GP PowerPack

GP PowerPack is a suite of enhancements to virtually every part of the Dynamics GP system. GP PowerPack contains numerous Features (completely new sets of functionality) and Tweaks (small changes to different parts of the system).

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• Features - Each Feature can be licensed separately.
  • Alerts, APTemplates, Bin-to-Bin Transfers, idModifier, GPEmail, GPTalk, Kit Transfers, Mass Apply AP, Mass Batch Change, Most Recently Used Lists, Next Number Generator, Note Locking, PO Document IDs, Posting Controls, Shortage Inquiry, Site-to-Bin Migration
• Tweaks – The collection of Tweaks is just $500!
  • INVENTORY: Lock Item History Fields, Set IV Batch Post to GL Checkbox
  • PURCHASING: Lock Costs, Receipt Type Control, Distributions Override, Prevent Non-Inventory Items, Unmark Select Checks Boxes, Vendor Approvals
  • RECEIVABLES: Cash Receipt Report
  • SALES: Auto-Close Child Windows, Clear Default Site, Document Detail Inquiry Zoom-to-Document, Non-Inventory Serial/Lot Entry, Requested Ship Date Calculation, Requested Ship Date Rolldown, Require Customer PO, Require Unique Customer PO, Check for Duplicate Customer PO, Quick Print Mailing Labels, Reset Document Date, Duplicate Item Warning, Freight Controls, Non-Inventory Unit of Measure, Use Item’s Default Site
  • SYSTEM: Dynamics User Setup, Login Controls

 

A discounted Suite License has access to all functionality currently in GP PowerPack as well as all new Features & Tweaks as they are released.

Features Include

• Alerts: Sticky Notes for GP! Add a pop-up sticky note to many master records (items, vendors, equipment, etc) and transactions (sales transactions, service calls, etc). Use Alerts to remind users to include additional items on a sale, suggest add-ons, or to order a specific revision level of a part from a Vendor, or to provide special customer requests. Now with User Configurable Alerts that allow creating new alerts attached to any GP window, or 3rd party or custom window.
• APTemplates: Create templates of recurring, or complex, AP transactions, then re-use the template each time you need to create a new AP transaction.

• Bin-to-Bin Transfers: Create bin-to-bin transfer transactions using the Inventory Transfer Entry window. Create, save, and post bin-to-bin transfer transactions in batches, and create a historical record of inventory movement.
• Do My Job For Me button (“The Big Red Do My Job For Me Button”) – you will just have to download the software and try it!
• idModifier: A utility for updating ID fields throughout the Dynamics GP system. The Dynamic Search automatically locates all tables that need to be updated, whether the tables are part of core Dynamics GP, or in a customization or 3rd Party Product. Included fields are: Serial Numbers, Lot Numbers, Item Numbers, Customer Numbers, and Vendor Numbers.

• GPEmail: A simple email enhancement that enables email SOP documents directly from Dynamics GP.

• GPTalk: A text messaging utility that runs securely inside of Dynamics GP. Enable quick communication between users, or send a broadcast message to all users. The broadcast function is password controlled. GPTalk is free! Just register and then download the software.

• Kit Transfers: Create kit transfers using the Item Transfer Entry window. Transfer all of the components of a kit between inventory locations.

• Mass Apply AP: Enables filtering the documents that Select Payables Checks will apply. This is especially useful when there are several credit documents that should be excluded from Select Checks.
• Mass Batch Change: Quickly move documents to a new Batch. Build a complex query to identify target documents using a large number of fields from the transaction table.  If you transfer documents between batches to track work flow, speed the process by saving the query and reusing it.  Mass Batch Changes works for the following documents:
  • Sales Transactions
  • Receivables Transactions
  • Cash Receipts
  • Payables Transactions
  • Manual Checks
• Most Recently Used: A Pop-up window that shows your last 50 viewed purchase orders or sales transactions. With just a click you can re-open documents you have recently worked on.

• Next Number Generator: Create system maintained numbering sequences for Items, Customers, Prospects, Vendors, and more. When creating a new master record, create the ID by selecting the Next Number from the Next Number Lookup.
• Note Locking: Enables locking/unlocking of all Notes in Dynamics GP, including Form-level and Record-level notes.

• PO Document IDs: Create an unlimited number of PO Document IDs with associated numbering sequences (similar to SOP Document IDs). Use different, system incremented PO Numbers to easily track orders for special projects. Integrates with PO Entry, SOP PO Preview, Manufacturing MRP Planned Orders (POs generated from MRP), and Manufacturing MOP-POP Link (Outsourcing POs).
• Postage Controls: Set an allowed maximum dollar amount that a user is allowed to approve/post. Posting Controls are set on a per-user, per-document basis, and are available for virtually every window in Dynamics GP with a Post button.
• Shortage Inquiry: Provides a consolidated view of inventory shortages for an Item from Sales Backorders, Manufacturing Picklists, and Service Call Parts. When receiving inventory know immediately where that inventory is needed.  For Manufacturing Shortages, immediately see the MO Status and Work Center requiring the inventory.

