The creation of these systems has tied up increasing time, space, and resources, since often times there is not enough computer capacity, memory space, or physical memory available. With the creation of the „impuls cloud,“ this bottleneck is removed. In a high availability cluster with the associated NetApp®, there is the possibility that in the future, impuls employees will be able to create the images they need over a self-service portal. With the immediate setup of as many development and test systems as needed, parallel processes can be run, simultaneously improving performance and quality. All development and test images are operated in a mirrored environment within a fireproof computer center and are therefore fail-proof.

With the selected architecture, memory and capacity can be customized to the needs of the moment. Since impuls places high value on keeping to the Green-IT mindset, they put particular consideration into the energy efficiency of the system.

In combination with the Team Foundation Server long used by impuls and the project management platform Project4Sure, which were also implemented failsafe, impuls now has a complete, integrated, protected, and failsafe project environment. A further step toward the automation and creation of computer capacity will be the inclusion of the Microsoft technology Azure and Microsoft Cloud Services.

The processes to be evaluated consisted of the administration and processing of orders in the areas of subscription and advertisement. The prototypes involved setting up all necessary master file data for both processes in Dynamics AX and bringing the data to the media module. Then the order processing for the requests for a subscription or advertisement order was checked, and when necessary, adjusted.

The result was convincing: In the presentation of the prototypes in front of a top-class publishing audience, both processes could be shown in the mainstream completely all the way to the production delivery. The audience was positively astonished that the complex processes could be integrated in Dynamics AX in such a short time and that such a large part of Dynamics AX standard functionality could be used in doing so. The successful prototyping is a substantial deciding factor for the future of the software selection for the company.

impuls frequently leads companies in different industries through prototyping projects to help confirm the suitability of Dynamics products. To do this, impuls has developed a methodology based on Sure Step for the procedures in prototyping projects. This methodology establishes a fast and efficient implementation of this special project type and can optimally be used with the project management platform Project4Sure. Thus the client receives a valid and secure foundation for making the decision for Dynamics.

The new version of the impuls Check Tool contains improved checking algorithms and new rules, such as the checking of vertical distances and of standard widths of form controls. In addition, version 1.4 shows a clear performance improvement in, for example, the checking of overlapping controls. As with version 1.3, the current version is completely compatible with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, both in direct access as well as in the checking of Reports and Pages. The impuls Check Tool supports Microsoft Dynamics NAV developers and testers in ensuring that Microsoft Dynamics NAV applications comply with development and design guidelines. To do this, the impuls Check Tool compares object properties and source code with underlying rule sets and displays any deviations found. The impuls Check Tool recognizes early any discrepancies in the current development. The result: The quality of Microsoft Dynamics NAV solutions is clearly higher, and the user satisfaction is noticeably improved. The current version of the impuls Check Tool for Microsoft Dynamics NAV is now available in the Product area of the impuls website. Customers who have already licensed the impuls Check Tool will receive the update to version 1.4 for free.

The impuls IT experts replaced keyboards with running shoes and together completed the 6 kilometer distance around the Nuremberg Dutzendteich. With the motto „Beginner or pro, anyone who loves to run can participate“, colleagues from every impuls department took part once again this year. In spite of the cold and gray weather, everyone had fun both at the event as well as at the runner party afterwards. Every year, this event is a welcome opportunity to experience the impuls team spirit.

The Nuremberg Metropolitan Region‘s Company Run has quickly established itself and has become the most important running event for companies in northern Bavaria. The magic mark of 10,000 starters was almost reached at this year’s 6th Nuremberg Metropolitan Region Company Run, which is record participation.

Pictures, reports, and information are available at www.firmenlauf-metropolregion.de.

With the beginning of the second quarter, another impuls NAV project got off to a successful start. The impuls NAV experts supported the ACA Retail ERP Solutions BV in the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics NAV at Beate Uhse in Germany. impuls‘ primary tasks were the requirement analysis and implementation in the areas of Finance and Fixed Assets, as well as the integration of the ACA Retail add-on in the German NAV version. Besides the on-time fulfillment of the technical requirements, impuls experts‘ competent company setup, the accompanying training, and the go-live support were substantial factors in the users‘ positive feedback.

At this year's event, impuls Managing Director Udo Krachenfels presents new ways for a dynamic business to empower people, to adapt processes and to connect to a vibrant ecosystem in his presentation, "Working in New Ways with Business Solutions from Microsoft Dynamics" in the "cinema" at the Microsoft booth. As in years past, Michael Ferschl, also Managing Director at impuls, is on hand at the Microsoft Dynamics info point for questions about the various Microsoft Dynamics products. This year's repeat performance shows that Microsoft relies on the impuls IT experts’ comprehensive product and project knowledge to inform and excite prospective customers about Microsoft Dynamics solutions. The Nuremberg IT company delivers these services for Microsoft at CeBIT for more than 10 years now.

In the future, „KINDvision“ will cover all the operational processes in the company. The strategy bases the optimal integration of KIND’s IT landscape on a foundation of various Microsoft products. Besides Microsoft Dynamics AX, the strategy calls for the implementation of solutions such as Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009, Microsoft Dynamics SureStep Implementation Methodology, as well as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. At KIND’s child company, audifon, the cornerstone for “KINDvision” was laid and the first experiences with Microsoft Dynamics AX were collected. audifon develops and produces high-performance hearing devices and distributes them in over 65 countries worldwide.

The introduction of Microsoft Dynamics AX at KIND is being led by impuls. To manage this process, the Nuremberg IT experts are using Project4Sure, their project management platform, based on SharePoint and SureStep. Project4Sure guides every phase and task of the project, from analysis through successful operation. The consideration of change requests, check lists, and the most exact permission and release processes ensure not only transparency for the customer but also the necessary traceability within the project.

On this solid basis, the KIND group of companies and impuls have now reached the first important milestone – the closure of the analysis phase. The project now enters the design phase, in which the highest value is placed on the standard implementation of the requirements and, consequently, the ability to easily upgrade Microsoft Dynamics AX.

With the connection of the over 550 specialty shops, BizTalk Server functions as the data hub for up- and downstream systems. In addition, KIND-specific applications will be based on Microsoft .NET technology to optimize the cooperation of the individual functional modules and the integration of other audiological products. SharePoint will be implemented to organize the bidirectional information flow of the decentralized organization and to make the integration possible.

