FARGO, N.D., March 18, 2002 — Microsoft Great Plains recently announced the winners of its sixth annual customer achievement awards. The Pinnacle Awards honor Microsoft Great Plains customers that achieve outstanding success with their Microsoft® Great Plains®
solutions, including Dynamics, eEnterprise and Solomon. Pinnacle Awards were presented in the categories of Innovation, Evangelism, Excellence in Customer Service, Excellence in Specialized Applications, Excellence in Business Analytics, Excellence in Teamwork and Overall Excellence. The awards were presented during Convergence 2002, a four-day international business conference for Microsoft Great Plains customers and their partners, held in Orlando, Fla.
Customers received the 2002 Microsoft Great Plains Pinnacle Awards for outstanding success with their solutions in the following categories:
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Innovation — Brainstorm Logistics LLC, Livingston, N.J.; Eclipsys Corp., Del Ray Beach, Fla.; Super Discount CDs & DVDs, Irvine, Calif.
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Evangelism — H.M. Stauffer & Sons Inc. , Leola, Pa.; Feyen-Zylstra Inc., Walker, Mich.; United Way Services, Cleveland
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Excellence in Customer Service — Natural HealthLink, Los Angeles; Masterplan Inc., Chatsworth, Calif.
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Excellence in Specialized Applications — Czarnowski Display Services Inc., Chicago; A.W. Hastings & Co., Endfield, Conn.
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Excellence in Business Analytics — Coye Consultants Inc., Brevard, N.C.; EarthLink Inc., Atlanta
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Excellence in Teamwork — Phylos Inc., Lexington, Mass.; Union Energy Inc., Toronto; the Botswana Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing, Gaborone, Botswana
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Overall Excellence — ChevronTexaco Corp., San Francisco
Microsoft Great Plains customers, partners and team members contributed Pinnacle Award nominations.
Microsoft Great Plains Annual Pinnacle Awards
The Innovation Awards recognize customers whose innovative use of technology within their business management system delivers measurable benefits to their organization. Candidates for this award are judged on creativity, vision, and the overall results and benefits of their implementation.
The Evangelism Awards are presented to customers that have demonstrated a strong commitment to their Microsoft Great Plains solution. These customers not only evangelize Microsoft Great Plains business management solutions, but also are a source of continuous feedback on Microsoft Great Plains solutions and services.
The Excellence in Customer Service Awards honor customers whose business management system helps them measurably improve the value and level of services delivered to their internal and/or external customers.
The Excellence in Specialized Applications Awards recognize customers that utilize specialized applications through Microsoft Great Plains or their partners to achieve measurable benefits for their organization that would not have been accomplished without the solution.
The Excellence in Business Analytics Awards recognize customers that utilize analytical applications to discover insights into the financial performance of their organization, leading to enhanced profitability, operation and management. Candidates for this award are evaluated on profitability improvement, operational performance gains and management effectiveness.
The Excellence in Teamwork Awards recognize customers whose collaborative efforts within their organization, with Microsoft Great Plains or their partners, has produced a result that would not have been achieved without the collaboration.
The Overall Excellence Award recognizes a customer that demonstrates extraordinary efforts within multiple Pinnacle award categories.
About Microsoft Great Plains
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