Partners In Health Renews Investment in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Solution To Help Serve Patients Worldwide

Partners In Health is a non-profit that provides high quality health care to some of the poorest and most remote places in the world. This work is as complex as any multinational operation, but it operates "minus all the resources," says Jarid Siegel, the organization's Director of Financial Systems and Operations. "By resources I mean money to buy supplies, power, and internet," he clarifies.

Indeed, this $150 million Boston-based non-profit, which helps to operate health systems serving some of world's poorest populations, cannot count on an internet connection or even power in its work locales - primarily rural Haiti and rural Africa. In addition, the organization has a complex supply chain where over 6,000 pharmaceutical and medical supply SKUs are sourced centrally and then need to be shipped, warehoused, and tracked in these remote regions. And with a footprint across 10 countries, the organization faces multicurrency challenges similar to those of any global operation.

Partners In Health has run on Serenic Navigator, a Microsoft Dynamics NAV-based solution, for eight years and recently renewed their investment in the product. Navigator extends Dynamics NAV specifically for non-profits and NGOs. It builds on Dynamics NAV's capabilities for financial management and operations, including international capabilities like multi-currency, and offers these organizations added functionality aimed at five areas: fund management, full cycle grant management, workflow-based budget controls, approvals, and advanced cost allocations.

"We did an RFP about a year ago and landed back on Navigator as a really good solution for us.  We discovered that certain functionality ...