Microsoft Dynamics AX capabilities that justify a migration from Dynamics NAV

The direction and progress of both Microsoft Dynamics NAV and AX in recent years have made it more difficult than ever for many organizations to easily identify their one perfect ERP solution. When all organizational aspects are taken into consideration, the decision between these solutions can create tremendous ambiguity about the most appropriate solution choice for some businesses. In some cases, an organization that has selected Dynamics NAV will re-evaluate their organizational needs and conclude that they need to migrate from NAV to AX.

However; there are certain questions that should be answered before implementing NAV to AX migration plans, such as:

• What is the business reason to consider switching from NAV to AX? 
• Does the business require functionality that NAV does not provide but AX does? 
• Does AX provide increased productivity over NAV for the same functionality? 
• Will switching to AX from NAV; reduce overall operating cost? 

Do not forget that switching your ERP system is going to be an expensive affair, costing you people, time & outright costs. There has to be a concrete business justification for the migration. Also it is not mere migration or a simple change in the existing solution. Instead, you are opting for an entirely different system that needs to account for all those needs that are not being fulfilled in current scenario.

Now that a Dynamics AX migration is on the mind, one should certainly evaluate the capabilities and advanced features of Dynamics AX - the ERP solution that you feel is appropriate for your business needs.