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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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The process

The two main processes for Microsoft Dynamics NAV partners are implementing new projects and providing services such as support and upgrades 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 such as Microsoft.

The projects can be divided into large and small projects. The larger projects are new implementations and upgrades. Smaller projects include 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 fixed price. For...