• Site to Bin Migration: A tool for implementing Multi-Bins. Site to Bin Migration allows mapping of the AUTOCREATE bin in source Sites, to destination Bins in a master site. It then creates an inventory transfer to move all inventory out of AUTOCREATE into the target bins.

The current list of Tweaks includes:

INVENTORY:

• Lock Item History Fields: normally the fields on Item History are editable, which would allow an accidental change to historical inventory information.
• Set IV Batch Post to GL checkbox: automatically sets the Post to GL checkbox on Inventory Batch Entry to ensure that batches are always posted through to GL by default.

PURCHASING:

• Lock PO Receipt & PO Invoice Costs: prevent editing of the Unit Cost and Extended costs on PO Invoice Entry and PO Receivings Entry.
• PO Receipt Type Control: allows you to assign User IDs to have access to only Shipment, or Shipment/Invoice on the Receivings Transaction Entry window. Also support Vendor ID level setup so that the PO Receipt Type defaults based on the Vendor setup.
• POP Receipt Distributions Override: a version 10 service pack disabled the ability to change the PURCH account in Receivings Transaction Entry. This feature re-enables the ability to add/edit/delete the PURCH distributions. It also adds the ability to create Default Distributions where there is one PURCH line for every line item received. PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT STATEMENT.
• Prevent use of Non-Inventory Items in POP: makes sure that all items entered in POP exist in your Inventory Master
• Unmark Select Checks Apply Boxes: normally the three options to apply un-applied credit documents (credit memos, payments, and returns) are always marked by default. If you un-mark them the automatically re-mark. This feature will force the boxes to be un-marked by default.
• Vendor Approvals: apply a “hard” Hold to a Vendor. Normally Dynamics GP will prompt that a Vendor is on Hold, but allow the user to continue with a Purchase Order. Now when the Hold box is marked Vendor Maintenance, a PO cannot be created using the vendor. Vendor Approvals also makes sure that new Vendors are automatically placed on Hold. Specify which users are authorized to remove the Vendor Hold.

RECEIVABLES:

• Cash Receipt Report: print a Cash Receipt for your customers to provide documentation of the receipt. View Sample.

SALES:

• Clear Sales Default Site: the Sales Transaction Entry window normally remembers the last used Site ID. This feature will automatically clear the Default Site when a document is saved.
• Non-Inventory Serial/Lot Entry: Enables recording serial and lot numbers for all Inventory Item Types, as well as Sales non-inventory items. These non-inventory serial/lot numbers are fully enabled for serial/lot tracking through the Sales Serial-Lot Inquiry window.
• Requested Ship Date Auto-Calculate: Enables system calculated Ship Dates based on a combination of Shipping Method and UPS Zone. The calculation can also be based on Zip Code, or either of the Address User Defined fields.
• Requested Ship Date Rolldown: A change made to the Requested Ship Date on Sales Date Entry will roll down to all sales lines. It also will update linked Purchase Orders, and reschedule linked Manufacturing Orders.
• Require Customer PO in SOP: allows you to make the Customer PO Number field required on Sales Transaction Entry. The setup allows you to specify this on a per-customer basis.
• Require Unique Customer PO:if a Customer PO Number is used on Sales Transaction Entry, this feature ensures that duplicates are not allowed. If a duplicate is entered, the Customer PO Inquiry window opens showing the duplicate documents.
• Check for Duplicate Customer PO: if a duplicate is entered the Customer PO Inquiry window opens showing the SOP Documents that have the same number, but user can continue with the duplicate.
• Quick Print Mailing Labels: Print Customer Mailing Labels directly from Sales Transaction Entry for the displayed Customer. Eliminates the time consuming task of creating or modifying a Mailing Label Report Option just to print a single label.
• Reset Sales Document Date: when the Save button is clicked the Sales Transaction Entry window normally remembers the last used date. This feature will automatically reset the Document Date to the User Date.
• SOP Duplicate Items Warning: when enabled, this feature will present a warning if the user enters an Item Number that already exists on the sales transaction.
• SOP Freight Field Controls: makes the Freight field on Sales Transaction Entry uneditable. The lock can be by Customer (the Freight field is locked for all documents for a Customer), or by Document (the Freight field lock can be enabled or disabled per document). The document-level locks follow the document as it is transferred between statuses.
• SOP Non-Inventory Default U of M: Dynamics GP normally uses “Each” as the Unit of Measure for Non-Inventory items. The SOP Non-Inventory Default U of M feature allows you to provide your own U of M to use for Non-Inventory items (such as Gallon or Unit).
• Use Item’s Default Site: The SOP line Location Code will be set to the Item’s Default Site (assigned on Item Quantities Maintenance).

SYSTEM:

• Dynamics GP User Setup: Version 9 removed the ability to create User IDs that exist only in Dynamics GP. Some 3rd party products need Dynamics GP users, but the users do not need to exist on the SQL Server. This window returns the ability to create Dynamics GP users only.
• Login Controls: Set which Datasource a user can select, and lock it. Includes several other login related controls including defaulting the company in a multi-database environment.