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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013

By : Laura Nicolàs Lorente, Cristina Nicolàs Lorente
Book Image

Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013

By: Laura Nicolàs Lorente, Cristina Nicolàs Lorente

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application used in all kinds of organizations around the world. It provides a great variety of functionality out-of-the-box in different topics such as accounting, sales and purchases processing, logistics, or manufacturing. But it also allows companies to grow the application by customizing the solution to meet specific requirements.<br /><br />"Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013" explains all you need to know to successfully handle your first Dynamics NAV 2013 implementation. You will learn what the application can do out of the box, how you can extend it to meet any kind of requirements, and how to manage real implementation projects with real customers.<br /><br />This book does not only cover typical topics when implementing the new version of an ERP system; topics that are not found in any previous documentation of Dynamics NAV, such as the implementation process at the customer side, or implementing functional changes on existing Dynamics NAV implementations are included in here. This approach makes this book different.<br /><br />After reading "Implementing Dynamics NAV 2013" you will be empowered with the skills and knowledge you need for successful implementations.</p>
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Methodology


Every implementation of Dynamics NAV is completely different from another one. The company that is going to use the ERP software (usually called the customer) is different, the requirements are different, the scope is different, and even the team implementing it might be different. This brings a lot of uncertainty to the process and is the main reason why methodology has to be used.

Implementing Dynamics NAV is considered as working in a project environment. By definition, a project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to meet unique goals. The company implementing Dynamics NAV (usually called the consultant) is probably used to this kind of environments. On the other hand, the customer is probably used to working on an operational environment, where the same processes are repeated over and over. For the customer, implementing a new ERP system might be like running in the jungle with dozens of options to take at each step and no idea of where to go. Therefore, methodology is not...