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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Third Edition

By : Alex Chow
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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Third Edition

By: Alex Chow

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 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, purchase processing, logistics, or manufacturing. It also allows companies to grow the application by customizing the solution to meet specific requirements. This book is a hands-on tutorial on working with a real Dynamics NAV implementation. You will learn about the team from your Microsoft Dynamics NAV partner as well as the team within the customer’s company. This book provides an insight into the different tools available to migrate data from the client’s legacy system into Microsoft Dynamics NAV. If you are already live with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, this books talks about upgrades and what to expect from them. We’ll also show you how to implement additional or expanding functionalities within your existing Microsoft Dynamics NAV installation, perform data analysis, debug error messages, and implement free third-party add-ons to your existing installation. This book will empower you with all the skills and knowledge you need for a successful implementation.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV Third Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Measuring goals


Before defining goals that are measurable, you and your partner should clearly agree on how the goals are to be measured, before and after. For example, if a goal is to reduce the number of chargebacks from a customer within 6 months, then it would be as simple as looking at the G/L accounts that you post the chargebacks to.

Some goals are tougher to measure, for example, if a goal is to increase productivity for the workforce, it may not be as simple as running some financial reports. For goals like these, it's recommended to define what does "increase productivity" mean? Is it to reduce the printed documents? Is it to reduce the time between customer service calls? Once that's defined, the next question would be how to quantify and measure the goal.

When defining a goal, it should be SMART, as shown in the following image:

Define different goals for your company and for the partner that is going to implement your Dynamics NAV. Each party will be responsible for different parts...