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The answer is yes! Yes, you should have an implementation partner for Power BI. Power BI is a marvelous resource to any business. It is an asset that can bring maximum outcome with the right configuration and from appropriate data pulling from all the sources. Here’s where your implementation partner plays a pivotal role in getting your organization a significant value and competitive advantages with faster approach from business intelligence. Relatively, Power BI implementation process is easy and simple than any other business intelligence. However, it is suggestible to look for someone who has a sheer knowledge of how to anticipate, mitigate and accept & react to data pulling challenges from disparate data sources and databases into your matchless and distinctive Power BI implementation. The partner should first and fore mostly have a pure understanding of implementation planning, execution and maintenance of Power BI Here are 5 reasons why you need a Power BI implementation partner 1. Domain Expertise: The Power BI implementation partner knows everything about the technology and its aspects. They have an in-depth domain knowledge as they understand what problems and issues may cause to a business if the software application is not implemented properly. An implementation partner, therefore, helps provide a uniform user experience. The Power BI implementation partner helps in seamless integration of the client’s current business environment to their data sources and databases. This enables users to adopt the abilities of analytics and reporting. 2. Extract Value: Businesses have started adopting business intelligence as it helps in the decision-making process and hence bringing value to the organization. Thus, it is critically important to have a trusted implementation partner for Power BI. A Microsoft Power BI consultant/partner holds the ability to deliver high value to the organization they work with. Leveraging intuitive tools with in-depth technical expertise helps them effortlessly embed easy and interactive interface of the application. 3. Trust factors: An implementation partner can be trusted to deliver, backed by its record of accomplishment and has established (trusted) relationships with other enterprises. In addition, more often than not, a system integrator boasts of various affiliations/alliances with industry bodies, technology players and an array of software products which enable it to provide quick support, fixes issues while ensuring that the work is not disrupted at any point of time. 4. Core Resources: A system integrator can provide a variety of value-adds apart from plain vanilla product implementation. For instance, they can enable the integration of multiple visualization tools to create robust, recyclable models over the data to deliver uniformity across reporting and analysis in your business. They also provide access to best practices gained through years of experience. 5. Flexibility & Scalability: In addition to expertise, an implementation partner brings a vast array of resources which are available to a company on-demand with an option to scale up or down as per demand. This frees up core resources on client-side for strategic tasks and also enables the client to focus on core operations leaving the technology aspect to those who can do it better. Introducing Microsoft Power BI Partner Being a Microsoft Power BI Partner, We do provide assistance to companies who need a Power BI implementation partner with extensive years of experience. Our business intelligence consultants who possess Microsoft certification and expertise exhibits strength in the Power BI market. What makes us a perfect choice of partner for any enterprise is our proven track record of having an all-encompassing Power BI knowledge and our unprecedented level of understanding of planning and executing implementation program. What’s more is that as a Microsoft Partner having Gold Data Analytics competency, our expertise in Data Analytics and our commitment to provide a transformational business value to our customers by leveraging the Microsoft stack is globally proven. How we could help you? As a premier partner of Microsoft offers you the following:
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Navision Financial Management System provides you with all the information you need at the one click of a mouse to make informed decisions, identify trends at an early stage and plan and control your business activities. Financial management functions are seamlessly integrated into the ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) analysis tools and into Microsoft Office, meaning that account schemes and analysis reports, for example, can be easily transferred to Microsoft Excel for further processing.
Microsoft Dynamics ERP is enterprise resource planning (ERP) software primarily geared toward midsize organizations as well as subsidiaries and divisions of larger organizations. Its applications are part of Microsoft Dynamics, a line of business management software owned and developed by Microsoft.
Microsoft ERP comprises five primary products: Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL and Microsoft Dynamics C5. Navision is the original ERP system for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. More specifically, Microsoft “Navision” was the name of a Danish accounting package that was founded in 1983 in which Microsoft acquired in 2002. Microsoft has 4 business management systems that are part of a category of “Enterprise Resource Planning” systems or ERP that are designed to connect many different business units under one system. Microsoft “Navision” has had several name changes over time including “Navision Financials”, “Navision Solutions”, “Navision Attain”, and “Microsoft Business Solutions”. In 2005, Microsoft re-branded this ERP product and called it “Microsoft Dynamics NAV”. People call this system “NAV” as it one word, however, the correct terminology is spelling out the words “N, A, V”. Frequently, users today, still call it “Navision”, though.
