Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralFormerly Dynamics NAV
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What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV) is one of the ERP products in the Dynamics family. The technology is based on the Navision product acquired by Microsoft in 2002. This product is the best-selling Microsoft ERP platform, and…
Business Central is a fab piece of software
Dynamics BC is central to your business
The Best Business Management System
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central makes our work day dynamically flow
Business Central -- If your business is growing, start here first
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Necessary, good... but not without some "growing pains".
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Great tool for small and middle sized businesses for a reasonable price
My Microsoft Dynamics NAV Review
It is just used by our finance team to take care …
Microsoft Dynamics NAV! the best tool on the market for financial and marketing management.
Great investment
NAV will help you Navigate
Microsoft Dyanmics NAV is a great software to use for any organization's finance needs
NAV is a real winner!
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- Role-based user permissions (21)9.999%
- Accounts payable (22)7.575%
- Standard reports (23)6.060%
- Custom reports (22)5.050%
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What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV) is one of the ERP products in the Dynamics family. The technology is based on the Navision product acquired by Microsoft in 2002. This product is the best-selling Microsoft ERP platform, and is often used by companies in the…
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Features
Payroll Management
Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.
- 2Pay calculation(7) Ratings
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
- 2Benefit plan administration(5) Ratings
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
- 2Direct deposit files(6) Ratings
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
Customization
This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.
- 6.1API for custom integration(17) Ratings
An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.
- 6.1Plug-ins(15) Ratings
A number of third-party plug-ins are available to expand the core functionality of the software.
Security
This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.
- 7.6Single sign-on capability(18) Ratings
The software system supports a centralized authentication mechanism allowing the user to access multiple systems with a single, centrally managed password.
- 9.9Role-based user permissions(21) Ratings
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Reporting & Analytics
Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.
- 5Dashboards(19) Ratings
Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.
- 6Standard reports(23) Ratings
The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.
- 5Custom reports(22) Ratings
Users can create custom reports.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting
- 7.5Accounts payable(22) Ratings
This includes the automation and tracking of payment to vendors and suppliers, with features such as payment scheduling, check printing, open purchase order alerts, document management, direct ACH bill payment, and vendor records.
- 7Accounts receivable(21) Ratings
This includes the management and automation of invoices and collections, with features like statements, invoices, receipts, payment reminders, customer records, auto billing, and refund checks.
- 5.5Global Financial Support(10) Ratings
Account using multiple ledgers, multiple currencies, and multiple entities
- 6Primary and Secondary Ledgers(9) Ratings
Record and report across multiple currencies and accounting standards with primary and secondary ledgers
- 6.5Journals and Reconciliations(12) Ratings
Automate and synchronize ledgers and processes
- 6Configurable Accounting(12) Ratings
Configure accounting rules and segments for each chart of accounts
- 6.1Standardized Processes(13) Ratings
Centralize financial management to facilitate standardized financial processes
Inventory Management
The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.
- 6.1Inventory tracking(18) Ratings
The software syncs orders and stock to maintain a real-time picture of inventory and supports multiple methods such as LIFO and FIFO.
- 6Automatic reordering(11) Ratings
The software can be set up to automatically reorder a good when it falls below a certain threshold.
- 2Location management(14) Ratings
The software can track multiple goods across multiple locations.
Order Management
The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.
- 2.3Pricing(18) Ratings
Users can set up complex and unique pricing requirements.
- 6Order entry(18) Ratings
Users can enter an order once, and the data flows to all the necessary units such as fulfillment and billing.
- 2Credit card processing(12) Ratings
The software facilitates credit card processing.
- 2Cost of goods sold(16) Ratings
The software calculates the direct costs attributable to a finished product, such as materials and labor, and includes roll-up pricing.
- 6.6Order Orchestration(7) Ratings
Define and execute order fulfillment processes for products as well as services on the same order.
