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A focused tutorial for Microsoft Dynamics NAV application development Learn how Dynamics NAV ERP suite is set up and customized for various industries Integrate numerous parts of a company's operations including financial reporting, sales, order management, inventory, and forecasting Develop complete applications and not just skeleton systems Covers the design and implementation of two new add-on services: The Squash application and the Storage & Logistics application Also usable for previous versions such as 3.x, 4.0, and 5.0 Easy-to-read style, packed with hard-won practical advice Real-world examples with step-by-step explanations In Detail Dynamics NAV 2009 is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software product from Microsoft that can be used for variety of business needs. It is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance, manufacturing, Customer Relationship Management, supply chains, analytics, and electronic commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises. This book is a focused tutorial on Microsoft Dynamics NAV application development, so you can develop complete applications and not just application outlines. It will show NAV developers how to create different kinds of applications. Different kinds of application are vital in different industries like fashion, automobile, retail, books (education), and other industries. It starts off by introducing the supply chain that you will be using throughout the book. You will implement the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP suite and learn how it is set up and customized for various industries. You will be able to customize Dynamics NAV to suit the different aspects of a business such as Financial Management, Relationship Management, Production, Jobs, Trade, Storage, Logistics, and so on. The book will take you through these Microsoft-designed application features and show you how to customize and extend them safely. Thus, you will be able to create a structure of your own in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. A focused tutorial for Microsoft Dynamics NAV application development What you will learn from this book Implement Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP suite with a sample industry application throughout the book Set up Dynamics NAV and customize it for various industries including fashion, retail, and the automobile industry Get to grips with key Dynamics NAV features such as Inventory Valuation, Item Tracking, and Reservations Learn about B2B and B2C Interfacing and the fundamentals of Application Design Learn and customize application features designed by Microsoft such as Financial Management, CRM, Manufacturing, Distribution / Wholesale, and Retail and extend them safely Design your applications to have a good balance between cost of ownership and functionality Analyze operation data based on sales demographics using Dynamics NAV CRM Extend your core applications using interfaces such as Flatfile, CSV, XMLports, ADO, EDI standards, and web services Approach This book is a tutorial in an easy-to-read style. It will show Dynamics NAV developers how to create applications of different kinds with sufficient examples throughout. Who this book is written for If you are a NAV consultant and developer, or designer of business applications you will benefit most from this book. The book assumes that you have a basic understanding of business management systems and application development, with a working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. About the Author Mark Brummel is an all-round Microsoft Dynamics NAV specialist. He started in 1997 as an end user but quickly moved to the other side of the table. For ten years he has worked for resellers where designing and maintaining add-on systems was his specialization. Some of these add-on systems exceed the standard product when it comes to size and complexity. He has also been coaching colleagues and troubleshooting 'impossible' problems as a part of day-to-day work. Mark has trained most of the experienced NAV developers for the NAV 2009 product in The Netherlands and Belgium and he has been hired by almost every NAV reseller in the Benelux. Mark works as a freelancer. His main focus area is to help out end users in implementations all over the world. Mark was the first world wide to use the NAV 2009 (CTP3) product in a production system feeding back valuable information to Microsoft. Today, he is still involved in projects to provide input for future versions and test new CTP releases. A special project has been performance tuning of the Dynamics NAV product on SQL Server. From 2007 to 2009, he was involved in the development of the 'SQL Perform Tools' as business partner of SQL Perform Benelux. As a unique specialist, he has done break through research in improving the performance of Dynamics NAV on SQL Server. In his spare time, Mark maintains his blog on brummelds.com. This blog contains a wide range of articles about both the Microsoft Dynamics NAV and SQL Server product. He is also a frequent speaker at Microsoft events and a writer for independent Dynamics NAV websites and user groups. In 2006, Mark was rewarded by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional award for his contribution to the online and offline communities. In 2007 and 2009 he also reviewed "Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV" and "Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009". Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics NAV Chapter 2: A Sample Application Chapter 3: Financial Management Chapter 4: Relationship Management Chapter 5: Production Chapter 6: Trade Chapter 7: Storage and Logistics Chapter 8: Consulting Chapter 9: Interfacing Chapter 10: Application Design Appendix: Installation Guide Index