In a recent study, industry analysts of Gartner predicted "through 2004, small and mid-size businesses will need to build and strengthen connectivity to their most important customers and partners or risk losing these profitable relationships."

In short, your company's ability to connect with customers and partners easily and cost-effectively may mean the difference between succeeding and just surviving.

The good news is that the opportunity to build and strengthen your company's connectivity with customers and partners and also the other important participants in your business processes like employees and vendors is available today. New technology can extend the connectivity of your business beyond its physical boundaries. With business portals, XML, emerging Web Services, and other technologies, you can open your business whenever, wherever, and to whomever you want.

With a well-connected business, you can predict demand and adjust supply and capacity quickly and easily. In a changing environment, it's important that your profits are not eroded by overstocks, stock outs, or badly managed resources and staff. A well-connected business can balance supply to demand and create the right value for the right customers at the right time.

In effect, rather than have disparate systems internally and your internal systems are isolated from the rest of the world, your systems should be integrated with each other and with systems from external sources.

• To make Smarter Business Decisions
• Improve efficiency and increase return on investment
• Create stronger business relationships and more Satisfied Customers

• Microsoft eConnect
• Microsoft Business Portal
• Web Services and Microsoft .NET
• Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 or BizTalk 2004
• Integration Manager enhancements & scripting

Customized Integrations and Connectivity

ITDP builds customized integrations that may utilize some of the environments above, but where additional functionality is required. For example we build Integrations to parts of the Microsoft Great Plains eEnterprise and Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics, which are not supported by Integration Manager. We can build Interfaces based on the client's requirement and Microsoft Great Plains business rules.

Microsoft eConnect Integration for Great Plains is a Integration Product that integrates data with Microsoft Great Plains from different sources. eConnect Integration can be combined with BizTalk Server to form a robust, reliable Integration Solution. The ITDP popXML Xml integration product functions seamlessly with any BizTalk Integration or SQL Integration solutions; extending eConnect functionality by providing extended POP integration.

ITDP Solutions get your company to boost sales volumes as well as productivity by allowing other companies to trade electronically with you. More and more of your suppliers and or customers are attempting and in some cases demanding to work this way due to speed and efficiency as well as enabling them to exponentially handle more data without the added cost.

Dynamics GP/Great Plains Integration Highlights:

• Sales Orders transmitted electronically from your customers will appear directly in Sales Order Processing in Great Plains
• Invoices can automatically be placed electronically on your suppliers as they are processed in Great Plains.
  
• Third parties can perform data inquiries on your system, e.g. a stock level inquiry.
• The system is secure; each client/supplier has their own authentication and security level.
• Allows incoming and outgoing data to be mapped on a per client or supplier basis and can be tailored to meet you exact needs
• The following formats are supported; XML, EDI, Microsoft Excel, CSV and Fixed Format over a number of transport protocols e.g. SOAP, Email, Data supplied from disparate systems (e.g. AS400) into folders
• Robust error logging, email alerts and automatic resubmission of failed messages.

Don't get left behind!

We will help you achieve your connectivity goals...

For more information about Dynamics Great Plains Integration, eConnect Integration, Great Plains BizTalk Integration with SQL Server and any other Integration Needs, contact us by phone on +44 (0)870 351 6908.