Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Wholesale Distributors

Wholesale distributors are often squeezed between increasing customer demands, competitive pressures, and the accelerating spread of manufacturers across the globe. Tight margins and the high cost of excess inventory make cost control and efficiency critical. Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) is the right technology to help you create new opportunities to increase operational efficiency across your business, fill orders faster, and reduce inventory and distribution costs.

Process Management

• Centralize information for easy access throughout your business
• Automate manual procedures
• Balance workloads
• Reduce rekeying of data
• Improve replenishment decisions
• Increase fill rates
• Manage repackaging and remanufacturing activities

Inventory Management

• Accurately forecast demand
• Make reliable promises to customers
• Fulfill orders more quickly and accurately
• Boost customer satisfaction
• Balance inventory costs against fill rates and customer satisfaction levels
• Streamline warehouse processes
• Efficiently handle long lead-time items
• Generate pick, put-away, movement, and physical inventory documents on the fly using hand-held devices

Analysis and Business Intelligence

• Get immediate feedback on business performance
• Get a clear understanding of product profitability, seasonality, and trends
• Gain negotiation power with suppliers
• Identify new ways to add value
• Quickly extract data with Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) services

Reporting

• Export data to Microsoft Excel for manipulation, analysis, and graphical presentation

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• Provide self-service through the Internet without compromising security

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