Welcome to…
Powerful, Dexterity-based
Applications for Microsoft
Business Solutions’ Great
Plains Select and Professional
Editions
Our Goal
We’re sincerely interested in creating problem-free
software . . .
To help you get your job done quickly and efficiently
 That is straightforward and functional
 That is designed for ease of use
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Our goal is to create software that continues to work
for you, especially when time is critical.
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A Little Background
Founded in 1987, Horizons International has
worked exclusively with MBS software products.
In 1987 we developed custom additions for Great
Plains’ character-based product using Magic PC.
In 1993 we began to create applications in
Dexterity that seamlessly link to Dynamics and
eEnterprise.
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Our Customers Succeed
We do everything we can to make your job easier by
providing . . .
 Lowest
Cost Sign-up and Support Options
 Consulting and Implementation Services Staffing
 Complete Integration with GP Financials and
Distribution
 A single software suite that fits ALL manufacturing
industry types
 Extensive Documentation
 Software Enhancements
 ASAP Technical Support
 Partner and Customer Classroom Training
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Product Lines
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Horizons Manufacturing Suite (HMS)
The hZ Cross Industry Products
 hZ Configurator (with HMS or stand alone)
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hZ Item Pricing Matrix
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Custom Pricing Calculations tailored to your
customer’s requirements
Product Plan and Supply
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Sales Configuration
Manufacturing Configuration with HMS
Complete inventory control
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Horizons Manufacturing
Suite (HMS)
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Released in January, 1996 as Horizons Light
Manufacturing
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With over 350 active sites worldwide
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Services Great Plains Select and
Professional Editions
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Discrete, batch process and mixed mode
manufacturers
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Designed for use by small to medium sized
companies with between 1 and 100 million in
sales
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HMS Customers
Select – PSQL – Pervasive - Btrieve
 Professional – MS SQL
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20%
Select
40%
Professional
60%
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What Kinds of Products
Discrete
Jewelry
Greenhouse Plants
Electronics
Computer Hardware
Circuit Boards
Semi-Conductors
Consumer Electronics
Office Equipment
Lighting Equipment
CD ROMs & Games
Furniture
Office Materials
Automotive Parts
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Construction Materials
Bricks
Welding
Wood floors
Medical Equipment
Recreational Supplies
Golf Clubs
Exercise Equipment
Horse Tack
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What Kinds of Products
Process
Chemicals
Organic
Fertilizers
Ag Chemicals
Adhesives
Inks
Pharmaceuticals
Botanical
Diagnostic Substances
Vitamin Products
Plastic Products
Plastic Film Laminates
Gaskets
Bags
Extruded and Molded
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Paper Bags
Fuel Additives
Lumber Milling
Food Producers
Canned foods
Beverages
Frozen
Pastas and Sauces
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Our customers have said:
“Horizons has been a very cost effective manufacturing
software for us. Also, we have enjoyed working with
Horizons as they respond quickly when we call for
support and they have met our customizing needs in a
timely and efficient manner.”
Joey Vaccaro,
Operations Manager with Trueline Valves
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Current Modules for HMS
BOM (Bill of Materials)
 Production Entry (Work Orders)
 Router
 Serial / Lot Number Tracking
 WIP (Work in Process)
 MRP (Material Requirements Planning)
 MPS (Manufacturing Production Scheduling)
 ECO (Engineering Change Orders)
 Sales Order Configurator
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Future Modules for HMS
Shop Floor Control
 Reports (Updated)
 Forecasting
 Reverse Manufacturing (Updated)
 Disassemble (Updated)
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BOM with Production Entry
Standard and Reverse Bill of Materials
 Unlimited Sub Assembly Levels
 Auto Create Production from Sales Orders
 Enter Standard or Actual costs
 Flexible Copy/Replace for easy BOM Maintenance
 Graphical Tree View
 Production Work Orders
 Disassemble Posted Work Orders
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BOM Maintenance Window
Input
BOMs or Import them with the results
displayed in this window
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BOM Tree View
The
tree on the left and the specifics of the
choice on the right
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Production Entry Window
Access
to everything that affects a Work
Order via one screen
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Router
Automatic
routing
Routing Sequencing
Shop Floor Scheduling
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Router
See
every aspect of a particular router setup
in this screen
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Serial / Lot Number Tracking
Assign serial or lot numbers
 Auto assign or manual assign
 Trace components through finished goods
 Detailed reporting of History, Customers and
Items
 Food and Medical Industry use
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Serial / Lot Number Tracking
Track
an item threaded through PO receipt,
production, to the end buyer via SOP
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Reverse Manufacturing
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Reverse Production allows the production of
multiple finished goods from one source
items
Already here, a more enhanced module is planned for 2003
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Reverse Finished Goods
Create
multiple finished good lines from one
input component
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Disassemble
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Reverse the posting of production
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credit/decrement the finished good
debit/increase the components and subassemblies
Original Quantity to Post may be disassembled
Designate the Dynamics site/location to post
to/from
Finished Good
Components/ Subassemblies
Already here, a more enhanced module is planned for 2003
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Disassemble
Break
Finished Good items into components
their component parts
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Work In Process (WIP)
 Allows
additions, deletions to the Work Order
 Transfer materials from multiple locations
 Print
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Gross Requirements Reports
Picking List
Shortage Report and others
 Final adjustments
 Change quantity used
 Add planned or unplanned scrap
 Rejected items
 Return unused quantities back to Dynamics Inventory
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WIP
Move
components between Locations and
Work Centers.
