Microsoft Dynamics NAV?
Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers growing small and midsize businesses a powerful yet cost-effective solution that can be tailored
for your company. It can support customization and add-on software to meet industry or other specific needs. In addition,
it can adapt as a growing business needs more power and functionality.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV addresses the following business needs:
50 000 independant businesses or subsidiary groups, of which 1 million users, have made the leap to Mucrosoft
Dynamics Nav in 130 countries. In France, Microsoft Dynamics and its network of 100 certified partners
closely follow the growth of 1200 small, medium companies.
- 50000 clients worldwide - 1 million users
- 1000 add-on solutions, vertical multi directional
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What is Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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What is Microsoft Dynamics NAV?
Financial management
Record and store financial records in a central general ledger that includes charts of accounts, balances, VAT reporting,
and more.
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Define your preferred currency
- Create accounting periods based on your fiscal and business cycle
- Manage bank accounts and cash
- Automate routines such as check-writing, bank statement reconciliation
Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides accounting and finance solutions to help you track and analyze your business information.
With end-to-end integration, you can efficiently manage your general ledger, payables, receivables, inventory, analytical
accounting, fixed assets, and cash flow, as well as perform bank reconciliations and collections. You can also manage your
financial processes across multiple currencies, locations, or companies.
Comprehensive, up-to-date financial information makes it easier to spot trends and gain insight into your business activities,
so you can capitalize on your knowledge and
identify new opportunities.
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Manufacturing
Manufacturers can respond quickly to customer demands and improve manufacturing performance by automating and improving
processes such as:
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Production-order management
- Supply and capacity planning
- Visibility into shop floor operations
- Graphics-based production schedules
Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides tools to help you plan, manage, and execute a world-class manufacturing operation. You can
boost operational efficiency and effectively manage production, including production orders, bills of material, supply planning,
and capacity requirements planning. Manage your entire manufacturing process from product configuration, supply, and capacity
requirements planning to scheduling and running the shop floor.
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Business intelligence
Turn raw data into understanding of how a business is operating.
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Choose from basic or advanced analytics functionality
- Provide decision makers with a 360-degree view of performance
- Set up graphical reports and displays, using an interface similar to Microsoft Outlook 2003
Microsoft Dynamics NAV helps you make smart business decisions quickly and with confidence. Direct access to real-time,
business-critical information and a wide range of analytical tools can help you manage budgets, create and consolidate reports,
and look for trends and relationships. With Microsoft Dynamics NAV you get a good overview of your business with the ability
to dig into details.
What's more, Microsoft Dynamics NAV is built on industry-standard Microsoft technology and integrates with other Microsoft
business intelligence products and technologies. So you can start with the basic modules and Microsoft Office Excel and
then add functionality and tools as you need them.
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Sales and marketing
Put customer information at the fingertips of managers and employees to help your people build better customer relations.
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Manage contact information
- Organize sales campaigns
- Identify sales opportunities
- Automate sales tasks
- Set up automatic reminders
- Document approval
Microsoft Dynamics NAV can give people in your organization access to accurate, up-to-date information and the tools to
efficiently manage contacts, opportunities, and campaigns—while building customer relationships that help drive sales and
encourage loyalty. Everyone in your organization can get the information they need to interact with customers in a profitable
way—and make smart decisions based on accurate information about every contact. You can also automate routine sales, marketing, and customer service tasks to make your work environment simpler and more efficient.
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Distribution
Microsoft Dynamics NAV gives businesses a flexible solution for solving distribution challenges. It can be used to:
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Track and manage inventory, including in multiple locations
- Get up-to-date information about in-stock quantities
- Implement better warehouse management, including tailored pick orders and stock replenishment by pre-set thresholds.
- Get real-time data regarding inventory and shipments.
With Microsoft Dynamics NAV you get the tools you need to respond quickly to customers, rapidly pursue new market opportunities,
and improve profitability by working efficiently with trade partners. You can tighten distribution processes and improve
inventory management for single- or multi-site warehouses, as well as handle order processing and demand planning.
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Purchase and Payables
Use the flexibility of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and the company-specific setup options to effectively manage payables.
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Apply a payment to as many invoices and credit memos as you like. For greater control, you can choose how to apply customer
or vendor transactions by specifying the amounts to apply to individual documents. This can be especially helpful when customers
make partial payments. If you choose the "Apply-to-Oldest" method, the system can automatically apply receipts to the oldest
invoices for specific customers.
- View detailed information about the amounts that will be posted to the general ledger prior to posting, such as payment
discounts and rounding amounts.
- Unapply or "reverse" all postings and changes related to an application of customer and vendor transactions so they can
be applied correctly.
- Set a tolerance level (in local or other currency) on an invoice in order to apply and fully close the invoice and payment
entries, even if the payment amount is less or more than the invoice. Tolerance can be automatically allowed or decided
on a case-by-case basis.
