Webinar - What's New in Dynamics SL 2011

Brittenford Systems is hosting a webinar today outlining the new features being rolled out in Microsoft's upcoming release of SL 2011. For more information or to register please go to http://tinyurl.com/3mv6uy5 or Brittenford.com

Class Description During the webcast we'll be demostrating some of the new features and capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011. You will see how to: Complete entries for mulitple companies in a single session without having to close windows to log in to other companies. Extend business insight by attaching documents directly to screens inside Dynamics SL. Get over 50 predefined views of data using Quick Query to filter, customize, or drill back to a Dynamics SL screen to view the orginial transaction. Reverse and correct posted journal entries with a few simple clicks. Create consolidated project billings that include shipped materials, labor, and expenseson a single invoice. Find documents quickly and easily with new search capabilities in Dynamics SL. Publish reports directly to Microsoft SharePoint sites. And More

Details Released for Convergence Attendee Offer

Microsoft has provided the details for the Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2011 Exclusive Attendee Offer for all customer attendees of this years Convergence. Details of the offer can be found on the Microsoft Dynamics Convergence website. Offer is available to both US and Canadian attendees.

Microsoft Dynamics Launches YouTube Channel

Microsoft has launched a new YouTube channel, Microsoft Dynamics ERP, that focuses on the MS Dynamics GP, AX, SL and NAV product lines. The channel lineup includes interviews, customer success stories and product information.

Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/MicrosoftDynamicsERP?feature=mhum

Cheers,

Jay

The Core - eBridge Connections Launches Community Forum

eBridge Connections has officially launched their new online community called The Core. The core allows you to connect with other users and the eBridge staff to ask questions, share ideas, submit a problem or place a compliment.

The Core is integrated with eBridge Connections Twitter, Blog and ePortal Network to give you live feeds of what is happening at eBridge.

Check out http://www.ebridgeconnections.com/core/ for more details.

Cheers,

Jay

EDI for MS Dynamics GP, AX, SL and NAV

One Comprehensive EDI Integration Solution

ePortal provides one solution for the exchange of business data by managing connectivity, data transformation, storage, and EDI compliancy functions, relieving your organization of the need to purchase and maintain multiple components.

ePortal with eBridge Integration Solution

With an eBridge EDI Integration Solution working in conjunction with ePortal, Microsoft Dynamics is connected to your EDI document exchange process to streamline the e-commerce flow. An eBridge EDI Integration Solution eliminates manual and duplicate data entry to prevent costly errors and save your company time and money. Data from inbound EDI documents, such as orders, are automatically moved and integrated to Microsoft Dynamics. In turn, this accurate information is then used to automatically create outbound EDI documents, such as ASNs and invoices.

Benefits of Integration

• Eliminate manual data entry

• Prevent costly errors

• Allow more efficient use of staff

• Timely processing of documents

• Minimize chargebacks

• Faster order-delivery-payment cycle

• Faster access to information

• More efficient shipping, receiving and cargo tracking.

In addition, the Integration Solution creates historical transaction records of all inbound and outbound transactions, providing an auditable record track that is compliant with more stringent government regulations. The flexible and soft-coded XML technology employed by the ePortal supports numerous EDI formats (ANSI X12, EDIFACT, TRADACOMMS, etc.), thereby resulting in an independent and flexible Integration Solution that effectively integrates with the financial system while meeting a company’s unique internal business process.

ePortal negates the need to install and maintain on- premise communication and translator software, as it handles communication responsibilities through the established and secure channel with the Trading Partner (VAN, AS2, etc.) along with EDI compliancy and acknowledgement functions. E-mail notifications are sent upon acceptance of documents or when an outbound document has not been acknowledged within a specified time. ePortal stores documents that have not passed EDI compliancy checking. The non-compliant error(s) for these documents can be viewed to enable the document to be corrected “on-the-fly” using web forms, and then reprocessed. Archiving of documents is also offered with ePortal, providing less clutter on the screen and allowing for easier navigation.

