10 reasons for Choosing NAV

Simplicity

Dynamics NAV is designed to be easy to use and quick to learn. It looks like Outlook and Microsoft Office with the same intuitive look and feel accross all functional areas. The challenge has been to always offer more and more functionalities and still remain easy to use for everyone. How can that be done? Microsoft Dynamics answer is its Role Tailored Client: users see what is relevant the relevant to do their jobs. Click here to see a video
showing why Dynamics NAV is easy to use and learn..

Heaps of functionalities

Dynamics NAV, formerly called Navision, started in the 1980's in Denmark. From the early days, it included core financials, purchase, sales, inventory and resources management and already handled multiple currencies, locations and companies. Since, hundredths of man year development makes it quite a mature product with a lot under the hood. Actually, what Microsoft invests each year on R&D on Dynamics exceeds the sales figures of most of its competitors...

Fast and scalable

Not only Dynamics NAV runs on the Microsoft SQL Server, it has been optimized to take its full advantage of its advanced features like memory cache, bulk insert and indexed views. The result? a fast response time, no waiting. Dynamics NAV was redesigned in its 2009 release to a three tier architecture, e.g. data - business logic - visualisation. The reason? This allows to scale and add more users as you need by adjusting the power of the server. Click here to see a video showing why Dynamics NAV is fast and scalable. 

Safe investment

Adopting an ERP (Entreprise Resource Planning, e.g. "all in one" business software is a key strategic decision. With Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you are sure it will be there in 5 and 10 years, even better to what it is today. Microsoft gives transparency in its statement of direction and roadmap up to 10 years in advance... The roadmap is here.

On premises or hosted, you decide

Servers are usually located in the premises of small and medium businesses. There is a steady growing swift to outsource it to an external supplier that will handle all set-up and maintenance task. Each model has its pros and cons, taking into account where most of your employees work, your internal IT resources, your internet bandwidth and reliability... Whereas most other ERP force you into one model, it's your choice with Microsoft Dynamics NAV: in your premises, hosted by a third party or even hosted with Microsoft with Microsoft Azure.

Auditable and consistent

Many business softwares are in trouble when it comes to track back what happened in the past, days, month or years. Microsoft Dynamics NAV keeps all history and always get it right with a smart technology (referred as "sumindexfields") based on the principle that where you are now is the sum of what happened in the past. Besides, all transactions are linked together, allowing you to start from one functional area and drill down on the impact of the transaction in another area. That's where its name come from: Navigation, then  Navision and now Dynamics NAV.  No transaction is posted until all is good; forget about discrepancies and reconciliations. Click here to see a video showing why Dynamics NAV is reliable.

Fully customisable

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is arguably the most versatile ERP. Adding a field takes a few seconds, complete new modules can be built up from scratch. Microsoft Dynamics NAV is arguably the most versatile ERP. With full access to the source code, any business logic can be amended. This simply means that you get the insurance not to  get stuck on a dead-end,  where a must have requirement cannot be met. Besides, the developer environment and the way Dynamics NAV is structured make it fast and affordable to customise.
 

Work anywhere, anytime

The new Dynamics NAV 2013 can be accessed not only from a rich, productive client, the Role Tailored Client, but also from any web browser. As long as you have an internet connection, you're connected to get the job done. This extends the reach on your centralized business software from office location to remote workers, whether they are at customer site or working from home.

Increase your productivity

Only give information once in an intuitive interface and Dynamics NAV takes care of the rest by processing, sharing and reusing this information over and over, the way you want. Users are only presented was is meaningful to their functional area, and what they need to do is displayed on their home screen: the "stacks", like old style pile of paper on a desk showing the job to do.