With the implementation of „KINDvision,“ the company will be able to accelerate many processes and make optimal use of the value-added chain.

• Microsoft Dynamics AX: New Technologies for KIND
• Voith Turbo: Rollout of NAV 2009 update is in full swing
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009: Update of vertical solution for tso-data
• Expansion at impuls: impuls takes over employees from Quelle
• Project4Sure: Fast P4S setup
• impuls best practice: Implementation of Microsoft Team Foundation Server

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In order to implement the ambitious plan for 2010, a second team was added to the original team. The two teams will work in parallel and staggered to implement the rollouts.

With the experience gained from the first rollouts, the time that the teams spend on site can be greatly shortened. The teams will not need to be on site for more than three to four weeks in 2010 in order to carry out the entire conversion and guide the go-live.

In 2009, besides the pilot rollouts, systems in Australia, Dubai, and Hong Kong were converted and the system in Russia was begun. In 2010, 14 new rollouts are to follow.

AIn addition, starting in 2010, the server concept will be implemented on the virtual server (Hyper-V) for the smaller companies, while the larger subsidiaries will remain on the “classic” server architecture.

The “new impulsers”, who in the past worked with the mail order business and who will now work in the Dynamics AX area, are getting to know the configuration, development, and functionality of the product.

For the training, impuls is taking advantage of the outstanding internal know-how and experience of its impuls Academy. The training will last twelve weeks altogether, in order to meet impuls’ high requirements.

With this addition to its team, impuls looks forward to an optimal combination of knowledge in mail order and shop systems with the impuls expert know-how in the areas of Microsoft Business Solutions and New Technologies.

The impuls team has now grown with the new colleagues to almost 80 employees.

For impuls, the Microsoft Partner Network qualification is a significant component of their strategic direction. For one thing, it allows them to yearly substantiate their actual capabilities in projects with corresponding customer references, and for another, it provides the opportunity to continually update the certifications of impuls’ own IT experts.

This year, impuls has expanded their competencies even more: With the new competence, Information Worker Solutions and the specialization “Portals and Collaboration,” impuls’ comprehensive know-how in SharePoint is now confirmed by Microsoft. impuls has impressively proven these competencies with the development of their project management platform Projekt4Sure, based on Microsoft Office SharePoint, and the successful conversion and implementation of SharePoint projects.

impuls’ certified competencies are as follows:

• Microsoft Dynamics AX
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV

• Specialization "Portals and Collaboration"
• Project4Sure based on Microsoft Office SharePoint

• Enterprise Application Integration, EAI
• Business-to-business Application Integration
• Business Process Management, BPM
• Adapter Development

• impuls Check Tool for Microsoft Dynamics NAV

“From experience, for experience”, with this motto, the impuls speakers shared examples of use, experiences, optimal approaches and new tools on the following themes:

• Microsoft Dynamics SureStep meets SharePoint Server
• Microsoft Dynamics AX – Implement High-Performing and Release-Capable
• Microsoft Dynamics AX Benchmarking – Performance Assured
• Microsoft Dynamics AX Workflows – Processes Well-Managed
• Microsoft Dynamics AX – Team-Developed Projects
• Best Practice: Microsoft Dynamics NAV – Upgrade to NAV 2009 Role Tailored Client
• BizTalk Server 2009 in Connection with Microsoft Dynamics

The Technical Airlift gives developers and architects, on the one hand, deeply technical information on Microsoft Dynamics products and, on the other hand, the opportunity to share experiences with colleagues and Microsoft employees (“Meet the Experts”). In numerous sessions, the speakers covered not only the features of the products, but also gave a preview of coming developments.

The feedback to impuls’ sessions was very positive. In particular, following the individual sessions, the impuls experts were repeatedly in demand to show new aspects of the various products and to answer questions on customer customizations and implementations.

In an informational presentation, the two directors of the Nuremberg company introduced interested employees of the Quelle child company Itellium already to a model describing impuls’ company structure and principle activities, as well as the integration and training of eight to ten employees.

“For us, the current situation of the IT personnel at Quelle was the deciding factor in developing a special qualification plan in order to give some of the employees a prospect for the future,” explained impuls Managing Director, Udo Krachenfels. “Our current order situation was a motivation for us to expand our team with skilled professionals,” continues Krachenfels. “We see this initiative as a great opportunity for everyone involved.”

“Normally, we would have looked around the general labor market and expanded the team bit by bit, according to the skills needed,” reports Michael Ferschl, also Managing Director at impuls. “Now, however, the point for us is to act quickly to help and, in doing so, to put each individual’s potential to optimal use.”

In the coming days, individual meetings will be held to discuss the employment possibilities and training branches in the company. The company plans to hire the first employees as soon as December 1, 2009.  

Here is the first hint: On November 2nd we will host a Live- Meeting to officially launch Project4Sure, to show the top features of our project management platform. Would you like to be part of it and find out “what happens”? Then please sign up at www.wissen-was-kommt.de to attend the Live- Meeting on November 2nd. 

The Norma Group is a worldwide leader in the development and production of connecting and fastening technology. The company, headquartered in Maintal near Frankfurt am Main, encompasses 24 subsidiaries worldwide and 15 manufacturing facilities with a total of 3,300 employees.

With the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX for several international locations, the Norma Group has set for itself the goal of consolidating centrally the many shared and different ERP systems used throughout the company. The task of implementing remote access and printer controls for several hundred users in the central ERP system was particularly challenging in this context. With the help of the new system, it is now possible to centrally handle the maintenance and administration of the various subsidiaries.

The transfer of the European Dynamics AX solution from Scandinavia to Maintal in Germany was prepared with the collaboration of the employees of Norma Germany GmbH and the consultants from impuls. The solution, based on Dynamics AX 4.0, is now being used in Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Germany as the European instance. In addition, further Dynamics AX instances were successfully implemented for locations in China and India.

In this project, the impuls experts have once again proven their outstanding competence in the international implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX. The key points of the work were the Microsoft Dynamics AX installation, configuration, training, and quality assurance. For the Norma Group, the Dynamics AX installation for Europe, India, and China is the first part of the worldwide rollout.

