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How to Implement Microsoft Navision on the Emerging ERP Market - Rio de Janeiro

Major ERP/MRP vendors, such as Oracle. SAP,aware that Navision also has its own CRM
Microsoft Business Solutions are present onmodule), where Microsoft Sharepoint should
Brazilian market, in this small article weplay the role of workflows, approval cycles,
would like to highlight MBS Navision,etc. All these facts make cargo tracking and
especially in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo,delivery control automation naturally
plus the economy situation in Rio and its ERPimplemented on the Navision and CRM platforms
MRP  market
- Brazilian Localization. Navision is
- Economy. Rio's harbor is deep enough fortranslated into Portuguese and adjusted for
the largest vessels to come alongside thethe compliance to Brazilian tax code. From
wharves, which lie near the city center.the localization standpoint, if you represent
Through the port flows the major portion ofmultinational corporation and set up
Brazil's imports and exports (iron ore,manufacturing facility in Brazil, you should
manganese, coffee, cotton, meat, and hides).know that other vendors have localized
Rio is also a distribution center for thesolutions: SAP - SAP Business One and Oracle:
coastal trade. The city's manufacturesOracle  E-Business  Suite
include textiles, foodstuffs, household
appliances, cigarettes, chemicals, leather- Customization. Navision has its own
goods, metal products, and printed material.proprietary language C/Side and currently
There  are  two  major  airports.Microsoft recommends MS SQL Server as the
database platform. Plus the future
- Manufacturing. Navision traditionally iscustomization directions will be focused on
considered as strong MRP & productionXML web services and developers will be
automation platform. Considering high numberdeploying  Microsoft  Visual  Studio.Net
of manufacturing facilities in Rio de Janeiro
- manufacturing module implementation is- Integration. Considering MS SQL Server
critical.platform - software programmers have all the
spectrum of integration technologies: ODBC,
- Distribution. Microsoft Navision, togetherJDBC, Microsoft will be moving more
with Microsoft Great Plains, Axapta, Solomonfunctionality to business portal - where
are currently under evolution - so-calledNavision logic will be called through the
Project Green should result in these ERPssets of stored procedures and be exposed
interconnection and probably interfacethrough SDK. Open MS SQL Server technologies
unification. Recently Microsoft renamed itsgives you SQL based reporting, you can deploy
products and Navision is now Microsoftsuch industry standard tools as Crystal
Dynamics NAV (more likely NAV will be droppedReports, MS SQL Server Reporting services,
when Project Green is realized). From theetc.
Distribution needs perspective - Microsoft
Navision is now and will be even more exposedPlease give as a call São Paulo
through web portal, plus it will be55-11-3826-3449, USA 1-866-528-0577,
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