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Microsoft
Dynamics NAV offers growing small
and midsize business a powerful
yet cost-effective solution that
can be tailored for your company.
It can support customization and
add-in 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:
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 |
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Create
accounting periods based
on your fiscal and business
cycle |
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Manage
bank accounts and cash |
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Automate
routines such as check-writing,
bank statement reconciliation |
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Screen
illustration: Set
up and sort your chart(s) of accounts
the way your workers need to use
it.
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 |
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Supply
and capacity planning |
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Visibility
into shop floor operations |
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Graphics-based
production schedules |
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illustration: Let
workers see order schedules and
status at a glance.
Business intelligence
Turn
raw data into understanding of how
a business is operating.
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Choose
from basic or advanced
analytics functionality |
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Provide
decision makers with a
360-degree view of performance |
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Set
up graphical reports and
displays, using an interface
similar to Microsoft Outlook
2003 |
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Screen illustration:
The advanced analytics offering
has a familiar Outlook-style design,
helping people access and visualize
data faster.
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 |
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Organize
sales campaigns |
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Identify
sales opportunities |
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Automate
sales tasks |
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Set
up automatic reminders |
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illustration: An intuitive
interface helps sales and marketing
staff organize contacts, recognize
opportunities, and respond to customer
needs effectively.
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 |
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Get
up-to-date information
about in-stock quantities |
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Implement
better warehouse management,
including tailored pick
orders and stock replenishment
by pre-set thresholds. |
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Get
real-time data regarding
inventory and shipments. |
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illustration:
Warehouse management data helps
make it easy for workers to stay
informed of inventory available
and order status.
Integration with your systems
Microsoft
Dynamics NAV is designed to work
smoothly with other Microsoft products
such as Microsoft Office Suite,
Microsoft SQL Server 2003, and Microsoft
Windows 2000 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.
More
information about system integration:
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Integration
with Microsoft SQL Server |
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Hub
and spoke: Work more efficiently
with subsidiaries and
branches |
Next
Steps
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Find
out about industry-specific
solutions from Microsoft
Dynamics NAV. |
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Use
Microsoft Solution Finder
to search for add-in solutions
developed for Microsoft
Dynamics NAV by Microsoft
Certified Partners to
meet unique business needs. |
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See
what's involved in putting
Microsoft Dynamics NAV
in place for your company:
How to buy. |
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Contact
your local Microsoft partner
to help you get started.
Need help finding a Microsoft
partner? Contact us. |
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