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4th January 2010
Microsoft releases MS Dynamics NAV 2009 in Belgium
During challenging economic times, companies are seeking tools that can help streamline operations and find ways to use their resources more efficiently. As part of its commitment to continuous innovation across its business software products, Microsoft released Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, in Belgium.
In everyday life, how do you simplify things? Remove the clutter? Organize what's left? Put things where you can get to them easily and quickly? That’s exactly what Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009’s role tailored user experience does to your desktop environment. It promotes the actions and information that you need, helping you prioritizing your tasks and keeping your work productive and fun! Microsoft Dynamics NAV produces the most effective user experience ever created for a business management solution and maximizes business productivity!
Interested in getting more information about Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
Email us at: info@sphinx-it.be or give us a call: +32 (0)9 386 33 00
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17th November 2009
New company magazine "KEYBOARD".
We are pleased to present you our latest edition of our company magazine 'KEYBOARD'. In this edition the SPHINXdistri Mat product managers sketches the present and future of this solid software solution for building material distributors. In addition Mr Laurent Verbrugge testifies how SPHINXdistri Mat improves business operations and boosts employee productivity at Daldecor NV.
Mr Sven Machielsen, CEO at Van Oirschot NV, states that high availability management, ERP and WMS are indispensable in his organization, in order to deal with the increasing complexity of the business.
Click here to download the Dutch version of the latest KEYBOARD.
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3rd November 2009
Greater operational flexibility with Dynamics NAV and Windows 7
Moving an ERP system to a new operating system is, by its very nature, fraught with peril.
But upgrading to Windows 7 won't be a problem for Microsoft Dynamics NAV customers because Dynamics NAV 5.0 is compatible with Windows 7, as well as with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.By supporting Windows 7, Microsoft has made it possible for Dynamics NAV customers to move to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 while leaving their Dynamics installations in place.
That means that Dynamics NAV 5.0 customers won't have to go through upgrades of the application just to get onto the new operating system."Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1 installed smoothly, without a complaint. Microsoft Windows 7 runs Dynamics NAV, and does so even better as any previous Windows version." says Rik Vanbrabandt, Business Unit Manager Infrastructure at SPHINX-IT.
Interested in getting more information about Dynamics NAV and Windows 7 compatibility? Our infrastructure team will be pleased to provide you any additional information. Email us at: info@sphinx-it.be or give us a call: +32 (0)9 386 33 00
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2nd October 2009
SPHINX-IT presents Intelligent 3D warehouse management tool at Transport & Logistics
From 20th till 22nd October, SPHINX-IT will be present with pioneering technology at Transport & Logistics on booth stand 4219. Discover our brand new multi-touch Intelligent 3D warehouse management tool for SPHINXwms running on Microsoft Surface!
The 3D WMT (Warehous Management Tool) has been developed as a software concept that allows people to edit, measure and manage warehouse content by means of the ‘natural user’ interface. The natural user interface refers to natural gestures (commonly known as I-Phone usage).
Karel Deloddere, CTO at SPHINX-IT says:
"Combining 3D, business intelligence and multi touch technology results in a new, natural experience when managing your warehouse. It enables people to gain instant insight in complex environments like WMS. Real-time integration with a warehouse management system (eg. SPHINXwms) creates a completely new way of mastering your warehouse operations". -
5th September 2009
SPHINX-IT welcomes 3 new Distribution-oriented customers in September!
BE NETWORKS bvba, Zaventem
BE Networks, a fast growing international distributor of computer networking equipment, situated in Zaventem, decided to automate their administration, payroll and logistics with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1. BE Networks is specialized in selling and buying computer networking equipment worldwide to Telco’s, ISP’s, Integrators and resellers. By using mobile scanning devices connected to Microsoft Dynamics NAV, BE Networks will gain full control over its inventory. The inventory control starts with the receipt of all goods, full automated order picking, stock control, and equipment tracking. Other warehouse operations are to follow quickly. With the full support and the extensive knowledge of SPHINX IT, Microsoft Dynamics NAV is able to grow with BE NETWORKS who can in their turn fulfill the needs and meet the demands of their clients and markets
Gedimat – Bouwgroep/ Den Dam , Turnhout & Beerse
Bouwgroep NV and Den Dam NV are leading suppliers of building materials, located in Turnhout and in Beerse. Bouwgroep NV is an affiliate member of GEDIMAT, Belgium’s largest building materials purchase association. In close collaboration with the project team at Den Dam NV and Bouwgroep NV, SPHINX-IT will deploy SPHINXdistri Mat. SPHINXdistri Mat is a Microsoft Dynamics NAV enhancement created by SPHINX-IT specifically for the building materials wholesales. Building on its proven track record of very successful installations, SPHINXdistri Mat will certainly also deliver a high ROI (return on investment) to Den Dam and Bouwgroep.
Gedimat Van der Velden Bouwmaterialen
Another building material wholesaler, Van der Velden Bouwmaterialen, has signed up with SPHINX-IT for a SPHINXdistri Mat software solution.
Van der Velden Bouwmaterialen is located in Meer and has been supplying construction materials to wholesalers, professionals and consumers since 1967.
For the past years, the company was using a software application that had reached the end of its lifecycle and could no longer support the growing needs of a modern wholesale. Like its fellow members of the Gedimat group that also implemented Microsoft Dynamics NAV and SPHINXdistri Mat, Van der Velden Bouwmaterialen will now dispose of a state-of-the-art ERP system that will enable them to work in a much more efficient and integrated way.
"We selected SPHINX-IT because they have good knowledge and expertise in our branche." says Erik Kenis of Van Der Velden Bouwmaterialen.
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14th May 2009
SPHINXwms showcase on 23/04/09: a great success!
On Thursday 23 April 2009 SPHINX-IT organized a seminar regarding Warehouse Management. The seminar aimed to inform customers and prospects about the enhanced possibilities of SPHINXwms, SPHINX-IT’s software solution for warehouse automation.
Bruno Conil, Sales & Marketing Manager of SPHINX-IT, welcomed the audience and focused on SPHINX-IT’s "People Ready" product strategy. SPHINXwms is a people ready solution that enables warehouse employees to excel in their logistics tasks. Warehouse automation results in a significant increase in efficiency and in lower costs of warehouse operations.
Guest speaker, Sven Machielsen - CEO of Van Oirschot NV, highlighted the value of SPHINXwms for his company, the recent changes in his warehouse organisation, some key facts and figures, etc.
During the very lively Q&A, lots of attendees took the opportunity to get practical ideas from Sven on how a WMS-solution could be introduced in their own business environment.Koen De Cooman, Account Manager of SPHINX-IT, gave an appealing demo of the SPHINXwms application implemented at Konings NV. Konings NV is a leading producer of beverages and liqueurs, located in Zonhoven. A virtual tour of the Konings logistic premises by means of short video shootings, combined with live feature demos of SPHINXwms, sparked the attention of the audience. Koen demonstrated how the Dynamics NAV system enhanced with SPHINXwms fully guides inbound, outbound and internal warehouse tasks.
