Dynamics 365 Business Central reviews

BC One stop ERP solution

Pluspunten:

It is a very ease to use software similar to just like using Excel Spreadsheet. As per my opinion it is a very effective product available today for all our Enterprise Building Solution. All the functions in Business Central are very Great and can be very fruitful for the Business if adapted effectively and efficiently.

Minpunten:

Nothing to Report as of Now. I am not able to find anything to Report at the Moment

Best ERP software so far

Opmerkingen: The procurement process has been made easier.
Our asset management is now on point.
The human resource management especially the payroll management bit is awesome.

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Dynamics 365 BC has a variety of tools including the procurement module, human resource module, and the finance module. It has a interface that is user friendly and easy to use. It's workflows are outstanding and carrying out an activity from one end to another is made easy. With the workflows, at least a track can be made on the movement of activities carried out in the system. The ability to generate reports is a plus which is also easy. Another good feature is that it can be customized to accommodate the user needs. It is also compatible with Microsoft Excel such that one can export and import data between the two.

Minpunten:

At first, you will need some practice on how to manage it to avoid messing up with your crucial data. Another issue is that running many processes at once can slow it down and this will force you to wait longer.

Dynamic 365 business central review

Opmerkingen: We had some problems due to wrong setting, after the intention by the customer service, we went through a training process, then when could handle and management the software to drive the business with more effectivity.

Pluspunten:

It is perfect solution for small scale business management.Based on it cloud option, we can link operations for more effectiveness and performance.The software have a limited trial versionThe dashboard can give all statistics and the final income or loss at Anny moment Allez powerful management of the stocks

Minpunten:

To customize the software s not easy at all. Tables cannot me modif.Cloud need to be updated ,it takes too long handle the way to Link operations.

Opmerkingen: I have worked in the supply chain for 5 years now and have experience with 3 different ERP's. Our old ERP was limiting, though it was also fairly straight forward. The biggest issue seemed to be how incredibly date sensitive how ever without requiring dates at the same time. This pushed the change to a new ERP and Microsoft NAV was chosen through their partner company Just Foods. A truly bizarre system, the flow of documentation through the program makes little sense and over complicates what would normally be easy transactions. For instance Purchase Orders follow this document flow - First the purchase order is created once you receive your order, a warehouse receipt document is created and received in. However, once it is received in the warehouse, the receipt document disappears and becomes a posted receipt document (both have completely different document numbers that don't connect to each other). At this point your original Purchase order has been changed to reflect what ever was received in, and you have to have a second column to view what you originally ordered. Otherwise, figuring out if you over or under received is difficult at best. Now once the invoice comes in and is posted against the posted warehouse document, your purchase order disappears. The only place your purchase order exists in its original form is the in Purchase order Archive, which was never mentioned to us during implementation, forcing us to call Just Foods later on and pay for their customer service. This same, strange flow of documents, that are essentially intermediary documents only existing to complete a transaction, over complicate what should be a straight forward shipping and receiving process. There are some other basic functionality issues, like figuring out what day you actually shipped or received an item. The easiest way to figure that out seems to require access to the warehouse functionality, which you may or may not want people to have. We get a lot of errors where the tables are locked with other users, and you are just stuck until the report or other person finishes up. The Dimensions on lines can mysteriously disappear, even though the G/L Code and Department code show as filled out in the order. Our MRP has never worked correctly, so in general, we are forced to use Excel to put together our production schedule. All in all, its a sub-par program that you can tell is 5 or 6 different original programs that have been slapped together to try an resemble an ERP system. Now having said all that, obviously I am looking at this from a supply chain perspective as it is what I do. Perhaps on the accounting end it has some ease of use, but due to how difficult it is to understand on the operations end, the accounting rarely comes out correct due to faulty information in the system. On the positive side there do seem to be a million different ways to do the same thing in NAV, and many of the built in reports are extremely useful assuming that the information in the system is correct.

Make sure you check out the competition before committing to Business Central

Opmerkingen: The product is the product - they will not update to improve it! NB the products were acquired by taking over other companies and them re-badging to look alike - Nb the integration is poor!

Pluspunten:

Nothing in this product is better than rival products I've used elsewhere

Minpunten:

Payment Allocation and lack of link to UK banksLack of Integrated add-ons - say Payroll

Dynamics Review

Pluspunten:

It easily integrates with Microsoft products and has a full set of features that we use regularly.

Minpunten:

Like any software it has a learning curve. This takes time and effort of the individuals teaching and those learning.

