From the NAV Blogs: Entering a Beginning Balance; Service Pack 1 in Sept; White Paper on Supply Planning

Entering a Beginning Balance for a NAV client: Confessions of a Dynamics NAV Consultant walks us through a useful example: "The goal when entering a beginning bank balance, is to update the bank ledger to ensure the amounts are correct. In addition, the bank transactions that are not cleared needs to be come up so it can be properly reconciled... During a new implementation of Dynamics NAV (Navision), most Dynamics NAV (Navision) consultants understand how to load in A/R and A/P beginning balances. However, when it comes to bank beginning balance, the subject is usually more murky. On one hand, you need to put in the bank balance so it shows up on the bank ledger, on the other hand, if you put in just a lump sum, doing the first bank reconciliation will be a nightmare."

Service Pack 1 to be Released in September: Microsoft Dynamics NAV UK Blog enthusiastically announces the new service pack: "I want to take this opportunity to remind you of the importance of this release for our customers, and our business in FY10, and to ensure that you are making use of the readiness materials that are available to you to support this release now... For example, by implementing a number of keyboard accelerators, re-factoring many "matrix" forms, and adding significant personalization enhancements, your customers will see improvements in user experience and overall business productivity. And ...