Karel Deloddere, Technology Manager of SPHINX-IT, demonstrated how SPHINX-IT’s intelligent reporting toolset, branded as Dynamic Intelligence, offers lots of added value by offering a complete overview and analysis possibilities of all warehouse operations’ metrics. Getting the right information, in the right format on the right time enables all employees in the organization to take the right decisions.
Jan Snyers, General Manager of SPHINX-IT, provided a roundup of the seminar illustrating the SPHINXwms approach. "Logistics Managers today face major challenges in the fields of resource cost, risk, customer focus, globalization and above all the growth of data and how to gain insight in that pile of information. Sphinx-it aims at building smart supply chain solutions such as SPHINXwms, equipped with advanced analytics tools such as Dynamic Intelligence".
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20th April 2009
Schelfhaut NV opts for fully redundant Fujitsu infrastructure
Schelfhaut NV is a leading supplier of roller shutter components for new buildings and renovations. The company has branch offices in Dendermonde (Flanders) and Bertrix (Wallonia). Recently, Schelfhaut NV also integrated Cannoot NV (Erpe-Mere) as new subsidiary into its business infrastructure.
For more than 20 years, Schelfhaut NV successfully worked with Fujitsu Siemens infrastructure. Due to the continuous internal growth, the incorporation of new companies and activities and therefore the increasing number of users, the current infrastructure could not cope anymore. Because of the many years' experience with the reliability and the low cost of ownership, Schelfaut NV decided to invest once again in Fujitsu hardware and peripherals and their installation partner SPHINX-IT.
Schelfhaut NV took the option to to scale the infrastructure to a state of the art Fujitsu Technology rack configuration, housing a series redundant rack servers, based on Microsoft technology (Windows Server 2008). Because of the advantages of the built-in Terminal Services Gateway feature a.o., moving to Windows Server 2008 will instantly deliver considerable security and productivity benefits to all the users of Schelfhaut NV.
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23rd January 2009
5 successful go-lives with SPHINX-IT's business software solutions in January 2009
The past few months SPHINX-IT worked hard to prepare the launch of several business critical applications at an important number of customers. In close collaboration with these customers' project teams, SPHINX-IT managed to successfully meet all planned go-live milestones:
Kerremans NV, a leading building materials wholesale in the Antwerp region, successfully migrated from a UNIX-COBOL based system towards the latest version of Dynamics NAV enhanced with SPHINXdistri Mat. SPHINXdistri Mat is a Dynamics NAV enhancement specifically built for companies in the wholesale and distribution of building materials. 15 users at KERREMANS NV are now confidently relying on Dynamics NAV to support their daily purchase, sales, distribution and finance processes.
Thalys International (Brussels) provides commercial passenger rail transport services on behalf of SNCB and SNCF to the following destinations: Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Cologne. Thalys International went live on Dynamics NAV 5.0 enriched with specific enhancements for finance, extended budgets and expense approvals
Belgosuc NV, located in Beernem, produces semi-finished products based on natural sugars. As from January 5th, their all new SPHINXtrace.net system with online data collection guarantees full traceability from receipt, through manufacturing and quality control to order shipping. The .Net solution developed by SPHINX-IT works fully integrated with the existing back-office solution (Brilliant).
Chalets Verhaeghe NV in Harelbeke is a leading manufacturer of summerhouses and saunas. In July 2008 Chalets Verhaeghe NV decided to automate their complete set of business processes with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0. Today, Dynamics NAV is already used for order-entry, shipping, invoicing and accounting. The manufacturing and inventory management processes will be automated in the course of 2009.
Franki Geotechnics, headquartered in Tubize,is active in the Belgian and Luxemburg market for deep foundations of buildings and civil engineering constructions. Franki Geotechnics decided to upgrade their outdated Navision 2.6 system to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0. Franki Geotechnics, who was recently acquired by the BESIX Group, can now rely on a stable, up to date system to support their further expansion.
The very first days of a new calendar year are traditionally very busy in an IT-company providing ERP solutions such as SPHINX-IT. Professional project management, on site go-live assistance and continuous support proved vital for the trouble-free launch of these new business software system and subsequently, their good acceptance by all users.
As Robby Smolderen, CFO at KERREMANS NV says:
"After a few days working with Dynamics NAV, I am 100% convinced of the user-friendliness of this system. Our partner SPHINX-IT made sure NAV works according to our business needs." -
22nd December 2008
SPHINX-IT adds the Business Intelligence competency to its Microsoft Gold Certified status
SPHINX-IT has always recognized the importance of making business data more visible and more usable for analysis. Having empowered several of its customers with enhanced reporting tools, SPHINX-IT has now officially earned the Microsoft Business Intelligence competency, with BI platform specialization.
SPHINX-IT is extremely pleased to have attained this Business Intelligence competency in the Microsoft Partner Program, because it clearly shows that Microsoft acknowledges SPHINX-IT's expertise in this domain. Our current and future customers will continue to enjoy the benefits of a strong partnership between a global software vendor and its solid local business partner SPHINX-IT.
The benefits provided to SPHINX-IT through this earned Microsoft competency, will allow us to continue to enhance our business software solution offering to our customers and provide them with ever better tools to maximize their business potential.
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9th December 2008
0% Financing promotion to New Microsoft Dynamics NAV customers
Build your company's future while keeping your cash in your pockets by financing Microsoft Dynamics software at 0% interest!
SPHINX-IT provides powerful business software solutions that pay off in the nearest term and over the long haul. Our solutions help you to dramatically improve your productivity and maximize your efficiency, to make your company ready to respond to the challenges of the fast changing economic climate. With the Microsoft 0% Financing promotion, you can now prepare the future and still maximize your current cash flows.
So don't delay investments that can help your business improve its competitive position for 2009! It's easy to take advantage of the Microsoft 0% promotion: simply contact our sales department at +32 (0)9 386 33 00 or info@sphinx-it.be.
(0% financing promotion available until March 20, 2009 - subject to credit approval)
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14th November 2008
SPHINX-IT launches the second edition of its company magazine "KEYBOARD"
In the second edition of KEYBOARD you can find interesting items about the warehouse management solution SPHINXwms, mobile working and electronic invoicing.
Some SPHINX-IT team members explain why they have choosen to work for SPHINX-IT and how they experience their job.
The customer case TONICKX NV indicates how a tailor made software solution, FIRMWAREfashion, supports the unique and complex business processes within a stable and performant platform.If you are interested to read the magazine, download here the Dutch version [PDF - 2,3 MB].