Subledger and Financial Process
Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes
- 6.5Billing Management(11) Ratings
Access role-based billing work area, perform discrete and recurring billing
- 6.5Cash and Asset Management(12) Ratings
Manage liquidity and cash requirements, asset transfers, disposals, reclassifications, and financial adjustments
- 6Travel & Expense Management(8) Ratings
Enter expenses from mobile devices, integrate credit card and travel booking, configure policy enforcement
- 6Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting(9) Ratings
Control spending at any budget level or time interval
- 5.5Period Close(12) Ratings
Sustain fast close with integrated subledgers, intuitive dashboards, embedded collaboration
Project Financial Management
Project financial management solution including capabilities for project budgeting, cost control, billing and contract management.
- 10Budgeting and Forecasting(8) Ratings
Establish project budgets and forecast future project financials
- 10Project Costing(7) Ratings
Standardize, track, and control costs at all project phases
- 10Cost Capture(8) Ratings
Capture costs including those for procurement, financials or time and labor, including from external systems
- 8Capital Project Management(5) Ratings
Track and manage capital asset costs
- 10Customer Contract Compliance(6) Ratings
Associate projects or tasks with customer contracts, and lines within contracts, to meet billing terms
- 8Project Revenue Recognition(4) Ratings
Recognize project contract revenue in line with accounting policies and regulations
Project Execution Management
Project execution management solution including capabilities for project scheduling, resource management, and team member task management.
- 2Project Planning and Scheduling(4) Ratings
Interactive Gantt chart for establishing tasks, durations, and delivery schedule
- 2Task Insight for Project Managers(4) Ratings
Project manager visibility into task progress of team members
- 2Project Mobile Functionality(4) Ratings
Capabilities for project functions such as updating and monitoring task progress and timecards from mobile devices
- 2Definable Resource Pools(4) Ratings
Definable and hierarchical resource pools of potential project resources
Grants Management
Grants management solution for higher education, public sector, or non-profits with capabilities for managing financial awards for program and project funding
- 10Award Lifecycle Management(3) Ratings
Manage the life of program funding awards from initial funding to close-out
Procurement
Procurement management solution with capabilities for sourcing, contracting, procure-to-pay and supplier management
- 2Bids Analyzed and Compared(4) Ratings
Evaluate, compare and recommend across multiple bids in real-time using diverse user selected criteria and graphical analytics
- 2Contract Authoring(4) Ratings
Document authoring with guided navigation, negotiation templates and productivity tools for reviews and collaboration
- 2Contract Repository(4) Ratings
Secure and searchable contract repository leveraging standard company language components, structures and formats
- 6Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated(7) Ratings
Create touchless purchases using purchase orders generated automatically per rules from approved requisitions
- 6Supplier Management(5) Ratings
Broadly manage and report comprehensive supplier profiles, capabilities and performance; identify bottlenecks; balance allocations, workloads
Risk Management
Risk management solution with capabilities for managing controls, assessing control effectiveness, certifying controls, and addressing deficiencies
- 5.5Risk Repository(4) Ratings
Idenity, document, and manage business risks in a unified repository
- 5Control Management(5) Ratings
Establish and update risk and controls matrix, control test plans, and instructions
- 6Control Efficiency Assessments(4) Ratings
Assess control effectiveness on criteria such as geography, business unit, compliance requirements, etc
- 5.5Issue Detection(5) Ratings
Detect and create issues as part of the assessment flow
- 5.5Remediation and Certification(4) Ratings
Create and update remediation plans and certify controls
Logistics
Logistics solution with capabilities for transportation planning, transportation execution, trade compliance, customs management, warehouse management and warehouse workforce management.
- 2Transportation Planning and Optimization(3) Ratings
Plan shipments across all modes of transportation via lowest costs/highest service
- 2Transportation Execution Management(3) Ratings
Execute and track shipping orders
- 2Trade and Customs Management(3) Ratings
Manage duties, tax rates, customs documents, and other data required for products shipped in and to specified countries
- 1Fulfillment Management(4) Ratings
Support for multi-channel demand and execution fulfillment processes
- 2Warehouse Workforce Management(3) Ratings
Set goals, measure actuals, and analyze productivity for warehousing tasks and activities
Manufacturing
Manufacturing solution for managing manufacturing processes and costs.
