Microsoft Dynamics for Project Management and Accounting–SL (Solomon)

With full integration to Microsoft Dynamics for Financial Management, Microsoft Dynamics for Project Management and Accounting–SL (formerly known as Microsoft Business Solutions Solomon) offers a comprehensive and complete solution that brings together both accounting and project information into one seamless system. Microsoft Project Management and Accounting supports unlimited work breakdown structures and budgets, time and expense entry, complex allocations, unlimited billing formats, change order control, contract administration, local and Web-based project analysis, employee utilization/realization and proactive alerts, and work flow.

Project Operations and Job Cost
Communication and Collaboration	Streamline the tools and applications used for communication, collaboration, and reporting.
Portfolio Management	Manage and understand the status of all projects at all times for your project-driven company.
Project Accounting	End antiquated methods for collecting day-to-day accounting information, and keep all tallies within the purview of your accounting staff.
Project Management	Quickly access information about risks, issues, and status reports, and track all the details all the time.
Resource Management	Identify and attain resources that will be needed, and make the most of the resources available.

Fact Sheets
Allocator	Gain precise control over project finances by creating flexible, multiple tiered hierarchies to reflect the spectrum of labor rates and billing structures you need. Then automatically allocate charges and revenues, account for work-in-process, transfer or consolidate transactions, and record accurate data for billing and posting to general ledger accounts.
Analyzer	Enhance business decision-making with efficient access to comprehensive data about project performance and profitability. Quickly collect and summarize data for key metrics, selectively pinpoint details for analysis, and present results in intuitive and practical formats.
Budgeting	Take control of your project finances with powerful budgeting tools that allow you to significantly increase your project's profitability. By tracking your budgeting process throughout the life of your project, you can view the impact of budget changes on profitability and manage the information you need to make your project successful.
Communicator	Help enhance control of project progress and profitability by increasing awareness of changes in key indicators or documents awaiting action. Automated alerts keep you informed of pending deadlines, required approvals, escalating costs, and eroding margins, making it easy to intervene so projects and profits stay on track.
Contract Management	Streamline time-consuming contract management tasks and help increase the productivity of subcontractor interactions for even the most complex projects. By improving control over change orders, document tracking, and subcontractor disbursements, you can help ensure timely completion, enhance cash flow, and boost project profitability.
Project Controller	Improve your project profitability by providing project managers with the accurate, meaningful information needed to gain control over project revenue and expenses—enough control to help make even low-margin projects profitable.
Employee Utilization	Get the information necessary to improve the profitability of service professionals and other human resources. Track personnel availability, billable time, revenues, and the realization of established utilization goals. View timecard line-item detail or speed up analysis by customizing and summarizing data in a variety of groupings and time periods.
Flexible Billing	Shorten billing cycles and improve cash flow by taking control of unbilled receivables and converting them more quickly to revenues. Streamline invoicing with automatic generation, formatting, and submission of drafts for approval, then easily note needed corrections, finalize invoices, and post receivables.
Time and Expense	Take control of your labor, project, and travel-related expenses. Accurate, timely cost information gives you the precise information you need to increase your productivity and make better, more effective business decisions.

Software Solutions Group can also utilize additional tools to further enhance Dynamics SL’s abilities. One such example would be Sandler-Kahne’s PREP product which is outlined below:

Project Resource Estimating & Planning (PREP)™

The Microsoft Dynamics SL Project Series, now known as Project Management & Accounting (PMA), is the 'go-to' application for Project-Driven Organizations (PDO's) within the Microsoft Business Solutions offering. Our Project Work Order (PWO) module was the first application we offered to extend this series (not including the SK-developed Microsoft Dynamics SL Work Order module). Our new PREP module continues this tradition.

Any PDO that wishes to assign and schedule resources at the Task level, but is not ready to step up to the full Microsoft Project Server environment, will be interested in PREP. As a bonus, assigned resources can be used as the source for an estimate on a Task, or on the entire Project. When used in conjunction with Project Work Order, that estimate can include detailed material requirements.

Features:

Graphically schedule at the Resource level, or only at the Task level
Can be used as a 'stepping-stone' to Microsoft Project Server
Extends the functionality of the Microsoft Dynamics SL Project Series
Tightly integrated with Project Controller...not simply an interface
'Native' Microsoft Dynamics SL code (developed with VB Tools)
Rapid deployment and implementation
Plan your Resources

Next Step

Learn more about Microsoft Dynamics SL by contacting Rocco Polino at Software Solutions Group (716) 568-2040 x118 or email him at rocco@softsolgrp.com