Changing the way you do business– for good

About UsSince its inception, Metaphorix has beenleading the way in implementing MicrosoftDynamics NAV solutions.

We began life in 1998 as the SoftwareSolutions Division of Mitsubishi Electric.Breaking away from our parent company, weconducted a careful review of the major ERPsolutions on the market.

The company decided to focus on thedelivery of just one product set, Microsoft’sDynamics NAV (previously known asNavision), and to structure our servicesportfolio to ensure its successfulimplementation for all our clients.

Dynamics NAV is a high quality ERPapplication software package that offerssuperb value for money, yet is easy to useand can be completely tailored to suit a widerange of business requirements.

Metaphorix is now one of the premierpartners for Microsoft Dynamics NAV in theUK and a consistent top performer in termsof new installs and customer service.

Today the company has a strong customerportfolio in our chosen vertical marketsacross the SME and Corporate sectors.

We provide every type of support servicethat our growing customer base requires.

We have continued to invest in our staff andtheir skill base to help us build a productportfolio that offers a complete solution setfor all our customers.

Our role-tailored software enables clients toquickly access everything they need to carryout their tasks.

Our unique approach to delivering projects,offering fixed price contracts, means that ourcustomers know exactly what they aregetting for their money.

That’s why we are the partner of choice forover 100 companies, from construction andmanufacturing to retail and distribution.

Microsoft Dynamics NAVMicrosoft Dynamics NAV is an integrated,adaptable business management solutionthat enables people to make importantbusiness decisions with greater confidence.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV has the look andfeel of familiar Microsoft applications –making adoption by users easy and reducingthe risks inherent in implementing a newsolution.

These solutions automate and streamlinefinancial, customer relationship and supplychain processes to help drive businesssuccess.

Metaphorix helps small and medium-sized companies change the way they dobusiness with their customers and with their suppliers. Using the Dynamics NAVsuite of ERP and CRM software from Microsoft, together with our high-qualityprofessional services, we evolve your business processes to deliver a faster,more accurate, more productive and more efficient business model to thebenefit of everyone that interacts with it.

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Microsoft Dynamics NAVMicrosoft Dynamics NAV is a businessmanagement solution for small and mid-sized organisations that helps you simplifyand streamline your highly specialisedbusiness processes, rapidly adapting to theunique way you do business.

Dynamics NAV provides you and yourpeople with industry-specific functionalitythat’s relevant to the local needs of youroperation, even for the most highlyspecialised industries and organisations.

Through its built-in customisation features,Microsoft Dynamics NAV helps you easilyadd functionality, custom applications andonline business capabilities.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV addresses thefollowing business areas.

• Financial Management

• Manufacturing

• Project Accounting & Control

• Business Intelligence

• Sales and Marketing

• Distribution

• Purchase and Payables

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Dynamics CRM is bringing CustomerRelationship Management software into anew era.

It is a flexible CRM solution that works theway your people do, sitting within Outlook asa fully integrated part of your desktop officesystems.

For more information about ourproducts and services, please call:01675 432400, email us at:sales@metaphorix.co.uk or visit ourwebsite: www.metaphorix.co.uk

Vertical Market SolutionsWorking for many years within our chosenindustry sectors has helped us to develop anumber of specific solutions for key verticalmarkets. These solutions address the exactrequirements of those markets. Industry-specific solutions we provide include:

Construction • Housing & commercial property building,civil engineering, infrastructure and Hi-techproject engineering

Manufacturing • Engineering, consumer and Hi-tech goods

Distribution• Wholesaling, supplying to retailers and on-line retailing (etailing)

Service• Installing, repairing & maintainingcompanies, not-for-profit organisations andprofessional services companies

Services At Metaphorix we pride ourselves on being a'one stop shop' solutions provider, offeringevery service required to deliver our solution.

We provide a range of products and servicesto assist with the smooth implementation ofany project. These services incorporateproduct design and development, businessanalysis, consultancy, training and support.

As a Microsoft Partner, we not onlyrecommend business systems, but also theunderlying infrastructure components,reporting and business analysis applications,databases, email applications, remoteconnectivity and hardware to completelymeet your business needs.

Our StandardsIn order for us to be able to install andsupport the Microsoft Dynamics NAV andDynamics CRM product sets, and the othercomplementary products in our range, wehave invested in our staff, training them tothe highest technical and commercialstandards.

Not least of the standards we adhere to arethose laid down by Microsoft themselves, toensure that their partners provide the bestpossible service and support to customers.

Proving that we meet the standardsnecessary to implement and support all theproducts we supply is an ongoing processand involves continual training andcertification – culminating in each member ofstaff passing formal examinations in ourchosen ‘Competencies’.

We maintain our Microsoft Partner status withcompetencies in:

• Microsoft Business Solutions

• Data Management Solutions

• Custom Development Solutions

This transparent standard gives you and allour customers total assurance that we haveundertaken the necessary training andaccreditation to implement your chosenbusiness solution to the highest standard.

Our ApproachAt Metaphorix we work on a simple premise -all companies want to address the need forchange so that they remain competitive. Intoday's fast-changing business world, thecompany that never considers the need forchange will be sorely disadvantaged in thelonger term.

Whatever business you are in, the pressurefor change is significant. Changes toprocesses, routes to market, the deploymentof technology, the increasing demands ofcustomers and suppliers, the use of theinternet, personnel skills, outsourcing, betteraccess to management information – the listgoes on and on.

At the heart of many of these issues is theexisting business system employed to keepthe company going – the accounting andfinancial systems, customer records,inventory and supply chain management,sales records and prospects, suppliercontacts etc.

That’s why for us the heart of the process ishelping our clients change the way they dobusiness through changing the businesssystem they employ.

Changing the Way You Do BusinessTo help achieve effective change you need asupplier who understands both the businessissues and the system issues involved.

You need a systems integration and softwaresolutions provider with a simple mission – tohelp you change the way you do business tobecome more successful and competitivewhilst minimising the risk associated withchange.

The supplier you need is Metaphorix.

How you define success will often determinethe scope of a potential project – costreductions, business streamlining, increasedautomation, improved managementreporting, better business communication.

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These are just a few of the issuesbusinesses face on a day-by-day basis, butthere is a common similarity – there is aneed to streamline and improve the inherentprocesses to allow a business to grow,become more successful and ultimatelymore profitable.

Six Steps to SuccessWe make sure our clients get true businessbenefit, a rapid return on their investmentand a helping hand maintaining theircompetitive edge, using our six-stepapproach.

Step 1: Understanding your currentfrustrations and pains

Step 2: Improving existing processes andoperations

Step 3: Reducing costs and overheadsthrough the automation of processes

Step 4: Providing the business with quickerdecision-making tools

Step 5: Increasing visibility of business data

Step 6: Providing better quality managementinformation

Fixed Price ContractsOur approach to projects is designed to offercomplete certainty, to remove the factors thatput the project at risk of overrun and to giveyou the peace of mind you need when takingprojects to the Board for sanction.

Because we know exactly what it takes toimplement Dynamics NAV successfully, weare prepared to fix the price of the entireproject. All we need is a clearly definedscope, achieved through a few days initialconsultancy.

Our approach is incredibly attractive to ourcustomers. They get the reassurance thatthe cost they’ve budgeted for the project willbe the final cost of the implementation – nosurprises, no embarrassing requests formore funds, a guarantee of success.

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