Hello All,
Some background… My company has been using GP in the Finance department for 8 years. We use basically an out of the box installation with no customisation at all. Our manufacturing side of the business uses a non-Dynamics system and this is partially integrated with GP via triggers and scheduled imports/exports. There are also several 'external' systems which GP is currently integrated with [expense management system, 3rd party budget/forecasting tool, company credit card feed, company mobile phone billing feed etc]
The decision has been made to migrate the manufacturing operation to AX. Currently there are no plans to migrate the Finance system from GP to AX. I am investigating whether it would be a good idea to migrate the Finance system to AX at the same time as we move the manufacturing systems over.
I am not a techie, but past experience with systems implementations tells me that wherever possible, 2 systems will work better with each other if they are the same :)
I have a fairly good idea of the work involved in re-building the integrations with the non-Dynamics systems. Where my knowledge fails is…
1 - how large a job is it to migrate a Finance/Accounting system from GP to AX? E.g. are the systems different enough that you are basically installing a completely new system and importing some data; or are there tools which can simplify moving between Dynamics products?
2 - are there any Finance/Accounting features which are in an out of the box GP system which would not be easily available in AX? [initially the system would only be used in the UK, but long-term we would be looking to get our overseas operations onto the same platform]
3 - if we don't migrate the Finance systems and stick with GP, is it straightforward to integrate GP and AX? E.g. use triggers to pass PO's into GP from AX, ensure new suppliers are in GP before PO's are passed in etc
Overall I am trying to get a feel for whether the path of least resistance is to move all our systems to a single platform (AX) or to leave GP and all the existing integrations in place and just build the integration between GP and AX?
Many thanks to anyone with experience with both systems who can offer any advice.
Bob.
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