Should You Choose
Microsoft Dynamics AX and NAV?
Microsoft
Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics AX are two of the highly customizable ERP
Solutions, which are available worldwide. Both of them are highly standardized
at the enterprise level and can work in a centralized as well as decentralized
way. They can evolve together with the growth of a company, as well as work
covering different geographic areas of a company. In this post, we will see
what sets these two apart from each other?
SMBs vs. Big Business
Broadly
speaking, we can safely state that Microsoft Dynamics NAV has been designed for
the small and the medium businesses which want to harness the powerful
technology in order to compete with the large organizations. We do not have to
believe that this solution will stay small in case the company is expanded,
because it grows and adapts with it.
The
Microsoft Dynamics AX, however, is for the large
companies with an international presence. It is a software designed for the
organizations that have organizational problems for the reason that they usually
have multiple locations and they need to work in the different ways.
Price of Maintenance and Complexity
The
Microsoft Dynamics AX requires a greater complexity than NAV for the reason
that it can manage the companies with a lot of volume, with several locations,
languages and currencies. Therefore, it also requires more equipment for its
maintenance and implantation and, therefore, will need a greater investment.
The
Microsoft Dynamics NAV, for its part, can work with a single project manager and
its implementation team to achieve the satisfactory results, so it is more
suitable for the growing companies that are not yet very complex.
Control
In
another point where they are differentiated by their complexity is the
production chain and their control. While Microsoft Dynamics AX gives us a
complete solution to control the production chains, we can say that Microsoft
Dynamics NAV offers us a domain with fewer options and the functionalities, but
they will be enough for the smaller companies to which it is destined for. The
same goes for marketing, sales, finance or HR, for example. Both the solutions
do their job, but Microsoft Dynamics AX modules usually offer more
configuration settings that a large company may need and it might not be needed
by the SMBs.
If you
want more information or some clarification as to which of these two solutions
is the right one for your company, do not hesitate to contact Levtech
Consulting.