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Dynamics 365 Business Central

Dynamics 365 Business Central implementation

Business Central puts finance, sales, purchase, inventory and jobs in one place, and a focused rollout has most businesses live in three to five months.

Six areas Business Central handles out of the box

  • Finance and accounting

    Ledger, payables, receivables, bank reconciliation, fixed assets and the month-end close.

  • Sales and receivables

    Quotations, orders, dispatch, invoicing, credit limits and collection follow-up.

  • Purchase and payables

    Requisitions, approvals, purchase orders, goods receipt and three-way bill matching.

  • Inventory and warehouse

    Multi-location stock, bins, batches, reservations, transfers and stock valuation.

  • Jobs and light manufacturing

    Job costing, assembly, production orders and material consumption against a bill of materials.

  • Reporting

    Standard financial reports plus dashboards built on live data instead of exports.

A focused rollout, not a two-year programme

  • Map how you run

    We walk your sales, purchase, stock and accounting process as it actually happens.

  • Configure

    Set up on standard capability, with your rate lists, approvals and document formats.

  • Clean and migrate

    Ledgers, customers, suppliers, items and balances cleaned, loaded and reconciled.

  • Train and test

    Your team runs their own orders, receipts and a trial close before go-live.

  • Go live and support

    We are there for the first close and stay on for changes and update testing.

What changed after go-live.

  • Odoo · Retail9Stores on one system

    The tills ran on their own software, cut off from the back office.

    8 wk go-live timelineRead the case study (Retail)

Questions we are asked

What is Dynamics 365 Business Central?

Business Central is Microsoft's all-in-one business system for small and mid-sized companies. It covers finance, sales, purchase, inventory, warehousing, job costing and basic manufacturing in one product, so a quotation, the order, the dispatch and the invoice live on one record instead of separate files.

How long does a Business Central implementation take?

A standard rollout covering finance, sales, purchase and inventory usually takes three to five months. Adding warehousing, job costing, manufacturing or several integrations extends that. The bigger variable is almost always the state of the data you are bringing across.

Is Business Central right for us, or do we need Dynamics 365 Finance?

Business Central suits most growing businesses: one or a few entities, straightforward manufacturing and a team that wants to be live quickly. Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management suits larger groups with many entities, complex production or heavy compliance. We tell you which fits before you commit to licences.

Can we move from our current accounting software?

Yes, and it is the most common starting point. We map ledgers, customers, suppliers, items and open balances, clean and de-duplicate them, load them and reconcile the opening position so your first close matches the books you are leaving.

Can Business Central be customized for our processes?

Yes. Much of what people ask for is configuration rather than code. Where a genuine gap exists, we build a proper extension so it survives Microsoft's updates.

What does support look like after go-live?

We run the first month-end with you, then continue as your support team: user questions, fixes, new reports, additional processes and testing before each Microsoft update.

Plan your Business Central rollout

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