All topics of this edition at a glance:

• Successful cooperation with Hitachi Consulting: impuls implements the Hitachi FSA Solution for Dynamics AX2009.
• Everything at a glance: the Exchange Manager from impuls provides to centralize local data.
• Download for free: impuls develops the NAV interface to DATEV-Payroll accounting software.
• Balanced Expansion at impuls: By adding 14 new members to our team we reached the 75 employee barrier. Quality and Expertise are our topmost values.
• Global Update: impuls experts support the international Upgrade to Dynamics NAV2009 at Voith Turbo.
• Next Generation: We put Microsoft’s Office Communication Server to the test.

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The HABA corporate family has contracted impuls Informationsmanagement GmbH in Nuremburg to conduct performance tests to determine whether Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 can appropriately handle HABA’s requirements, particularly in regard to order quantities and their processing, both for today and for the future.

The test included all the members of the HABA corporate family in the form of independent companies:

• HABA – Wood manufacturing company producing high-quality toys for babies and children, children’s games and furniture, as well as jewelry, porcelain, and textiles.
• Jako-O – Mail-order company for toys, children’s clothing and furniture, as well as practical items for young families with children from 0 to 10 years old, both in Germany and abroad.
• Wehrfritz – Competent partner as single-source supplier for social institutions such as preschools, schools, childcare centers, and homes where people from young to old are cared for.

The individual companies concentrate on different customer segments (B2B, B2C, B2G). This means that different process structures and data volumes are required in the individual companies.

impuls Informationsmanagement GmbH undertook the following tasks:

• Requirements analysis for test scenarios
• Conceptual test design
• Creation of test scripts based on the Benchmark Toolkit for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
• Testing
• Analysis and interpretation of test results
• Creation of benchmark reports

The test processes mirrored today‘s quantity structure, as well as a gradual increase in the number of users and processes. The following processes were identified beforehand as performance-critical and were therefore components of the parallel process scenarios: order capture (within Microsoft Dynamics AX and over Webshop), invoicing, dunning, payment processing, and campaign selection.

The tests were run with the complete customer, supplier, and item data from all the companies. In addition, prototypes of application enhancements, which were deviations from the standard application and classified as critical in terms of response time behavior, were also integrated.

The Benchmark Toolkit for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 was used for the simulation of user actions in mass production (such as order capture). To validate the processes of the global test concept, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 batch processing (such as for the invoicing of incoming orders) and manual Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 client sessions (for example, for the campaign selections or the processing of dunning) were used in addition to the Benchmark Toolkit.

Within the scope of the performance test, over 21 million transactions were generated in the total test time of four days, completely fulfilling the jointly defined transaction goal criteria. These transactions were also the foundation for checking and reporting in detail the application and system behavior in individual process- and user-scenarios for the special requirements of the HABA corporate family.

The system behavior in different parallel processes and user scenarios showed that the system very successfully handled the requirements of the present transaction volume and the required response time, and that it is appropriate for the forecasted transaction volume and parallel processing in the future. In addition, the results of the performance test gave valuable indications for the appropriate hardware platform for the HABA corporate family.

The fact that Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 fulfilled all the requirements of the tests performed is an important milestone for the implementation of a new ERP solution for the entire HABA corporate family, based on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. Based on the positive test results, management has now given the green light for the start of the implementation project.

Many globally operating companies are challenged by the need to consolidate data from different production, sales, and service operations in a way that allows them to analyze the data in a valid and timely manner. The different parameters of the individual locations as well as different ERP systems further complicate the data comparison.

The impuls Exchange Manager meets this challenge, using clearly defined filters to read data from different locations, transfer it, and store it in a central data warehouse. The impuls Exchange Manager can handle as many clients and permissions structures as you need.

An important feature of the impuls Exchange Manager is the flexibility with which each location is parameterized and precisely represented. The user can create data groups in the definition of the data packets to be collected, thereby guaranteeing a complete data transfer. This ensures that, for example, in the transfer of open customer entries, all the accompanying invoice headers and lines are carried over. The order of the extraction and transfer also plays an important role, and this can also be freely defined within the impuls Exchange Manager.

The impuls Exchange Manager is developed on the basis of current technologies in the .NET Framework, making its software architecture fit for the future. The available Dynamics NAV plug-in makes it possible to export Dynamics NAV reports as XML schema and import them in a target schema directly into impuls Exchange Manager. New and existing reports can therefore be included in the data transfer with very little effort.

The impuls Exchange Manager is appropriate for all companies that operate in different locations with decentralized ERP systems and want to consolidate their data in a central location.

Oerlikon Balzers in Liechtenstein, one of the leaders in tool coating technology with around 2,500 employees, currently uses impuls Exchange Manager.

Oerlikon Balzers uses the impuls Exchange Manager in 32 subsidiaries to gather production, sales, and service data from the local Dynamics NAV instances and consolidate it in the intercompany SAP Business Data Warehouse. It goes without saying that the impuls Exchange Manager handles the time zone and character code differences between the various countries.

As part of the collaboration between Microsoft and the Nuremberg IT service provider DATEV eG, impuls has developed an interface to DATEV software that enables a direct processing of payroll accounting in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Companies that have outsourced their payroll accounting to DATEV eG or that work very little in this area, can now transfer posting documents directly to NAV. By automatically transferring data over the tested interface to the company’s financial accounting, the users save time in capturing the data, and possible entry errors are avoided.

The interface is available to all NAV users that are connected to the DATEV payroll accounting program. They can download the interface from the impuls website DATEV Payroll Interface for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 for free. There you will also find further information about this interface.

With the recently concluded implementation of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 in the three American subsidiaries of Voith Turbo, impuls‘ expert NAV-Team has successfully achieved the first milestone of an international IT project. Altogether, 39 locations of the technology companies belonging to the Voith business group will be converted from NAV 3.70 to NAV 2009. After the first pilot projects – in May in the USA and soon in Brazil – a parallel roll-out in all other locations will take place starting in the fall of 2009, to be concluded by the end of the business year in October 2010.

