The Microsoft Dynamics NAV-based TRIMIT solutions are also called vertical solutions. Not everybody has heard about vertical solutions and may wonder what they are. This blog post seeks to answer that question.
Summary
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution that can be used by a broad range of companies and industries.
A vertical solution is a software solution that uses Dynamics NAV as a platform. It is designed to solve challenges for a specific type of business or a specific industry.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a flexible business solution that can be adopted across many industries and by many different types of customers. It is also known as a horizontal business solution.
The illustration below shows the business areas that can be covered out-of-the-box with Dynamics NAV:
Dynamics NAV
ERP Tailoring Options
Since Dynamics NAV is a business solution with a broad reach, there may be some gaps when it comes to requirements and capabilities that are specific to certain types of businesses or industries. This gap can be closed by for instance:
- customizing the solution
- adding add-ons
- selecting a vertical solution
Vertical Solutions
Vertical solutions, like the TRIMIT solutions, are developed by Microsoft partners who have specialized in a business area. Instead of customizing Dynamics NAV for e.g. the food industry over and over again - writing code from scratch - they have taken specific business knowledge and applied it to a full package solution that solves all or most of the common business requirements.
You can find Dynamics NAV-based vertical solutions for industries like:
- Food
- Fashion
- Retail
- Furniture
- Graphics
Advantages of a Vertical Solution
An vertical business solution is:
- pre-customized for your specific industry or type of business. You can avoid many of the challenges that often arise in complex customization projects in which the code is written from scratch.
- based on best practice in your industry. With many companies from your industry having contributed with their business knowledge, you can benefit from the solution faster.
- developed in cooperation with companies and partners in your industry. You are not alone when it comes to the further development of the solution - neither when it comes to investment nor functionality.
- most often implemented by a partner who knows your industry. With industry-knowledge, your partner can challenge your company's bad habits which can lead to improvements you had not considered.