Microsoft Dynamics NAV Reviews

Dynamics NAV is strong in ease of use. Navigation is intuitive and follows straight-forward business process design.NAV offers a seamless integration to MS Office, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM.Dynamics NAV is a reasonably priced ERP solution with the Advanced Management pack accommodating midmarket companies with a wide range of functionality

Dynamics NAV have limited number of user to use at a go which may sometimes hiders some employees from working.Dynamics NAV does not offer an integrated Business Process Management or workflow automation tool. It is possible to leverage the Windows Workflow Foundation using .NET or another development environment, but such effort is complex and resorts to custom programming.NAV may have a limited support life cycle.Dynamics NAV is designed to be extensible via software customization, but customizing the ERP software can significantly increase Total Cost of Ownership due to higher maintenance costs, increased system administration

I've evaluated NAV for other roles and now I have been using the product I am convinced that it is a very powerful product when configured correctly. It has options for many roles and the ability to configure the system exists but is limited by design.start using it and you wont regret.

Financial reports generated on time. as long as i feed data in my system i can access accurate reports on time. these has brought about timely statements sent to creditors and proving openness and trust which is good thing in business.

Microsoft Dynamics comes with a lot of interesting features. It has been a long time I am a frequent user of It. I love to use searching function of this tool that is really helpful as an shortcut. For new use Microsoft Dynamics Nav is quite easy to use and install. I do like how It allows us to look at the invoices paid by different dealers. In the last I would say Microsoft Dynamics is the powerful ERP I have ever used.

It is being used by our company for inventory purposes. It becomes sometimes difficult to track the stock. Dynamic needs some improvements for that as well as to edit or bring changes in purchase orders becomes complicated.

Microsoft is excellent at developing its products and I am hopeful for the coming new features and functions, they will be figuring our issues out.

Highly recommended for the companies looking for powerful ERP.

Microsoft Dynamics is a effective tool for reporting, keeping the CS information and lots more. It is an useful tool with the ease of use.If i talk about the pricing of this product it is a cost saving product.

Its simple to use

It has all the major Features of an ERP (i.e Financial, Receivable, Payable, Sales order processing, Purchase order processing, HR, BAnk Management, etc)

It is easy to customised

It is easy to get support

The inbuilt reports feature is not fantastic.

It requires a good amount of training and a lot of support for the initial setup.

Data Security

Take more training to learn how to use the system. Repeat the training after 3 and 6 month - then the implementer suggests more efficient ways how to use the system and our users had experience and questions how they want to use the system.

I used NAV in the Retail and was part of the implementation process. It is easy to lean and has a very intuitive user interface that most people get familiar with very quickly. It is customizable and in the lower end of the price range for the features you get. However customization can get expensive if you need features that are not out of the box.

Honestly, I don't like many things about NAV. Our accounting department likes that it combines our multiple lines of business into one system, so we can send our customers one statement rather than several from different systems.

I wish that for my purposes it was possible to automate more things. There is a lot of manual entry involved. The system also freezes often, it seems like when someone is running a report or doing something it is constantly telling me it's frozen due to another user doing something, and it's incredibly frustrating given that whatever I've typed or done prior to that gets wiped out, so I end up doing a lot of double work.

For accounting purposes, it combines our multiple lines of business into one system, so we can send our customers one statement rather than several from different systems. This was a big issue previously for our customers. Now all of our invoices come from the same system.

Dynamics NAV is extremely flexible from a setup standpoint and can be customized to fit almost any situation. The interface is easy to use and familiar to Windows users.

The software is so customizable that it requires a significant amount of research to implement customizations, just to make sure all of the touchpoints are accounted for and posting is occurring in the manner intended.

When considering a conversion or implementation of NAV, be sure you consider every single possible system interaction and work with your partner to thoroughly test all aspects of the software prior to going live.

We use NAV for all of our general accounting, A/R, A/P, Fixed Assets, and Budgeting needs. The software makes things like periodic depreciation very easy and you can set up different depreciation books and use multiple books for a single asset if you need to. Permissions are set up at a user level, and are highly sensitive, so if you have specific people who only need certain levels of access vs others who need unrestricted access, it is simple to set those permissions up.

Has alot of built in features, reports details view, fields to put details to get reports on.

also has an ok search bar and can be self help a little on yourself

Report output is HORRIBLE. Most of us whna csv to use a useful report needs it in cvs.... everything is |formatted" which makes it visually ok but practically useless.