Voith Turbo is part of Voith AG and is a specialist in drive technology and drive units. The operation employs around 5,300 employees worldwide and generates around 1.1 billion Euro in sales per business year. With the conversion of the existing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 3.70 template to NAV 2009, Voith Turbo is sure to see a clear improvement in system performance, especially in month-end and year-end closings, and with the move to an SQL-server structure, they have an upgrade to a software platform that is secure for the future. Next, the individual customizations that were made in the past, particularly in the area of service management, should be rolled back. This will keep the Voith operation closer to standard functionality and ease future updates.

With the introduction of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 in the 39 Voith Turbo locations, the impuls NAV specialists are once again pioneers, as there have been very few upgrades of complex business structures to NAV 2009. In addition, for several of the international locations, there have been no individual country versions that could be updated. Nevertheless, all the local and legal requirements for these localities needed to be met. Last but not least, the time frame for the execution of the entire project has been tight.

With the successful pilot implementation in the USA, the first crucial hurdle of the project has been cleared. The cooperation – not only on the software basis, but also between the teams from Voith and impuls – has been superb. The second pilot – planned for August in Brazil – will be built on this success, before the parallel roll-out in the remaining subsidiaries in the fourth quarter of 2009 begins.

What sounds the most incredible is the Herculean effort put forth by everyone involved. From the kick-off to the go-live, strategists, developers and consultants from Hitachi and impuls worked hand-in-hand. The background of this project is the current introduction of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 by the Kofax company in 26 subsidiaries in 19 countries. Running parallel to this was the implementation of the Field Service Automation solution from Hitachi, which was certified by Microsoft last year. Kofax is a manufacturer of Capture and Exchange software for scanners and employs 1,200 employees worldwide. Besides this, the company offers hardware and software support for high-performance scanners.

In the first phase of the implementation of the FSA solution at Kofax, the Call Management and Material- and Work- Time Confirmation modules were put into service. With the help of the new system, it is possible to take care of preventive maintenance at the time of the service call. In the second phase, the intercompany planning was integrated, so that, for example, service technicians could be booked for service calls in bordering countries. In addition, the service technicians can capture their time directly on site (FSA Mobile) and send the reports with the customer’s signature to the main office.

Finally, with the complete FSA integration, Kofax offers its customers a perfect workflow with the tracking of, for example, a machine from its purchase through the shipping to the destination where the customer has it installed and uses it. FSA offers even more advantages. These include:

• Resource planning (service technicians)across company borders
• Best-fit calculation for the optimization of driving directions to external service calls
• Full integration with Microsoft MapPoint
• Graphical resource scheduling
• Mobile connection to the external employees (Publisher/Subscriber)

For impuls, this project is an important success story. After the certification of the Field Service Automation solution by Microsoft in the last quarter of 2008, this was the first project in cooperation with Hitachi Consulting. impuls’ main duties were Microsoft Dynamics AX Service Management configuration, data conversion, training, and quality assurance. The FSA implementation in Germany is the first part of the worldwide rollout.

Together with about 8,000 runners from more than 450 companies, the impuls-Team finished the 6 km around the Nürnberger Dutzendteich. In contrast to past years, gorgeous sunshine accompanied the runners and lit the social gathering following the run. “The Company run is not just a good team event for us, where we can spend some active time together here as well as in training,” according to managing director Udo Krachenfels, “but it is also a great opportunity to inspire our employees in athletic activities.”

Last but not least, the event supports a good cause: The entry fees and profits go to benefit social projects and facilities in the metropolitan region.

You may choose between the following dates:

  • 31 March 2009, impuls Academy - Nürnberg, 10:30 - 16:00 h
  • 08 April 2009, impuls Academy - Nürnberg, 10:30 - 16:00 h
  • 20 May 2009, impuls Academy - Nürnberg, 10:30 - 16:00 h

We have compiled the following contents for you in cooperation with Microsoft:

  1. Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step - Overview
      An overview of the Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology
      Opportunities and requirements for Microsoft Dynamics Partners
      Speaker: Arno Schäfer - Microsoft Deutschland GmbH

  2. Project4Sure – How to manage Microsoft Dynamics
      projects successfully
      The "Project4Sure" project management platform - Sure Step in practice
      Going through the diagnosis, analysis, design, development,
      deployment and operation phases on the basis of practical examples
      Range of application and operating model
      Speaker: Michael Ferschl - impuls Informationsmanagement GmbH

To register please send an e-mail to info@impuls-nbg.de. Participation in this event is free of charge for you. Due to the fact that that the number of participants is limited, we will schedule according on a first come first serve basis.

The workshops take place on the premises of impuls Academy GmbH:

  • impuls Academy GmbH
     Deutschherrnstr. 15-19
     90429 Nürnberg

  • impuls Academy GmbH
     Albert Einstein-Ring 13
     22761 Hamburg

For travel directions and hotel recommendations please refer to www.impuls-academy.de.

impuls Managing Director Udo Krachenfels presents daily at the Microsoft Cinema “Microsoft Dynamics – business solutions by Microsoft“. These lectures inform visitors about how company employees in the future will be able to work more productively, realize opportunities and convert them into business success. On the other hand, Michael Ferschl, also Managing Director at impuls, is the Dynamics AX and .NET expert on site. He gives Microsoft Partners and interested companies insights into the above-mentioned solutions and tomorrow’s technologies, which impuls is already testing in terms of the suitability for everyday use and modifying according to customers’ needs.

The managing directors of the Nuremberg company, Udo Krachenfels and Michael Ferschl, are excited to introduce the first issue of the newsletter to customers, partners, and all other interested parties. “It frequently happens that we encounter astonished faces when we talk about issues and solutions that impuls has worked with. “If only we had known…,” or “Oh, so you have a solution for that…” – these kinds of reactions were our motivation to provide an insight into our work. With insight, we report on our exciting projects, complex challenges, and technical solutions based on the newest technologies. In addition, we examine new topics and share some of our own experiences in working with business solutions from Microsoft. In short: "with insight, you get a view into the world of impuls!”

Simply send an email to insight@impuls-nbg.de with your name and company name, and we will promptly send you the current issue by email.

