Solutions : Distribution

Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Government Contractors from PVBS is particularly strong for distributors who resell to companies that service or sell to the Federal Government. It 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.

Dynamics NAV is both easy to use and simple to maintain. Its interface, which mirrors that of familiar Microsoft applications, requires little training and gives your team 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.

It appeals to distributors or resellers that require an enterprise software system that includes inventory management, order management (purchasing and sales) and financials with the capability to support enhanced sales functionality, past customer pricing, order history, normal distribution price, current costs, and different costing models. For high-growth distributors, management can get more insight into sales growth and customer development.

Dynamics NAV helps distributors reduce lead times, increase responsiveness, and better collaborate with their suppliers and customers. Ultimately, the system intends to offer distributors more competitive pricing thanks to their new, lower operational costs.  The system helps efficiently manage sales and purchase prices and line discounts with customers and vendors. Distributors look to use the system to manage general sales prices and line discounts for groups of customers or all of their customers.

It enables order promising functionality to conduct “what if’ scenarios. For example, item tracking and tracing of items at any time during the sales, purchase, transfer process, and afterwards with serial numbering and lot tracking.  Robust returns management functionality to handle returned inventory and account for additional costs such as restocking charges. System capability also automates and organizes credit memos, replacement goods, returns to vendors, accounts for additional costs, and partial or combined return of shipments.  The solution handles foreign currency exceptionally well, which is a major benefit if a portion of the business is done globally.

With Dynamics NAV for Government Contractors from PVBS, 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 Dynamics NAV screen. In addition, real-time information about all your contacts can help you identify key accounts and target marketing efforts.

Key Features in Dynamics NAV Distributions from PVBS are:

• Item Substitution: Offer your customers alternative items that best suit their needs.
• Item Cross-References: Cross reference by any customer code, internal code, or vendor code.
• Returns Management: Handle returned inventory and account for additional costs such as restocking charges.
• Pricing: Efficiently manage sales and purchase prices and line discounts with customers and vendors.

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