The use of the system requires detailed data inputting and cleaning i before can use properly so need to understand what you are doing being importing

try to get "real data" when implementing because you cannot tell if its good or not without it.

find a good team to help implement the ERP system.... theres a TON of errors to fix, units of measure and many details you never thought needed to be included

have your team test ii out with all departments

we needed an accounting and erp system

I like it to be highly customizable, on the cloud, with lots of options and i consider it to be easy to install. It can take bigger databases.

The user interface and user experience overall. It's not comfortable to use. Menus and views feel very laggy and the views lack of customization in terms of how you look at things.

I would rather consider other options before looking to NAV. Unless you really need the software integration with other Microsoft products. If you need to highly customize everything (Except for the views and customer interface) maybe this software is for you.

We are using it as a Main ERP and it runs all the tasks involved in the process of the company. We found that it can do things that our previous ERP couldn't like integrate with other Microsoft products. It can take bigger databases.

Was used for all accounting processes to generate invoices,customers databases and sales report in the organization I was working.

Was easy to run reports since all information you needed was in the software and it was easy to customize it.

It was quick to impliment and use these software with the power to support the growth ambitions of the business organisation.

Also enabled increased in profit,enhanced collabora behaviour and created experience for customers.

One thing that I desliked these software was that it required alot of training to fully manage it.

Also at some point it could run slowly if there were too many processes at once.

Would recommend them to Use Microsoft Dynamics Nav in all their accounting process because it will enhance the growth of their business.

Provided all features for the capabilities of sales and market tracking.

Was used for accounting processes to generate invoices,customers database and sales reports

Full Fledged ERP systems with Integration to Third-Party Payroll, Time Attendance, Sales, Finance and Operations Applications

Permission setup can get very complicated. Requirement of one permission leads to another and it doesn't show the Object ID of the missing permission.

Usually, when we apply one Permission it leads to another which is very time-consuming.

Invest a lot of time and resources while implementing this and ensure that you use a good reputable vendor for this implementation. We use BDO Solutions Canada despite their good reputation, the implementation of NAV was a nightmare and we are still reviving from the time lost initially.

We moved on to a different vendor and now recovering for all the losses.

Finance, Payroll, Time-Attendance, Sales and Operations Module to facilitate all departments operations. It is an Off-Shelf product and still be customised as per specific requirements.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an all encompassing source of data that is captured across the business. It allows various departments within the business to collaborate together at maximum efficiency by streamlining the flow of information and data.

The system poorly integrates with other tools that we use, and thus a lot of data needs to be entered and/ or corrected by manual efforts that are both time consuming and frustrating.

As a CRM system, it has it's shortcomings although from what I've been told the new versions of Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrate nicely with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Our company so far has not yet decided to upgrade that part of our system.

As an enterprise resource planning system, it certainly ticks all the boxes and safely delivers.

The biggest challenge I see is poor user experience across different interfaces within Dynamics, that end up harming the overall usefulness of the platform.

The problem, as with any database, is that it's usefulness diminishes dramatically when users don't capture data correctly. As much as I would love to blame the user, I cannot deny that the clunky interface has been a contributing factor when it comes to users attempting to cut corners related to data entry or resisting other best practices when it comes to using Dynamics NAV.

TLC Marketing uses Microsoft Dynamics NAV as the primary Enterprise Resource Planning platform in our business.

It serves as our CRM system and client database. We also keep track of the sales team's and SDR rep's productivity via NAV and our revenue forecasting is based on data entered into the system.

Both the front end and the back-end of TLC Marketing rely on Microsoft Dynamics NAV to keep track of production flows and profitability.

Cloud storage which ensures access of information from anywhere in the world.

Reliable which ensures intergration of all departments together.

Very helpful platform although it requires a little training to work with efficiently.

Yes i would recommend microsoft dynamic nav which helps with realtime information thus efficient for making decision and operations within the company.

Efficient with financial and inventory management.

Efficient with financial and inventory management.

Realtime information which helps with making critical decisisions in the company.

Reliable with audit trial.

Navision is great for some accounting purposes, and viewing whether invoices have been paid from various vendors.

Overall, I have found Navision extremely difficult to navigate. Our team uses Navision for warehouse inventory purposes, and it is very challenging to track stock or item history. In addition, purchase orders can be difficult to edit or make changes to, and once an error is made, its very hard to fix it without creating an entirely new purchase order.