The result is all the more remarkable because impuls posted the bulk of the required Partner Points in the valuation areas of Microsoft competencies, employee certification, and number of customer references. impuls receives important feedback with the yearly survey for obtaining references: The survey shows extremely high customer satisfaction with the company’s project work. For impuls, the certification as Microsoft Gold Certified Partner is an important part of company strategy. It is both a confirmation of success and an incentive for employees to continuously qualify in existing and new technologies, as well as in project management, and then to use their skills to ensure success for customers.

impuls’ certified competencies are as follows:

Microsoft Business Solutions
  - Microsoft Dynamics AX
  - Microsoft Dynamics NAV

SOA and Business Process
  - Enterprise Application Integration, EAI
  - Business-to-Business Application Integration
  - Business Process Management, BPM
  - Adapter Development

ISV/Software Solutions
  - impuls Check Tool for Microsoft Dynamics NAV

In November 2008 impuls migrated its entire internal computing centre to the new Microsoft virtualization technology Windows Server Hyper-V. Windows Server Hyper-V is a Hypervisor-based functionality of the new Windows Server 2008. It comprises all features enabling the virtualization of PCs. In this way, IT companies are able to reduce costs, increase server utilization and create a dynamic IT infrastructure. The integrated management tools make it possible to optimally administrate physical as well as virtual resources.

Before the transition, more than 80 servers were needed to enable internal operation, development and testing and the entire range of demo systems. The aim of the changeover in server systems is to significantly reduce the number of physical servers and to further simplify central administration.

The transition at impuls was carried out in two phases. In the first phase, the existing server landscape of Windows 2003 servers was consolidated and migrated to the follow-up release Windows Server 2008. In a second step, the migrated servers were transitioned to Hyper-V. With the migration process, it was possible to cut down more than 30 physical servers.

The transition to Windows Server Hyper-V created a highly flexible infrastructure which made it possible to make available new test and development systems for new and existing customer projects within hours and has made the administration of existing systems even more simple.

With the reduction in physical server systems and the simultaneous transition to more energy-efficient systems, impuls is also taking into account the global Green IT concept and handling precious energy resources in a responsible way.

With this transition, impuls once again puts into practice its guiding principle to use latest technologies in order to be able to make available the resulting experience in customer projects as early as possible. Thus, impuls is optimally prepared for new, challenging projects in 2009.

adiRBO is the global adidas retail solution implemented worldwide, based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV and LS Retail NAV. It has been customized to fulfill all needs and requirements resulting from individual business structures and workflows within the adidas workgroup.

After the successful implementation in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Panama, Puerto Rico and Argentina another demanding adiRBO project has just started in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Like in the other Latin American countries impuls specialists will take care of the adiRBO implementation.

Due to the complexity of legal requirements, projects in Latin America are always very challenging. Individual document number series for fiscal transactions, on-line to till connected formal fiscal systems and finally different fiscal printers are only a few of the requirements which had to be implemented during the first seven installations - all supported by impuls consultants.

However, the adiRBO implementation in Brazil will be the most ambitious project in Latin America so far. The country is divided into 25 counties, each with different legal requirements. It is therefore essential to understand the heterogeneous requirements to identify gaps and fits in the standard solution. The result of the Gap/Fit workshop will lead to a solution concept that will ensure the expected and required performance of the retail system.

Right now impuls consultants are designing all specifications within the solution concept. Since in Brazil all installed software solutions must be certified in every county separately, the certification process requires functional and technical specification as well as specific test scripts for each county.

Once again impuls consultants will ensure that the preparation, development and installation processes will go smoothly in all aspects, like in many other countries before – worldwide.

The formula for success for impuls is – as the two Managing Directors Udo Krachenfels and Michael Ferschl are confident – the reliable execution of highly complex IT projects assigned to impuls by Microsoft and other internationally operating companies. A highly motivated team is standing ready for this purpose. "Our 65 employees bring a lot of expertise and personal commitment into their work. The results are successful projects and a favorable working atmosphere“, they both note.

The expertise of impuls employees is in great demand in all parts of the world. impuls is the center of competence for consulting, development and training for advanced Microsoft Business solutions for international companies, such as adidas, apetito and Balzers and point of contact with respect to company-specific conception and implementation. It is not uncommon that Microsoft involves experts from impuls in order to find solutions which are in step with actual practice.

On the occasion of this anniversary, employees had the opportunity to gather a completely new project experience – cooking sophisticated gourmet dishes and consuming them with pleasure.

The latest version of the impuls Check Tool for Microsoft Dynamics NAV is now available in the product area of the impuls website.

The advantages of the new version: Version 1.3 is completely compatible with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, both in direct access to the objects as well in the checking of reports and pages. The search algorithm has been further optimized, and exported test results can now be re-imported and then later organized using filters and grouping.

The impuls Check Tool supports Microsoft Dynamics NAV developers and testers in ensuring that their Microsoft Dynamics NAV applications comply with the current development and design guidelines. To do this, the program compares object properties and source code with rule sets and displays any discrepancies it finds. By using the impuls Check Tool, these problems can be found and resolved early, thereby raising the quality of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution and increasing user satisfaction in a tangible way.

Customers who have already licensed the impuls Check Tool receive a free update to Version 1.3.

„Field Services for Microsoft Dynamics AX“ is suitable for the majority of industries and leverages the Project und Service Management standard modules by Dynamics AX. Thus, this solution integrates seamlessly into the existing IT.

For further information, please contact

The introduction of Dynamics products is frequently accompanied by misunderstandings resulting from different expectations among customers and partners. Partners find that their customers have only limited knowledge of their own work processes as well as unrealistic ideas on the technical possibilities of systems. On the other hand, customers criticize the situational project management of their software partner resulting from a lack of analysis due to time pressure. The consequences are time and budget overruns, unplanned extra functionality and anger on both sides. The right methodology, however, can ensure the success of a project from the very beginning.

Read the entire article in the August edition of the Microsoft Monatsspiegel.

Real crowd-pullers are rare. Yet throngs of people regularly flock to the presentations held by impuls Informationsmanagement GmbH in the Microsoft solutions solution theater at CeBIT, the world’s largest ICT trade fair, to hear about Microsoft Dynamics.

Every last place in the solution theater was taken this year as impuls managing director Udo Krachenfels presented the topic “Microsoft Dynamics – Business Solutions from Microsoft”, outlining the current possibilities and further development of the Microsoft products Dynamics AX, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics CRM and Dynamics Entrepreneur Solution.

