News & Views

December 2007 from CPA Technology Advisor – “This review encompasses four of the top high-end accounting systems in the market place. Each system is aesthetically pleasing to work with, and each provides an intuitive user interface and a full set of modules to accomplish most any task or process…” Products reviewed are Microsoft Dynamics GP, Sage Accpac 500 ERP 5.4, Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Sage MAS 500 ERP and each of them got a Five Star rating…”

180 View – The review was so light that I hesitated in including it. But perhaps there is something that is useful for you. It also demonstrates that it’s just about impossible to do a thorough review of any ERP system because of the extensive functionality. Here are some of my gripes with the article based on a quick read of the Microsoft Dynamics GP review:

• GP gets a five star rating for Modules/Scalability based on “GP offers business solutions through components such as Financial Management, Business Intelligence and Reporting, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Customer Relationship Management, Human Resource Management, Manufacturing and Workspace Collaboration.” There is no indication on the adequacy of the functionality listed and GP is not known for manufacturing or project management.
• The ratings appear to be entirely subjective based.
• The review includes “Dynamics GP seems to be very customizable” shows lack of any depth to the review.” A system is either customizable or it is not – it should not read “seems to be”. Also NAV and AX are the Microsoft products touted for their customization features.