I think that Nav should be re-designed to have a better user interface that is more intuitive and easier to learn immediately. As it is, it is very hard to navigate.

We are solving issues with invoicing and purchase orders with Nav. The benefits of the program are that it has better connected our supply chain and accounting teams to work more closely when procuring supplies.

Intergrates all departments together into a single database ensuring realtime information.

The data can only be accessed by authorized personnel thus very secure.

Realtime information helps in making critical decision making within the company improving service delivery at Highland coffee company.

Requires internet connection to work with it.When the internet is down the work stops.

I would recommend any company with many departments within to adopt the system because it helps to intergrate all departments together into a single database.Realtime information helps in making critical decision within the company and helps to improve service delivery.

Service delivery have improved since every user can access data directly from the system instead of enquiring through email.

Financial statements are delivered to the clients on time since they come directly from the sytem.

First of all it is user friendly product. it's very easy to import/export any reports from program. i am financial analyst and i need many type of reports for calculating some ratios, also prepare budget and forecast future of of sales, purchase, operation expenses. It very helpful to prepare financial reports such as management report, cash flow, balance sheet and income statement. before i had been used 1C ERP and using this product i have understood that 1C is only helpful for retail it is not comparable to Microsoft Dynamics. it have many type of control, which gives more chance to reduce risk of mistakes.

While the Microsoft Dynamics marketplace contains many useful third party add-ons, it can be time consuming and difficult to distinguish the many add-ons from multiple partners due to similarities and overlap in feature sets and the challenge of assessing the quality of the partners and their products.

I am financial analyst and i need many type of reports for calculating some ratios, also prepare budget and forecast future of of sales, purchase, operation expenses. It very helpful to prepare financial reports such as management report, cash flow, balance sheet and income statement. before i had been used 1C ERP and using this product i have understood that 1C is only helpful for retail it is not comparable to Microsoft Dynamics. it have many type of control, which gives more chance to reduce risk of mistakes.

It is the best ERP software useful for mid scale enterprises as their business can be done smoothly within their company financial status.If you need one of these big, international, brand-name like Navision, SAP, Oracle, Baan and all that. Of these, the best

As we update from older version to latest version it becomes difficult because there will be a lot of stuff to be changed and coding techniques are also to be modified which is very laborious.

Although it may be beneficial for mid scale enterprises but it does not mean it is overall the best solution as there could be some nifty local package developed by a small local company who provide more flexibility, more of those features you need, and much cheaper hourly costs of customizaton, maybe even an architecture that allows customization without special training (like, business logic written in stored procedures, much more people can customize that than C/AL).

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We work on developing reports as per client requirements.It is beneficial as we use most of the sytem defined tables,reports and other stuff.

Customizable to the nth degree. Dynamic Nav allows customization in so many areas. We have added new modules, new table, new reports, etc...with the help of our Dynamics Vendor.

It requires a 3rd Party vendor to make changes. This is a programmable software that relies on coding so a programmer is needed and we do not have one in house as we are a small company. However we have a test database that the Vendor adds code to that allows us to test before moving the new code to production.

We went from MAS 200 to NAv 5.0 , we upgraded to NAV2103R2 and are now looking into Dynamics Web. While it requires a 3 party vendor to assist us, we have found a great one that we count on for assistance and customization

Reporting allows us to analyze what product is selling, what we need to order, etc...Financials also help know which direction we need to improve and where we are exceling.

The system stores so much information for your business. Easy to customize for any user and easy to use.

This software is harder to learn. It's probably best to go through training with a NAV expert and customize your portal to how you need it. The time to take to learn how to use this software is a huge investment for any company, but the quality of the product makes it well worth it.

This software is great for pulling reports, storing customer information, and anything else you could need it for. If you use all Windows products, this is a must have.

All of our orders are processed through NAV. This is a great tool for our small business because it sorts B2B and B2C. We can easily pull reports daily with this software.

Navision is one of the best applications I have worked with. Ease of use and great technical support make this a product that is simple to use.

Sometimes loading of the application is slow, but that is due to our environment more than anything else. In the future, we plan to build a more robust environment that will hopefully make the speed faster.

Great product and easy to usel

Cost savings & efficiency. As I already stated, the product is easy to use so getting new users comfortable with the product is a very simple task.

