OK, this post might seem really anticlimatic, but I had to throw in a post to finish the story. 

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 I sometimes sound like a broken record when I talk about speed issues at a customers site.  “It is usually not the hardware, but rather the code running on it.”

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I guess it is quite apparent that I am having my days with the MAS system.  So far, I have not seen anything that NAV can not do out of the box, until I got to the return orders.  ( Mind you, I am not, and do not claim to be an expert on MAS )

In the return orders, apparently you are able to select multiple documents in MAS to apply to when you post the credit to the customer.  This is not possible in NAV standard.  We have however bridged this gap with a few lines of code, leveraging the power of NAV.

 When you create a multi line entry in e.g. the cash receipt journal in NAV 5.1  and happen to have the same customer in two lines (customer might be paying with two checks).  If you go to apply entries on the second line after applying on the first one, the system filters on your applies ID and the document number, not the line number.  Therefore the totals include the previous application, which throws the system off a little.  You can still post without a problem.

 An easy fix to this would be to account for the line number as well as the document no when going to the applies to screen.

 I had to throw this in my blog.  We are working on converting MAS 200 to Dynamics NAV.  I do not like putting down any ERP, and I fully believe that each ERP system has a place in the ERP flora (otherwise it would not sell), but I couldn’t help my self with this one. Read the rest of this entry »

 It is clearly a pandemic!  Swine flu has gotten everywhere.  Now it is even delaying our projects.  Key project member on the customer side had a swine flue scare.  We are pushed a month.

I will resume countdown 10 days before the new go live day of August 1st.

We are getting close to go live date.  Warehouse has been run roughly through all of the scenarios, but there is still some reluctance to do additional scanning.  Scanning will benefit the whole structure and has been streamlined quite a bit by our team.  Consensus is to go ahead with current business process.  This is mostly thanks to the customers key users working diligently to help train their coworkers and other department heads.

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Most of the list is finished.  Worked late into the night with IT director and Controller finalizing reports.  Leaving a few things for Monday, and rest of the week to train departments one more time.  Got news from Lanham that they have a new version of their AFP.  Will migrate new version before Monday, since we need a few of the new functionalities.  General comfort level climbing.

We are implementing a high tech company, which is scheduled to go live in 10 days.  I am going to blog each day until go live and a few after.

The client has 55 NAV users.  People are getting anxious.  Today we went through a list of items left to be finished.  Half of the list was finished by day end.  We are projecting to finish the rest tomorrow.  All departments have been trained, but retraining has been requested.  Everyone has been urged to go into the demo system and try out their day to day activities.

Warehouse seems to have the least confidence, since they are moving to scanning inbound and outbound product.  Whereas before, no scanning was performed on control points.  We will be focused on increasing the confidence level, of the warehouse.

Going to bed… long day.  More tomorrow.

 When it comes to reporting in almost any ERP, there is a world of choices.  Any report tool that can speak ODBC, can communicate with any database that speaks ODBC, which is most of databases today.

When I am asked about reporting in Dynamics NAV, I usually rattle off: SSRS, JetReports, Crystal Reports, FRx and Targit.  I also emphasize the fact that Dynamics NAV reduces the need for regular reports by making the data easier to access through forms and filters.

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