And there was much applause for Mr. Krachenfels when he detailed the current developments to the auditorium: “The key words of the Microsoft Dynamics concept – familiar to your people, fits with your systems, fuels your business productivity and enables confident decision making – can be built upon in future, too. The use of Dynamics products will also secure the continued future success of medium-sized businesses!” Mr. Krachenfels explained how the tight integration with other Microsoft products enables seamless interaction with existing systems as well as further optimization of process sequences.

For 11 years now, within the framework of CeBIT, Microsoft (and before that Navision) has entrusted the experts from impuls, who provide a professional combination of product knowledge and presentation technique, with the task of demonstrating the full potential of Microsoft business solutions. The trade visitors were certainly enthusiastic about this trip to the movie theater.

“Customers excited, sales and earnings clearly increased.” According to managing director Udo Krachenfels, this performance in 2007 was made possible by the rigorous specialization of the Nuremadberg IT specialists in the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics business solutions and innovative technologies. The understanding of business processes and the competence to effectively implement the right products and future-oriented technologies drew orders from all over the world.

Krachenfels: „Our customers particularly appreciate that we work in a demand-oriented way to implement individual solutions that are based on standard products, while taking future versions into consideration.” As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, this means that the Nuremberg company has an enormous motivation to continually build know-how and to push its outstanding market position further in 2008.

The impuls Academy GmbH also contributed to the fantastic numbers in 2007. The official Microsoft Dynamics training center for Microsoft Partners is continually expanding its offerings and ensuring the optimal knowledge transfer to customers and end-users.

With the support of the specialists from impuls, adidas successfully migrated the business solutions of its first subsidiaries to Microsoft SQL Server. Business operations were only momentarily interrupted during the change-over, and everything is now operational. All the associated systems and interfaces are online and well-integrated in the operations, and the employees in the subsidiary are already working intensively with the current software.

Technically, the new version brings several immediate benefits: for one, it makes an easier integration from NAV to Microsoft Office products possible. Another benefit is that the SQL integration allows significantly better performance.

The most important aspect by far is the advantage that business will see from the implementation. The subsidiaries now have enhanced opportunities, with the help of the SQL server, to react to the challenges of the rapid growth in the Latin American region. Besides the efficient support of daily work, the expanded reporting functions and the accelerated backup and maintenance times have proven themselves to be enormous advantages over the previous version.

The experts from impuls made sure that the change-over ran smoothly in all areas. Once the concepts were drafted and transcribed, the next critical step was the implementation. With many years of experience in international projects, our specialists were able, together with the adidas employees on-site, to make a smooth and successful start. The project manager from adidas emphasized in particular the great team spirit of all the participants that made the success of such a large and important project possible.

The participants at the first Microsoft Dynamics Technical Community Airlift rated the event, presenting special content for developers and project managers, a complete success. Besides providing interesting glimpses into the next versions of the Microsoft Dynamics products, the first-rate representatives of the Microsoft Product Group gave perspectives on the coming generation of software.

The focus was above all on the stronger integration of the existing development tools and Visual Studio. Developers could also get a look at the future of the visual interface and information on using this with the help of .NET in their own development.

impuls was invited by Microsoft to present a series of exciting lectures that put the spotlight on practical experience from daily project work. Jörg Brugmann from the impuls Academy presented information on training plans for introducing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 6.0 in the coming year. Peter Güttinger demonstrated how to successfully manage ERP projects with the help of the Microsoft Sure Step Methodology. Udo Krachenfels explained the new role concept in the Dynamics products, and Michael Ferschl presented the integration of the test framework in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Between events, interested participants could get information in the specially-provided "Meet the Experts" area. Here, the specialists from impuls were available to discuss the innovations in the Dynamics environment. In the conversations with our experts, the participants were excited to discuss the practical application of the information and to use the experience of our employees to learn about tips and tricks to use in their daily work.

All in all, the event benefited everyone involved, and it brought more motivation and optimism to the community. We're looking forward to next year!

The "Microsoft Dynamics NAV Software Solution Test Guidelines" describe the technical requirements that a software solution must meet in order to be seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0. The goal of the initiative is to improve the quality of all the solutions surrounding Microsoft Dynamics NAV and to thereby increase customer satisfaction.

The impuls Check Tool helps you in ensuring that your application complies with the current development and design guidelines. It does this by comparing object properties and source code with established rule sets and displaying any discrepancies. Of course, this works also with your company-specific design specifications, which you can define as exceptions.

The impuls Check Tool has established itself as a standard tool for the quality assurance of applications for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It is being continually enhanced to guarantee its compatibility with the current state of the NAV versions.

Visit us at the most important conference for Microsoft Dynamics customers and users, the "Convergence", taking place this year from October 23rd to the 25th in Denmark's capital Copenhagen.

Udo Krachenfels, Jörg Brugman, and Michael Ferschl, together with our colleagues from Microsoft, will give presentations and answers on the current issues for Microsoft Dynamics AX and NAV, particularly regarding the upcoming versions of both systems.

Discuss "Multi-Company Operations", "Role Centers & Dashboards", as well as "The Future of Microsoft Dynamics AX" with us in one of the focus groups or roundtable sessions. We promise you exciting and fascinating insights into the newest developments.

As a central point of contact between Microsoft, Microsoft Partners, and end customers, our experts from the impuls Competence Centerlook forward to reporting on your implementation experiences.

The experts from impuls support the deployment and operation in the EMEA region of the business-critical Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution adidas Retail. Since August 1st of this year, specialists are available from 9:00 am to midnight to promptly resolve especially critical support cases.

While the professionals from impuls provide support in the office during working hours, a special model is implemented for safe-guarding the availability of after-hours support: the support team is supplied with UMTS-cards for their notebooks, giving them access to customer data from any location. They also use special cell phones with profiles controlled by automatic timers. Rainer Fischer, area leader for NAV at impuls is excited: “This technology allows us to deploy our staff flexibly while still guaranteeing their availability.”

For adidas, this service means that additional resources do not have to be purchased, but rather that the existing support team has simply expanded its range of services. With a standard, worldwide support number, the participating subsidiaries can take advantage of the seasoned support, even outside the normal working hours in Germany.

