The basic functionalities of Microsoft Dynamics NAV

This is the functional core of the ERP. It addresses the customer’s following needs :

• Management of purchasing : Complete management of the purchasing cycle. Management of suppliers, pricing conditions, management of purchase orders with sign-off circuits, of procurement, of calls for tender, of orders, right up to reception, and invoice checks, tracking of fulfillment and budget control.
• Production and workload management : Management of calendars and time schemas, work and machine centers, routing and BOMs. A range of production management methods are available (by contract, by order). Scheduling. Management of production launches. Management control with calculation of forecast and actual costs, performance indicators, quality management and traceability of industrial output.
• Sales management : Management of customers, articles, units, pricing conditions, quotes and pro forma invoices, closed or open orders, contracts, shipments and invoicing.
• Stock management : Common functions with sales, purchasing and production. Management of depots and locations, inventories and replenishment. Management of quality, expirations, batches and serial numbers. Complete traceability of stocks in real time. Numerous functions to view stock and stock valuation methods.
• Advanced supply chain management : Optimization of procurement and rationalization of goods flows: Physical reception or direct delivery, grouped shipments, inter-site transfers, etc.
• Shorter leadtimes, integrated warehouse management : dynamic allocation of locations, stock replenishment, picking and cross-docking processes, acquisition of barcode data, etc.
• CRM : Management of prospects and customers, work plans for following up customer actions (appointments, calls, tasks, contracts), marketing campaigns, business opportunities, etc.
• Services CRM : Management of all issues related to after-sales
• Cost accounting : management of multiple analytical criteria, cross-referencing according to these criteria, tools for distribution and management of recurring analyses, budget controls, etc.
• Third-party accounting : management of due dates, tracking of invoices, litigation, management of reminders and payments, etc.
• General ledger : accounting plan, journals, entries, closings, calculated entries, subscription management, VAT declarations, etc.
• Budget accounting : Management of budget forecasts, real-time tracking of budgets, etc.
• Decision-support :
  • A report generator is included as standard, with a library of reports in a range of output formats (office document, e-mail, HTML page).
  • The statistics generator draws up role centers based on management events that can be defined by combining a number of criteria, with zooming levels down to the original document and graphical presentations.
  • The query generator is used to compile lists using the information in the database.