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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Design - Second Edition

By : Marije Brummel
Book Image

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Design - Second Edition

By: Marije Brummel

Overview of this book

This book is a focused tutorial on Microsoft Dynamics NAV application development to help you develop complete applications and not just application outlines. This hands-on guide starts off by introducing the supply chain that you will be using throughout the book. You will then implement the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP suite and learn to set it up and customize it for various industries. You will learn how 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. Therefore, by the end of this book, you will be able to create a structure of your own in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

The process

The two main processes for Microsoft Dynamics NAV partners are implementing new projects and providing services such as supporting and upgrading to existing customers. A third process is selling infrastructure and assembling computer systems but this is an extra service, not the core business.

To support the projects (jobs), the company needs people, software licenses, and hardware. The people (resources) need to be carefully planned on the projects as they are the least flexible part of the company. Hardware (items) and software licenses (G/L Accounts) will be purchased from vendors like Microsoft.

The projects can be divided into large and small projects. The larger projects are new implementations and upgrades. Smaller projects are usually implementing small features and helping users with regular support issues.

Invoicing can be done in various ways. New implementations and small projects can be invoiced per billable hour while upgrades are sold at a fixed...