How robust is navision technically? We are looking to migrate from a very buggy, poorly supported competitor and I need a few unbiased opinions. How often to bugs appear? How bad are they when they do? How long does it take to fix them? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Every system has it’s issues. Some of the good points of Navision are that NSCs get full access to the source code: if you find a bug before Navision you can fix it yourself; if you need new functionality - it can be added. The processing of data is very fast. The database is very sound. Some of the bad points - Navision can do so much out of the box that tracing through the code to track down a problem can be hard. That’s about it - others can add to the list. I work with two other accounting packages and I enjoy working with Navision the most. Regards, Django
If you wish to evaluate the technical side i would say its very very good, it has all the latest in technology it relies techniques like just in time reccordsets and Sum Index fileds which gives it all the speed. The database version stamping makes it possible for concurrent users to work on. All the data manipulation commands are automatically enveloped by transactions so it actually makes development very very easy. I say all this as i have been programming with VB and SQL for some time now VB being the most easy language to learn and work with i find navision far more easier… Functionality wise navision needs to mature a lot more the core modules are stable some of the later modules still are in the phase of stablizing i hope there is lot more to come and it will keep getting better… being an open source add another dimension to it you always have an option to break your head into it… very tempting but equally hard.
I’ve put Navision into two companies (as an end user). In each case Navision beat its competitors in terms of functionality and I can’t say it was a bad choice. The customization capabilities have been a huge plus in both cases. We have been able to mold it to a tighter fit which has increased our return on investment. With my current employer, our last system was very buggy as well. Not to name the package but it starts with an M and ends with an A. There was no way for the end user or their reseller to access the code so you could only hope it was addressed in the next release. As far as Navision goes, the core “modules” or “granules” have been rock solid from my perspective. When you get to areas such as warehouse management, I wouldn’t call them so much “bugs” but more like “these don’t work the way our business does.” In this case you have to decide if Navision is the best fit for your company or perhaps another package is. Sometimes a simple modification can give you the functionality you want.
I have been working with Navision since late 80’ies and I just love it! Fast, reliable and easy to work with (with the proper license, i.e!). Late versions (3.01…3.60) did have some serious bugs and a lot of hotfixes - but 3.70 with latest hotfixes is stable.
Very diplomatic of you CBC…very diplomatic
I work with navision from 6 month; previous i work with RPG and VB. Navision is very very easy to learn and easy to develop. It ha ve some problem, but the future power are most important. SumIndexField are the technology that in supply-chain sw are very important and useful. hi.