Benefits of ePortal

• Platform for document exchange and tracking

• Unlimited transactions with no transaction fees

• Low annual subscription fee per trading partner

• Connectivity, compliancy, acknowledgement, data transformation, document routing

• View and print documents in user-friendly or raw formats

• Web forms for data entry and “on-the-fly” corrections/modifications

• Reprocessing capability

• Upgrades to new EDI versions automatically reflected in maps

• Large volume document storage

• Storage and viewing of non-compliant business documents

• E-mail notification of received documents

• E-mail notification of unacknowledged outbound documents

User License Sale for MS Dynamics ERP Products

Microsoft has a promotion on user licenses for the MS Dynamics ERP product line starting today:

"If you are a Microsoft Dynamics ERP customer in the US, you could have the opportunity to purchase up to 20 additional user licenses for your current Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, or Microsoft Dynamics SL solution at up to 20% off Microsoft’s standard list price"

Microsoft Dynamics ERP Holiday Season User Offer (US only)

DynamicAccounting.net - You, me and Dynamics GP: Weekly Dynamic: Speed Date Entry with only the Day...

Here is the latest weekly GP tip from Mark Polino's blog DynamicAccounting.net:

DynamicAccounting.net - You, me and Dynamics GP: Weekly Dynamic: Speed Date Entry with only the Day...: "Todd McDaniel reminded me of a little tip recently. In any date field in Dynamics GP, simply enter the day and tab off. the system will fill..."

eBridge Ecommerce Integration Webinar Recordings Now Online

eBridge Software has posted the recordings of many of the ecommerce integration webinars that have been doen with companies like Magento, AspDotNetStorefront, and Volusion. Head over to the eBridge Software Videos page to take a look at these and many other helpful tips on integrating ecommerce with MS Dynamics GP, SL, AX and NAV.

Connect Magento to MS Dynamics NAV / GP / AX / SL

Maintaining your Magento Enterprise site has become that much easier with eBridge Software's ePortal connection to Magento and MS Dynamics. The automatic and bi-directional transfer of data prevents duplicate data entries and the potential for errors. eBridge’s bi-directional data exchange is performed over numerous touch points, covering all facets of your online business.

You can seamlessly integrate Orders and Customer information from your Magento store into MS Dynamics. Inventory Quantities, Products with Prices and Shipping Details are also extracted directly from MS Dynamics and integrated with Magento to provide customers with essential and up-todate information.

For more information check out:

http://www.ebridgeconnections.com/webstore/webstore-overview.html or give me a call.

Cheers,

Jay

How much does your webstore cost you?

Ever wonder how much money you spend managing your Magento, Volusion or other ecommerce store and manually keying in the order data to MS Dynamics? This ROI calculator will help you figure that out. The calculator helps you determine two things:

• the cost of manually entering orders from the store into your accounting software
• the cost of maintaining your products, inventory and shipping information in your store

Link: http://www.ebridgeconnections.com/discover/calculators/costs.aspx

Thanks,

Jay

Credit Card Number, Please!

Mike at eBridge Software has posted an interesting article on credit card information and the issues with integrating it.

"Here at eBridge, we integrate eCommerce platforms with over 37 back-end accounting packages/ERP systems. We are often asked about payment processing, or more specifically, how we handle credit card information from the eCommerce site and if our systems are PCI Compliant. The short answer is that we don’t handle credit card information, but first, let’s look at a very high-level overview of the order fulfillment cycle which will help provide some context."

Read the full article here:

Credit Card Number, Please!

Mark Polino's - Top Ten Tips for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Mark Polino,a Senior Consultant at I.B.I.S., Inc. made a post last month that I just discovered providing his list of the 10 best tips of the 100 GP tips that he shared during his sessions at MS Dynamics Convergence 2010 this past April. Mark discusses custom links, account rollup, the support debugging tool and more for the full article check out his post at the Microsoft Dynamics Community site : "Best of the Best: Top Ten Tips for Microsoft Dynamics GP"

Microsoft Dynamics NAV How Do I videos on MSDN

The MS Dynamics NAV Team Blog has posted a link to a series of "How To" vidoes for MS Dynamics NAV available on MSDN.

