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Written by <a href='/my-erp/profile.html?userid=9887'>Don Cooper</a>   
Wednesday, 19 October 2011 01:16

This family of enterprise software systems seems to have something for everybody and every industry. A Microsoft Dynamics NAV Review will tell you that this particular package is designed for growing midsized companies who require support in the areas of manufacturing, distribution, financials, and e-commerce and customer relationship management. As with other members of the Microsoft Dynamics group, NAV provides a complete enterprise solution that can be customized. This is a software system that is easy to work with. It has an interface that is familiar and similar to Microsoft Office applications. Employees can get started with this software system quickly, as it requires little training. It also offers employees real time, simultaneous access to information and data from one, single screen.

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A Microsoft Dynamics NAV Review

This is another Microsoft product that allows for easy synchronization of sales, marketing and purchasing and procurement, with Microsoft Office’s other productivity tools, such as Outlook. And just as with other members of the Dynamics family, you can manage workflows more accurately by streamlining the interaction between your staff, customers, partners and suppliers through enterprise role center portals. The preference option for many companies is the fact that Microsoft’s enterprise products work in a way that is familiar to their employees and the software itself is similar. This makes it easier to automate and streamline the erp software for the effective processing of business tasks.

Some reviewers have said that the core accounting abilities and functions of the application modules involving integration, in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is not very strong. This NAV software system can usually be found in industries such as construction, retail, manufacturing and assembly, and companies that operate from many locations and are involved with international distribution. Some of the related application modules found in this  Microsoft Dynamics NAV Review include Analytics and Reporting, Capacity Requirements Planning, Cash Manager, Customer Relationship Management, Distribution / Inventory, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Human Resource Management, Manufacturing, Multiple Currency, accounts Payable/ Receivable, Project Management, Supply Planning and Warehousing.

Here are some of the features of Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
·    The software has strong capability in international standards for tax calculations and it integrates well with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
·    It has a strong multi-site feature that exceeds that of Microsoft Dynamics GP
·    It is a simplified software system that is easy to use and to operate; Price wise, it sits between Microsoft Dynamics GP and AX.
·    NAV has good diagnostic tools for analyzing and reporting on budgets, planning and scheduling and business intelligence.

NAV features a convenient financial accounting module which assists with the tracking and analysis of information and data. Another unique aspect of this module is that it can administer all of the multiplicity requirements of currencies, companies and locations. From here, you can also asses and monitor trends and the flow of business activity.
·    The NAV software makes it easy to integrate different business functions
·    The software prides itself on its ability satisfy industry specific solutions.

There are a few drawbacks to the dynamics AX system. The publisher strategies are said to be unstable; it doesn’t have the flexibility of Microsoft Dynamics GP and AX; implementation is not good if it requires much customization or modification.

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Don Cooper
 
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 October 2011 23:11