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13th October 2008
SPHINX-IT had a full program of marketing events the last few weeks
On 19th September, SPHINX-IT welcomed its customers and business relations to the "GET TOGETHER 2008". The 'GET TOGETHER' is an important marketing event at SPHINX-IT, that aims to provide insight about the new product strategy of SPHINX-IT.
Karel Deloddere (Technology Manager) brought the Dynamic Intelligence concept to the audience. Dynamic intelligence is a complete set of intelligent reporting tools, developed by SPHINX-IT. Dynamic Intelligence uses Microsoft technology and provides business insight leading to better, faster and more relevant decisions.
Bruno Conil (Sales & Marketing Manager) introduced TradePoint, a highly acclaimed web based solution for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. TradePoint can be configured as a public e-commerce web shop or a b2b self service portal.
Kurt Juvyns, (Partner Technology & Solution Advisor Microsoft Dynamics) gave a general overview of Microsoft's roadmap for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The attendees could see an impressive preview of the upcoming release, Dynamics NAV 2009.
Jan Snyers (General Manager) stated the importance of automation investments, especially during economic uncertain times. SPHINX-IT stays committed to significantly invest in knowledge and technology, resulting in state of the art business solutions that empower customers' business performance.
After the software show, everyone pushed the gas pedal at straight lines and high-speed corners, fighting for the best round time on the indoor carting race track.
SPHINX-IT and SDT-Informatics at PROLOGISTICS
SPHINX-IT showed its warehouse software solution at PROLOGISTICS. On a common fair booth SPHINX-IT and auto-ID partner SDT informatics gave live demos of automated inbound handling, internal handling and outbound handling using wireless handheld scanning devices.
The latest version of SPHINXwms integrates lot-nr traceability and quality follow up. SPHINXwms increases inventory accuracy, reduces receiving times, ensures product availability and exceeds customers' expectations.
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12th September 2008
SPHINX-IT will be present at PROlogistics on 24th & 25th September
On 24 & 25 September SPHINX-IT will be present at PROlogistics, the trade fair for total supply chain in Brussels Expo. This trade show is a unique platform where approximately 190 exhibitors provide supply chain professionals with strategic information about logistic optimisation.
In cooperation with SDT-Informatics (partner for wireless barcode and auto ID solutions), SPHINX-IT will demonstrate, at a common fair booth, a real-life case of SPHINXwms along with automated data collection. SPHINXwms is an enhancement-suite for warehouse management based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The primary purpose of SPHINXwms is to increase inventory accuracy and reduce operational warehouse costs. Directed receiving, directed internal handling and directed shipping are the key elements within SPHINXwms.
Meet SPHINX-IT and SDT-Informatics in hall 5 at booth 1175:
Wednesday 24 September 2008: 10.00 am to 8.00 pm
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8th August 2008
SPHINX-IT adds TradePoint.net as e-business solution in product offering.
On Friday august 1st, SPHINX-IT has signed a partner agreement with ScripServer Intl. and has become product distributor of TradePoint.net. ScriptServer Intl., located in Sweden, is a Gold Certified Microsoft partner who creates and sells internet applications, in particular TradePoint - a software application for bringing Dynamics NAV (Navision) to the web. TradePoint.net is a secure and powerful web based solution for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and provides customers and employees access to a professional set of Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumers (B2C) features.
TradePoint.net can quickly be configured as a public e-commerce web shop, a B2B self service portal and/or an employee portal.
[click to enlarge]TradePoint.net handles all e-commerce functionality while the business data and calculations are performed in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Any object in Dynamics NAV can be presented in the e-commerce solution, together with extended information, whether it is product descriptions, images, PDF-documents, Flash movies or any kind of new media.
Interested in getting more information about the e-business offering at SPHINX-IT?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
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20th June 2008
Microsoft announced the release of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1.
The functionality enhancements released with this version are significant. More than 300 product enhancements have been made based on feedback to Microsoft Support Services from partners and customers worldwide. The improvements can be split into three areas - the Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform, application enhancements and new business opportunities with Microsoft Dynamics NAV Mobile enablement.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1 provides customers with even more opportunities to increase productivity and realize business success.
Need more information about Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
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15th May 2008
SPHINX-IT company magazine available for download
SPHINX-IT took the initiative to release twice a year a company magazine called KeyBoard. KeyBoard magazine is ment to inform SPHINX-IT's business relations regarding its business software solutions. Without an overload of technological information, the magazine focuses on the everyday business reality.
In this first edition we enlight SPHINX-IT's vision of implementing quality business software solutions. Read about how the Dynamic Intelligence concept can help your company to measure information and take appropriate decisions. Our customer Galoppin Papier explains how his Business software improves operational activities.
If you are interested to read the magazine, download here the Dutch version [PDF - 1MB].
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10th April 2008
SMEKENS Safety & signal products successfully managed with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
SMEKENS Safety & signal products specializes in distribution safety products such as respiratory protection, head/ear protection, hand protection, full body protective gear, eye protection and disposable clothing.
The company has 15 employees and serves more than 600 active customers. SMEKENS nv is present in a broad range of markets where each customer has its own specific needs and requirements.Because of the recent growth of the organization, SMEKENS needed to replace their existing administrative applications by an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. In order to be able to support the activities of its employees, as well as the key processes of SMEKENS nv, the ERP system had to respond to the needs of a company active in import/export and distribution of material goods.
SPHINX-IT was selected to implement a Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution, enhanced with its own import / export / distribution specific enhancement: SPHINXdistri.
This enables the different type of users (sales, purchasing, logistics .) to really exploit the new system as per their individual needs, to automate data input and data transfer between departments and doing so to reduce the margin of error. The already very strong inbuilt CRM functionality of Dynamics NAV leads to a very quick way of insight of the customers and customer segments and enabling smooth interactions with both the individuals and the organizations.
"After implementing the new system we have increased our speed both on order entry and order handling. This has had its effect on customer service and raised the level of customer satisfaction, hence customer retention. These factors are critical for the success of our business. We have chosen SPHINX-IT as our IT partner because of their clear offer, the technical solution as well as the expertise they brought to the table and of course their experience in helping companies active in import/export & distribution such as ourselves", says Geert Massart, CEO of SMEKENS nv "Because of our recent growth we thought it was absolutely necessary to deploy an integrated system for all the departments and the employees within our organization. The extended management reports offered by SPHINX-IT through its software enhancement SPHINXlayer, also enable us to monitor performance on a day-to-day basis."
The next phase in the project consists of the automation of the warehouse of SMEKENS nv by introducing datacollection and scanning capabilities. SPHINX-IT possesses the necessary enhancements and expertise to automate warehouse processes. The MS Dynamics NAV enhancement SPHINXwms is already preset for this step. The development capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics NAV will facilitate the further adaptation of these components to the specific needs of the employees and the logistical processes of SMEKENS nv.
