Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Design - Softcover

Mark Brummel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782170367 ISBN 13: 9781782170365

Publisher: Packt Publishing - ebooks Account, 2014

Synopsis

Customize and extend your vertical applications with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013

About This Book

• Set up your application for a number of vertical industries and scenarios
• Get acquainted with Dynamics NAV's data model and transaction schema with the help of highly efficient design patterns
• Consists of two completely designed and explained vertical solutions, including application objects

Who This Book Is For

If you are a NAV consultant and developer or a designer of business applications, you will benefit most from this book. This book assumes that you have a basic understanding of business management systems and application development with working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

What You Will Learn

• Set up and customize the Dynamics NAV ERP suite for various industries
• Study dozens of design patterns used in standard applications
• Customize Microsoft's application features and extend them safely
• Use blueprints, design patterns, and application objects for Equipment Reservations and Transport Management
• Master the fundamentals of application design and learn about B2B and B2C interfacing
• Design applications that strike a balance between total cost of ownership and functionality
• Extend your core applications using interfaces with flat file, CSV, XMLPorts, ADO, EDIFACT, and web services

In Detail

This book is a focused tutorial on Microsoft Dynamics NAV application development to help you develop complete applications and not just application outlines.

This hands-on guide starts off by introducing the supply chain that you will be using throughout the book. You will then implement the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP suite and learn to set it up and customize it for various industries. You will learn how 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. Therefore, by the end of this book, you will be able to create a structure of your own in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

About this title

About the Author

Mark Brummel

Mark Brummel works as a freelancer. His main area of focus is helping out end users in Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementations all over the world. He has worked on over 100 projects in almost 20 years. Mark is an all-round specialist, who excels in both functional consultancy and development. He started in 1997 as an end user and started working for the implementing partner in 1999. During these years, he has worked for resellers where designing and maintaining add-on systems were his specialization. Coaching colleagues and troubleshooting impossible problems are his passion and part of his 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 worked with almost every NAV reseller in Benelux. In 2010, Mark co-initiated Partner-Ready Software, a community-driven think tank that comes up with new and innovative ideas to improve the product. In 2011, Partner-Ready Software presented their ideas to Microsoft and have been working closely together ever since. A special project has been design patterns. Together with Microsoft, a community website was created that contains dozens of frequently used patterns for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. When he has time, Mark maintains his blog on www.brummelds.com. This blog contains a wide range of articles about Microsoft Dynamics NAV, SQL Server, and Visual Studio. He is also a frequent speaker at Microsoft events and writer for independent Dynamics NAV websites and user groups. Since 2006, Mark has been rewarded by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional award for his contribution to the online and offline communities, nine times in a row.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing - ebooks Account
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1782170367
• ISBN 13: 9781782170365
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 500