Dynamics NAV strength is its customizability. It provides you with a development environment as good as any real programming language but with easy access to the database and to the user interface.

Compared to some other ERP systems out there, it is also prices competively.

A lot of functionality may need extra software. For instance, payroll is not included in the standard setup.

Check out all the new changes happening to this product, Microsoft has started to heavily change its development tools, and also made it cloud ready under Dynamics 365 initiative.

It will keep track of everything you need, from the accouting, to the inventory, to the billing, it can even act as main system even for completely customized functionality. e.g. I've seen a cable tv company turn on-off channels for customers right from within the system, with many simultatnous customer care representatives working at the same time.

Applying this powerful Marketing tool you can define a business strategy focused on anticipating, knowing and satisfying the present and foreseeable needs and wishes of your customers, increasing the effectiveness of sales and service employees and building high-value customer-organization relationships that will help you in the loyalty process.

You can simplify the management of your business and increase profitability, thanks to the connection and integration of this management software with all your existing business applications.

Currently, more than 45,000 companies in 42 countries have opted for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, which is a quality guarantee for future customers who want to grow their business.

Microsoft Dynamics Navision has increased productivity, giving

employees the information easily and quickly. It has been possible to extract and

analyze the information at the time it was needed,

Microsoft Dynamics Navision is the integrated business management solution and

adaptable. It can adapt to the way of functioning of each business, integrate

with existing systems and expand to meet specific needs

of the company. Microsoft Dynamics Navision works with the rest of products

and Microsoft technology, which helps ensure a seamless implementation

mistakes, minimize the times to make the functionality more adaptable with

sight to a future.

This business software provides you with customer information, case management, service history and support knowledge in the desktops of customer service staff, offering them the tools to perform an efficient and consistent service that improves the profitability and loyalty of customers.

My review comes from the perspective of an IT professional who works for a Microsoft Dynamics reseller, so I guess I have a certain amount of bias. That being said, I have been using Microsoft Dynamics NAV and here is what I like best:

Firstly, it is really easy for the developers to work on. They have access to all the source code of the system and a development environment is available out of the box. Additionally, there is an entire module of the system (RapidStart) devoted to helping the IT professionals migrate data into your system during your primary implementation. Additionally, from a developer's perspective, there are a lot of pre-packaged functions in development environment making it quick to do development that might take a bit longer in other programming languages.

Secondly, it is very easy to get data from the NAV system by creating queries/pages and oData feeds. These oData feeds will allow you to access your data from Excel PowerPivot, PowerBI, or other similar tools.

Thirdly, I like that the user interface is very easy to personalize (i.e. add and remove action buttons, fields, navigation buttons, etc. and create personal views of data to see later) and also your IT department can add and remove fields, pages, etc. from user interface for entire groups of users. Additionally, elements of user interface are automatically removed based on your license configuration and permissions of users.

Fourthly, in general the user interface is very attractive with large nice-looking icons, tiles to direct users to the tasks they need to do each day, etc.

Fifthly, as I understand it, NAV offers very good value compared to other systems. It is fast to implement and offers wide functionality.

Fifthly, Microsoft has a roadmap for this solution and is releasing updates every month and a major release every year (which is good). They have also done a lot to make the solution easy to upgrade.

Firstly, I think the charts feature in NAV is not as great as some other solutions I have used (but they make up for this by allowing you to embed a PowerBI dashboard into your system in latest version of NAV).

Secondly, the workflows feature is not as good as in Microsoft Dynamics CRM (then again it may be better than other ERP systems, plus it is possible to integrate CRM and NAV together which is nice).

Thirdly, sometimes it is challenging to understand the link between the various types of ledger entries in NAV, but this might simply be a challenge in any ERP system. It sometimes is challenging for example to reconcile the G/L with inventory ledger if you are using any of the features such as automatic cost posting to G/L, automatic cost adjustment, and expected cost posting. Additionally, in some versions it is not so easy to reverse invoices, but they have made up for this in latest version by allowing to cancel or adjust invoices (while still keeping a complete audit trail).

My employer resells this solution, but also uses it for our own accounting. The main problem is keeping track of accounts receivable and A/P, keeping track of expenses, etc.

Presentation of finacial reports made easy.as long as you capture all the data in the company the finacials reports are very accurate.its very easy to use.its decigned in a way thats self explanatory for users.