Topics Include:

• Outlook Synchronization Configuration
• Warranty Lots in Warehouse Management
• Revaluation Journal Process for Inventory
• Expiration Lots in Warehouse Management
• Exact Cost Reversal

http://msdn.microsoft.com/bb629407.aspx - link to videos

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nav/archive/2010/06/12/now-available-microsoft-dynamics-nav-how-do-i-videos-on-msdn.aspx - link to original post

Expanding into MS Dynamics NAV

Just wanted to let everyone know that I will now be featuring articles and news that deals with MS Dynamics NAV as well. Look for lots of great content in the coming weeks.

Cheers,
Jay

5 Tips for Selecting the Right Shopping Cart

Nazma from eBRIDGE Software has made great post to help people select the right shopping cart platform for their future ecommerce store.

"Choosing the best shopping cart solution for your launch into eCommerce is critical to the success of your online business. The right shopping cart can be a great marketing tool. Here are some features to look for in a shopping cart that can help promote your business.

1) Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a key feature to look for in a shopping cart. While many shopping carts offer the ability to create a great looking site, what is the point if no one can find it? While there are a lot of things you can to do create interesting content, your shopping cart’s technology controls search-engine indexing.

2) RSS Capability
Really Simple Syndication or RSS is a format for distributing web content. RSS feeds can be used by your business to advertise promotions, new products and press releases. RSS feeds attract the interest of the search engines and they reach new audiences, making them a powerful marketing tool. They also allow you to tap into the power of the social media networks. For example, you import your RSS feeds to Twitter or Facebook, allowing you to tap into your target market

3) Automated Cross-selling
When a customer looks at a product page or places a product in the shopping cart, a shopping cart with automated cross selling can recommend related products based on the customers’ own shopping behavior, resulting in higher sales per visit. For example, if a customer if your customer views a digital camera, it will suggest accessories such as a camera bag or memory card.

4) Coupon Code and Discount Support
Everybody loves a great deal. A good shopping cart should support coupons codes with flexible options so you can offer a variety of promotions to your customer, such as volume pricing.

5) Customer Review
Strong customer reviews encourage more sales. Your shopping cart should integrate customer reviews, either supporting a review system itself or easily connecting to a third-party customer review tool.

There are many shopping carts available. Here is a list of some shopping cart options that may meet your business needs:

Magento

Volusion

Nexternal

3dCart

ASPDotNetStoreFront

Miva Merchant

OSCommerce

eBay Stores

Amazon

Interspire / Big Commerce

Once you have selected a cart that suits your needs, the next step is determining how to integrate your shopping cart with your accounting system. eBridge allows you to seamlessly integrate your front- and back-end business processes, connecting your web store to your accounting software’s order, inventory and fulfillment systems. If you need help integrating your shopping cart to your accounting system, just give us a call at 1-800-755-6921 x270

Thanks,
Nazma
Team Leader, Support Services"

MS Dynamics GP 2010 (11) has gone beta

The Offical Blog of MS Dynamics GP posted an article a couple weeks back stating that MS Dynamics GP 2010 (AKA 11) has gone to beta. More of the article can be read here.

Nexternal Integration to MS Dynamics GP, MS Dynamics SL and MS Dynamics AX

I know....old news but I am lagging behind here.....

Application allows users to integrate Nexternal ecommerce web orders and update inventory automatically into over 37 major accounting packages.

BURLINGTON, Ontario (October 22, 2009) – eBRIDGE Software announced today that it has released a new connector application that will allow Nexternal webstore owners to integrate data to over 37 accounting packages including Sage, Microsoft, Intuit, SAP Business One and more.

