22 Eylül 2009 Salı

Microsoft Dynamics NAV for construction


Microsoft Dynamics NAV for construction
Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides integrated financial, supply chain, and customer relationship management (CRM) for small and midsize companies. Delivered through a global network of channel partners, this adaptable solution works with familiar Microsoft products such as Microsoft Office to streamline processes across an entire business.

A Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution centralizes your critical estimate, permit, sales, project management, labor, and financial information to help you better manage budgets, schedules, field activities, customer relationships, and the bottom line. And it's easy to customize, learn, and implement.

Project management
- Keep projects on track and running smoothly.
- Align people, information, and processes for greater productivity.
- Easily change project details at any point in the delivery cycle.
- Automate repetitive tasks such as labor tracking and payroll processing.
- Provide accurate estimates and job costing.
- Take timely corrective actions.
- Reduce errors.

Financial management
- Budget accurately.
- Control costs.
- Ensure that all options are properly charged.
- Efficiently code and route invoices for approvals and payment.

Customer service
- Provide around-the-clock service via the Internet.
- Differentiate your business from the competition.
- Provide fast, informed answers to customer questions.
- Update stakeholders on project status with Web portals.

Contract management
- Link customer options and selections with contracts.
- Create, track, and update contracts through change orders to project completion.

Communication
- Stay on top of changing circumstances.
- Make up-to-date information available to everyone.
- Use mobile devices to enter time, costs, and job status from the field.
- Protect sensitive information with RoleTailored security.

Analysis and planning
- Achieve insight.
- Capture trends.
- Respond quickly to new opportunities or shifts in the market.
- Guide business growth.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Respond quickly to new opportunities or shifts in the market.

Why Microsoft Dynamics for construction?
Successful construction contractors have a reputation for delivering projects on time and on budget. Contractors who invest in the right financial and operational software execute projects more efficiently, deliver higher quality results to their customers, and at the same time increase their business profitability.

Microsoft Dynamics provides integrated, flexible systems that allow contractors to manage complex business processes without the burden of a large, expensive information technology (IT) infrastructure. These solutions assist you in reducing costs, while improving interactions with customers and suppliers, and in making faster, smarter decisions.

Manage projects more effectively
- Improve project management and decision-making through immediate access to financial and accounting information across the entire organization.
- Automate office operations, such as time and billing, to spend more time on value-added activities.
- Develop and enhance key business processes to increase productivity and profitability.

Streamline internal communications
- Improve communication between on-site personnel and the corporate office.
- Provide all stakeholders with common, up-to-date information.
- Increase collaboration with Web portals and shared project document libraries.
- Configure role-based views of relevant data so that employees can easily access critical information.

Improve customer relations
- Manage and track all customer-facing activities through multiple channels from project inception to completion.
- Access a unified view of customer information using a familiar desktop interface.

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