Chapter 3. Dynamics NAV – General Considerations

Knowing the Dynamics NAV philosophy of how things are done is an important aspect of successfully implementing Dynamics NAV for any organization.

This is also important for users and people working in a company that use or will use Dynamics NAV as their ERP. They have to know how to do their job in Dynamics NAV and be especially aware of the consequences of what they do.

Everyone involved in the implementation needs to fully understand the way NAV works; not only because they are the people responsible for transferring that knowledge to users, but also because they will most likely be designing and developing new functionalities and modifying existing ones. For this, it is important to use the same philosophy Dynamics NAV uses in all its standard functionalities. Breaking away from the core philosophies of Dynamics NAV will confuse your end users.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• The structure of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
• The way information flows in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
• Other general considerations