This new application by eBridge will allow Nexternal merchants to further streamline their data input and order generation between the Nexternal Webstore and the merchants accounting system, eliminating the need to manually re-enter information. The merchant can either manually or automatically, on a user defined daily schedule, transfer Nexternal Webstore transactions such as; sales orders, account and contact information and new customers into their accounting system. Users can also send Inventory updates such as quantity, pricing, descriptions including new product additions to their Nexternal Webstore.

“eBridge remains committed to being the leader in providing quality integration solutions and this new application is another step in that direction.” said Colin Brown, President and CEO at eBridge Software. This new application will benefit the users in a host of different ways. Efficiencies are gained in account and contact management through an automated process, improved order management, and the elimination of duplicate data entry between the accounting system and Nexternal. This application is also compatible with all 35 accounting packages currently supported by eBridge, including Sage MAS 90, MAS 200, MAS 500, Microsoft Dynamics, Intuit and SAP.

About eBridge

Founded in 1993, eBridge Software leads the small to medium sized (SME) market in accounting software integration. Our powerful combination of Integration-as-a-Service (IaaS) ePortal – including over 250 predefined connectors for EDI, ecommerce, CRM, and warehouse management—and our eBRIDGE adapters with over 35+ accounting packages, makes eBRIDGE Software the only ‘last mile’ integration-as-a-service company to offer such a wide range of integration solutions. Our complete and flexible integration solution streamlines your business processes, saving you time and money. For more information visit www.ebridgesoft.com an EDI | CRM | SCM and Webstore front business software integration company.

About Nexternal

Nexternal Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of web based e-commerce software. Founded in 1999, Nexternal’s unique e-commerce system is used by hundreds of clients in many diverse industries. With locations in Carlsbad, CA and New Canaan, CT, Nexternal provides industry leading customer service.

For more information contact:

Marketing Coordinator

eBridge Software

Tel: 1.800.755.6921

E-mail: dmalda@ebridgesoft.com

AspDotNetStorefront Integration to MS Dynamics GP, MS Dynamics SL and MS Dynamics AX

Media Contacts
Lisa Van Kuren
AspDotNetStorefront
602.490.0243
pr@aspdotnetstorefront.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AspDotNetStorefront and eBridge Integrate to Bring Accounting Packages to eCommerce

January 6, 2010 – Westlake, OH – AspDotNetStorefront, the leader in Microsoft ASP.NET eCommerce shopping cart software is proud to announce a partnership with eBridge Software, a world leading provider of accounting software integration solutions. This partnership is aimed at providing mutual customers the opportunity leverage accounting integrations with 37 of the world’s most popular accounting packages, including products from Microsoft, SAP, Sage and Intuit.

“Enabling e-Commerce store owners to concentrate on their businesses and not the manual entry of orders removes an enormous obstacle for them,” said Colin Brown. “In addition, having integration touch points into 37 major accounting packages will help AspDotNetStorefront expand their current solution offerings to their client base”.

“AspDotNetStorefront has always listened to our customers needs and responded in a proactive manner. So many of our customers can benefit from an accounting package integration without having to take the time to build the integration from scratch. This new strategic partnership with eBridge is so exciting, because it will offer AspDotNetStorefront users an easy tool to accomplish their accounting needs,” said Lisa Van Kuren, Marketing Manager for AspDotNetStorefront.

The eBridge integration leverages AspDotNetStorefront’s powerful WSI web service automation interface, allowing for seamless integration without modification core application files. The AspDotNetStorefront ML e-commerce shopping cart software is available starting at $1,295 (WSI module sold separately) athttp://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com. Full source code is available for developers. For information about AspDotNetStorefront, contact sales at (602) 490-0243 option 2 or email sales@aspdotnetstorefront.com. Ask us about discounts for multiple license purchases and developer pack specials.

About AspDotNetStorefrontAspDotNetStorefront.com, a division of Discovery Productions, Inc., is a privately held company headquartered in Westlake, OH that provides online e-commerce shopping cart software for over 10,000 merchants and over 6,000 developers and DevNet partners. For more information, visithttp://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com or call 602-490–0243, x2.