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4th March 2008
Gold Certified
SPHINX-IT has been named a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner! A Gold Certified status is the highest possible recognition in the Microsoft Partner Program.
A Gold Certified status is awarded by Microsoft towards Microsoft partners who represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and have the closest working relationship with Microsoft. The Golden certificate has been awarded towards SPHINX-IT based on proven competencies regarding Microsoft Dynamics and Infrastructure solutions.
SPHINX-IT is very pleased to attain the Gold Certified Partner status. This achievement is considered as an important recognition by Microsoft for the good work all our employees are delivering every day.
The incremental benefits provided through the new Gold membership will allow SPHINX-IT to continue to provide innovative business software built on the Microsoft platform and enhance the offerings that we provide for customers.
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15th February 2007
SPHINX-IT participates in "Pimp IT up", an IT mentorship day organized by Hogeschool Gent.
[click to enlarge]Nowadays, and for many years to come, there is a serious lack of skilled IT professionals in Belgium. It often appears that high school students can hardly imagine what an IT job is all about. As a result of stereotypes and wrong prejudices, many of those 18-year olds choose to not study informatics. Through the "Pimp IT up" project, Hogeschool Gent wishes to give students the chance to inform themselves correctly about the real value and opportunities of a career in the IT sector. The students are given the opportunity to spend an entire day in the company of some of the professionals that practice an IT job in an IT company and discover the job contents for themselves.
When asked to participate in the project, SPHINX-IT was immediately enthusiastic to welcome some students for a full day program. In the morning, SPHINX-IT gave the students presentations on the company's activities, lively and interactive demos on its main ERP-product lines Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Firmware and in a panel discussion, some of the SPHINX-IT's consultants and analyst-programmers highlighted their personal background and experience in the IT industry.
Visit of a SPHINX-IT key customer: INSITES NV
In the afternoon, the students were taken on a visit of the brand new premises of Insites NV, a leading provider of innovative market research solutions and marketing consulting, based in Ghent. The Insites crew gave an interesting presentation of the company's activities, the various competencies and tasks of their inhouse IT Services department and finally, the possibilities and advantages of their business management solution Microsoft Dynamics NAV, installed in 2007 in close cooperation with SPHINX-IT. Due to its rapid expansion in the last few years, Insites decided to install a new project planning and backoffice administration system, consisting of Microsoft Dynamics NAV seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Projects 2007. Microsoft SharePoint was also introduced to take care of document management and to serve as a collaboration portal for every employee.
VRT Radio 2 and the regional television channel AVS were also present to take some interviews of the students and the SPHINX-IT employees.
IT is fascinating! That was the conclusion of the students after a very full but interesting day at SPHINX-IT. Their future IT career is already planned.
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7th January 2008
5 stars for Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft Dynamics NAV, the business management solution for small and midsize businesses, has received a number of national and international technology awards and recognition. The reward and reviews of CPA Tech Advisor highlights the best-in-class features and broad functionality of Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV was ranked among top four high-end accounting systems in the market place. The review emphasized that Microsoft with the release of NAV 5.0 introduced a variety of application enhancements that focus on user flexibility and the user experience, including data-entry screens, which are easy to use and easy to navigate. Moreover, product security is satisfactory at all levels.
Click here to read the CPA Tech Review:
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21st December 2007
Business Intelligence, yesterday's hype, today's must..
In the course of the month of December, SPHINX-IT spreaded the 'Business Iintelligence' message through marketing communications and fairs such as the Plan to Perform event organized by Microsoft and KPMG.
SPHINX-IT demonstrated integrated Business Intelligence solutions based on Microsoft technology for a public of CFO 's and CIO's at a common fair booth.
Corporate Performance management and Business Intelligence are no longer "nice to have" but have evolved to "absolutely necessary" for each company wishing to become and remain more competitive. To be able to constantly improve revenue streams and enhance customer satisfaction, all employees (both operational managers and strategic decision makers) need to be able to make fast and accurate business decisions. Therefore, they need to have access to relevant business data.
They also need to be able to easily analyse the factual data and share their findings with colleagues and partners, in order to implement decisions and support strategical actions. This will allow them to act according the company strategy, measure and adjust where needed and help them into achieving company goals.
SPHINX-IT demonstrated during the 'Bedrijven Contactdagen' in Kortrijk that this integrated Business Intelligence solution is also available for Small and Medium Businesses. During this event, SPHINX-IT demonstrated Business Intelligence directly from the business software source (Microsoft Dynamics NAV), through a Data Warehouse (SQL server 2005) architecture, towards the different types of end users/information workers.
"To have the right information at the right time in the right format" seems the most suitable way to realize a strategic ROI (Return On Investment) for Small and Medium Businesses.
Interested in getting more information about the Business Intelligence solutions of SPHINX-IT ?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
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8th November 2007
Microsoft extends Dynamics product support beyond industry practices
On Microsoft extends its Support Lifecycle policy for the Microsoft Dynamics product lines. With Extended Support, Microsoft Dynamics customers will receive an additional five years of product support beyond the current five years offered for Mainstream Support.
This total of 10 years product support exceeds industry practices that business management software vendors have typically offered to midsize companies. By raising the bar with these additional years of support, Microsoft is providing customers with increased flexibility to either keep their existing products or upgrade as they desire.
"Our Business Ready Customer Care commitment underscores Microsoft's unwavering pledge to protect customers' product investments now and into the future," said Kirill Tatarinov, corporate vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions. "We're proud to go beyond industry practices, delivering the peace of mind that our customers deserve through increased product insight, freedom of choice for product support, and the assurance of a clear future for technology advancements."
Additionally, Dynamics customers who subscribe to a Microsoft Dynamics Business Ready Enhancement Plan can access valuable online tools, including unlimited organizational access to all online training content, product download documentation, discussion boards, a searchable knowledge base and support webcasts, via CustomerSource, Microsoft's award-winning 24x7 online customer portal.
Microsoft Dynamics support efforts have been recognized by the industry on multiple occasions for its professional services and customer satisfaction, including the Service & Support Professionals Association and Localization Industry Standards Association in partnership with the Association of Support Professionals.
Need more information about the Microsoft Dynamics Support Lifecycle Policy?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
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9th October 2007
SPHINX-IT has renewed the prestigious Qfor Satisfaction label for training and consultancy companies for another 3 years.
During the audit conducted by Management Information, a large sample of its customers were anonymously questioned about the project approach, project management, reporting & tools used towards the customers, the competency of the consultants, and the quality of the after sales support service.
