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Microsoft offers quick to deploy ERP

Microsoft India has announced the availability of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Business Essentials (BE). This   ERP solution is packaged and priced specially for the growing businesses in India. Priced at Rs 3 Lakhs  by its partners, including  license and implementation  the solution will allow growing businesses to access a basic set of ERP functionalities including financials, distribution, and sales management without huge capital investments. Being a ready to use solution, it can be deployed in about 2 -3 weeks.

Analysts believe that among the most significant challenges faced by the SMBs in the country, there is lack of planning by most entrepreneurs while pursuing the feverish growth targets of the past which boils down to lack of accurate and scientific information about their business, their competition, and their end users. There are approximately 4 million SMBs in India of which about 3.9 million fall in the small business (SB) category.  According to a Microsoft AMI Partners report, typically SMEs go through 3 distinctive phases of IT deployment from building infrastructure solutions to deploying connectivity solutions and ultimately enterprise solutions for extending their business reach with their remote locations, customers, and business partners. 9 out of 10 SMEs in the country unfortunately are completely oblivious to any form of organized information. “Growing businesses in India contribute almost 50% to the GDP of India, and as they align themselves to the global markets they seek business applications which can offer them strategic competitive advantage and back home retain their competitive edge during economically challenging times,” said Rajeev Mittal, Group Director, Small and Medium Enterprises, Microsoft India.

“There is a growing demand to transition from financial accounting software to ERP among growing businesses to gain complete visibility and control of their business, which marks the coming of age of these businesses. Given the recent challenging economic times, growing businesses are keen to embrace IT solutions, which offer them a great ROI. Dynamics NAV BE’s easy usage, flexible business logic, localized tax settings with fast implementation is just what growing businesses seek,” added Mittal.

 Choosing the right business management solution is critical for the growing businesses in India and this also means balancing their short- and long-term business goals with their enterprise resources. NAV BE helps growing businesses overcome these challenges with an integrated business management solution that matches their requirements for both the immediate as well as the long-term needs. It is designed to help businesses meet their basic requirements from day one and at the same time being flexible to cater to them when they scale up their business. IGF Solutions opted for Microsoft Dynamics NAV BE. Vikas Indani, Director, IGF Solutions, said, “Not only does NAV BE offers the basic functionalities needed to manage a startup company at an affordable price, being easy to deploy in a matter of a week it was up and running without any disruption.”