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Gain a Competitive Edge with Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Business Intelligence is a strategy - not a product. Organizations that can exploit their own data to gain insight and make informed decisions will have a clear competitive advantage. Organizations can even change direction by implementing a business intelligence strategy.

Microsoft’s vision for business intelligence is to help businesses perform better by enabling all decision makers - essentially all employees - to make better decisions. They are doing this by providing cross-product integration, delivering business intelligence capabilities within Microsoft Office, while providing scalable tools to empower everyone in the organization. Whether on the strategic, tactical or operational level, Microsoft Business Intelligence applications help every employee make more informed decisions every day.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers a range of business intelligence capabilities from built-in reports and wizards to advanced tools allowing users to gain the insight required to optimize performance across the entire organization. This complete, flexible solution offers small businesses easy-to-use yet effective tools and larger organizations the most technically advanced business intelligence capabilities. Whatever the size of your organization, Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides easy access to the data and information you need.

For fundamental business intelligence, Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers:

• Standard reports
• Report Wizard
• Account Schedules and Analysis Reports
• Analysis by Dimensions
• Microsoft Office including Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV ODBC Driver (NODBC)

As your organization grows, requirements for flexible software solutions and business intelligence capabilities become more demanding. Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help you with:

• Microsoft SQL Server including Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV – Business Analytics Basic
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV – Business Analytics Advanced

If you have more complex business intelligence requirements, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Office and other dedicated Microsoft Business Intelligence and Web solutions enable you to realize the maximum benefit of business intelligence. When you need extended business intelligence, Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help you with:

• Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
• Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV – Business Analytics Basic
• Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV – Employee Portal
• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server

Business Intelligence is not limited to the executive offices. Almost everyone will benefit from a deeper understanding of their performance and contribution.

Please contact Mike Packard, Integrated Computer Systems Support at 425-284-5436 or mikep@ics-support.com to find out how you can benefit from business intelligence with Dynamics NAV.

To learn more, download a free copy of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Business Intelligence white paper (PDF).

 

Microsoft’s vision for business intelligence is to help businesses perform better by enabling all decision makers - essentially all employees - to make better decisions.