- 2Production Process Design(3) Ratings
Define data for plant hierarchy, process standards, work areas, calendars and standard operations
- 2Production Management(4) Ratings
Centralized critical status information for production supervisors
- 2Configuration Management(3) Ratings
Capture and process customer configuration orders
- 2Work Execution(3) Ratings
Monitor procution status, manage work orders for standard and non-standard production, enforce tight controls on serialized products
- 2Manufacturing Costs(4) Ratings
Estimate, plan and monitor costs and variances by plant. Capture resource costs using standard, actual, LIFO, FIFO or multiple costing methods.
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Planning solution with capabilities for planning, performance monitoring, change responses and execution.
- 1Forecasting(6) Ratings
Statistically forecast based on historical patterns and sales input, monitor accuracy and estimate new demand
- 2Inventory Planning(6) Ratings
Establish projected inventory levels, monitor actual levels and compare with projected levels
- 2Performance Monitoring(6) Ratings
Analyze business metrics and compare actual performance to plans, identify issues, prioritize demands and respond to changes
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Lifecycle Management solution with capabilities for innovation management, product development
- 2Proposal Management(2) Ratings
Capture budget, resource, and benefit expectations for proposals
- 2Product Master Data Management(2) Ratings
Create, classify, and manage product items, BOMs and product changes
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(1-23 of 23)Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Reporting Financial statements
- Reporting AR
- reporting AP
- In my experience, bank reconciliations are difficult
- In my experience, correcting mistakes
- I think making any changes at all is very difficult
- In my opinion, not user friendly at all
Business Central is a fab piece of software
- Nhanced workflows
- GRNI jnls
- PINP invoices
- Data reporting
- Analytical stuff
- Better description when accruing costs
- Opening periods
Dynamics BC is central to your business
- Integration with MS ecosystem
- Sales processing
- General account functions
- The interface could be a little more intuitive.
The Best Business Management System
- Vendor Application - able to generate a report on the number if open documents and initiate application of these open documents.
- Vendor Statements -This is the procedure to run the vendor statement, which you can either print to pdf or excel, depending on how you choose to send it to your supplier.
- Vendor Balances - able to generate a report of vendor balances in Excel or PDF.
- Manual Journals - One is able to upload a Journal in NAV then export it before emailing it to Approver before posting it for checks and accuracy.
- Vendor Ledger entries - Should give an option on filters to be able to produce a report with multiple User IDs.
- Automatically allocate payments.
- Sending a notification for Overdue payments.
Best for companies that value transparency as NAV allows for audit trails as it keeps record of every done process through integrated systems and shared data therefore NAV is suited for companies after greater transparency and good record keeping.
We enter PO's after we sell to the client by the sales department admin, then the manufacturing admin does the requisition, the procurement department keeps track of all the parts orders to ensure we can complete the building of the equipment by the required time promised to the client, and the accounting keeps track of all income, expenses and other costs. It helps us streamline our procedures and ensure that all departments see the big picture of what is happening in the company.
- Lot/Serial tracking, due to our parts being imported worldwide, and in order to ship to clients and clear customs, this helps a lot.
- Reporting in the platform, this helps us a lot in our weekly management meetings so everyone can help present and make sure everyone is aware.
- Getting information from the old NAV, if you're transitioning not everything is easily available.
- Some of the 3rd party software we use are not integrated or required customization which added to the cost.
Business Central -- If your business is growing, start here first
- Reporting is top-notch, and the ability to dig down into an entry is fantastic. If I'm curious about where a specific number or total came from, finding out is as simple as clicking on it and drilling down until I have my answer.
- The stability of the platform is excellent -- no worries about our servers going down at all. :)
- Our CFO position is outsourced, and this platform lets him work on our GL from anywhere. He showed me the other day on his phone how we can review journal entries, and was raving about how it makes him more responsive and effective.
- The only downside I've really seen so far is that the licensing can get expensive if you have a large accounting department. It's several times the cost of a single O365 license, which makes it a bit cost-prohibitive to spread the love around. This sucks because there's some great executive dashboarding that I'd love to be able to set up for my CEO, but burning a license each month just so he can look at a dashboard is a waste of money.
- Good integration with other software and technologies.
- Good viewing interface for both AP and AR.
- Ability to customize most reports.
- Some functions could be a bit more user friendly, intuitive.
