Case Study: Brett Young

Industry: Agriculture/Seed Production

“I can make just about any report I want, and make it look the way I want. Vivid Reports makes my job that much easier.”

–Peter Smith, Controller, Brett Young Seeds

The Client

• 75-year-old family owned Global Agribusiness
• Numerous facilities across Western Canada
• 200 employees
• Exports a diverse mix of canola, forage, soybean, and turf seed to 40 countries around the world
• Also provides a wide range of products and services to the professional turf and reclamation industry
• Moved from Microsoft Dynamics GP® to MS Dynamics NAV®
• Invests in new technologies and innovative solutions to stay ahead of the competition
• brettyoung.ca

The Challenge

• Needed a more robust financial reporting solution to help streamline their processes
• Needed to design several reports that would link together within a single workbook
• Wanted the ability to format and produce graphs within Microsoft Excel® without having to import the information

The Solution

• Selected Vivid Reports for Microsoft Dynamics NAV®
• Initially purchased basic and report builder licenses but have since added budget input functionality

The New Reality

• Management can now easily monitor the organization’s financial performance
• Finance team at Brett Young Seeds can utilize their Microsoft Excel® skills to create powerful reports with graphs and the formatting they desire
• Users can access their reports from a central network folder
• Users can login to Vivid Reports within Microsoft Excel® to analyze the details

A Vivid Result: Easy Access to Accurate Information