Overall, the customers were very satisfied with SPHINX-IT's performance and quality, leading to an outstanding global satisfaction score of 96%.The Q*For label not only implies that SPHINX-IT has been re-confirmed as a high quality service provider, but also clears the way for it's customers to take advantage of the BEA subsidy measure as issued by the Flemish government.
SPHINX-IT's goal in the next few years is to continue to improve the quality of it's service offering and thereby create even greater customer satisfaction. -
3rd September 2007
Herman Desserts renews its business software together with SPHINX-IT to improve efficiency and trace products throughout all company processes.
Herman Desserts, located in Ostend, manufactures and distributes natural fruit and chocolate mousses since 1986. The company sells its products to distributors such as Carrefour Belgium, Delhaize and Spar under private label or brand name. About 20% of the turnover is realised in foreign countries. "We have always tried to be on top of new trends. We have introduced many new and tasty desserts over the years" says Herman Roobroeck.
When asked about the key success factors of Herman Desserts, Herman Roobroeck (CEO) gives the following answer: "We manufacture with natural and pure products such as 100% pure Belgian chocolate. During the production process no additives or flavouring products are added and that makes our desserts so unique".
Solution:
The company used to work with an accounting system in a DOS environment. "Our existing system did not support the tracking and tracing of products: we were forced to use handwritten lists. This was a very time-consuming and complicated process. So in all, the legacy system didn't meet the requirements set forward by the quality and safety standards we wish to comply with." says Herman Roobroeck.
To address these issues, the company needed a new instrument to gain complete control of all the goods through all stages of the production and logistic processes at any given time.
After researching the market, Herman Roobroeck got convinced of the functionalities of SPHINXtrace (the Tracking & Tracing add-on developed by SPHINX-IT based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV). This business management solution allowed him to go even beyond the minimum needs of strict food industry regulations.
"We were looking for a solution allowed us to track the history of each single supply, component and finished good. Microsoft Dynamics NAV enhanced with SPHINXtrace meets these requirements." explains Herman Roobroeck.
Benefits
Since January 2006, Herman Desserts uses this integrated system for Customer Relationship Management, Finance and Supply Chain including Manufacturing and Traceability. All Quality and Traceability information is now registered in so called "lot-files", which allows Herman Desserts to track all lot numbers upstream (incoming raw materials) and downstream (goods sold). The lot numbers of all ingredients and raw materials in a single manufactured batch are stored, and the status of the products is known in the warehouse at all times; where they come from, and their destination. The system also caters for quarantining of critical raw materials (e.g. eggs) that have to undergo lab testing before they can be safely released for production. Thanks to the new software solution, employees now spend much less unproductive time on manual registration processes and achieve greater business insight.
"Since the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, we have renewed twice our British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard for higher level traceability, a British food safety standard for supermarket suppliers. This is clearly an important indication to our customers" says Herman Roobroeck
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19th June 2007
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 released for Belgium.
[click to enlarge]On 18/06/2007, Microsoft officially released Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 (formerly Navision) in Belgium . Microsoft Dynamics NAV helps boosting productivity and driving business success for companies that want the freedom to focus on their business.
With Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0, companies can:
- Empower their employees to make better decisions
- Fuel business productivity
- Enhance speed and efficiency in performing everyday tasks
- Improve collaboration using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 includes a lot of improved, redesigned and new application features:
Integrated Innovation:
Microsoft Dynamics NAV has been significantly enhanced regarding the integration with the Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint Server, Windows Live Local Search and Mappoint.
The integration with Microsoft Outlook enables users to complete daily tasks within one program and have data synchronized in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 and Microsoft Outlook.
New and enhanced functionality in Dynamics NAV 5.0:
- Sales and purchase document approval
- Item tracking improvements
- Jobs improvements
- Service order handling
- Prepayments
Streamline business processes:
Online collaboration services enable users to connect their processes to customers, suppliers and businesses of all types and bridge the worlds of unstructured and structured data.
Record links, the new feature in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, will enable users to share information in Microsoft Dynamics NAV by adding links to documents to any record, such as a sales or purchase order. The document or order can be stored in Microsoft SharePoint or on a file server and the user can access the order form Microsoft SharePoint or give access to others.
The tight integration with Microsoft products and Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 enables users to export data from any form in the system using Microsoft Office XML format. That makes it simpler to access and share data quickly and efficiently.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers a wide range of business intelligence capabilities, from built-in reports and wizards to create reports from scratch, to advanced tools allowing users to gain the insight required to optimize performance across the entire organization.
With the release of Dynamics NAV 5.0, Microsoft has marked an important step forward in providing 'people ready' solutions that help companies working more efficiently, fuel business productivity and make sound decisions quickly.
Interested in getting more information about Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 ?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
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10th May 2007
On April 26th, SPHINX-IT and SDT-informatics held a practical session about "Warehouse automation with SPHINXwms & SDT - datacollection".
[click to enlarge]About 20 interested companies were present in the seminar room (Holiday Inn Gent) to find out about SPHINXwms and auto-id.
Bruno Conil, Managing partner - Sales & Marketing - SPHINX-IT, gave a general overview concerning the Microsoft Dynamics product strategy and the customer values of the joint solution offering of SPHINX-IT and its auto-id partner SDT-informatics.
Koen De Cooman, Product manager SPHINXwms, showed a very appreciated live case-demo of SPHINXwms- customer Van Oirschot. Van Oirschot NV is a leading wholesale in heating equipment. The central warehouse, located in Herentals, stores about 46.000 stock items, is divided into 9 zones and a total of 30.000 Bins.
Van Oirschot Nv went live with SPHINXwms in September 2006. Today 15 warehouse employees are continuously guided by the system to complete all warehouse tasks.
The audience experienced the complete real-time flow of warehouse transactions: directed inbound handling (receiving & put away), directed internal handling (movements, replenishment, inventory) and directed outbound handling (picking, shipping and transport planning). During the demo session the participants discussed lively about the many features of SPHINXwms and informed about their own company-specific warehouse automation needs.
In the second part of the session, Axel Lambot (general manager of SDT-informatics) explained the history, the current state and future development of barcode technology and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) illustrated by many practical examples. The attendees gained a better insight in the new technology and opportunities for companies wanting to use data collection with barcodes or RFID.
Jan Snyers, Managing partner - General Management SPHINX-IT keynoted the session by emphasizing the value proposition of SPHINX-IT's business software solutions regarding ERP, logistics, document management/workflow and BI, thus highlighting SPHINX-IT's mission statement: to provide state of the art software solutions enabling companies to achieve their full potential.
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12th April 2007
KONINGS NV
chooses SPHINXwms with datacollection to automate warehouse processes.
Konings NV, located in Zonhoven, produces fruit juices, lemonades, nectars, energy drinks, tea drinks, sports drinks, distilled and fermented drinks, ciders & perries, coolers, liqueurs and wines.
The company actively offers private labels and co-packs for partners and distributes several brands in Belgium and Holland under a foodbrokers statute.
In addition Konings NV merchandises in the sales outlet for their own brands (Smeets gins, Trudo fruit juices, Konings & Charlemagne ciders, Rossia Vodka).
In order to improve inventory accuracy and to streamline all warehouse processes, Konings NV recently assigned SPHINX-IT and SDT-Informatics to enhance their Dynamics Nav system with SPHINXwms and SDT-datacollection.
Konings NV recently upgraded their Navision ERP solution towards Microsoft Dynamics Nav 4.0. Today, the company already takes advantage of the rich additional functionality offered in version 4.0.
In close collaboration with the IT-team at Konings NV, SPHINX-IT and its data collection partner SDT-Informatics is now building complete tracking and tracing capabilities into the warehouse processes and fully automating inbound handling, internal handling and outbound handling by means of wireless handheld scanning devices.Because of its scope and technological advancedness, this project is considered to be of strategic importance for all 3 partnering companies. SPHINX-IT in particular marks a next important step in its product strategy by integrating SPHINXtrace and SPHINXwms into one combined offering.
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1st March 2007
Bouwmaterialen DE GROOTE NV
improves business processes with Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
"At this moment I can already say that the new system offers more possibilities. I feel we made the good choice to implement this flexible and modern system" says Piet De Groote.Based in Wondelgem, Bouwmaterialen De Groote NV started in '55 as a family company that sells construction materials to wholesalers, professionals and consumers. The growing company, which is now led by Piet De Groote and André De Groote, is a member of the purchase group "Gedimat". Gedimat Belgium groups +/- 30 construction material wholesalers in Flanders and Wallonia.
Solution
As the company grew in size and complexity, Bouwmaterialen De Groote acknowledged that their former Unix-based system could no longer support the growing needs to enhance and automate their business processes. Bouwmaterialen De Groote was on the lookout for a modern ERP system that made it possible to work in a more efficient and integrated way.
De Groote Bouwmaterialen NV decided to install Microsoft Dynamics NAV together with implementation partner SPHINX-IT. "The product's functionality and adaptability made Dynamics NAV our first choice", says CEO Piet De Groote. "Plus it was recommended by our former IT partner (WDCS) which was taken over by SPHINX-IT 2 years ago".
Since 8th January, Microsoft Dynamics NAV enhanced with functionality for construction material wholesales, is up and running. The conversion of the data from-out Unix into Microsoft Dynamics NAV went perfectly.
Benefits
Microsoft Dynamics NAV makes it possible to add new functionality specifically related to the business. For example, Bouwmaterialen De Groote NV now has a functionality in their order-entry which allows them to convert automatically different units of measure to the one requested by the customer. Bouwmaterialen De Groote NV used to make these calculations in a separate Excel file. That enhancement significantly reduced order-entry time!
"We experience daily that the usability of Microsoft Dynamics NAV is different in comparison to our old system, but it is in a positive way! Even our infrequent users are able to browse into the intuitive system and find the information they need" indicates Piet De Groote.
De Groote Bouwmaterialen NV now has a business software solution that fully supports the needs of their business. Now that the company is fully aware of the extensive Dynamics NAV functionalities, a number of enhancements are planned for the near future. The next step in making the business more efficient will be the usage of wireless handheld scanning devices in the showroom and warehouse, in order to quickly create quotes and orders and provide real-time stock information.
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10th January 2007
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Top-ranked business management software solution.
In an analysis performed in October 2006, utilizing The Accounting Library, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, achieved a top ranking among business management solutions in numerous areas.
The Accounting Library is one of the most respected software tools in the USA for software selection of business software solutions, serving the needs of middle market companies. The Accounting Library, developed by Solutions Inc (USA), allows companies to compare business management system requirements against a wide range of business solutions.
As a result of a full feature-to-feature comparison analysis of 100+ of the top business management solutions, conducted by the Accounting Library, Microsoft Dynamics NAV was determined to be among the top-ranked business management solutions in the following areas:
- Basic functionality: This category measured software products against baseline standards for general ledger, accounts payable, purchase order, accounts receivable, payroll, human resource, inventory control, sales orders, job costing, and budgeting capabilities.
- Overall features: In this category, the study measured the applications' manufacturing and multicurrency functionality, as well as system-wide features not associated with individual modules.
- Out-of-the-box functionality: This category strictly measured the functionality that a product ships with and does not credit functionality that can be achieved by system modification or third-party products. This tool was also used to compare solutions in two key industry segments: distribution and manufacturing.
- Distribution: This report assumed that the user is a distribution organization with requirements weighted toward Inventory Control and Order Entry.
- Manufacturing: This report assumed that the user is a manufacturing organization with requirements weighted toward inventory control and manufacturing. Multi-Currency requirements were defined as many manufacturers either purchase from overseas locations or sell their products to customers in other countries.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV figured every time in the top 5 of the different areas of analysis. The results of this research clearly indicate that Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a powerful business management solution to automate business processes in most midsize businesses.
If you want more information about the results of this study or about Microsoft Dynamics NAV email us at info@sphinx-it.be or give us a call: +32 (0)9 386 33 00.
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23rd October 2006
SPHINX-IT's reporting offering helps companies
to gain insight into their business.Business Intelligence is becoming an important strategic tool for business management. A Business Intelligence solution that provides accurate, real time business-critical information helps companies gain insight into their business, make better decisions and ultimately improve their business performance.
SPHINX-IT's vision for Business Intelligence is to help businesses to perform better, by empowering all employees throughout the organization to make the optimal decisions. SPHINX-IT achieves this by delivering Reporting and Business Intelligence capabilities within an Internet Explorer or SharePoint environment. This makes SPHINX-IT's Reporting offering extremely scalable and user friendly, so that everyone in the organization is empowered with the right business information tools. With SPHINX-IT's Reporting solutions, making more informed decisions becomes a natural part of the every day work experience for all, regardless whether the employee is working on the strategic, the tactical, or the operational level, Based on MS SQL Reporting Services, SPHINX-IT's Reporting offering is a very good example of seamless cross-product integration (Firmware .net development framework, Dynamics Navision and MS SQL Server) and offers a wide range of reporting capabilities to gain the insight required to optimize performance across the entire organization.
Major benefits of SPHINX-IT's Reporting solutions include:
- Integrated on-line within MS Dynamics Navision / Firmware business applications or another line of business applications.
- On-line interactive (web)reporting
- Built into Windows SharePoint Services
- SharePoint Portal Server, it is the starting point for creating a full internal information portal.
- Easy export to MS Excel, PDF, XML,.
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[click to enlarge]This flexible Reporting solution meets the requirements of businesses that need easy-to-use, yet effective tools to have a complete overview of their mission critical business information. SPHINX-IT's Reporting offering provides the next step for SPHINX-IT's customers that want to reinforce and leverage their existing IT-investments.
Interested in getting more information about the SPHINX-IT's reporting offering?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
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19th September 2006
SPHINX-IT present at PROlogistics
SPHINX-IT will be present at PROlogistics, the trade fair for total supply chain which will be held on the 26th,27th and 28th September in Brussels Expo.
In cooperation with SDT-Informatics (preferred partner for wireless barcode and auto ID solutions), SPHINX-IT will demonstrate, at a common fair booth, real-life cases and installations of SPHINXwms along with automated data collection. SPHINXwms is a new enhancement-suite for warehouse management based on Microsoft Dynamics Navision. The primary purpose of SPHINXwms is to control the movement and storage of goods and materials within an operation and process the associated transactions. Directed picking, directed replenishment, and directed putaway are the key within SPHINXwms.
Meet SPHINX-IT and SDT-Informatics in hall 6 at booth 6239:
PROlogistics: trade fair for total supply chain
From 26-09-2005 until 28-09-2005
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6th September 2006
Microsoft Dynamics Navision 4.0 scalability and performance
improved with SQL Server 2005.Microsoft DynamicsT Navision is a complete business solution that helps small and midsized companies integrate financial, manufacturing, distribution, customer relationship management, and e-commerce processes and data. This fully customizable enterprise resource planning (ERP) product is ideal for growing businesses with specialized needs.
Microsoft Dynamics Navision is designed for a global market of midmarket-segment companies with typically between 5 and 500 employees, and between 2 and 100 users, Microsoft Dynamics Navision is ideal for companies with complex business processes and a strong need for a vertical focus.
In February 2006, Microsoft Dynamics Navision surpassed 1 million users. This is a significant milestone and further proof that Microsoft Dynamics Navision provides real business value to small and medium-sized businesses and divisions of larger enterprises around the globe while offering a powerful business value proposition to partners.
Microsoft Dynamics Navision is easy to adapt to changing business requirements, enabling companies to grow within the solution.
Microsoft has progressively optimized Microsoft Dynamics Navision to help businesses enjoy the benefits of Microsoft SQL ServerT, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in particular. With the Microsoft SQL Server option, Microsoft Dynamics Navision offers businesses a secure, reliable, and productive platform for storing, extracting, and analyzing business data to help improve business decisions.
Microsoft recently ran tests to compare the performance of Microsoft Dynamics Navision 4.0 on SQL server 2005, SQL server 2000 and the Dynamics Navision Native (C/Side) database. The benchmark test results demonstrated that Microsoft Dynamics Navision 4.0 performs at equal or superior levels with SQL Server 2005 when compared to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and the Microsoft Dynamics Navision C/SIDE database.
This means that Microsoft Dynamics Navision customers can fully enjoy the benefits of SQL Server 2005 while improving the performance and scalability of Microsoft Dynamics Navision.
Interested in getting more information about the Dynamics Navision scalability and performance tests?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
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31st July 2006
Microsoft announced the Dynamics Business Ready Licensing and Business Ready Enhancement Plan.
On July 10, Microsoft announced the Business Ready Licensing model and the Business Ready Enhancement Plan for Microsoft Dynamics that introduce simplification and improvement to the licensing and maintenance programs for Microsoft Dynamics Navision.
Microsoft Dynamics Navision is a business management solution that enables you and your people to make business decisions with greater confidence. Microsoft Dynamics Navision works like and with familiar Microsoft software, automating and streamlining financial, customer relationship and supply chain processes in a way that helps you drive business success.
Business Ready Licensing and Enhancement Plan provide customers a compelling way to increase the value of their investments in Microsoft Dynamics solutions, enhancing the productivity of their business, and ensuring confidence in their choice of business management solutions.
Business Ready Licensing streamlines pricing for Microsoft Dynamics Navision by moving from a pricing model based on hundreds of modules and granules to a new model primarily based on the number of concurrent users who actually use the software.
Interested in getting more information about the Dynamics Business Ready Licensing and Business Ready Enhancement Plan?
Our team will be pleased to provide you any additional information.
Email us at: info@sphinx-it.be or give us a call: +32 (0)9 386 33 00 -
20th June 2006
Microsoft Dynamics Navision supports INTERPARTS' continuous growth.
Interparts, located in Zwijnaarde, has acquired throughout the years a solid reputation in the Belgian market as an exclusive dealer of DOOSAN - DAEWOO excavators. Founded in 1968 as a subsidiary of a Dutch company selling components of excavators, Interparts became an independent organization in 1987, lead by Mr. Rony Mahieu.
For the past 15 years, the company has been using "Reflexion", a character-based application that reached the end of its lifecycle.
"We used to work with a time consuming, bespoke IT solution that could no longer support our actual needs. In order to support our clear focus on outstanding delivery and service management we have implemented Microsoft Dynamics Navision" says Mia De Groote, Financial Manager at Interparts NV. "With Microsoft Dynamics Navision, we now have an accurate system, able to manage all our data. Navision supports our vision of providing the necessary enterprise information in order to deliver quality products and after sales- service to our customers."
The richness in functionality, the familiar MS Outlook setting and the possibility to enjoy Total Solution Financing (SPHINX-IT and Microsoft financed the software licence during 36 months) convinced Interparts NV to choose for Microsoft Dynamics Navision in July 2005.
The implementation of Microsoft Dynamics Navision went steady, so that the employees could maintain complete control and visibility of the business process. In close cooperation with Interparts, SPHINX-IT managed, in only 6 months time, to switch on the new system and assure a successful take-off.
Today, the information system is up and running. Service Management is an excellent integrated Dynamics Navision module, to give Interparts' customers the optimal service they need: customers are receiving their service just in time.
"With Service Management, we can faster identify the problems. When there is a problem with an excavator and they need urgent help, we can check rapidly into the system which spare parts we have in stock and deliver them quickly" explains the workshop manager.
"Now that we are aware of the Microsoft Dynamics Navision possibilities, a number of projects are planned for the future. Data collection of our stock with scanning devices and improved sales administration will be the next steps to make our business even more efficient with the use of Microsoft Dynamics Navision" explains the financial manager.
"In order to stay up-to-date, we have invested in IT together with SPHINX-IT!" explains the financial manager.
"Above all, the technology is easy to use. It was important that I could adapt quickly to the new solution. I really enjoy working with the system and this is the single most important factor to determine if a project is successful" says CEO of Interparts Rony Mahieu. -
19th June 2007
The fruit of a succesfull partnership:
Van Assche Oscar Fruit NV improves efficiency with Microsoft Dynamics Navision and SPHINXtrace by SPHINX-IT.
Van Assche Oscar Fruit NV imports and trades fresh fruit supplied from Spain, South-Africa and South-America.
[click to enlarge]In 1950, Oscar Van Assche founded his fruit wholesale nearby Zulte. Mid 70-ies the company relocated towards the fruit halls in Brussels.
Today the company, lead by Olivier Van Assche , is known as a quality supplier of fruit. Van Assche Oscar Fruit NV supplies yearly more than 2 million collies of fruit towards distribution, wholesales and fruit retailers all over Europe.
Having worked for years on an AS400 based vertical application for fruit importers, linked with FiAd/400 financials, Van Assche Oscar Fruit was on the lookout for an integrated, modern and cost effective solution that could generate the necessary analytical, financial and logistic information on the spot. The prime reason being that in the fruit commissioning business, keeping a clear overview of revenues and costs per commissioning "dossier" (supplier - commissioner - customer) is of vital importance.
Van Assche Oscar Fruit NV therefore selected SPHINX-IT to implement Microsoft Dynamics Navision, enhanced with SPHINXtrace and a number of additional developments for comprehensive dossier administration and follow-up. In close co-operation with Mr. Olivier Van Assche and his team, SPHINX-IT managed, in 6 months time, to switch on the new system and assure a successful go-live.
Through the use of Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Van Assche Oscar Fruit NV gets full advantage of an accurate and easy to use system that is seamlessly integrated with MS Office. Enriched with the SPHINXtrace Tracking & Tracing module, the new solution keeps all traceability information automatically stored, thus assuring high quality standards and an absolute safety guarantee across all product lots.
SPHINX-IT will now continue to provide ongoing system and application support as well as advise into new ways of optimizing Van Assche Oscar Fruit NV's business processes (e.g. provide online barcode scanning capability).
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6th April 2006
SPHINX-IT actively markets its business software solutions
in Brussels & Wallonia.
[click to enlarge]As part of its marketing campaign towards the French speaking business community in Belgium, SPHINX-IT recently organized 2 events to present its broad pallet of business software solutions and services.
On March 16 th, in order to actively promote its presence in Wallonia, and near Brussels, SPHINX-IT held its first business software event at its local offices in Saintes (Tubize).
Jan Snyers, Managing Partner, welcomed the audience and highlighted SPHINX-IT 's activities, mission, organization and objectives. Combining Microsoft business products like Dynamics-Navision, SQL-server, SharePoint, MS Office with quality IT-services and a strong local presence are SPHINX-IT 's best assets for successful business software installations.
Marc Charlier, Sales Manager Microsoft Dynamics , presented the new business strategy for KMOs under the brandname Microsoft Dynamics. He showcased the advantages of integrated innovation with Microsoft Dynamics Navision and other Microsoft Office programs. He emphasized the strategic partnership between Microsoft and SPHINX-IT, which continues to result in a very successful way of doing business together and creating added value for the customers.
Geert Himpe, Managing Partner Firmware Office Applications, lead the audience through a first demo session, presenting the custom development and system integration division of SPHINX-IT named Firmware. Based on a proven development and technology platform, Firmware solutions are always designed to meet the specific needs of the customer, mostly for well defined business processes and domains. Geert demonstrated the numerous ways of interaction of Firmware with other desktop applications.
Bruno Conil, Managing Partner Sales & Marketing, demonstrated the concept of Microsoft Dynamics Navision 4.0 being seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Office, MS SharePoint and barcode scanning devices. The integration with e.g. SharePoint allows companies to manage all of their internal information flows in a very effective way. In a single Web interface, Bruno showed business critical information from various applications and the tools for easy document collaboration.
SPHINX-IT was also present at the fair ondernemen/Entreprendre 2006" in Tour&Taxis ( Brussels ) which took place on the 23rd and 24th March 2006. This annual fair aims to inform business people about investment opportunities, franchising formulas and all the latest business trends, but also about the added value of business software solutions. SPHINX-IT was specifically selected by Microsoft to promote its software solutions at this important event. Amongst others, SPHINX-IT demonstrated Microsoft Navision enhanced with (wireless) on-line scanning devices.
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20th March 2006
YDS Chemicals integrates business processes with Firmware
YDS Chemicals NV is a dynamic distribution company, specialized in supply of "specialty" chemical products towards customers in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industry located all over Europe. Quick delivery, flexibility in the supply chain and 100% customer service are all keystones of the success of YDS Chemicals'.
In order to support its growing need for analytical business information and logistic efficiency, YDS Chemicals NV was on the look-out for a scalable and affordable business software solution to replace the existing administration platform, based on Excel sheets and a DB-Fact DOS accounting system.
Mid 2005, YDS Chemicals selected SPHINX-IT as software partner to develop a business software system that would be able to support the company's growing number of customers and business opportunities.
In close collaboration with the project team at YDS Chemicals, SPHINX-IT managed in only 6 months time to develop and implement a comprehensive Firmware ® business solution that integrates YDS Chemicals' complex and unique set of business processes. The joint development effort has lead to a management information system that fits the YDS organization like a glove.
Firmware ® is SPHINX-IT 's MS Office business development framework, designed to automate and optimise various business processes for companies across a wide range of industries. The reuse of existing, proven building objects and routines, together with the high quality Implementation and System Integration Services, makes Firmware ® a very cost effective business software development platform, that results in 100% compatibility with the customer's current business requirements, yet offers full scalability towards future software needs.
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23rd February 2006
SPHINXtrace 4.0 SP1 released!
In accordance with the version policy of Microsoft Dynamics. SPHINX - IT has released the latest version of its enhancement for Traceability and Quality Management based on Microsoft Navision. SPHINXTrace 4.0 SP1 allows tracking the history of each single supply, component and finished good through all stages of the production and logistic process. SPHINXTrace 4.0 SP1 also provides online integration with (wireless) scanning hardware. In this latest release of its Tracking & Tracing and Quality Management enhancement suite, SPHINX - IT has included many general quality improvements, as well as important new functionality that enables production companies (food and non-food) to take full control of their goods flows and output quality.
[click to enlarge]The main improvements in SPHINXtrace 4.0 SP1 are:
- Improved integration of SSCC (Serial Shipping and Container Code) pallet labeling and administration.
- Email automation of recall documents and sales/purchase documents in general.
- Enhanced quality and safety follow-up (HACCP) registration, per transaction type, in the purchase, production and sales process.
- Improved online communication with wireless handheld devices for real time data collection.
- Integration with MS SharePoint services. (=standard Navision 4.0 SP1 feature)
- Seamless Integration with Microsoft Mappoint 2004 for route planning and optimization.
With the release of SPHINXtrace 4.0 SP1 , SPHINX - IT continues to expand its business software offering to small and mid-sized companies that expect tailored products with the highest added value and maximum return on investment.