Enterprise Software, like Microsoft Dynamics NAV, are designed to handle the complex inter workings of a company’s financials, inventory, warehousing, sales, purchases, manufacturing, ect. under one system to streamline supply chain operations and get a much better idea of trends and business data through advanced detailed reporting. Through its history, Dynamics NAV, has been released with many editions to help gain access to this vital business intelligence and to make it both easy-to-use and customizable to adapt to an organizations unique business needs. Improvements have been made to NAV along the following areas just discussed: Business Intelligence: By utilizing a robust data base, such as Microsoft SQL reporting service, business data can be generated and shared for analysis across the enterprise. The latest version include a connection as part of the ERP solution to Power BI (Business Intelligence), which is a Microsoft business analytics service. More specifically, Power BI is a collection or suite of business information and analytics tools to both share insight within the organization and analyze data. There are different options to access this information such as PowerBI Desktop and the Power BI Mobile App. As part of this information analysis includes data retrieved from SQL and data collected from other sources. User Interface: A “RoleTailored” User interface was introduced in 2008 to increase productivity by having employees log onto their user interface screens that corresponds with their work title to access task that are most relevant to their position. There are 21 "out-of-the" box roles such as Accounting Manager, Bookkeeper, IT Manager, Machine Operator, President, Purchasing Manager and Sales Manager to give some examples. All of these RoleTailored Client or RTC roles are customizable and new roles can be added in addition. Customization: Also in 2008, part of the RoleTailored Client user interface design was part of a new ERP architecture called the Three-Tier Graphical User Interface or “GUI”. In this configuration, the data resides in the SQL data base (called the Data Tier), and the top tier accounts for the RTC User Interface called the Client Tier. The middle tier, is called just that or sometimes the Server Tier. This Middle Tier is a multi-tiered environment that is designed to host and execute all the business logic and makes a significant departure from the previous 2-tier ERP architecture. Having this additional layer makes NAV more scalable and customizable with the addition of NAV’s Web Services which makes it easy for other authorized programs and systems to Integrate and tailor the ERP solution to meet the unique requirements of each business. Collaboration: The latest improvements with Dynamics NAV "Navision" increasing include the ability to share vital information across the enterprise for better decision making. and knowledge sharing. This is accomplished through better business intelligence such as PowerBI that was discussed earlier, and other Microsoft connected applications such as Microsoft CRM (now called Dynamics 365 for Sales) Office 365 and PowerApps which are individual, unique business functionality used to connection information without the need of custom software development. This tight integration with other useful business applications enhances Dynamics NAV's ability to easily allow the accessibly of relevant and actionable information. New Versions: Microsoft Dynamics NAV continues to be updated and released on a more frequently basic. The current version is called Dynamics NAV 2018 and has improvements in financial management, document management, enhanced business insights, expanded cloud connectivity with other cloud-based services, plus deeper integration with other Microsoft applications. This solution can be deployed either On-Premise or In-The-Cloud. The latest ERP release is now taking the Microsoft Dynamics NAV information, along with enhancements, to a new Cloud ERP deployment and is called Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Business Central is a cloud solution built on the rich functionality within Microsoft Dynamics NAV and adaptable to extend business applications to other Microsoft Cloud Services such as Office 365, Microsoft Flow, Power BI, and PowerApps. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Solution can grow as your business requirements change while taking advantage of the latest technology-a modern digital business management solution. Microsoft ERP Strengths & Weaknesses
Competitive positioning in the ERP software market is highlighted with the following strengths and weaknesses. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Strengths Dynamics NAV strengths relative to the SMB ERP software competitive landscape.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Weaknesses Strategic and commonly cited ERP weaknesses include the following:
Top 7 Beneficial Steps For Successful ERP Implementation ERP is Your Opportunity to Be Successful in a Competitive and Challenging Business Environment1/17/2020 According to the most recent McKinsey Global Survey on digital transformations, more than eight in ten respondents say their organizations have undertaken such efforts in the past five years. Digital transformation provides a valuable opportunity to move away from manual processes, increase productivity and efficiency, and allow leaders to focus on more strategic initiatives.
