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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

Getting the requirements


How do I know what my requirements are? Well, if the internal processes have been defined, this should be an easy question to answer. You should start by the most important and frequent processes and move on to the least important or infrequent processes. The important and frequent ones should be handled by the ERP while the least important and infrequent processes may or may not be handled by the ERP depending on your goals and the budget for the implementation.

Talk to the consultants who will be implementing Dynamics NAV for your organization. Tell them how your process looks like, who is involved in it, what information is required, and so on. They will tell you how this specific process is resolved in Dynamics NAV.

If the way Dynamics NAV handles the process meets the way you handle the process, you've struck gold! You will be able to keep on doing what you're already doing without any kind of modification in the behavior of the application. This is a requirement...