- Better migration from previous ERP software (especially other Microsoft products). "Growing pains" associated with change?! Maybe.
- A few redundancies and procedural missteps on menus and tabs can make the portal a bit crowded.
- Automate the creation of bills of materials for production. We can now generate a BoM from a sales order.
- Organization of all data pertaining to thousands of parts, assemblies, and finished goods. Engineering and purchasing have a common portal.
- We can create sales orders from quotations instead of re-entering them (this did require some bolt-on software). Less redundant work with fewer entry errors.
- Accounting can provide reports based on specific criteria stored in NAV. We can pull better and more detailed intelligence.
- It doesn't work out of the box. It requires consultants and experts to make it work. This makes it far more expensive to get up and running and maintain than originally anticipated.
- Additional software purchases are needed for full functionality. For example, it doesn't offer a product configurator which was an expensive purchase that needed to be made separately.
- It is difficult to get data into NAV from old systems. Now, for sales data prior to the implementation of NAV, we have to go back into the legacy system.
- It is really great to use for financial reporting and generating invoices for clients.
- Cloud capabilities of the system
- Automation of several features (notifications, etc.)
- Integration with many 3rd party tools
- Permission setup can get quite complicated.
- Requires lots of training to get fully confident with the software.
- Sometimes it can get really slow, which makes the whole user experience bad.
My Microsoft Dynamics NAV Review
It is just used by our finance team to take care of our operations and administration finance and generate financial reports to auditors and boards.
- User friendly, does not need much to train users on how to use it, enter data or generate reports.
- Secure, it has a very secure & permission account setup.
- Flexible and customizable for all the company needs: general accounting, A/R, A/P, Fixed Assets, and Budgeting needs.
- Love the search tool, very powerful.
- Reports need improvement for sure.
- Does not integrate with other software or tools.
- Navigation could be a challenge to some users.
- Customization, modifications and upgrades require a 3rd party vendor to do.
We are using it as a Main ERP and it runs all the tasks involved in the process of the company. We found that it can do things that our previous ERP couldn't like integrate with other Microsoft products.
Take more training to learn how to use the system. Repeat the training after 3 and 6 months.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV! the best tool on the market for financial and marketing management.
- Financial Management: We are able to carry out some financial tasks such as invoicing and purchase.
- Human Resource Management: the HR department use this platform to track skills of employees.
- Sales and marketing: With Microsoft Dynamics NAV, it is now simple to track sales and marketing.
- The cost estimation of getting a genuine Microsoft Dynamics NAV is extremely high. It would be better if they would reduce the total cost of subscription.
- Some templates available are outdated, hence this platform is less competitive on the market.
Great investment
- Easy to navigate
- Simple interface
- Works well with other Microsoft products
- Faster posting of journal entries
- More in module help
- Printable tables
NAV will help you Navigate
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV allows a copy and paste feature from Excel. This allows quicker input of data.
- Dynamics NAV connects to Microsoft OneNote which helps us organize pertinent information. Then, from within NAV we can access the documents/information saved in OneNote.
- Dynamics NAV is very intuitive to use especially if you are familiar with using Excel, Word and even Access on a consistent basis.
- Dynamics NAV allows easy customization of data organization and the columns that are displayed on various tabs within the program.
- While Dynamics NAV has the copy paste feature it could have more options for importing data quickly (like the ones Microsoft Access has built in).
- Dynamics NAV could have some of its menu items consolidated and accessible from within one screen versus going out to another place in NAV.
- The dashboards within NAV could be improved and offer more detail.
Microsoft Dyanmics NAV is a great software to use for any organization's finance needs
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a really great software to use if you need to create and track purchase orders for your organization. The software is very easy to use and works well with most operating systems. The software is also a useful tool for tracking your budget because you can create reports to see exactly where your money is being spent. It even allows you to break down expenditures by the type, ie: hardware, software, service contracts, etc.
- One of the best things that I like about the software is that it will not allow you to process duplicate invoices or write duplicate checks. If you trying putting in an invoice number that has already been processed then it will notify you immediately. It basically repeats the same functionality when creating checks for the payment of invoices. If you've already posted a check for a specific invoice then it will ask you a series of questions to ensure you're not creating a duplicate and actually need to print an additional check.
