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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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Fit-gap analysis

When we do a fit-gap analysis we look at the company's processes and define what we can and cannot do with the standard package. When a business process can be handled with the standard software we call this a Fit. When it cannot be done it's a Gap, we can fill a gap by developing a solution or purchasing an add-on.

But even when something could be done with standard software features, it does not necessarily mean that doing this is wise. The standard application should be used for what it was designed for. Using standard features for something else might work in the current version but if it changes in a new version it might no longer fit. For this reason it is better to design something new instead of wrongly using the standard features.

Designing a Squash Court application

The basic process of a squash court company is renting the courts to squash players; both members and non-members. There is a reservation and invoicing process handling different...