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Based in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, Ultimate Software B.V.  is a leading Microsoft Gold partner in the Netherlands. You can read our company profile here. Working closely with the client, our certified specialists realise profitable business systems. Ultimate Software supplies and implements software solutions to support business processes in the maritime sector and in logistical services. Specifically for these businesses, our personnel combine their domain knowledge with the technology of Microsoft’s Dynamics AX business software. This standard platform provides basic functionality to simplify and structure work processes, communication and document management. Ultimate Software advises and assists ship operators, agents, transhipment companies and terminals in boosting their productivity.

Projects are executed according to fixed methods,working alongside the client to achieve a disruption-free implementation, migration or optimisation of the process automation. Ultimate Software supplies client-oriented solutions, in which added functionalities for specific logistical and shipping activities are standardised. This ensures beforehand a smooth collaboration between all of the firm’s departments with respect to integral reporting, file sharing, and data exchange with suppliers and customers.

Microsoft Dynamics AX for the shipping industry

Ultimate Software’s specific Ultimate Shipping Solution is based on Microsoft Dynamics AX: a platform to integrate business processes, ranging from operational to financial processes. The system relies on the latest technology so that integration with other Microsoft products is assured. In the areas of communication, file sharing, document layout, online collaboration and information retrieval via the web, familiar Microsoft products are used such as Outlook, Office (Word, Excel), SharePoint and BizTalk.

Microsoft Gold partner

Ultimate Software is a Microsoft Gold partner, for both its Dynamics AX competency and its Business Intelligence competency. Ultimate Software is furthermore part of Microsoft Dynamics Industry Solution (MDIS / Industry Builder) Initiative.

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Microsoft is the developer and supplier of Dynamics AX: a company-wide deployable platform for the automation of routine business processes and integration of data within the company. This solution is realised by industry expert Microsoft partners, in accordance with the client’s wishes and processes. Dynamics AX’s standard features include all required basic technology for sales, production, logistics, administration, personnel affairs, customer management, reporting and communication with customers and suppliers. The Microsoft technology, in combination with the partners’ industry expertise, guarantees successful applications both today and well into the future. Dynamics AX is characterised by standards and an open technology, enabling worldwide communication with other systems both internally and at third parties.