Pretty easy to navigate, but the screen formatting needs adjusted

Opmerkingen: We use the collections module, sales, purchasing, service cost, job cost, subcontractor module, and more. We use purchase orders and 3 way matching and use dynamics for a wide range of use.

Pluspunten:

You can easily adjust titles to be in red or have distinctive features to stand out, but it is not always easy to do on the financial module and you cannot do it when using features like smartlist.

Minpunten:

The inability to generate certain reports (you have to set them up yourself) which can be VERY time consuming.

Honest Opiion About BC

Pluspunten:

A one stop shop system is required , integration is not easy , high level of development which costs is heavy.

Minpunten:

The cost initially and on going subs is very high for any business , millions are needed

Full of unrealised potential

Pluspunten:

I've evaluated NAV for other roles and now I have been using the product I am convinced that it is a very powerful product when configured correctly. It has options for many roles and the ability to configure the system exists but is limited by design.

Minpunten:

Very high cost support and difficult nature of upgrades is a real turn off. Each version upgrade is treated as a new deployment. Lacks the ability to make even the most basic changes without partner assistance or developer licence. While the product has a lot of potential I would be reluctant to upgrade an old version as I feel there are other products out there which can do the same job with a much more reasonable price tag. Value for money is the main reason I have marked this application down.

Keeps everything in once place.

Pluspunten:

Dynamics allowed me to stay organised. as D-365 has many tools , with all the variety of plug-ins, setting up automation and communication takes some work but it is really easy to see how my pipeline is working and have a single view of the company in one single dashboard.

Minpunten:

it would have been great if it had a bit more features . i think that the reporting is the Achilles heel of the platform, it's a time-consuming task and not very straight forward as done in other platforms

Best Modern ERP Solution

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I joined AL FANAR Electricals Co. KSA -in 2003, it has been decided to replace ERP system with NAV, Tec.Support was provided by AL FANAR IT an affiliate company who became golden partnership with Microsoft later and provided the system if Gulf Market, the implementation was very successful, early versions of NAV in 2003 was famous as (Navision Attain) at that time, the system provided a splendid AR, AP, and inventory reports and controls, was helpful in regional trading credit controls and manufacturing process, in 2006 the company upgraded the software to NAV5 and we learned a lot about setup requirements, Posting groups, general business posting groups, sales and system generated transactions setup accounts and matrix, Exr. Var and global dimensions etc..., in 2007 I joined Gulf Capital KSA the company management recommended NAV at that time tec. support provided by (NEWWAY) and I was assigned as a project manager, later in 2009 I joined ROTANA Media Group who recommended same ERP as well. now new versions of NAV are available with business intelligence tools and some additional great features, I expect this fast positive evolvement of MS Dynamics will make them first Market Choice in a short time. I used several softwares before and after NAV like (Dolphin, Oracle, Klipper, and others..) from my experience what I like most in NAV and make it remarkable are the following : - SQL Server which provides flexible opened platform allow users to move to any information details and jump between templates they want from anywhere in the system to get information rather than closing screens and reopening another, other systems cannot provide this Dynamic feature. - Reasonable and Logical controls of the system over transactions complying with exact financial requirements, other systems have nonsense controls in useless areas and gaps in other critical areas, and stand hopeless needing customization for an axiomatic small things. - Easy and Smart setup requirements and users profiles access. - Huge bank of ready reports provided by global MSD teams and partnership - Friendly user = easy training - Easy setup of financial reporting BS, Income statements , cash flow , Budgeting and variances any other because it leaves to user to choose , items lines name , tagging accounts, dimensions needed cost centers or business units , even user can add the equations of some financial statements lines ! - Easy customization and easy editing of all tables screens - High Compatibility with Excel MS Office. - Reasonable cost with complete business solutions package and including project management, Human resources, Cash Management etc..

Minpunten:

No Disadvantages or defaults in my opinion if implementation requirements are clear and correct and finance knows exactly controls, processes outputs they need. everything is there in this system.

Not for Case Management

Opmerkingen: It was used as case management for the Board of Professional Responsibility. The needs did not match the software functionality.

Pluspunten:

There were some cool features like the filter capabilities. The dashboard was customizable which was nice. You could see what was important to you.

Minpunten:

I did not like using DMS for case management. It was cumbersome and very touchy. If you clicked anything that was green it would take you to another page. Many times information would have to be input in several places. There is no easy way to view a lot of information at once on your screen using this software. To read an entire case’s history you would have to open numerous other pages.

