• Improvers your responsiveness to vendor and customer demands
• Makes it convenient for supply-chain partners to do business with you
• Reduces costs by automating commerce interactions
• Helps your company instantly and cost-efficiently deply a Web-based interface
• Allows employees to improve their efficiency
• Helps employees make better business decisions

In order to choose the right e-commerce solution, you have to ask the right questions:

" Does your e-commerce solution do more than just catalog your product offerings on the Internet?
" How can you use the Internet to strengthen supply chain relationships and make your business more efficient?
" Do the solution's features match the way you do business?
" Do the features benefit your partners?

Commerce Portal for Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision answers all of your interactive business needs. It streamlines interactions through Web-based trading, self-service and other forms of collaboration.

Your supply chain partners interact with you through a personalized Web portal that matches the needs of their particular roles. Every partner has their own personalized base through which they can do business with you.
With Commerce Portal, you connect your customers and vendors to your business management system by way of the Internet.
You respond to your partners' needs with Web access to real-time information and self-service features from within your Navision solution. Information is always up-to-date and accurate, and self-service features are relevant to the user's particular business needs.

Owing to real time integration and the use of business logic from Commerce Portal for Navision offers a straightforward way to do business with your supply chain partners.

A Smart Solution
Commerce Portal makes it easy for partners to serve themselves. Customers, vendors and other partners can serve themselves directly from their Web portal - anytime, anywhere. They can maintain and query data and documents across the range of functions found in Navision (depending on their particular role and the access rights that have been defined).
Commerce Portal opens a window to information and services that allows your supply chain partners to serve themselves. It makes business faster and more convenient for them, and for you. Your supply chain partners have access to a wealth of features that make it easy for them to do business with you. For example, users can:
" Execute advanced searches
" Check the shipping progress of orders
" Check item availability
" Create orders and view order status
" Convert quotes to orders and assign existing orders to blanket orders.
For a complete list of Commerce Portal features, see the Commerce Portal data sheet.
Ask Your Partner
To learn more about Commerce Portal for Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision, contact your local solution center. They have the expertise necessary to design a solution that fits your specific business needs.
About Microsoft Business Solutions
Microsoft Business Solutions, which includes the businesses of Great Plains®, Microsoft bCentral™ and Navision®, offers a wide range of business applications designed to help small and midmarket businesses become more connected with customers, employees, partners and suppliers. Microsoft Business Solutions' applications automate end-to-end business processes across financials, distribution, project accounting, electronic commerce, human resources and payroll, manufacturing, supply chain management, business intelligence, sales and marketing management, and customer service and support. More information about Microsoft Business Solutions can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions

Copyright © 2002 Microsoft Business Solutions ApS, Denmark. Microsoft, Great Plains are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation or Great Plains, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Great Plains, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. Navision is a registered trademark of Microsoft Business Solutions ApS in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft Business Solutions ApS is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, whole or in part without the prior written permission of Microsoft Business Solutions ApS. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Information in this document is based on Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision 3.60.

Address:
Microsoft Business Solutions
Frydenlunds Allé 6
2950 Vedbaek
Denmark
Tel +45 45 67 80 00
Fax +45 45 67 80 01
http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions

Data Summary Sheet: Commerce Portal

Role & Permission Management
" Personalization
" Role set up Role & Permission Management is the application area in Navision from where roles are easily set up and managed. You create roles and add permissions in a graphical user interface and it is as simple as using Navision.

Roles are flexible and can be customized to the exact requirements of any organization. All activities leverage the existing business logic in Navision.

Sales Management
" Set up customer
" Maintain contact information
" Order cycle tracking
" Blanket order
" Extended reordering Sales Management Web enables the entire sales process. Your customers can set up themselves via the Web portal and can maintain their contact information such as shipping addresses and contact persons.

With the advanced order-tracking feature, your customers will always know exactly where their order is in the order/sales cycle. Moreover, your customer can allocate an order to a blanket order set up in advance.

Extended reordering grants the customer convenient access to previously made order for easy reordering.

