Distribution & Supply Chain Management
As a distributor, you have a unique set of industry specific
requirements that are critical to the way you do business. Business
issues might include serial number and lot tracking, warranty
tracking, use of bar coding devices, or sophisticated usage based
procurement for inventory replenishment. Designed to conform to your
unique distribution and supply chain requirements, Navision Attain
provides a solution to fit your needs.
Navision for Distribution consists of the following
functionality options:
- Item Substitution
- Item Cross Reference
- Non-Stock Item Processing
- Contract Pricing
- Returns Managmement
- Usage Based Procurement
- Extended Shipping & Receiving
- Location Transfers
- Warehouse Management
- Bar Coding Devices
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What's It Costing You?
Industry statistics tell us that the average
distributor's inventory consists of approximately 40% dead
stock and overstock. In addition, according to Gordon
Graham, this idle inventory costs you another 28% of its
original cost per year in various carrying costs. So the
question is - what is it costing you?
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Sales and marketing
With Microsoft Navision, you can synchronize sales, marketing,
and ordering with Microsoft Office productivity tools, such as
Microsoft Outlook. Contact, task, meeting, and e-mail information
appear directly within the Microsoft Navision screen. In addition,
real-time information about all your contacts can help you identify
key accounts and target marketing efforts.

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Illustration: Microsoft Navision helps you manage sales
order processing with an intuitive interface and drill-down
capabilities.
Distribution
Microsoft Navision helps small and midsize businesses streamline
distribution processes and improve inventory management and
warehouse efficiency. Key capabilities include item tracking,
multiple location logistics, bills of materials, transfers, item
substitutions, and warehouse management ranging from internal
picking to shipping and delivery.
Connect business processes across technologies
By using the XML document exchange feature, Commerce Gateway,
Microsoft Navision streamlines processes, helping you communicate
with your supply chain partners more quickly and effectively, even
if they are using a different system. In addition, it uses
extensible business reporting language (XBRL) to export financial
reports across all software and technologies to streamline the
exchange of financial data.
Ease of use
Microsoft Navision is both easy to use and simple to maintain.
Its interface, which mirrors that of familiar Microsoft Office
applications, requires little to no training and gives employees
simultaneous access to data from a single screen. Furthermore, you
can streamline workflow by allowing employees, customers, vendors,
and business partners to interact with your system through
personalized Web portals. Or you can take advantage of XML and XBRL
to communicate with other entities across different technologies.
Fact sheets:
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With Microsoft Dynamics NAV you get the tools you
need to respond quickly to customers, rapidly pursue new
market opportunities, and improve profitability by
working efficiently with trade partners. You can tighten
distribution processes and improve inventory management
for single- or multi-site warehouses, as well as handle
order processing and demand planning.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV also helps you manage a broad
range of other business areas according to your
particular needs. You can add functionality as you need
it and grow at your own pace.
Key benefits overview:
Increase productivity and control in your supply chain.
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Basic Receivables
ReceivablesFactSheet.pdf
532 KB
Portable Document Format file
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Optimize cash flow by
streamlining accounts receivable processes and
tracking customer payments.
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Basic Payables
PayablesFactSheet.pdf
588 KB
Portable Document Format file
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Help drive efficiency and
maximize cash resources with flexible,
integrated accounts payable capabilities.
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Inventory Management
InventoryFactSheet.pdf
717 KB
Portable Document Format file
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Match the goods you have on
hand with customer demand while reducing
inventory and distribution costs.
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Warehouse Management Systems
WarehouseFactSheet.pdf
728 KB
Portable Document Format file
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Learn how integration of
warehouse processes with the rest of your
business can help you manage goods and space
more effectively and reduce costs and waste.
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Supply Planning
SupplyPlanningFactSheet.pdf
711 KB
Portable Document Format file
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Satisfy demand with multiple
planning options and tracking of utilization and
materials costs. Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help
you implement production decisions quickly, make
last-minute order changes, and offer customers
satisfactory exceptions.
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Business Notifications
BusinessNotificationsFactSheet.pdf
226 KB
Portable Document Format file
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Fuel productivity throughout
your supply chain and respond quickly to
shipment delays, order changes, and low
inventory.
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Sales and Purchase Document Approvals
SalesPurchaseFactSheet.pdf
213 KB
Portable Document Format file
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Discover how you can speed
critical documents through sales and purchasing,
standardize approval workflows, and enforce
approval limits.
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