Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite for mid-sized organizations.

The system offers specialized functionality for manufacturing, distribution, government, retail, and other industries.

Popular Functionality Modules

Payables

General Ledger

Receivables

Purchase Order Management

Inventory

Architecture

The Microsoft Dynamics NAV software is composed of three major components:

The Database Server, a database that stores the Microsoft Dynamics

NAV data (as of NAV 2013 only Microsoft SQL Server)

The Application Server (starting from NAV 2009 RTC), a service that controls all aspects of Microsoft Dynamics NAV's operation

The Client(s), the actual user interface into Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

NAV 2013 includes three clients:

Windows client

SharePoint client

Web client

NAV 2015 further introduced a Tablet Client

Integrated functionality

Microsoft Dynamics NAV delivers integrated functionality to provide support for:

Financial management
Supply chain management
Manufacturing
Distribution
Customer relationship management
Sales and marketing
Service management
Human resource management
Project & Resource management