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MrTyrus
#1 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:04:38 PM
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Hi guyz, since most pple here are in the finance sector or have deep interest in this sector, I would like to know if anyone has used Navision and how they feel about it. I need to make some decisions on whether it's a viable route for an IT tech (am an IT tech btw) to take. smile
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bird_man
#2 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:13:52 PM
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MrTyrus,
If you are in the IT field then its a definite YES!However, ensure you are on the technical side of it and not on the sales side.Companies that I know are using it include LAP Trust,KK Group of Companies,Kenya Re,Marshalls,Kenya Coffee Board,East Africa Re etc

Note that this are all companies with huge budgets and thus can afford to pay a neat sum for the system (and the consultants).
The other ERPs in competition pay wise are SAP and T24 but each is peculiar to a specific industry.
Formally employed people often live their employers' dream & forget about their own.
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Trump
#3 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:26:12 PM
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Tyrus,

Its a good system lakini if it goes down, or needs modification it can be hard to get a qualified person to do it. Its a worthwile venture
Just do it!
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MrTyrus
#4 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:27:09 PM
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thanx bird_man
n r they heavy consumers of NAV,like will they keep consulting or require an inhouse guy for it, since the word is that wen its nicely implemented its like it has a life of its own
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bird_man
#5 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:53:38 PM
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@MrTyrus,
Well I'm not sure if I could give a good answer to that.I had 3friends (young guys,26-28yrs) who were consulting for all these companies I have mentioned.When the system was implemented at LAP Trust, they poached one of the consultants for a gross of about 230K.LAP still has an SLA with the consulting company worth 2.4M per yr.

The other 2 were poached by KK Group for around 250K gross.

I don't know if that's a good salary but for a 27yr old I think it is quite above average.The other guys who are getting neat sums are T24 guys...the most EXPENSIVE are SAP. If you have a good opportunity, get into Navision, its here to stay and the companies will always need you either as an employee or for side jobs you can do during weekends.
Formally employed people often live their employers' dream & forget about their own.
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MrTyrus
#6 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 1:58:32 PM
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Thanx man, those salary ranges r quite impressive 4 a young guy n the market seems not saturated judging from wat trump said that its hard to get qualified pple. I think its worthy of my 2011
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mozenrat
#7 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:08:45 PM
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Did someone just compare Navision to SAP??? Blasphemy!!!

Navision = small to medium sized enterprises
SAP = the big leagues

Don't even mention the two in the same paragraph
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muganda
#8 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:16:51 PM
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@mozenrat well said. But I hear debate some companies considering shifting from Oracle to SAP. Now, among the big leagues, why would anyone want to do that?
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bird_man
#9 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:57:55 PM
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@mozenrat I was just giving several choices.Of course when you talk about SAP you are talking about the likes of EABL,Nation Media etc....the big guys.It was a just by the way mention I didn't actually compare the two in any way.
SAP is damn expensive (software and consultants wise) and so is T24 for financial institutions.Navision comes a few Kms behind.
Formally employed people often live their employers' dream & forget about their own.
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Djinn
#10 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 7:12:21 PM
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bird_man wrote:
@mozenrat I was just giving several choices.Of course when you talk about SAP you are talking about the likes of EABL,Nation Media etc....the big guys.It was a just by the way mention I didn't actually compare the two in any way.
SAP is damn expensive (software and consultants wise) and so is T24 for financial institutions.Navision comes a few Kms behind.


@bird_man - not quite. In the last 3-5 years SAP has become scalable even for the SME sector. A good example is Acacia Pharmacy - i think they are more like small retail outlets, perhaps 10 branches max and headcount no more than 60-70. Its not for the big guns any more...

Navision? wow, its been eons since I heard abt that. I think the last time I heard about it I was fiddling with SQL*Plus...
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