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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Application Design

By : Marije Brummel
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Application Design

By: Marije Brummel

Overview of this book

Dynamics NAV 2009 is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software product from Microsoft that can be used for variety of business needs. It is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance, manufacturing, Customer Relationship Management, supply chains, analytics, and electronic commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises. This book is a focused tutorial on Microsoft Dynamics NAV application development, so you can develop complete applications and not just application outlines. It will show NAV developers how to create different kinds of applications. Different kinds of application are vital in different industries like fashion, automobile, retail, books (education), and other industries. It starts off by introducing the supply chain that you will be using throughout the book. You will implement the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP suite and learn how it is set up and customized for various industries. You will be able to customize Dynamics NAV to suit the different aspects of a business such as Financial Management, Relationship Management, Production, Jobs, Trade, Storage, Logistics, and so on. The book will take you through these Microsoft-designed application features and show you how to customize and extend them safely. Thus, you will be able to create a structure of your own in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Preface
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Chapter 7: Storage and Logistics

In the previous chapters, we took a look at how companies work with ERP in the Production and Trade businesses. All these companies work together to bring finished products to the stores where end consumers can buy them.

During this process, the products move around between the companies. This is done using different kinds of transportation, for example trucks, ships, trains, and airplanes. It may also be necessary to store the products in a warehouse until they are sold or moved to the shops.

More and more companies make a decision to outsource logistics rather than having their own transportation. When this is the case, logistics can be a separate part of the supply chain. This chapter discusses this process and the effects on the ERP system.

One of the specific aspects of logistics companies is that the products they handle are not their property. Although they are a part of the total cost of the consumer product, they don't care about...