This is particularly important in the retail business, where a short reaction time for the shops is one of the most important IT challenges. Rainer Fischer is convinced that this service has a direct impact on the satisfaction of adidas’ end customers.

adidas turns to the experts from impuls to convert their industry solution, adirace, based on Dynamics NAV, from version 3.70 to version 5.0 in time for the fall season. The upgrade to Dynamics NAV 5.0 is the first step in the migration of the country subsidiaries to the SQL Server Option for Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

adirace is the industry solution for adidas, implemented worldwide, and customized and expanded for the special needs of the business. The comprehensive changes in the source code, as well as the large number of complex interfaces, are essential parts of a functioning information workflow within the adidas group.

The new version brings some immediate advantages: for one, it makes possible an easier integration of NAV with Office products from Microsoft. Also, the new SQL integration gives substantially higher performance.

The experts from impuls make sure that the conversion goes forward smoothly on all fronts. This affects particularly the concepts and specifications for server hardware, server installation, server setup, security models, backup strategies, service plans, and data migration.

The current version of the impuls Check Tool is now available in our Products area. Improvements include, among other things, changes to the import function and the interpretation of certain code changes.

The impuls Check Tool helps you as Microsoft Partners in the creation of Microsoft Dynamics NAV solutions. It supports you in ensuring that your solutions are free of errors and compliant with GUI and programming standards and guidelines.

In an Expert Casting by Microsoft Spain, a workshop for partners was organized concentrating on the installation, setup, implementation, and customization of the Advanced Data Capture System module.

At the event, first-hand practical and technical knowledge of the details of development was in demand. The key questions for the partners were how to implement ADCS in the real world and how to customize it to meet the needs of the customer.

impuls was integral in the development of ADCS and therefore could best fulfill the needs of Microsoft Spain: a descriptive and project-oriented presentation of the operation and implementation of ADCS. Besides installation, setup, and monitoring of the components, this includes above all the demonstration of sample use cases.

„The participants showed particular interest in the solutions and experiences that impuls gained from successful projects, and they asked especially about the creation and integration of the so-called miniforms,” explains Rainer Fischer, area leader at impuls for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, regarding the emphasis of the workshop and the accompanying webcast.

With the introduction of Dynamics NAV 5, the technology of ADCS has changed. The explanation of the improvements and their impact on existing solutions was a further highlight to the well-attended event.

In the end, all of the participants appeared content with the knowledge they obtained and were confident in their ability to put it to use in their own projects.

From the 9th to the 12th of July, over 7,300 international Microsoft Partners gathered in Denver, Colorado to learn about the newest developments at Microsoft and to make contacts with manufacturers, colleagues, and customers. Also there: team members from impuls!

The forums and presentations in Denver were of particularly good quality. "Topics were discussed that offered a glimpse into the mid- and long-term strategies of Microsoft!", says director Udo Krachenfels. Together with the impuls-specialists Jörg Brugman and Michael Ferschl, he used the three days in Denver to collect extensive information and to further cultivate contacts with colleagues from Microsoft and partner companies.

By regularly taking part in such events, impuls ensures that the Microsoft strategies of tomorrow are a part of the concepts they use today.

You can find more information about the Worldwide Partner Conference here.

In the first half of 2007 alone, 19 employees of impuls completed 67 official Microsoft tests with great success. Within the framework of the employee-qualification program "Fit For", the employees were systematically trained. Official certifications were earned in association with products such as Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

"Knowledge is the most important resource for our success," emphasizes Udo Krachenfels. The already high standard of knowledge of the employees, continues the director of impuls, will be permanently expanded through the planned further training and will ensure impuls' position as a Competence Center for the implementation of Microsoft business solutions.

And this competence is in demand: The team from impuls can draw on a wealth of experience from more than 400 successful, national and international projects in all industries.

In cooperation with Microsoft, impuls carried out a BizTalk Server 2006 initiative for all Gold Certified Partners in Germany. In a Webcast, impuls-Specialist Daniel Scheffel explained the implementation and integration scenarios of BizTalk Servers to Dynamics products in a detailed and convincing way.

In the intensive training that followed, Daniel Scheffel then showed how effective, secure, and high-performing the communication between Dynamics solutions and other systems can be.

"The reason for the initiative was the increased awareness of the Microsoft Dynamics Partners for BizTalk Server. We wanted to increase the transparency for the integration scenarios and to show the partners how much they have to gain from an effective BizTalk implementation," explains Daniel Scheffel, regarding the objectives of the event.

The 20 most influential IT consultants in Switzerland were personally invited to Zurich to discuss current developments and challenges in the market for business solutions.
At the "1st Dynamics Consultant Circle", the specialists could get a glimpse at the future of Microsoft Dynamics products AX/NAV/CRM. Through Udo Krachenfels, director of impuls, the guests were also able to receive comprehensive information on the current challenges from the practice as well as an outlook on the middle- and long-term position strategies.

The lecture "Microsoft Dynamics – Business Software from Microsoft in a Competitive Marketplace" addressed the situation from the viewpoint of both competitors and users. Detailed and with a wealth of experience from many hundreds of successful projects, Udo Krachenfels explained the roadmap through market challenges and communicated a very positive appraisal for the future of innovative Microsoft Dynamics products.

The entire event was shaped by intensive dialogues and discussions that were pursued in a more comfortable atmosphere after the "official" part of the day was over. The first event of this type in Switzerland was a great success. Udo Krachenfels: "The event was more than convincing in both style and content! I hope that this platform establishes itself to facilitate early communication of ambitious planning for Dynamics products and to foster exchanges between practices."

More than 2,000 users in all of Europe were hardly affected in their work, when Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 replaced the existing business software solution Micrsoft XAL.
This was a challenging project, in which Microsoft Consulting Services and Siemens IT Solutions and Services Management GmbH put the support and know-how of impuls to use.

Michael Ferschl of impuls, who worked as "Solution Architect" in the realization of the biggest AX project in Europe to date, was thrilled about the "…complex solution and a task that was far from routine!"

