@KennethJPapucci: "Great Plains must address the time and attendance issue for manufacturers.  
The competition in the Great Plains manufacturing market includes the use 
tracking time and attendance, as well as mfg labor, in their core product or 
via a module.  Currently, there are products that simply fill out the 
"automated data collection" form in Great Plains, but manufacturers need 
more.  Manufacturers need to plan, view, adjust, and approve time every day, 
and there is no solution currently to address this...via a Great Plains 
module or through an ISV.  This solution should also...accrue benefits, 
easily transfer to GP Payroll or any major outside payroll service (ADP, 
Inc.), correct all aspects of the GP data when a labor correction is made 
(manufacturing orders, etc.), and should be simple to use.  When we purchased 
GP, I was aware that this solution was not available and that the competition 
did address it in their products.  We selected GP as we were very confident 
this issue would be addressed as the product transformed into a full blown 
Microsoft product.  After 2 1/2 years, we are still waiting and growing 
impatient as labor/resource management in a manufacturing environment is one 
of the major management issues we face daily.  Feel free to contact me 
directly with any questions.
Thank you for addressing this issue.
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    @KennethJPapucci: "Hi...
Can anyone, including Microsoft reps managing this group, recommend a 
solution to fill this hole in Dynamics GP?
Thanks in advance...Ken
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    @Bradley: "I'm in the same boat.  We use GP 8.0 currently and are looking for a 
time/attendance and costing solution that can be driven off of bar code 
scanning, etc.  Is there anything out there made more manufacturers that will 
integrate into the Great Plains HR, Payroll, and Manufacturing modules?
I would have thought Microsoft would want to include this in the core 
program...
Help!
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    @Dena: "I agree with you all.  I see this posting has been out there for a while and 
does not seem to be addressed by anyone representing GP either directly or as 
a Partner.  We will be investigating a new Time & Attendance software this 
year.  I also am looking for good suggestions.
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    @Robert: "<url> is currently developing a bi-directional integration 
application for Dynamics Payroll with Manufacturing. I'm sure they would 
appreciate hearing from parties to gain a through understanding of thier 
specific use of manufactiuring 860-608-6740
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