- Another function that I like about the software is that it's so easy to use. I never had to read a manual to learn how to operate the software or complete tasks. The software basically walks you step by step through each process and guides you along so there are few mistakes that you can make while using the software.
- The version of software that we currently use isn't compatible with Windows 7, therefore we had to install it using the virtual computer under Windows XP. This created a few additional steps that the users had to go through in order to access the software which generated more calls to our IT Helpdesk.
- We did research how much it would cost to upgrade the software so that we could get a version compatible with Windows 7, but the cost was way too expensive for our organization. Also, when we need to make updates or changes to the software, there are very few consultants who are familiar with the software so we are limited in who we can use for consulting services. Since we are limited in choosing consultants who can make updates and changes to the software the fees are usually really expensive for their services.
- There is a .zup file that we constantly have to delete in order for the database to work properly and update. Users get a pop-up about once a week asking if they want to replace the .zup file and if the file is not deleted then the opening page for the software will not show up correctly and the database will not have the most up to date information.
NAV is a real winner!
- Information... So much availability to any and everything you could want.
- NAV can be customized so much, sometimes it can be overwhelming the amount you can modify it.
Dynamics-NAV from a developer's viewpoint
- All of the Dynamics ERP systems are fully integrated with the full family of their Office products (Word, Excel, etc.) but the true power behind Dynamics-NAV is that it comes with complete access to the source code. Although most ERP packages provide some type of a development environment, it is always a third-party software package and requires an additional expense. NAV comes with full source code access and devolvement tools out-of-the-box and requires no additional purchase. The user is able to modify pages, reports and even add additional fields to the standard tables. If your company has an internal development staff you have the ability to purchase the same full development license that the VAR has, allowing you to handle all system customizations and support in-house. The sum total of this high flexibility is that you are able to make NAV conform to your business rather than you conforming to the software.
- In addition to the available source code, NAV provides the user with an unlimited ability to modify and build within the rich environment of C/AL code. In over 20 years of modifying the NAV product I have never had a client ask for a modification or custom functionality that I was not able to provide. Add to this the fact that NAV now includes many development points that allow the user to place their custom code inside of the system without impacting the base code. This makes the upgrade process quick and easy and avoids the common occurrence of being version locked.
- The user interface of Dynamics NAV has been well thought out and provides a very easy to learn and use package. Master records (Customer, Vendor, Items, etc.) have been laid out in a standard format. Once you learn where fields are located on one record you have learned them all. The forms (called Pages in NAV) have a very similar structure and, by design, are uncluttered and easily customized by the user without impacting the base code. This allows each user to configure the Page to the way they work, easing the learning process and speeding up daily work and data entry.
- The NAV environment has grown to be very feature rich in the functionality offered and provides the user with almost everything they need with the purchase of the base product. Advanced features can be added if required as can a large number of third party add-ons made exclusively for the NAV environment. Additionally, user licenses are sold as concurrent and not as named. Concurrent licenses control the number of users allowed into the system at any one time meaning that anyone can be provided with the ability to log into the system. This allows the company to setup an unlimited number of users with the ability to access the system at any given time. This allows the occasional user to share a license with other users who only need to access the system to enter a small amount of data or run a few reports. This functionality is a plus for the company with a large sales staff or outside workers who only need limited access to the system. Named licenses would require that you purchase an access license for every person who needs to access the system.
- As with most ERP packages, the Jobs functionality within NAV is somewhat limited in functions. It has been primarily designed for large projects such as building a house or large piece of equipment where the process is set from the start and has little change. Small job shops where each project is custom find the package very restrictive and inflexible to use. The WIP calculation has been greatly improved with the last couple of releases but still does not allow the user to a great amount of flexibility or provide you with the ability to post in detail to the general ledger.
- The item reservation process is very restrictive in the way it was written. NAV does allow you to reserve inventory against sales and projects but is very unforgiving if the need arises to change or release those goods. It is possible but requires that the user jump through multiple hoops to accomplish the task.