For a digital transformation program to truly create impact, it requires a solid strategy, foundation, and core: The ERP application (Dynamics NAV, Business Central And Oracle Fusion). ERP bridges the gap between business challenges and technology, simplifying functions such as finance management, accounting, and inventory management. Cloud-based ERP accelerates the speed of transformation while providing a single version of the truth to business users. When used correctly, ERP guides and supports the business on a daily and real-time basis, bringing revolutionary change to processes and how work gets done. The ERP core contains all the business rules which drive decisions, processes, and other business systems that require data and instructions. This is what will eventually automate the business, drive enhanced return on investment, and create a competitive edge in the modern business environment. The ERP strategy should be to maximize on all available functionality within the core application, reducing application and process duplication, ultimately reducing cost and business complexity. ERP: A Friend for Life When investing in ERP, don’t think short term. A strong ERP core can support the business beyond three to five years, and more likely closer to 10 to 15. Consider current needs, but also how the business will grow to ensure that decisions are made with longevity and the future business model in mind. Many business applications such as customer relationship management systems are short to medium term. ERP is the business foundation and not a short-term strategy. Implementing a future-fit ERP solution, organizations can easily incorporate new, emerging technologies such as business intelligence (BI), artificial intelligence (AI), and the internet of things (IoT). This will not only make the transformation process easier but also opens the door to greater efficiencies and growth, as well as opportunities to innovate. ERP fundamentally changes the business, if you allow ERP to lead your digital transformation program . ERP Leading the Digital Transformation Digital transformation failures are predominantly associated with no clear strategy or being underfunded. McKinsey finds that fewer than one-third of organizational transformations succeed at improving a company’s performance and sustaining those gains. Ironically, the lack of strategy creates the underfunding issue. A strong digital transformation strategy involves a radical reimagining of how the organization uses technology. Organizations that retrofit current processes to fit their new technology rather than rebuild their operations to most effectively use new technology are limiting ROI. Cloud provides an opportunity to accelerate the transformation and eliminate customizations. Organizations that take a “do what has always been done” approach are more likely to end up with one-off customizations that vendors may not support for long. These customizations also likely don’t follow leading practice recommendations, further lowering the probability of project success. Along with a strong digital strategy should be a strong strategy to change. Humans are creatures of habit and not comfortable with changes to their habits. Having a solid Organisational Change Management (OCM) plan can help. According to the global leader in change management best practice research Prosci®, the number one indicator of project success is active and visible sponsorship from leadership. Faster and more active adoption is more likely when executives and business leaders show strong support for change, as well as feeling they understand why change is happening. The digital transformation strategy exists because the business requires it for sound and justified reasons, including scaling up, improved security, market drivers, customer requirements or modernization. Conversely, the biggest risk to the business is the digital transformation program. Risk can be mitigated by building the core first in the ERP layer and then allowing the ERP to drive the digital transformation in achievable and manageable sprints. These sprints should be aligned with the business operational and financial strategies for the duration of the digital transformation. Digital transformation is a large step for most organizations, but one that can come with big rewards for those who plan correctly. Focusing on the core, your organization’s ERP system allows for the largest competitive advantage and future growth. Avaap is an industry-focused advisory service and IT management consulting firm. Headquartered in Edison, N.J. with global offices and customers around the world, Avaap has deep expertise in healthcare, retail, fashion, manufacturing and distribution, and other industries. Avaap has earned numerous industry accolades, including being named on Computerworld’s list of 100 Best Places to Work in IT since 2014; recipient of Infor’s Alliance Partner of the Year award since 2014 as well as winner of several other Infor partner awards; five-year honoree on the Inc. 500, KLAS Category Leader in Revenue Cycle, recipient of NJBIZ 50 Fastest Growing Companies since 2015, and multi-year recipient of Becker’s Healthcare and Modern Healthcare’s Top Places to Work awards. Avaap’s culture is powered by passionate people who are relentless in driving customer satisfaction. Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV integration is more art than science, but this tip provides the steps and paths to some readily available tools that can help.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV contain overlapping data. By combining the sales data found in Dynamics CRM with the customer data stored in Dynamics NAV, you can gain advantages and improve operational efficiency. Many organizations initially use Microsoft Dynamics CRM, only to later decide that they want to take advantage of other Microsoft Dynamics products. One popular choice is Microsoft Dynamics NAV, an ERP application. Although Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV are separate applications, there are benefits to integrating the two. Linking Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV together involves establishing data synchronization. This means that CRM data can be accessed through NAV and vice versa. As such, the end users can choose to work primarily in whichever product is best suited to their jobs. Identical data is exposed in both applications, but the data may be exposed in different ways. Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers, for example, typically keep track of sales quotes through the use of accounts. When Dynamics CRM and NAV are integrated, CRM users can use accounts to access customer information associated with NAV. Similarly, NAV users are able to create new customers based on CRM data. NAV users can also access quotes, opportunities and cases within Dynamics CRM without leaving the Dynamics NAV interface. Of course, customer accounts are only one example of areas in which there is overlap between Dynamics CRM and NAV. There is also sharing of data related to users, products, transaction currencies, units of measure and sales orders. How to integrate Dynamics CRM and NAV Microsoft's answer to integration between Dynamics CRM and NAV is the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics. Integration can be established for both the on-premises and cloud-based versions of the software. Integrating Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV is more art than science. At its simplest, integration can be established by installing the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics, turning on integration and importing your data. Each of these processes is relatively simple, requiring only a few steps. Microsoft cautions customers that integration is designed to work without customizations, but for the best results, you must customize it for your business and customer processes. The integration and customization process is based around the concept of entity mapping. Entity mapping is a fancy way of saying that because Dynamics CRM and NAV are two separate products, they do not share a common set of records, and therefore, database fields in one application need to be mapped to a database field in the other application. For example, Microsoft Dynamics NAV uses the concept of customers, while Dynamics CRM uses the concept of accounts. Entity mapping is therefore necessary to tell the software there is a relationship between customers and accounts. For each entity that is mapped, there are four pieces of information required for each entity. The first is the entity name. Second, the connector needs to know the connector source entity -- a NAV customer card, a NAV item card or a NAV resource list, among other things. Third is the synchronization direction. Synchronizations can be bidirectional, but in many cases, data is synchronized only from NAV to CRM, or vice versa. The fourth and final requirement is the connector destination entity. This is the location where the data is being synchronized to. For instance, if the Microsoft Dynamics NAV entity is Customer, the Connector Destination Entity is Account. You can see standard entity mappings and get help with custom entity mappings on Microsoft's Developer Network. Note that entity mapping can be quite granular. For example, Dynamics NAV uses several different fields within a customer record, and these fields need to be mapped to corresponding fields within a Dynamics CRM account. The customer's name, for instance, is mapped to the CRM Account Name field. The NAV customer Phone Number field is mapped to the CRM account's Main Phone field. ERP Fusion Is The Better Option Than Agile PLM.
Over the past several years, there’s been a lot of talk regarding Oracle Fusion and many people struggle to understand what exactly this means. Essentially “Fusion” refers to Oracle’s Cloud infrastructure (“Fusion” Middleware) and the development of new applications specifically designed for the Cloud and subscription services. More recently, Oracle has focused communications on the business process value and business use of these applications and now refers to these applications and underlying technology simply as “Cloud”. For the purposes of this article, we’ll use the term “Fusion” to describe the underlying technology for those that care, and the term “Cloud” to describe business applications delivered by Oracle in a subscription service model. Oracle has invested heavily in Fusion middleware and applications and this is one of the biggest areas of growth for the company. On a recent conference call with Wall Street analysts, Oracle CTO Larry Ellison reported seeing 100 percent growth for Cloud-based software. On the call, Ellison was quick to point out the hard work Oracle developers have put in to build its new Fusion applications from the ground up. “We built everything, everything from scratch,” Mr. Ellison said. “Every single line of code in Fusion HCM [Human Capital Management app] is new for the Cloud, every single line of code where Fusion ERP is new for the Cloud. And those new Cloud applications are based on by far the strongest platform.” “Over the past several years, there’s been a lot of talk regarding Oracle Fusion and Oracle Cloud offerings. This is part of a series of articles to help demystify these offerings and what they mean to you.” While much of the Fusion buzz to date has been around HCM and ERP, as an Oracle Cloud Fusion Co-Development partner since 2012, we can attest that exciting things are coming for Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Management applications in the near term. How Oracle Fusion became what it is today As recently as 2013, Oracle Fusion was divided into four software categories, including customer relationship management, human capital management, enterprise resource planning and supply chain management. At the same time, these applications were being delivered through the Oracle Cloud in addition to on-premises setups. The Cloud application suite had rapidly gained momentum and there was new functionality being added regularly – with major releases up to three times per year. If you fast forward to today, Oracle is going “all in” and accelerating their Cloud offerings. The current Cloud Applications suite includes CRM; Financials; Governance, Risk, and Compliance; HCM; Procurement; Project Portfolio Management; and SCM and within each of these groups, there are sub-categories that provide companies multiple layers of services and modules. In our supply chain space, Oracle had previously only scratched the surface of Cloud SCM applications up to release 9 with the following releases:
The Oracle Cloud SCM applications differ from previous Oracle applications software, such as Oracle E-Business Suite, in that Fusion was developed within a modular framework that enables many of the capabilities to be implemented as standalone solutions in a hybrid of Oracle Cloud applications with your legacy systems or as a comprehensive fully integrated Cloud suite. A major benefit to Oracle Fusion is its ability to integrate with these hybrid architectures of Cloud and legacy frameworks through their technical Cloud infrastructure and platform offerings that encourage external development within their open-standards architecture. Oracle’s Cloud applications are rapidly evolving in both breadth and depth of offerings and they have considerable momentum. I’m personally fortunate to work for a leading consulting firm in this space such that I am actively engaged in the adoption of these new technologies by working with our cloud center of excellence, helping to implement these Oracle Cloud ERP applications for our own production use, and advising client early adopters of Cloud SCM. These are exciting times. I hope you enjoyed this article and feel free to reach out to us if you want to learn more about Oracle Cloud applications. Keep an eye on this blog for more information about Oracle Fusion and Cloud and what it means to you. Read More Article At first glance, ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) might seem like common sense. After all, what firm can be afford to plan its resources use poorly? What the enterprise has the ability to run its operations from day to day without thinking ahead?
However, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is not simply the application of basic common sense to business practices (although that definitely comes into it). It is actually a recognized suite of software tools and processes which, when used together, streamlines corporate systems, focusing employee time and company money where it can generate the greatest return. A Crucial Tool in Dealing with Complexity The key focus of a well-designed ERP system solution is to reduce the complexity and allow the managers to know exactly what is happening within their organization. In most cases, modern firms grow, they become more and more complex. They spread geographically, adding the offices and the staffs. They add new product lines, which requires manufacturing processes and marketing campaigns. And they add the new tiers of management to cope with the complexity. All of the expansion has a cost – which is known as complexity. Left unchecked, company growth can lead to duplicated staff roles, loss of control over staff behavior, loss of quality control and poor communication – among many potential problems. That’s why successful firms are cautious about growing too fast or too easily. ERP is an important tool for firms that are seeking to expand safely. Although their operations and revenues are growing day by day, firms with an ERP strategy in place that works are able to keep their structures free of inefficiency. What Form Does an ERP System Take? ERP software systems are the primarily unifying tools, in that they bring important company processes like manufacturing, marketing, customer relationship management, inventory management, personnel, or product research under one umbrella. This takes the form of a unified IT package that can control all of the different -different processes at once. Most ERP packages are collections of the databases. They store company data as it is created, making it comprehensible for the managers and storing it for future use. This data could include anything from the bill of the materials to product stocks, unpaid invoices or purchase orders. If it affects the firm’s bottom line, it will be processed under the ERP software system.b What Kinds of Firms Use ERP? ERP software systems have been adopted most rapidly and extensively in the manufacturing sector. It is naturally suited to firms that need to balance the flow of the materials with purchase demands and the market conditions. This applies even more if the firm in question operates a just-in-time manufacturing strategy along with lean manufacturing principles. However, firms across almost all the sectors of the economy have begun to adopt the technologies. Any organization which relies on a combination of processes such as accounting, sales, human resources, and marketing can benefit from bringing them all together. This is just as relevant for public sector bodies and charities as small businesses. The Everyday Experience of ERP systems If they are implemented in a relevant and skillful fashion, ERP systems will allow all the employees to carry out their duties more effectively. Employees will have access to real-time information about their own department and that of others. They can coordinate more efficiently with each other, as well as with the managers. And they can benefit from the data that ERP software systems collect to plan their activities. From a management perspective, ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) should provide a greater awareness of what is going on – in terms of successes and failures. It can highlight areas of waste, and areas where the productivity is lagging, and it provides a suite of analytical tools that can identify the emerging problems. Next To Read Oracle ERP Implementation
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