‘The fact that Star ticked so many boxes for Practice Management and could also provide an overall accounting solution in the shape of Microsoft Dynamics Nav (formerly Navision) means we only have to work with one supplier for a complete solution.’
Abacus Isle of Man, Operations Director, Paul Watterson.
‘The CGI system had very good processes and was working well but the feeling was that Navision would take us to the next level.’
Dinesh Sanghvi, Finance Director, CGI Group (Europe) Ltd.
‘A particular attraction was that it combined the benefits of an off-the-shelf package with a custom-built solution.’
Miran Khesro, Financial Controller, Prime Light Electrical
‘The outcome was so striking that the board of directors in Munich gave approval for Navision to be rolled out internationally, – Europe-wide and into the US office’
Meint Dijkstra, Head of Technical Services, Unipalm UK
‘With Star’s help, we successfully implemented Navision on time and within budget. This was a remarkable achievement.’
Dinesh Sanghvi, Finance Director, CGI Group (Europe) Ltd.
‘The beauty of Navision is that although this was a very big project, its flexibility as a product coupled with its speed of development, meant we are able to deliver comparatively quickly.’
Meint Dijkstra, Head of Technical Services, Unipalm UK
‘The end result is that in Navision, CGI Europe & Asia Pacific has a common, fully functional, financial accounting and reporting platform that has scaled successfully from supporting a business of 300 people to more than 1200.’
Dinesh Sanghvi, Finance Director, CGI Group (Europe) Ltd.
‘Star is a Microsoft Gold Partner and I find it very useful to be able to phone in to discuss topics, such as recruitment issues, what is happening in the market and so on.’
Meint Dijkstra, Head of Technical Services, Unipalm UK
‘Star support staff are very knowledgeable and experienced and more importantly they are very responsive.’
Gwen Thomas, Finance Manager, De Rigo UK.
‘Before Navision we didn't have accurate visibility through the computer of what we had in the warehouse. Now we have it at our fingertips and I think we are selling a lot more because of that.’
Sarah Schofield, Sales Office Manager, Simon Elvin Limited
‘With data extracted from Navision, we can instantly view up-to-date customer information, looking at turnover, buying history, year-to-date sales by customer or by item, and so on.’
Miran Khesro, Financial Controller, Prime Light Electrical
‘Star Computers continues to provide first-class support through its helpdesk and online diagnosis service whilst Star consultants are always happy to visit the company to discuss further fine tuning.’
David Orr, Operations Director, Simon Elvin Limited
‘Star is a reliable and responsive external resource for us.’
Miran Khesro, Financial Controller, Prime Light Electrical
‘The system is clever enough to know the history of the projects, who is working on what job within which project.’
Stephen Cole, Financial Controller for Maxwell Stamp
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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- Time Recording and Expense Capture
- Jobs, Performance & Reporting
- Workflow and Alerts Management
- SharePoint Integration
- Dynamics CRM Integration
- Case Studies
Jobs, Performance & Reporting
Microsoft Dynamics NAV’s comprehensive Jobs suite provides a comprehensive structure for the effective budgetary and procedural control of jobs and projects, whether chargeable or non-chargeable. Job status and work in progress is visible in summary and detail at all stages of a job's progress and actual costs are reviewable against budget at all times.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV’s flexible job structure means that detailed task analysis may be quickly and simply applied to every job and budgets established at the level most suitable for each job. In addition, multi-level management responsibility may be allocated to each job, ensuring that every level of management is always aware of the status of their own job portfolio. The result is a structure that provides visibility into performance against the firm's KPI's at all levels within the firm as well as clear views on the status and profitability of each and every job taken on.
Management enquiries are available into both job and staff performance and management reporting and review is available, both on-demand and by exception, through Star's powerful Reporting Portal. This uses Microsoft's SQL Server Reporting Services to provide key reports to all entitled users, based upon access rights established by the firm. Standard reports may be supplemented by custom reports developed by Star or by the firm, according to the firm's skills and needs.