Can only work in presence of internet making it unavailable when there is poor or no internet.its has limited life cycle.once the licence expires .it limits tge number of users at one go.

Internet should not hidder users from using .

Financial reports generation time.its easy and fast with microsoft dynamic nav.

What I like best is the ease of use to export tables and specific views into both Microsoft Word and Excel. The majority of the time I export the GL entries that I would need to review/reconcile into excel and all it take is update my table filters and hit "CTRL" + "E"

Dynamics NAV is highly customizable to the point where it can be overbearing and can actually cause functionality issues. Because it so customizable for your purposes you will need to find partners/vendors for the products/solutions that you are looking for that will come at an increased cost.

We now have a pretty reliable ERP/Accounting software solution that allows the company to have the tools and visibility to run our business as efficiently as possible. We will be upgrading the newest version of Dynamics NAV(2015) and this will bring a new host of solutions that we will need to learn how to use.

Ease of customization that allows the end user to meet their individual needs. This product is extremely flexible and gives the end user the ability to meet business specific requirements without having to purchase additional software.

Frequency of updates that require continual costs even though little has changed. Need a better way of applying updates when customizations have been completed. The yearly upgrade cycle is just a bit much.

Make sure you fully scope out any gaps prior to implementing and plan customizations accordingly to prevent un-needed duplicate work.

Allows us to fully manage our business from manufacturing, distribution areas through to the sales cycle. Allows us to process our own payroll in-house without needing a full-time payroll clerk. Provides excellent reporting capabilities with Jet Reports Add On and other tools that are available. It has allowed our company to streamline many business processes and save money in a down-turn of the home goods manufacturing industry by requiring less staffing to perform key roles in the company. It provides excellent feedback to managerial staff for the decision making process.

I like the ease of use of this software. It is a tremendous help with day to day tasks.

Some of the function buttons are bit hidden and not as visible as they should be.

It has helped me control my costs and manage my inventory, i recommend this software

I use this software to help track, manage and maintain our inventory as well as tracking repair units.

Ability to integrate all departments like HR, Accounts, Marketing, Warehouse, Services, etc. NAV works fine in a mid-sized manufacturing marketing company.

Flexibility is not that much, and it lacks simplicity, as a comprehensive application, a normal user will feel bad, a lot of ways to reach a specific area will actually confuse a user. And it needs lots of entries for a good result.

Comparing the price, it is not recommended for small or mid-range companies. But if a firm can afford the price, it is good.

Almost all finance and account related problems can be solved.

the option to filter quickly in the NAV in order to receive the data you want. it is the best from any other software i used before.

The cloud capabilities of the system. i can work from anywhere and FAST.

Automating in the system. for instance sending emails to customers when invoices are overdue

there is no a center OLAP (online analytical processing) when you can create your own reports without the use of a consultant to built it for you.

Cloud capabilities,

compatibility with other Microsofts produts as outlook,CRM etc

Flexibility

Advanced filtering options

record and analyze company's businesses segments and dimensions.

the ability to analyze data fast and find data fast.

I love the ease of use with NAV and how it is intuitive like other Microsoft Products.

At the current time there is nothing I dislike.

I recommend NAV to others especially with all the updates Microsoft has done and how it can be customized easily.

NAV is helping us to cut down on manual preparation of financial data/reports. It is streamlining our operations.

Dynamics 365 is the one stop shop for all of my business needs. It allows me financial management and the ability to integrate sales and marketing services into project management so that I am fully aware of how each project is doing and when then will be completed.

Microsoft is software specific so if you are using other software, you have to make the switch.

I have been able to use Dynamics 365 in all of it potential to really streamline my business productivity.

In the newest version, 2016 edition, there is now support for tablets and smartphones, so you can view your data right from any device!

Migration between versions can be difficult if you use a lot of custom code and API's to interface with it, and they release a new edition every year, so we do not upgrade every year because we have quite a bit of customization.

Its definitely a great product for 3PL's and the new webApp and smartphone apps make it a great option, you can even give your customer smartphone access to your server to look up their orders and status, which is great, it will minimize the amount of calls from your customers for sure.

We are now able to support over 75 companies within our version of Dynamics NAV and we only need to load one client on our workstations in order to handle all of those 75+ companies. It has minimized our software needs down to just one or two programs when it used to be 10-12 different programs!

Basic easy to use package, suits small to medium enterprise.