Purchase Management
" Maintain contact information
" Maintain catalog
" Maintain delivery date
" Reverse auctions
" Drop shipment Purchase Management Web enables the entire purchasing process. Vendors can maintain all information about themselves that is stored in Navision. This includes product information such as catalogs, item numbers and prices. Furthermore, delivery dates can be maintained so that they are always up-to-date ensuring optimal supply chain performance.

Reverse Auctions which are set up and managed from within Navision, allow vendors to bid on an order via the Web portal. This ensures that companies will always get the best possible price the market can offer.
Moreover, vendors can drop ship orders to customers and thus eliminate supply chain inefficiencies.

Notification Management

" Event based e-mail
" Place holder Commerce Portal has advanced notification features throughout the application.

The system can be set up to send e-mail notifications when any given event occurs, for example when a certain item becomes available, when an order is shipped or when a reverse auction is opened.

The place holder makes it possible to automatically send personalized e-mails to partners containing business data form Navision, for instance order numbers and balances.

Content Management

" Multi language Commerce Portal comes with advanced Content Management functionality.

All Web pages are managed from within Navision. This means that a Navision user can do all Web page maintenance without the assistance of Internet consultants.

Microsoft Commerce Sever feature

" Catalog
" Profiling
" Cross selling
" Targeting
" Site analytics
" Bizdesk Commerce Portal uses the advanced catalog features of Microsoft Commerce Server and Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 for customizing and maintaining catalog structures and hierarchies.

Profiling monitors user behavior on your site. This data is for example used in Cross Selling. Cross Selling lets you offer customers additional goods based on what they have already selected for their order.

Targeting enables you to target customers with special offers based on user preferences and previous shopping behavior.

Site analytics lets you analyze user behavior in great detail and generate reports, for example, to assess the effect of a campaign.

Bizdesk is the graphical user interface from which all Commerce Server features are administered.

Server Environment:
" Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision 3.60
" Navision Application Server 3.60
" Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
" Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (SP2)
" Microsoft Commerce Server* 2000/2002
" Microsoft XML Parser 3.0, SP2
" .NET Framework (only with Commerce Server 2002)
Client:
" Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision 3.60
" Operating systems: Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (SP6a) Workstation or Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP
" Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later

User Portal

Your employees are one of your greatest assets - their productivity (or lack of it) can make or break you. You want them to be more efficient, and you need them to make the right business decisions. The last thing you want is a complicated software system that slows your employees down and grinds your business to a halt.

User Portal helps employees focus on their jobs
There's No Place Like Home
User Portal for Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision delivers all the critical information employees need on their own homepage, helping them become more productive. All that's required to access the specific data they need is a Microsoft browser. With User Portal it's easy for your employees to access data in Navision, no matter where they're working. Remote users, such as traveling sales representatives, can immediately access their customized home page with the information they require to complete their task.
One Desktop - Many Users
With User Portal, you can also provide both casual and regular users of Navision with a personal portal suited to their role in your organization. For example, you may have casual users that do not require their own computer, but occasionally need to check for example order status, customer information, and so on in Navision. With User Portal, one computer serves all. The user can simply log on to any office computer to access their personal home page - one uniquely designed to meet their individual need for information. Once the user has logged off, the desktop is ready for the next employee.
Zero Training Time - Zero Training Costs
User Portal requires no training. If your employees have worked with a Microsoft program or surfed the Internet, they have all the experience they need.
Like all Navision solutions, User Portal has been developed with the user in mind so that it's both intuitive and simple to use. Not only do you save on training costs, your employees can start working immediately. And, there are no extra software costs! User Portal software is complimentary with any Navision solution.
Time Is Money
User Portal saves your employees time by giving them instant access to the information they need to do their job, making them more efficient.

With User Portal, your employees have a desktop work environment with multiple views into their Navision solution, Microsoft Outlook and the Internet, for example. It's all on one screen, meaning that employees always work in the same interface and never have to switch programs. All the critical role-based information they need is on one page so they work more efficiently.
Customization is as easy as drag and drop.
Tailor-Made for Each Employee
Your staff can design and format their own screen content and layout. They can select from assigned Web Parts (or views), such as, ticker stock prices, recent business news and Navision. And it's quick and easy to add to or subtract from the contents of your page to match changing needs. Using, receiving and combining information helps employees manage personal business knowledge effortlessly.
Access with Just One Click
Why waste time searching for the information you need when you can add it to your start page? With the click of the mouse, you can, for example, easily enter orders and look up stock availability.

