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: