Microsoft Certified Trainer status comes with perks

Copenhagen - home of NAV7

Initially it just seemed like a normal phone call, but then came an invite to attend 3-days of Dynamics NAV7 training in Copenhagen. Dynamics NAV7 is the next major release of Dynamics, however, initially the thought of travelling for 52 hours to attend 24 hours of training didn’t appeal.

But then my dear Microsoft representative explained that I would be the only one in the Australian partner community to have Dynamics NAV7 knowledge, and I would be the one to transfer this knowledge so that the Australian market could start preparing for the new version, and Fenwick Software would become part of the Dynamics NAV7 beta program gaining product knowledge before its release to the market; And Microsoft would finance my trip (now she was talking).

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Suddenly 52 hours of travel didn’t seem like such a big deal. I just needed to be smart and stay a bit longer to give myself an opportunity to see Copenhagen. I also felt privileged to be selected for such a program.

Now here comes anticlimax. I went to Denmark, got all the information about the product and what Microsoft is doing to address market needs, but I'm not allowed to share any information before the product is released :-( . All I can say is that I am excited to see how Dynamics NAV is transforming, and I'm  impressed with all the effort Microsoft is putting into it. Obviously, these subjective comments don’t say much, but one thing is for sure: NAV7 information has prepared us better to manage our current NAV projects as we now know the To-Do’s and Not-to-Do's. We have also seen first hand Microsoft's commitment to the future of Dynamics NAV.
From: Rubina Usman

Fenwick Pinpoints the Location

Anyone who has had to enter a series of addresses into a system will know how frustrating it can be if you don’t have all the details. You may not know the postcode or the correct suburb; you might want to add a Melways’ or UBD reference.

Fenwick has developed a street look-up tool as part of its Fenwick Gold utility suite. This references the Melways or UBD directories to ensure that you get the correct and consistent data every time, and always in the same format.

A user can input a street name and the system will display a list of all matches in the State. This allows the user to select the correct suburb and retrieve all the relevant details. For example, if the user enters ‘350 Collins’ the system will display all the Collins Streets, Lanes, Roads, Avenues etc., in Victoria. You can search down the list to locate the required suburb. Once chosen, the system will populate the full street address, suburb, postcode, municipality, country and Melways’ reference.

If you want to simplify entry of addresses, ensure consistency of data, and make the whole process less tedious, this is the utility for you.

Contact: Andrew Ferguson

Waste Management - the current challenge

In November Fenwick Software went 'on the road' to show off its successful waste management offering: enwis). Ian Thompson and Mandy Dore joined Fenwick Director Andrew Ferguson on the enwis) stand at the Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo  held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling harbour.

Over the three days of the conference more than 2,000 people attended; many of these visited the Fenwick stand to learn more about enwis) and the benefits that it has already delivered to major Australian companies like: Alex Fraser and Sterihealth. enwis) is the only single integrated solution written specifically for the waste and recycling industry. With the amount of interest shown in enwis) at the expo, Fenwick expects to add to the 180 companies worldwide already using the solution.

Fenwick CEO Greg Galloway was delighted with the response from the exhibition: 'The exhibition was very successful for us and we have no doubt that the ROI Australian enwis) users are experiencing will make the decision for other companies very straightforward.' 
From: Ian Thompson