterity, SQL, C#.Net, Crystal Reports
and Microsoft CRM SDK developer.


 




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