- Security within NAV is very good but requires that you build custom user roles as the standard roles provided by the package do not lend themselves well to the normal company environment. The standard permission roles tend to either provide too much access or too little and are often hard to follow and understand. However, NAV has provided a new tool that makes the creation of custom roles quick and easy but still requires that they be created. Additionally, NAV still does not provide field-level security, only record level. It is possible to modify the code to control this or purchase an add-on but is not available out-of-the-box.
An affordable ERP for small to mid-size companies
- Financials
- Budget management
- User concurrency
- User interface is quite old fashioned, it should migrate to a modern web responsive interface
- Reporting should be improved
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is flexible, solid and scalable
- Data integrity is paramount and in 18+ years of using Dynamics NAV with both the original native database as well as SQL, we have never lost any data.
- Dynamics NAV has all of the functionality that small to medium sized businesses need to operate in an efficient and effective manner.
- The ability to customize Dynamics NAV allows it to be adapted to practically any environment.
- Report generation has always been somewhat below what would be expected. We rely on third-party tools to produce our reports.
- User documentation, although better than previous versions still needs a lot of improvement.
Dynamics Nav is a great ERP system for Small to midsize companies looking to do warehousing and manufacturing!
At Enzo Life Sciences we used Microsoft Dynamics Nav across the entire organization. We used NAV as a full scale ERP system ranging from accounting, sales, purchasing, manufacturing inventory control, shipping and receiving. It addresses the issues a lot of smaller to mid size companies face. It integrates all areas of the business to support a robust and comprehensive reporting structure.
The company I was with had 13 different companies both USD and foreign currencies were exchanged. The system was flexible in the ability to modify or tailor it to the business needs. Enzo was a manufacturing company. It allowed for accurate inventory costing and financial integrity. I strongly recommend small to mis size companies use this ERP system in place of larger more robust and EXPENSIVE applications on the market. This implementation for our company was cost effective and delivered on all of our corporate needs.
- Financial Reporting.
- Inventory Control.
- Ease of order to cash process - Shipping.
- Ease of purchase to pay process - Receiving.
- They could use improvement on inter-company eliminations in the consolidations module.
- They could use improvement with regard to scaling down the user security - it is complex and robust.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Experienced User/Developer
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV is highly customizable. Many ERP systems provide similar functionality, however, they can be difficult (or costly) to customize to meet your companies' specific needs.
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV has a relatively-low cost of entry, for its feature set. Other similar ERP systems, can cost substantially more.
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides a fully-integrated system, for running your business. With it, there is no need to have separate warehouse, EDI or accounting systems, for example. Everything is in one place and access to the information, can be restricted by user role.
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV allows you to easily "navigate" or "drill-down" into the underlying data, for things such as inventory or customer balance. There is no need to launch a separate window or form, to find related information,
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV has extensive filtering capabilities, which allows you to look at only the data you are interested in seeing.
- There are not a lot of "out of the box" automation processes, for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Different versions of NAV, have had various job scheduling functionality. However, each process that is automated, must be confirmed that it will function correctly, in an automatic mode. In our installation, most of the automation processes have been custom-developed.
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV could have better documentation. Much of the documentation is original, from multiple versions ago. There is generally no step-by-step instructions, on performing various functions. Instead, most help is context-sensitive, obtained by pressing F1, on a particular field.
- Older versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV had a built-in WYSIWYG report builder, which made designing reports fairly straight-forward. Later versions (2013 and forward) rely exclusively on Visual Studio and SQL Reporting Services, which require a greater technical level of expertise, to use.
- Its EDI function allows for an easy way to process orders. When there are several hundreds of orders, this is extremely efficient.
- NAV can pull historical data.
- NAV can be great when needed to know how certain customers handle their credit terms.
- With multiple users, it gets slow, especially if working offline from a VPN.
- One has to be very careful in making sure they do not hit a wrong button by mistake. Not enough safeguards.
- NAV should be able to limit access to certain licensees so that information can not be improperly used.
Why NAV?
- Configurable/Customizable
- User-Friendly
- Solid Finacials
- Reporting is very limited out of the box
- Not scalable
- Unclear error messaging
Microsoft Dynamics Nav
- Easy to learn and use.
- Highly customizable
- Easy to integrate
- Warehouse item tracking is lacking