Microsoft Dynamics Case Studies

Case Study

Clerks Office Saves $400,000 Within the First Year of Deploying Accounting Solution

The Cook County Clerk, David Orr, and his office are responsible for running county elections, keeping records on vital documents, and administering delinquent property taxes and tax sales. With 6 million residents, 24 million records, and 2,300 precincts, the Cook County Clerks Office (CCCO) has vast amounts of data to manage for each department. The government agency needed reporting functionality and wanted to provide faster turnaround on document requests from constituents. CCCO turned to Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner InterDyn-LANAC Technology to integrate accounting with cashiering and document management by deploying Microsoft Dynamics® GP, combined with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System as its point-of-sale solution. This system reduced costs by 20 percent, automated processes, increased efficiency within the organization, and strengthened constituent relations.

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Sunglasses Manufacturer Confidently Eyes Global Growth with Resource Planning Solution

Spy Optic is a fast-growing manufacturer of action-sports sunglasses and goggles. Eager to expand globally and stay ahead of the competition, Spy Optic replaced an outdated enterprise resource planning system with Microsoft Dynamics® GP business software. With a more robust and flexible financial backbone feeding data to all parts of the company, Spy Optic managers have been able to automate paper-bound processes, reallocate employees to higher-value activities, and steer the company with hard data instead of guesswork. Management has better insight into the financial health of the company, and workers are more productive.

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Supply-Chain Solution Cuts Costs 15 Percent, Boosts Customer Service for ASIC Maker

ASIC manufacturer Open-Silicon needed a better way to track yields. So, it turned to an integrated financial and supply-chain management solution from Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Tensoft. The solution, including Microsoft Dynamics® GP and Tensoft Fabless Semiconductor Management, reduces costs by up to 15 percent or more, gives customers visibility into order status, and provides better customer service more cost-effectively.

Case Study

Growing Utility Improves Billing, Compliance with New Accounting Solution

The Evansville Water and Sewer Utility (EWSU) serves 60,000 residential and commercial customers in Evansville, Indiana. To manage customer billing, the utility used a custom application that ran on an aging AS/400 system. Because this system was difficult to integrate and lacked native financial management and business intelligence capabilities, employees often had to manually enter data to create reports, track service requests, and troubleshoot billing errors. The system was also expensive to maintain and could not be updated in a cost-effective way to meet changing business needs. The EWSU turned to Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner InGen Technologies to facilitate implementation of Microsoft Dynamics® GP. Now, the EWSU has streamlined its billing process, improved regulatory compliance, and gained from an integrated and extensible IT infrastructure.

Solution Brief

Nonprofit Agency Centralizes Accounting, Frees Resources for Peacemaking

Search for Common Ground is a nonprofit organization focused on bringing cooperative solutions to areas of conflict. The organization has 400 employees and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and Brussels, Belgium. To manage finances and multicurrency cash flow from 50 cash accounts to field offices, the organization relied on different systems and countless spreadsheets. As a result, the company lacked insight into spending. To streamline accounting, the organization teamed with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Raffa P.C. and deployed Microsoft Dynamics GP. To make the solution accessible worldwide, the organization uses Business Portal for Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007. With these solutions in place, the organization has improved collaboration, increased accountability, and continued its mission of peace with confidence.

Case Study

Integrated System Helps Manufacturer Plan Demand and Streamline Ordering Processes

To keep pace with increasing demand for its products, which include pumps, filters, lighting, and other accessories used in decorative ponds, pools, spas, and aquariums, Danner Manufacturing began purchasing parts and products from vendors overseas. But this required the company to manage longer lead times than it had in the past. So, Danner sought an integrated distribution and manufacturing solution to more precisely forecast demand and plan production. It called on Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Business Solution Partners, which implemented Advanced Manufacturing & Distribution, a single, fully integrated technology platform. The solution, developed by Business Solution Partners, has helped Danner improve sales-forecasting accuracy, streamline ordering and purchasing processes, and provide more timely and accurate reporting to management and company sales representatives.

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Microsoft Helps Manufacturer Save Nearly 900 Hours Annually in Order Entry

Throughout the past 10 years, Carma Laboratories Inc. expanded internationally. After upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 and a fully integrated EDI solution, order-entry staff could electronically process its 10,000 annual inbound and outbound documents, rather than re-keying them manually. The Microsoft Business Portal saved 80 hours monthly in generating sales reports, allowing the staff to handle growth of trading partners and shipments.

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Loan Provider Strengthens Controls, Saves Money with New Accounting System

Texas-based Corporate Managing Systems (CMS) owns and operates 14 individual loan outlets. For years, each location managed its own accounting using QuickBooks software. But this decentralized process made it extremely time consuming to synthesize financial information for corporate reporting. Also, loan brokers at each CMS managed branch were responsible for making journal entries into the accounting system. In addition to resulting in occasional data entry errors, this practice limited the companys ability to institute rigorous accounting control and oversight. CMS turned to Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Enterlogix to facilitate implementation of Microsoft Dynamics GP. After deploying the new software, the company has gained improved business process control, enhanced system integration, and increased operational efficiency.

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ROC Management streamlines accounting with software upgrades

ROC Management had been using a dated accounting package for its general ledger, and wanted to find a more streamlined way to integrate its point-of-sale operations and manage sales and accounts receivable for the company. The pizza outlet management company installed Microsoft Dynamics GP, consolidating all data into a single system, with significantly improved reporting and a payroll process that takes half the time of the previous system.

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Genetics company sees efficiency gains through sales and accounting system overhaul

While Trans Ova Genetics delivered advanced reproductive technologies for cattle breeders, its accounting system was based in manual, paper-form systems. The company implemented Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 and immediately benefitted from an integrated, comprehensive business management solution. Redundant data entry has been eliminated; customers receive more accurate information; and monthly invoicing and statement processes run much more quickly and efficiently.