Feature Rich and Highly Customisable ERP

Opmerkingen: Good ERP for Small to medium enterprises

Pluspunten:

If you get the right partner- developer it a highly customizable product Great compatibility with MS Office Suite As an accounting or Financial Management ERP it is function rich, from the custom reports- account schedules, intercompany to navigation functionalities

Minpunten:

Jobs lacks proper integration with Financial Management The number of updates or releases are just overwhelming

Dynamics 365 Business Central

Pluspunten:

Integration with outlook is the best. No more downloading and sending separate emails. I also liked the fact that it comes with a BI tool for reporting, this was a crisis on Dynamics Navision 2009. The price for the product is very reasonable for small and bigger companies.

Minpunten:

Difficult to get support from the partners who implemented.

Not worth it

Opmerkingen: Horrible! Cannot wait to get rid of it!

Pluspunten:

Honestly, there is very little I like about this software. The potential capabilities of the newest product line are great. It just costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to get it programmed and even more to keep it up to date.

Minpunten:

Too expensive to update as needed. Way too expensive to have it front loaded. Too complicated for an in house team to set up. This is the most complicated and finicky software I have ever had to use. I cannot wait until we are using our new ERP system. Software times you out after a few minutes and does not autosave. Information fields do no flow properly between functions.

Financial package

Pluspunten:

We use NAV for all our accounting needs -- G/L, accounts payable/receivable, payroll. Easy to use and reports are simple to set up.

Minpunten:

occasional glitches after upgrades, but that's to be expected and they are corrected quickly. We receive good support from our service provider.

Used this daily for years

Pluspunten:

Navision has tons of options and features making it very easy to get specific reporting in almost any way imaginable.

Minpunten:

It could take a while to learn how to use it. There are so many different ways to do things that it can become confusing at first.

Feature rich and easy to use

Opmerkingen: Extremely happy and would only ever use this as an ERP

Pluspunten:

It is so easy to use and has got lots of functionality

Minpunten:

Sometimes the interfaces can get a bit complex

Pathatic Experiance about Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Opmerkingen: I am having my life's pathatic experiance by purchasing this software by this product value I might had better lots of ERP sofware available in Indian market

Pluspunten:

Nothing is good about this sofftware, its totally waste of money just in the name of Microsoft.

Minpunten:

Everything has limitation in this software and also non-customizable in maximum cases.

Good for property management if you use the add-on

Opmerkingen: I liked the solution so far, it's easy to learn and use, even if requires some time to understand the logic. Just as any other software I guess. Together, it's a great solution, allows us to manage all aspects from accounting to leasing to reporting. We use it on a subscription base.

Pluspunten:

Flexible can be adjusted to our business. NAV partner Admiral is very supportive. We liked subscription option, did not need to invest upfront. Integrated accounting and lease management allow having all numbers in one place and it gets easy to analyze. Much faster tenant billing process than we had before. Good training material from Soft4RealEstate.

Minpunten:

Smart NAV partner is needed. Even with a subscription, there is a set-up fee and we had to invest some amounts into development. But now we have what we need. Much of info on NAV in Customersource, but need time to search for it.

Easy to use

Opmerkingen: Easy to use and makes analyzing data and pulling reports a breeze.

Pluspunten:

The software is very easy to use and intuitive. I use on a daily basis, and pulling reports is great. Interface is awesome.

Minpunten:

Just upgraded to the latest software. It now takes many additional click to do the same task as before.

Accounting Intern

Opmerkingen: It is good

Pluspunten:

Categories of Account Receivable, Account Payable, and General Ledger

Minpunten:

it has lot of information that I need to learn

BC is the best of the Dynamics ERPs

Pluspunten:

Microsoft took all of the best parts of Dynamics NAV and turned it into Business Central. It's a full fledged ERP with all necessary functionality to run any SMB.

Minpunten:

Customizable reporting is very weak. You need a 3rd party solution.

Very disappointed in access to the training

Opmerkingen: Hopefully it works better than the setup for access to training

Pluspunten:

We haven't even been able to access the software yet, we are stuck trying to get into the training videos. I have heard great things.....but so far very dissapointed

Minpunten:

the service provider is directing our users to gain access through the software company, who keeps sending us instructions that are not working. Simply put, our accounts are registered but they will/can not provide our usernames with passwords....worked with many different companies and nothing has been this difficult before

MS Dynamics NAV is a flexible and powerful tool

Pluspunten:

NAV allows you to keep strict control of your processes and accounts but is flexible enough that you can custmize the information you want to manage, the workflow and the user's roles.

Minpunten:

It requires a good amount of training and a lot of support for the initial setup.