Intercompany Granule

Jonathan2708
Jonathan2708 Member Posts: 552
edited 2006-12-06 in NAV/Navision Classic Client
Hi,

We have a potential Navision customer and after our initial meetings it seems the Business Essentials edition will be fine for them However they do have 4 companies which regularly trade between each other and therefore the Intercompany feature would be very useful. I notice though that this is only available in the Advanced Management edition, meaning double the price. Is there any options to take the BE edition and add just this one granule?

Any help appreicated,

Jonathan

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  • Captain_DX4
    Captain_DX4 Member Posts: 230
    Would it depend on what transpires between the companies? If it's just moving inventory/product, then each company could just be setup as another customer for each-other. If the requirement is consolidated financials, then that's a different story (and probably the more expensive licensing).
    Kristopher Webb
    Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer
  • Jonathan2708
    Jonathan2708 Member Posts: 552
    Hi,

    Basically it comes down to the fact the the Intercompany feature would be great for them as currently they raise sales invoices in one company, print them out, pass them to somebody else in the office next door who inputs them as a purchase invoice for the sister company. It's just that on a 40 user system it will be difficult for themto justify an extra £40K just for this feature.

    Jonathan
  • Captain_DX4
    Captain_DX4 Member Posts: 230
    Ah, the never ending balance between convenience and cost! *hehe*
    Kristopher Webb
    Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer
  • David_Singleton
    David_Singleton Member Posts: 5,479
    I maybe a bit cynical, but I think we are going to find that most customers are going to find that the Business Essentials option is perfect "except for one granule".

    I think most users are going to go with the full version in the end. Or we may see a lot of development that duplicates existing functionality.

    Personally if I was designing the license model, I would have made it such that you had a pick of options, say like groups, and for example you could get 20 pieces of functionality in the low end version, and all functions in the high end version. That way the license model caters to smaller users, since they still have limited functionality, and once a user seriously uses the functionality, then they take the step.

    Imagine a company that just wants GL and intercompany so they can just post GL transactions. They need to pay the same as a manufacturing and distribution company for the system.

    I believe that the new model is a great move in the right direction, but it will need some thought and maturity before it really is competitive.
    David Singleton

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