The impuls AX experts gladly faced the challenges – to design an international project for a user with a multifaceted branch structure and to provide support in the implementation. Ultimately, impuls was chosen as partner because the company provides comprehensive expertise and has a wealth of experience to draw from in the realization of complex and international ERP projects.

The current application provides the business with a central database, available worldwide. "The access to the data by a multitude of different users in differently organized branches makes a comprehensive and accurate process design essential!" according to the solution architect.

The impuls-Team provided a superior solution to the fullest satisfaction of the customer.

With the Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Methodology, Microsoft specialists have developed a comprehensive and secure course of action for optimal planning and consistent results in all project phases. In the current Microsoft Webcast, Peter Güttinger explained the deployment of the method to more than 70 interested Microsoft partners.

"The big advantage", according to the director of impuls, "lies in the close interlocking of the methods with the Dynamics products."

The Dynamics Sure Step Methodology supports the partners in all phases of a project. Besides development, this includes above all the Pre-Sales and Support phases. The procedural support is coordinated with the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics products. You can view the webcast with Peter Güttinger here.

Industry competence and the knowledge of specific requirements distinguish all successful Independent Software Vendors (ISV) in all of Europe. On behalf of Microsoft, impuls leads the Europe-wide "ISV Partner Readiness" Workshops, whose goal is to show ISV Partners how to effectively migrate their existing industry solutions to the Microsoft Dynamics platform.

"The practical knowledge of the implementation of industry solutions in Dynamics is the main focus of the workshops," explains Peter Güttinger, executive manager of impuls.

The workshops are divided into two phases. In the evaluation phase, the specialists from impuls select, together with the customer, the optimal product strategy. The object of the second phase is the diagnosis with a target vs. actual comparison of the core processes and an estimation of the migration effort.

The result of the workshops is a first assessment of the scope and effort of the application development. The employees of impuls draw on the comprehensive expertise from more than 400 implementation projects.

The Service Pack is a cumulative Service Pack, which contains the newest updates as well as security and stability improvements for the – impuls-developed – Developer’s Toolkit for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Among other things, the current Service Pack ensures compatibility with Microsoft Windows Vista and supports the current version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0.

impuls' technology team develops an efficient Webportal, with whose help the internationally operating company apetito Catering GmbH secured the smooth cooperation of more than 350 business units.

Serving more than a million dishes daily is an enormous logistical challenge. The operational effort to administer the complex process required significant coordination of the 350 associated service businesses of the company. impuls was therefore commissioned to develop a central solution using the most modern .NET technologies in order to centralize the operational processes and to make the relevant information for the effective company organization available to more than 500 users.
For this, data is captured over a portal and gathered in a centrally-hosted Dynamics NAV. The centralized posted information is then handed over to an SAP R3 system deployed enterprise-wide.

"The solution by impuls provides actual, realized savings that exceeds by far the expectations from apetito," confirms the project manager for apetito Catering GmbH.

With Dynamics AX and Dynamics NAV, Microsoft offers two highly capable ERP solutions for companies of every size and industry. To find the right strategy in the deployment of the products is the purpose of a workshop that impuls already leads with great success for nationally- and internationally-operating partner companies.
"We don’t compare statements on Powerpoint slides, in order to assess the particular appropriateness of a product for the task," explains impuls director Udo Krachenfels. Rather – together with the partner – the strengths of both products are examined within the scope of the individual task. At the end, the recommendation for a product is clear.
"This pragmatic procedure is convincing," according to Udo Krachenfels, "because a partner hardly ever has the opportunity to directly compare the performance of both products with one another!"

The announced, complete report on the award-winning adidas project is now available as a download. The PDF-file explains the situation and the resulting task. The report describes in detail the chosen solution as well as the collaboration of the heterogeneous IT systems.
impuls was significantly involved in the implementation of the worldwide Microsoft Dynamics NAV installation that was recognized with the Pinnacle Award ("Excellence in International Implementation").

Under the title "The Microsoft Dynamics Concept", Udo Krachenfels presented the current solutions and the design guidelines for further development of the Microsoft products Dynamics AX, Dynamics NAV, and Dynamics CRM.

The director of impuls in a packed solution-theater: "The key words of the new design guidelines – familiar user interface, easy integration, increased productivity and well-founded bases for decision-making – ensure that the Dynamics products secure the success of mid-size companies in the future!" The tight integration with other Microsoft products, explains Krachenfels further, makes seamless cooperation with other established Microsoft systems possible.

For 10 years, Microsoft (and before that, Navision) has trusted the impuls presenters, with their combination of product knowledge and presentation technique, to inform and excite the participants.

adidas counts on Microsoft Dynamics NAV in more than 30 countries to optimize supply chain management – and to do this, uses impuls as a partner to solve the complex IT tasks. The specialists from Nuremberg developed the elaborate solutions for the ambitious project, which has now been recognized with the "Pinnacle Award for Excellence in International Implementation" at "Convergence 2007."

"The biggest challenge for us was to consider the statutory requirements and peculiarity of the markets in 30 countries, and to customize a universal ERP solution for them. We had to master an enormous system integration," Udo Krachenfels explains the deployment on all continents by the impuls-team.

A detailed report on the award-winning project is now available on the website www.impuls-nbg.de.

In a country-wide roadshow, Microsoft presents partners with the new version of the efficient ERP solution Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0.

"With Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0, users have an innovative and completely flexible solution that is secure for the future, and that today already sets the course for future requirements," states Udo Krachenfels confidently.

The director of impuls added a highlight to the roadshow: He explained the future of the product and – with a glimpse at the new client and the 3-tier architecture – the supporting elements of further development for version NAV 5.1.

The manufacturing of bearings and energy chains results from high specialization, tightly bound with the processes of the customer. A challenge that can only be managed with IT support and optimally solved through the implementation of Dynamics AX 4.0.

"We implemented the Lean Production Module in this project, in order to optimally represent the processes of discrete manufacturing in the system," says the responsible project manager from impuls. The specifics: this module was developed by eBECS Ltd. and will only become a part of the standard application with the version 5.0 of Dynamics AX.

impuls coordinated the efficient implementation of the module and is responsible for organization and project management. Eventually, more than 450 users should be able to productively use the system.
The international roll-out of the solution in 2008 is planned for South Africa, India, and Japan, and more countries should follow.