Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Simpler and Easier . . . and Responsive!


Written By Martie Mitchell, Sales
Manager at Rockton Software
As most people know, most ISV (Independent Software Vendor) products are developed from need. Even the best of ERP’s (Enterprise Resource Planning), like the Microsoft Dynamics platform, rarely can conceive of every situation and scenario.

Over the years, Rockton Software has developed products from what started as an inquiry for a customization, or a small user challenge in an unrelated discussion. It’s the “Ah-HA” moment we have all had when looking at some useful, little gadget and saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
Recently, a situation similar occurred while promoting one of our newer products—Dynamics GP Toolbox. One of our VAR (Value Added Reseller) partners was queried by their client if our product had a feature around approvals for payments. Since Dynamics GP Toolbox has many security features, and ties into the whole auditing and security package, it seemed to be a natural question. When the VAR partner brought the inquiry to us, our reply was, “Why, no . . . but what exactly are they looking for? Let’s see what we can do to help!”
This simple question became several weeks of conversation around discovery and needs from a large nonprofit charitable foundation. It soon became clear that this should not be a customization, but an additional feature in the Dynamics GP Toolbox, which would dovetail nicely into the other pieces of that product.
Within three months, the code was written, and the prototype was delivered. A few tweaks later—we not only had a happy customer, we had a powerful, new piece of functionality called Payment Approval.
Payment Approval is one of over 20 tools available in Dynamics GP Toolbox. It is a tiered payment approval product that enables you to set the monetary limits and levels (up to 3 tiers) or your choice to approvers that you designate. Approvals can handle one-off checks, batch, and EFT payments. You can even set notes indication your reasons for approval or denial.

That’s how Rockton responds to solve problems!

Want more information? View Dynamics GP Toolbox Demo! 

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