No CMMS analysis, i.e. Fixed Asset register and CMMS need to be integrated, however separate bolt on products are available. No user security feature, unless you obtain another bolt on (suggest Mergetool).

If you use Navision stay with the out of the box features, do not customize. Customization leads to issues down the track. Ensure your vendor maintains adequate system documentation during implementation, upgrade or modifications. Best advise - Remember accounting packages have been around for a long time. Know what you want to capture and then let the system do want it has been designed for; do not try to modify the system to your way of working, more than likely its is the business processes that more than likely need to change. System implementation is more about change management than system design.

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The software is very easy to use. I did not have to read a manual to learn how to perform basic functions because the software basically walks you through every step.

The software requires frequent updates. Organizations are not able to install the updates their self, but have to hire a consulting company that works directly with the software. The cost of hiring these consultants can become very expensive.

It's a very pricey investment so please consider all options before investing in this software.

We use it for our accounting software, budgeting, and reporting needs. Stops duplicate checks and invoices from being processed in error.

It's fairly intuitive. Once people start to use it, they generally pick it up quickly.

On my current version, there is no search for a form you want to get to. So, you have to remember where things are. This is fixed on the current version

Nav handles our order to cash processes for both make to order and make to stock.

Easy to Navigate, helpful "help bar". Everything is categorized nicely. Lots of, what I would call easy buttons, for a quick look up

Some times things do not connect to each other. And you have to do a little more research to find answers to your reports.

If you are coming from and Older version is is a little difficult to navigatge at first, but after you learn it, it is very user freindly.

Invoicing in a timely manner. You can send the invoice to customer via email real time, once product is shipped.

Can link to other Microsoft products like excels, words

No common in the market, need to learn how to use it

Its a good product that can link to other Microsoft products. Can't easily extract file to excels, words which can do a lot more on the data inputted.

Statistics

NAV has so much more functionality for our accounting department than the system we were using prior (SX). I really like that you can customize pages to fit your needs and wants and it's not a "one size fits all" type of software. I also really like that there's a "test" function so that we can get more comfortable with certain aspects of the software without messing up our financials.

I don't think some of it's functions are super intuitive and it seems like we are always having to go back to Microsoft to customize areas for it so that it fits our needs rather than certain functions being already included with the package. There also seems to be a lot of upkeep and maintenance with it so it seems like we are getting kicked out of it often so that something can be updated.

There's a lot that the software can do but it takes a while to master the software and understand how to navigate it. I would recommend customizing everything you can to fit your roll so that it's easier to navigate in the beginning.

It's definitely been a benefit to our accounting department and has helped streamlined some areas of my position. It's compatible with a lot of other software so it's cut down the time it takes me to complete certain tasks and upload data

You can use a lot of the same commands as other Microsoft programs, such as cut, copy and paste etc. There are many different reports you can run, however they are always not clear

A lot of the times it won't let you do something and it gives you an error message. The error message is very unclear and most of the time does not tell you what you need to fix.

Make sure you have a good support team because there are a lot of error messages. There also is not a lot of websites that can help you with problems. Other programs I have used you can google questions and you will find a chatroom with the answer. Most chat rooms for this program are over 5 years old.

I am able to filter GL accounts by date and analyze data.

I can export data very easily into excel in any module I am in.

It's a great ERP system that we have been able to use to keep track of multiple things on very different global markets.

I've used NAV for different things. I am currently using it for HR purposes, and the can do a lot of things, but at the same time it can't. There is a lot of manual uploading of documents that takes place unlike most other HRM systems.

On the Ops side, my experience was that you always wanted to double and triple check your work, because an error made in NAV is very difficult to correct and it affects multiple things.

Amazing program, not as user friendly as other systems out there. Great for global implementations.

Like I mentioned before, the system is phenomenal to keep track of inventory, sales, finance, payroll, and even HR.

- Easy to use navigation

- Customization friendly architecture

- Being a Microsoft product, it has its own advantage for users adoption

- Able to Export / Import table data into MS Excel / Access easily - Again Microsoft advantage that it comes with pre-built integration between MS products

- Fast Implementation life cycle compared to other ERPs which takes several months to years for end to end implementation

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- Very less material available in public domain for various issues / Implementation challenges

- Though product is not very costly, the implementation partners are not many and that's why they charge premium amount for minute changes

- Proper support during after sales cycle

For Small to medium companies, its a best ERP to go with....