About eBridge

Founded in 1993, eBridge Software leads the small to medium sized (SME) market in accounting software integration. Their powerful combination of Integration-as-a-Service (laaS) ePortal – including over 250 predefined connectors for EDI, ecommerce, CRM, and warehouse management – and our eBRIDGE adapters with over 37 accounting packages, makes eBRIDGE Software the only ‘last mile’ integration-as-a-service company to offer such a wide range of integration solutions. The complete and flexible integration solution streamlines the business processes, saving you time and money. For more information visitwww.ebridgesoft.com an EDI CRM SCM and Webstore front business software integration company.

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Magento Integration to MS Dynamics GP, MS Dynamics SL and MS Dynamics AX

Solution to Offer On Demand Integration with Best-of-Breed EDI, Webstore, CRM and Accounting Suites.

BURLINGTON, Ontario, Canada and Los Angeles, CA – October 2, 2009 – the premier Open Source eCommerce Platform and eBridge Software, a world leading provider of accounting software integration solutions announced today their partnership aimed at providing best of breed back office software integration to users of the Magento Enterprise eCommerce platform. Although the number of retailers deploying eCommerce platforms continues to grow world wide, many eCommerce platforms do not easily connect with other, and often critical operational systems. This requires many deployments to depend upon custom solutions for a wide range of needs which along with being costly, places extra strain on resources. Varien, the Magento Company, provider of www.MagentoCommerce.com. To keep up with Magento news, please visit www.magentocommerce.com/company/press-releases and www.magentocommerce.com/blog.

“Integration with backend systems is a critical part of an eCommerce platform deployment and we are committed to making the process as seamless as possible,” said Roy Rubin, CEO of Varien. “With this partnership, Magento Enterprise retailers will get immediate access to standardized integration components for the leading, best of breed third party ERP, CRM, SCM and accounting packages. Magento Enterprise’s BridgeConnect module will facilitate quick integration and with minimal hassle, allowing merchants to realize harmony between back office systems.”

The eBridge software currently supports connectors for over 35 of the world’s most popular accounting packages, including products from Microsoft, SAP, Sage and Intuit.

“Enabling e-Commerce store owners to concentrate on their businesses and not the manual entry of orders removes and enormous obstacle for them,” said Colin Brown “In addition, having integration touch points into over 35 major accounting packages will help Magento provide a solution to their client base”.

A joint informational webinar will be scheduled shortly. Please check back for more information soon. For more information about Magento, visit www.MagentoCommerce.com. To keep up with Magento news, please visit www.magentocommerce.com/company/press-releases and www.magentocommerce.com/blog.

About eBridge
Since 1993 eBridge Software has been enabling data integration with EDI, CRM, SCM, and web store front systems for small to medium sized businesses. With thousands of customers and trading partners, and integration with over 35 accounting packages and back office software systems eBridge has emerged as the leader in providing quality integration solutions. For more information visit www.ebridgesoft.com

About Magento
Magento is a feature-rich, professional Open Source eCommerce platform solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the presentation, content, and functionality of their online channel. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing tools, a catalog-management engine and is SEO optimized to give merchants the power to create sites that provide an unrivaled and rich online shopping experience for their customers, tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento is the ultimate eCommerce solution.

Source - www.ebridgesoft.com

Connect Salesforce.com to MS Dynamics GP, SL, AX and NAV

Do you have orders sitting in Salesforce that need to get into your MS Dynamics ERP? With eBridge for Salesforce you can take all of your ‘closed won’ opportunities in Salesforce and automatically create sales orders or invoices within MS Dynamics GP, SL, AX and NAV. This will eliminate the manual entry and get rid of unwanted errors. For more information go to http://www.ebridgesoft.com/contact-us.html or feel contact me directly.

Cheers,

Jay Isaak