- Set a tolerance level of several days to apply and close an invoice and payment, even if you receive the discounted payment
later than the discount date specified by the payment terms. Discount tolerance can be automatically allowed or decided
on a case-by-case basis.
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Integration with your systems
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is designed to work smoothly with other Microsoft products such as Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Vista and XP. For example, documents written with Microsoft Word can take data from
the Microsoft Dynamics NAV database and incorporate that information into a customer letter. Workers can use Microsoft Excel
to create reports with up-to-date figures imported from Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Commerce portal capabilities also allow
a company to create a Web site to work easier with customers and partners.
In addition, Microsoft Dynamics NAV also can be integrated with a wide range of other software products, so even if a small
business already has substantial IT infrastructure, it can be used with Microsoft Dynamics NAV so that a business makes
the most of its IT investment.
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Integrate multi-site and international organizations with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Support the needs of multi-site and international organizations
If you're a multi-site and international organization (MIO), you face unique challenges when choosing and deploying a business
management solution.
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The challenge for multi-site and international organizations
Integration between the IT systems of MIO locations is critical for effectively sharing information, supporting common needs,
and functioning successfully as one entity. However, individual sites typically don't require the same level of complexity
in their business management solution as the parent company, and they may not have the resources to acquire and maintain
a system designed for a larger company.
The ideal solution for the MIO business model is a strong core platform and solution that has the flexibility to meet the
unique needs of local sites, regardless of their complexity, specialization, or location.
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV: designed for your sites
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a business management solution with the flexibility to support the varied needs of multi-site
and international organizations, regardless of size, location, or type of business. Designed to meet the needs of small
and midsize organizations, it is easy to use and maintain for a low total cost of ownership (TCO). More than 57,000 small
to midsize companies around the world already rely on Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV integrates multi-site and international locations with the parent organization's business management
solution.
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The solution for small to midsize companies
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is designed for small and midsize businesses with unique business processes and a strong need for
a flexible vertical solution that can help them remain competitive.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help MIOs by supporting processes and integrating the information of local sites with the parent
company's systems.
There are four key challenges a MIO must consider when choosing a solution for deployment.
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Meets the needs of complexity
Often, sites have the same level of business complexity as the parent company, but on a different scale and without the
same IT resources. The solution that is best for the parent company is often too big, complicated, cumbersome, and costly
for its sites. In addition, the parent company's system may not address the local requirements or specific business needs
of the local sites.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV helps MIOs balance the need for complexity without requiring a large IT staff or extensive user training.
The solution is easy to customize and deploy. Using the familiar Microsoft Office system interface helps your people get
up to speed quickly. It also uses industry standards and tools to help ensure smooth integration with the parent company's
business management solution. This makes it a good fit for local MIO sites that need robust and tailored functionality with
low TCO and strong return on investment (ROI).
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Meets the needs of specialization
Sites with specialized functions have key industry and vertical requirements that may differ widely from those of other
sites and the parent company. A site that fulfills a specific role in the organization—for example manufacturing, warehousing,
distribution, or fulfillment—has different requirements than other sites within the company. Trying to adapt the parent
company solution to fit various vertical, functional, and local requirements can result in capability deficits, inefficient
solution scaling, and cumbersome, costly customizations.
More than 57,000 customers worldwide in a wide variety of industries have already customized and deployed Microsoft Dynamics
NAV to accommodate their individual needs. Also, more than 2,700 Microsoft Certified Partners currently deliver these customizations,
as well as specific vertical solutions and more than 1,500 registered add-ons. Microsoft Dynamics NAV also provides a Rapid
Implementation Methodology (RIM) and industry templates that facilitate cost-effective development for specific vertical
industries. Together, these advantages help ensure a long-term solution and help reduce the TCO and increase ROI.
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Meets the needs of locations
Sites located in different countries need a solution that meets local regulatory and market requirements as well as industry-
and location-specific practices for bookkeeping, reports, and financial statements. Organizations like these need a standard
solution that will integrate with the parent company's system, that can be localized to address individual market and business
requirements, and that can also be supported by their local IT resources.
With more than 40 localized versions that include multicurrency and multi-language capabilities, Microsoft Dynamics NAV
adapts to local legislative and market requirements, and supports sales to companies in more than 150 countries. The global
network of Microsoft Dynamics NAV qualified partners can provide further customization and implementation, as well as local
service and support.
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Meets the needs of flexibility
MIOs must strike a balance between deploying worldwide standardization and allowing customizations to support business procedures
at the local site level. The core functionality deployed across the organization should be enhanced to accommodate adaptations
to local circumstances, processes, and procedures. The solution must also be able to track local customizations for smooth
management of upgrades and a low TCO.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is easy to customize and configure, and it can scale to support changing needs as a company grows.
With powerful implementation and upgrade tools, your installation can go smoothly and rapidly. With automatic tracking and
handling of existing customizations, upgrades are easy and relatively low in cost—and risk.