- SCM, CRM

The New versions, where you can have all of your bussiness information in the Cloud. And conect to your businness from everywhere.

The reporting services its not the best that you can have.

Most of all, problems with invoicing and Credit memos.

The ease of use. The reporting is very easy to use as well. we run a lot of reports and drop the info into spreadsheets.

Sometimes it takes a couple of minutes to get logged in, but once i'm in i am very happy.

As i said above, we run lots of reports and this helps us keep track of orders and shipments.

Every company has different requirements and procedure system that can be customized for their size, staff members and purchasers.But When you search a software system,I believe that this Microsoft Dynamics is the best platform to run your business.

It's not easy to find but I dislike the most that is relational setup without error marking.If user creating anything at least there should be a tagline that he just forget a step or linked table entry.its not in all the relational setup but most of the setup is like that,Rest all is good and I like it.

Highly recommend to all of other peoples to go through Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Related Financial issues,most common warehouse issues like Purchase,receiving and inventory related issues.

Every facet of NAV is completely integrated together, and everything rolls up to the accounting aspects flawlessly.

Changes are on the way that may make core modifications more difficult or impossible.

Most accounting systems have a core that depends on external apps or extremely complicated (and costly) setup / implementation (aka big SAP, Oracle, even Dynamics AX). NAV is 100% configurable as it comes with all the business logic exposed and can be manipulated to perform any function. Even non-standard functionality like POS / Retail is fully and seamlessly integrated within the central app.

NAV offers full control and complete visibility into all aspects of a business. It is unique in that the software is meant to fit your business process, not the other way around.

I like the capabilities to add as many fields as necessary for whatever type of work you're needing to do. You can customize columns and add/delete fields on your personal view. The tiles shown on your home screen make it easy to organize your most-used fields, and give easy access to them. These are also easy to customize for each individual's 'favorite' sub fields.

I wish there was a way to give some color/shading to the different fields. It's a bit mono-chromatic which is not easy on the eyes.

This is a great addition to your Microsoft Office programs! Syncs well and the tiles are easy to use / track your work from one thing to the next. This is a great way to mainstream your thoughts for day-to-day tasks for you and your employees.

This is a great addition to a more traditional CRM we currently use. This allows for reports to be run, and again, customization for each individual user is a great feature! Being able to quickly access my email, commonly run reports, open orders, tasks, etc. makes it easy to start my day and analyze what needs to be done!

It is fairly easy to navigate once you learn the system. I like that most information (invoices, payments, orders, program contacts, delivery info, etc.) can all be stored in the system for a one stop shop for information.

If an agency is spelled wrong or entered into the system it can be difficult to locate them (that is mostly error on our end, not on NAV software.) I also wish there was an easier way for NAV to sync with other delivery and scheduling software.

We are slowly trying to consolidate and move as much information as possible to the software, which has allowed us to be more efficient in our communication.

Very user friendly and easy to search. I was able to get up to speed very quickly with this tool with minimal training.

It's all based locally on a server. If someone is importing a large entry, it somewhat "locks out" other users.

I'd look for a SaaS based solution that can scale better with the business.

This is our general ledger tool and everything imports directly into the system. It helps things by being automated (3rd party).

The structure and best practices built into the system,

I'd recommend you use the system without any modifications - as far as you can,

The complicated pricing structure microsoft imposes - I have a hard time recommending this system to new users -

Great for established companies upgrading from a previous ERP

The main cost in the number of users,

if you forsee that you will have a lot of users using Dynamics NAV directly - look at other products.

If you can use Navision for the accounting and stock + reports only - go for it,

Sales, stock, cash flow, looking into using the marketing addon - it looks very promising, a bit more complicated to start then it needs by in my oppinon

The tool is customize-able and we are able to capture the data we need related to our business processes

This is probably related to our on-premise solution but we have a terrible lag time. Our users frequently report that their system is not working for intervals of 5-10 minutes

We use NAV as a full ERP system from order entry, inventory control and accounting and billing reconciliation

I like the information that can be pulled and put into an excel document.

I dislike this program. It constantly shuts down and I do not believe it translates well for sales.

Too hard to implement changes that work with what we sell- the p.roduct is too rigid

NAV has helped us to combine order entry, sales records, sales to date, and many other problems. The benefits are that you can use tools to measure sales peoples progress.