Navision

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Navision Axapta Product Update

• Joyce Leung, Technical Specialist
• jleung_at_microsoft.com

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Roadmaps Focused On New Solutions And Enhancements

• New User Interface Like Office 2003
• Better Together Solutions
• Sustained Engineering (Doctor Watson)

• Microsoft CRM Integration
• Distribution
• Project
• Release 6.0

• Release 7.5 Extensions
• Demand Planner
• Release 8.0

• FRx Integration
• Demand Planner
• Release 4.0

• Demand Planner
• Business Analytics
• Release 4.0

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Microsoft Business Solutions
Key Statistics FY04 Focus
- 1,800 partners - 36,500 customers - Typically between 20-100 users - Key Industries Wholesale, Manufacturing and Business services - Sold in 34 localized versions - Integration to other Microsoft products - User experience improvements - Business Analytics and Reporting - Standard Edition - Simplicity improvements - Migration tools templates - Enhanced wholesale and distribution capabilities
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Microsoft Navision Product Roadmap
Navision 5.0
Navision 4.X
Enhancement and support through at least 2013
Navision 4.0
CY06 Q3
CY05 Q3
Navision 3.7
CY04 Q3

• Pending on analysis .

CY03 Q2

• Further SCM enhancements

• UX
• BA
• Simple Manufacturing
• Kitting

• Simplicity
• Warehouse Flexibility

Planned shipping dates General Availability
(GA) all dates subject to change
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Product Development Focus

• Remove horizontal limitations
• Integrations with other Microsoft products
• User experience Improvements
• Business Analytics and Reporting
• Simplicity improvements
• Migration Tools
• Enhanced wholesale and distribution capabilities
• Microsoft Navision Standard

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Microsoft--Navision Future Direction

• Remove Horizontal Limitations
• Improve sales cycle
• Reduce implementation cycle
• Broaden the audience to maximize revenue
• These goals cover both product improvements
  market initiatives

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Microsoft Navision 4.0 Release
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Microsoft Navision 4.002004 Release
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Microsoft Navision 4.002004 Release
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Microsoft Navision 4.002004 Release
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Microsoft Navision 4.002004 Release
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Microsoft Navision 4.002004 Release
Key Indicators Sales Profit
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Microsoft Navision 4.002004 Release
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Microsoft Business Solutions
Key Statistics FY04 Focus
- 730 partners - 3,500 customers - Typically between 100 to 500 users, can scale to 1,000 users - Supports 32 country versions 30 language versions - Key Industries Manufacturing, Advanced wholesale/distribution - Expand manufacturing functionality - Providing new opportunities with professional services solution - Resource scheduling - Service management - Time and expenditure - Integration with Microsoft Project
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FRx Integration
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• FRx puts you in immediate control of the entire
  financial reporting process
• Easily realize the potential of FRx
• FRx increases the productivity and efficiency of
  everyone in your organization
• FRx helps you stay on top of trends in your
  business

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FRx for Axapta

• Financial Reporting by Empowered End Users
• Automated Report Distribution with Web Option
• Focused on general ledger
• Available for Axapta 3.0
• 4.0 enhancements planned
• FRx Forecaster benefiting from integration
• Helps support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

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Microsoft Axapta Product Roadmap
Axapta 7.0
Axapta 4.0 FRx 6.5 Service MS Project integration
FRx 6.5 integration to Axapta 3.0 Business
Network 1.0 Demand Planning integration to Axapta
3.0
Axapta 6.0
Axapta 5.0
CY08 Q1
Axapta 3.0 SP3
CY09 Q3
Enhancement and support through at least 2013
CY04 Q4
CY06 Q3
CY04 Q1
CY03 Q4
Planned shipping dates General Availability
(GA) all dates subject to change
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Axapta 4.0 and Beyond

• Support and integrate with other Microsoft
  products
• Expand and enhance manufacturing distribution
  functionality and connectivity
• Providing new opportunities with Project
  Service Management

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Microsoft Axapta 4.0 Strategic Drivers

• Horizontal Approach
• Strengthen global functionality/localizations
• Expand and enhance SCM and manufacturing
• Support simplicity and ease of use SCM
• Enhance and extend Project and Service Management
  related Business Processes for MSOs
• Usability improvements
• Ensure Product quality
• Performance improvements

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Microsoft Axapta 4.0 HighlightsExpand and
enhance SCM and Manufacturing functionality
Intercompany master data
Sub-Contracting
Integration to Demand Planning
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Microsoft Axapta 4.0 HighlightsTargeting
Project and Services organizations
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Microsoft Axapta 4.0 Other Functionality
Highlights
Business Analysis and Reporting

• Integration to graphical analysis viewer
  (Targit)
• More pre-defined OLAP cubes
• FRx financial reporting integration (NA only)

Technology

• Visual Facelift
• User experience

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Microsoft Axapta Future Product Direction

• Multi-site manufacturing and distribution
  improvements
• Continued focus on Connectivity
• Strengthen manufacturing functionality for
  customers with more complex requirements
• Enterprise Portal Enhancements
• Enhance resource management capabilities
• Continued focus on high ROI and low TCO

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Microsoft Axapta Future Development Focus

• 3s Stability, Security, Scalability
• Support and integrate with other Microsoft
  products
• Expand and enhance manufacturing functionality
  and connectivity
• Rationalizing country layers
• Sustained engineering

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Microsoft Axapta Future Directions - Themes

• Advanced Multi-Site Planning
• Engineering Change Management (ECM)
• Embrace Microsoft technologies and applications
• Support Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)
• Optimized for Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Complementing industry focus
• Batch manufacturing
• Web Services Framework
• Supporting LongHorn

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Axapta 5.0 Top of the Mind Considerations

• Multi-site supply chain planning, visibility and
  execution
• Workflow
• Event Management
• Engineering change management
• Web Services Framework
• Improved Office Productivity Tools Integration
• Visio Integration
• Payments Management
• Cash Flow Management

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Two-Fold RD Strategy Is Best For Customers Today

• TransformationalAssurance

Enhance and support until at least 2013
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Todays Solutions Will Be Enhanced And Supported
Through At Least 2013

• With focus on
• Productivity simplicity improvements
• Office 2003 user interface
• Enhancements across all series
• Demand Planner
• Integration to Microsoft CRM
• Integration to FRx
• Integration to Windows SharePoint Services
• Optimization for Small Business Server

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