From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and NAV Blogs: Local features; Costing and production; Vendor, customer workflow; Customizations

This week on the Dynamics 365-NAV blog roundup:

• Need local features for your country? Now you can build your own!
• Costing and production options in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
• Use of vendor and customer workflow in Dynamics NAV
• Deploying per-tenant customizations

Need local features for your country? Now you can build your own!

On the Dynamics NAV Team Blog, the team stated that in 20 countries, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central currently offers the same out-of-the-box support for local features as Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

These local features cover specific needs of the various countries, such as requirements for reporting tax or formats for exchanging information with banks. But because of the flexibility of Dynamics NAV, Microsoft partners can customize the solution to deliver local functionality to their markets around the world. Until now, though, they couldn't do that with Business Central.

Now, partners can add features as upgradable, easy-to-maintain apps in the countries that aren't already supported. For example, partners in South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa have already wrapped their local functionality into apps for those countries, and partners in other countries are beginning to do the same, according to the team.

You can find out how it works here.

Costing and production options in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

On the ArcherPoint blog, Jamie Hanno stated that although Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help companies in numerous ways, including streamlining accounting procedures, simplifying invoicing, and increasing efficiency of supply chain operations, it is only as effective as its use.

Hanno stated that his company often finds that clients don't remember to conduct ...