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Finals
Adjust
final quantities of both components
and finished goods for correct yield
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Material Requirements
Planning (MRP)
Base requirements on:
 Work Orders, Sales Orders and Forecasts
Automatic selection
 Designated Vendor
 Lowest Cost
 Shortest Lead Time
 Dynamics Vendor
of vendors
Calculate requirements
 on build dates and vendor lead times
Input
additional items
Flexible editing of all line items
Auto create Purchase Orders for POP
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MRP
See
the basis for the requirement in the MRP
Schedule window.
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MRP
Auto
create a PO for what do you need to
order, in what quantities and when.
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Manufacturing Production
Scheduling (MPS)
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See Work Orders, Sales Orders, Forecasts
Change Production dates to meet limitations
Infinite Scheduling without regards to plant capacity
See Conflicts and Available times
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Adjust Work Orders to fit capacity
See:
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Quantity Time Line Sales Orders
Work Orders
Purchase Orders
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All across time as they affect the stock levels.
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MPS
Graphic
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view of production schedules.
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Forecasting
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Auto-create forecasts based on past sales history
Vary Forecasts by percent or quantity change
Floating Reorder Level Entry by Period of the year
The Quantity To Order can be specified separately
from the Reorder Level
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Release planned for 2003
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Capacity Planning Issues
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Look at time to build
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With WIP
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Look at factory time
With Router
Look
at time per
Work Center
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Engineering Change
Orders (ECO)
Graphic
Selection Tree For Planned, In Use or
Historical ECO’s/BOMs.
Alphanumeric ECO, Revision and Change Request
numbers with decimal sub numbers
Unlimited Comments for ECOs, Revisions, and
Approvals
Manufacturer’s Part Number specific to each Revision
to change with effective date
Optional Sequence Checking for date and revision
number
Manually process ECO’s daily in mass or allow the next
production work order to trigger effective dates.
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ECO
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Sales Order Configurator
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Quote price on a configured item: Roll up
component prices, use List Price, or use Dynamics’
pricing.
 Rules based constraints and dependencies (to show
or auto-select items). Setup to select from only one
option group.
 Min/Max quantities. Mark items as required. Autoadd standard and required items.
 Visualize quickly with a graphic selection tree with
unlimited levels.
 Create a Sales Order and/or Bill of Materials and/or
Work Order from the configured item.
 Put Kits together on the fly.
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Sales Order Configurator
 Option
groups are the basis for a configuration. All
you need to see in one place.
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Sales Order Configurator
Use
the option groups to customize the
customer’s purchase.
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Item Pricing Matrix
 Create
Customized Pricing structures based on a
variety of options including:
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Customer
Item
Location
Customer Class
Item Class
 Discounts
and Promotional Pricing
 Get Best Price feature allows the system to get the
lowest price possible
 Price List feature allows the sales person to get
select the lowest price possible
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Item Pricing Matrix
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Product Plan and Supply
 Maintain
strict control over your inventory
 Helps reduce inventory levels
 Helps eliminate stock-outs
 Helps you anticipate demand
 Automatically create purchase orders
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PPS
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HMS Training
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Partner and Customer training in a modern
facility in San Diego, California
 Partners can also elect to attend a session
at any of the North American Business
Solutions events
Learn:
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Manufacturing Concepts
 Effective Use of Manufacturing
Suite Modules
 How to Fit Factory Procedures to
the Manufacturing Suite
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Enhancements
The Product Enhancement Program gives access to the
latest software upgrades
First Year is mandatory with purchase
 Annual Renewal optional
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More Information from Web Site at www.hzs.com
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Future Plans for HMS
 HMS series of modules complete
 New Manuals
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Functionality
Procedures
Help Screens
VB.NET programming along with Dex to
move to .NET
 Rewrite to accommodate ease of use
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New Screens
New Procedures
New ease of use instructions
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Where are we going?
Part of Microsoft Business Solutions world
 We have made a commitment to enhance
our Dexterity package for Great Plains Select
and Professional Editions
 We are beginning to move to .NET now
 Where Microsoft Business Solutions ventures,
so will we.
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Why Horizons?
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With three teams to serve you – great
support
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Horizons International, Inc.
Microsoft Business Solutions
Your Partner
Together we are keeping pace with tech
changes so you don’t have to.
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Thanks for your consideration
Horizons International, Inc.
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A Bright Future