Microsoft Launches Business Solutions Navision 4.0 for SME

Microsoft Business Solutions today announced the launch of Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision® 4.0. Developed in 39 languages for 41 localized versions, Microsoft Navision 4.0 is the latest release of a product suite that is currently used by more than 45,000 organizations around the world.

"Microsoft Navision 4.0 will help us better serve our customers," said Helmut Hoff, member of the board of Cosmo Consulting, a Microsoft Business Solutions value-added reselling partner that specializes in Microsoft Navision.

Microsoft Navision 4.0 was developed specifically for small and midmarket segment organizations that want to focus on growing and improving their businesses. It is ideal for companies looking for a single solution that can be implemented rapidly, customized and maintained with minimal disruption to the business.

The product integrates critical financial, manufacturing, distribution, customer management, supply chain, analytics and e-commerce data into one streamlined solution.

This first major product release by Microsoft Navision following its acquisition by Microsoft in 2002 was developed at Microsoft's Vedbaek, Denmark, campus, the company's largest development center outside the United States.

"With Microsoft Navision 4.0, we are offering an abundance of European innovation to the world," said René Stockner, general manager, Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision.

Microsoft Navision 4.0 embodies enhancements and additions developed to help organizations scale their competitive advantage in today's global business arena.

Microsoft Navision 4.0 is intended for a global market of small and midsize segment companies or organizations as well as divisions, subsidiaries or branch offices of large companies that typically need to scale up the solution to approximately 100 users.

In June 2004 Microsoft Business Solutions announced its overall development strategy focused on five key pillars of integrated innovation and a vision to create software that transforms the work of millions of organizations around the world.

Microsoft Business Solutions used these pillars to guide development of Microsoft Navision 4.0 in the following ways: Empowered users - Microsoft Navision 4.0's new user interface; Insightful - In Microsoft Navision 4.0, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and analysis tools have been enhanced with business; Connected - Building on Microsoft SQL Server (TM) Notification Services and deep integration with the overall Microsoft technology stack; TCO- Microsoft Navision 4.0 includes industry templates that enable Microsoft partners to significantly reduce the time it takes to implement the solution; Adaptive processes - For organizations that rely on manual planning.

Microsoft Business Solutions offers integrated business applications and services that allow small and midsize organizations and divisions of large enterprises to connect employees, customers and suppliers for improved efficiency.