Founded in 1981, Microsoft Business Solutions, Inc. is a global provider of enterprise business solutions for the midmarket. Microsoft Business Solutions offers e-business applications for financials, distribution, project accounting, electronic commerce, human resource management, manufacturing, sales and marketing management, and customer service and support.

Named for the third time to the “Top 100 Companies to Work for in America” list, Microsoft Business Solutions employs more than 3,800 employees worldwide. The company’s products and services automate essential business functions and enhance the strategic value of financial and operational information. Microsoft Business Solutions products are sold and implemented by a unique worldwide network of independent partner organizations that share the company’s commitment to lasting customer relationships.

Microsoft’s research and development facilities are located primarily in Redmond, Washington with smaller facilities located in Mountain View, California; Fargo, North Dakota; Beijing, China; Dublin etc. As of June 30, 2005, Microsoft employed approximately 61,000 people.

Like its size, Microsoft’s ambitions are anything but small. The world’s number one software company provides a variety of products and services, including its Windows operating systems and Office software suite. The company has expanded into markets such as video game consoles, servers and storage software, and digital music players. In early 2008 the company made an unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo! for about $44.6 billion.

Success includes the flexibility to respond to emerging markets, such as today’s growth opportunities in China and Eastern Europe, and to the ever changing needs of customers.

In response to these global challenges, Microsoft offers Microsoft Dynamics, a suite of integrated, adaptable business applications for small and medium-sized organizations and divisions of large enterprises. These integrated solutions—delivered through a worldwide network of experienced Microsoft Certified Partners—work like and with familiar Microsoft software and help automate and improve financial, customer relationship, and supply chain management.

Microsoft Dynamics® Key Strengths

• With Microsoft Dynamics, an organization can connect its entire supply chain in a productive, fast-moving flow. The business value of vendors and business partner relationships is enhanced significantly. And these increased efficiencies in distribution translate to improved customer satisfaction and reduced cost of doing business.
• Microsoft Dynamics solutions provides employees with a multitude of ways to plan, coordinate, and executive delivery of goods and services productively. Companies realize a strong return on investment as a result of better individual and team productivity, streamlined operations, and more effective collaboration.
• Using Microsoft Dynamics, people can effectively improve supply chain efficiency, with minimal time spent on product training and learning. The user interface is familiar, consistent, and comfortable—just like that of other Microsoft programs people work with.
• Microsoft Dynamics gives people across the supply chain visibility into customer demand and the delivery of goods—helping them make faster, better business decisions and take the best course of action when adjustments are necessary.
• With features such as automatic notification, a team can easily can keep tabs on inventory, helping sustain optimal item levels without tying up funds in the warehouse. They can plan purchasing at favorable terms and in a timely manner, controlling costs and ensuring that the organization meets its customer commitments. And they can connect closely with operations to make sure manufacturing has the materials it needs to deliver products on time.
• Microsoft Dynamics’ supply chain strengths can help the team fulfill customer commitments with greater reliability and accountability, and deliver the products and services customers want, when they need them.