What Your Microsoft Dynamics Product Will Be Called in the Future

Straight from the official announcement from the NAVUG Summit at Tampa yesterday. Rebranding of Dynamics Product Line So there won’t be Dynamics CRM or AX anymore in the future. It’ll be called Dynamics 365 for <insert business function> The only Dynamics products that will retain it’s name are the NAV, GP, and SL lines. SoRead more

Recap of Directions 2016 – Figuring It Out

Overview This is a recap of my experience at Directions US 2016. NAV Directions is an event hosted by NAV partners for NAV partners. In reality, it’s just a large Microsoft infomercial for partners. Microsoft has giving us what’s to come and the directions (pun?) they’re taking with the future of business software. Welcome to DirectionsRead more

Which Inventory WIP Are You Talking About in Dynamics NAV

Overview When people talk about WIP account, it’s what it is. An intermediary account where the raw material is being worked on, but it’s not yet a finished good for sale. This is important for companies to audit in a manufacturing process where the inventory is being produced or in the middle of being produced.Read more

Understanding What You Want Out of Your Business

Overview Having visited numerous SMB (Small or Medium Business) companies and implementing Dynamics NAV since 1999, I’ve had the wonder pleasure of meeting unique and interesting people. The business problems that were discovered are both exciting and challenging. Over the years, I’ve learned a lot both about businesses in general, as well as myself andRead more

Common Mistake in Updating Standard Cost in Dynamics NAV

Overview Recently, I’ve been contacted by one of our readers on why their inventory cost was wrong. This particular company utilizes standard cost and the inventory cost never matched their inventory G/L account. Learning about how they updated standard cost, it was very apparent what went wrong. It was how the user updated their standardRead more

Find and Replace Data in Dynamics NAV 2016 with RapidStart

Overview One of the powerful tools in the old Navision classic client was the ability to do a Find/Replace. For example, if you wanted to change the Salesperson Code on the Customer Card from one value to another, just go to the field you want and click on Find, then Replace. When you click onRead more

Undo Receipt with Directed Put-away and Pick for Dynamics NAV

Overview Undo receipt has become a necessity in some warehouse environments where the staff may not be able to keep up with the paper flow. Strictly speaking, the undo receipt process shouldn’t be necessary because the process in place should be able to accommodate. However, if there is a situation where a department “can’t keepRead more

Why it makes sense to upgrade to (at least) Dynamics NAV 2015

Overview As you are all probably know, Microsoft has announced the next release of Dynamics NAV, called Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016. With this release, there are a lot of fantastic features that are out of the box. Here’s an image of the planned features releases for Dynamics NAV 2016: Historically, there are 2 major timeRead more

When to Expect the Next Promotion for Dynamics NAV

Just a quick note on when to expect the next Dynamics NAV promotion from Microsoft. There are 2 main periods during the year where Microsoft will MOST LIKELY release promotions and discounts for Dynamics NAV (or AX and other Dynamics product line). They are: Microsoft Fiscal Year End Microsoft’s fiscal year ends on June 30th.Read more