Give each employee access to e.g. customer information at a click of a button
Knowledge Is Strength
How can you help your employees make better business decisions? You can keep them well informed with the right information they need to do their job effectively. With User Portal, your employees have easy access to all the information that supports the roles they have in your organization. They can quickly and easily initiate searches for relevant role-based information from any source. For example, when a sales representative needs information on customer accounts and sales history he or she can easily access the relevant and up-to-date information in Sales and Receivables from their User Portal.

The result: Employees have more time to analyze data and are equipped with the right information to solve problems, answer questions and make smarter decisions faster.
Your Staff Excels - Your Business Wins
In the original setup you can decide how much access your employees have to Navision, to your intranet, the Internet and to other third-party systems. This helps you ensure that employees remain focused on data relevant to their role and can make better business decisions as a result. Your employees have:

" Single-click access to analytical tools
" Access to real-time integrated data
" The tools they need to deal with sales and service

User Portal comes with support for two preconfigured roles out-of-the-box, but your Navision Solution Center can customize your particular solution so that it suits the unique needs of your company.
Ask Your Partner
To learn more about Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision, contact your local solution center. They have the expertise necessary to design a solution that fits your specific business needs.
About Microsoft Business Solutions
Microsoft Business Solutions, which includes the businesses of Great Plains®, Microsoft bCentral™ and Navision®, offers a wide range of business applications designed to help small and midmarket businesses become more connected with customers, employees, partners and suppliers. Microsoft Business Solutions' applications automate end-to-end business processes across financials, distribution, project accounting, electronic commerce, human resources and payroll, manufacturing, supply chain management, business intelligence, sales and marketing management, and customer service and support. More information about Microsoft Business Solutions can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions

Copyright © 2002 Microsoft Business Solutions ApS, Denmark. Microsoft, Great Plains are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation or Great Plains, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Great Plains, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. Navision is a registered trademark of Microsoft Business Solutions ApS in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft Business Solutions ApS is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, whole or in part without the prior written permission of Microsoft Business Solutions ApS. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Information in this document is based on Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision 3.60.

Address:
Microsoft Business Solutions
Frydenlunds Allé 6
2950 Vedbaek
Denmark
Tel +45 45 67 80 00
Fax +45 45 67 80 01
http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions

Data Summary Sheet: User Portal

Sales Representative Role " Prepare for customer visits, for example, view contact information and order history
" Carry out sales activities during a customer visit, for example, enter orders, call up customer accounts and access sales history
" Follow up on a customer visit, for example, access to-do lists, customer updates and sales letters

Product Designer Role " Find, maintain and create new product items
" Manage Bill of Materials
" Run total cost calculations for product items

New User Experience " Search and look up relevant role-based data
" Create, view and edit Navision data
" Access most recently used lists
" Access Web reports directly from Navision
" Access favorite tasks and links

Multilanguage Enabled " Run numerous languages on the same installation, including American, British, Australian and Irish English, Danish, Dutch, Dutch Flemish, French Flemish, French, German, Austrian German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish

Web Enabled " Access information in Navision anytime, from anywhere

Personalization " Manage content, roles and access according to user
" Personalize layout for each user
" Personalize settings and default properties
" Create new information access for each user

Web Parts " Access different programs from the same desktop
" Integrate to other programs, products and applications
" Select from more than 100 out-of-the-box Web parts, for example, Microsoft Outlook Calendar or preferred Internet sites

Server Environment:

" Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (SP2), including Internet Information Server (IIS) and Microsoft Digital Dashboard Resource Kit 2.01
" Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision 3.60
" User Portal Application Server 3.60

Client:

" Windows NT 4 (SP6), Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP

Web Client:

" Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later