If you have implemented SAP B1 and now have phase two integration with legacy system or external CRM application needs, then you should first research SAP Business One Data Transfer Workbench and its ODBC integration options.
This publication should ideally help you with your SAP Business One consultant, VAR or technology partner selection. If you need advanced integrating application with custom screens, you should consider developing in C# or VB.Net with SAP Business One SDK gateway to your SB1 server. Let’s come to technology highlights:
Microsoft Dynamics GP has various EDI (Electronic Document Interchange) add-ons and third party modules, where you can map your EDI code to either expose GP documents, such as Vendor Purchase Orders to EDI complaint vendors or import Sales Orders or Invoices from EDI channel to your SOP module, as two popular examples.
In certain cases purchasing add-on may not be feasible due to the simplicity of your requirements or paradoxically ? their complexity, where you would like to control EDI mapping in-house or with trusted Great Plains Dynamics consultant. This publication is targeted to EDI technical people, and as such may look too programmer oriented, however we tried to make it readable for technology savvy executive. Let’s review briefly both scenarios: export and import: