Business Central is a business management solution for small and mid-sized organizations that automates and streamlines business processes and helps you manage your business. Highly adaptable and rich with features, Business Central enables companies to manage their business, including finance, manufacturing, sales, shipping, project management, services, and more. Companies can easily add functionality that is relevant to the region of operation, and that is customized to support even highly specialized industries. Business Central is fast to implement, easy to configure, and simplicity guides innovations in product design, development, implementation, and usability.
To learn about the many D365 Business Central capabilities go to https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/business-central/capabilities/
Manage all your business activities from your ERP system
With an ERP system like Business Central, you can manage all your business activities from a single system. But an ERP system is much more than just a tool to manage the various aspects and business processes of the company, ERP strengthens and streamlines the efforts of human resources, as all business activities can be managed from a single platform. And at a time when new demands are constantly being placed on companies to be at the forefront of staying competitive and where business dynamics have become enormously extensive and complicated, companies are forced to implement a wide range of activities to improve their business processes and workflows. With a central business administration system, the company can handle its transactions, day-to-day operations, services, and so on, while closely monitoring sales and sales forecasts.
Low operating costs
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a cloud-based ERP solution, which in short means that you achieve a wide range of benefits in terms of infrastructure and IT costs compared to locally hosted solutions.
The advantage of ERP in the cloud is that the cost of investing in infrastructure is minimal and that you largely avoid upgrade or maintenance costs.
As Business Central is licensed via a subscription-based monthly fixed-price approach, the need for significant prepayment is eliminated, ensuring that you always know your operating costs and that expenses are predictable and transparent in the future.
Proven and adapted ERP
Business Central was launched in 2018, but the story behind Business Central goes back much further. Business Central’s code base is based on the ERP solution Dynamics NAV, which Microsoft bought in 2002, then under the name Navision, whose history dates back to 1984. This means that with Business Central you choose a system where the functionality has been continuously improved and adapted by thousands of users and companies for more than 40 years.
Security and data protection
As ERP systems increasingly deliver end-to-end functionality, they are also increasingly becoming a target for hackers. Therefore, the security around and in your ERP system is an important countermeasure to ensure the security of your business.
By implementing Business Central, your company achieves a high level of security. Business Central allows you, among other things, to create different security roles and specific degrees of responsibility for the individual employee, which helps you protect your company’s and your customer’s data. In addition, Business Central has several built-in options and functions that help ensure that your data is stored securely and backed up. You can also improve the security of your application by including functionality such as data encryption, authorization, authentication, and auditing. You will also have the option to customize a number of settings so that your data is collected and complies with local regulations and rules if you do business internationally.
Built-in integration
Dynamics 365 Business Central has been developed with integration in mind. Therefore, it is easy to integrate with other Microsoft business apps, such as Power BI and Sales, which, not least for companies that already use other Microsoft enterprise applications, such as Microsoft 365, is a huge advantage.
In addition, Business Central already has Microsoft Power BI dashboards built-in as a standard feature. If you want to further customize your Business Central solution to meet specific business requirements, you can download and implement Extensions directly from Microsoft AppSource or get your Microsoft Dynamics partner to develop an extension with the functionality you need.
Flexibility and scalability
Dynamics 365 Business Central is a flexible business solution that is easy to adapt to the changing needs of the company. You can easily connect Extensions and apps to the solution, which adds the extra functionality you need to run your business and live up to the ever-increasing business requirements.
Access the solution no matter where you are
As Dynamics 365 Business Central is a cloud solution, it is possible for you and your employees to quickly access the company’s data and you can practically manage the company from anywhere, from any device, and at any time. In a world where adaptability is a competitive parameter and teleworking has largely become the new norm, the flexibility of Business Central is a crucial factor and one of the reasons why it is a solution you should consider when choosing an ERP solution.
Always updated
One of the big differences between Business Central and its predecessors is that all extra functionality and special adaptations are made as Extensions, which are located outside the solution itself. This means that no modifications are made to the solution’s basic code and that it is therefore much easier, and not least, cheaper to upgrade Business Central to the latest version.
In addition, Business Central online is updated completely automatically. Your ERP solution is therefore always updated to the latest version and can therefore serve as the foundation for the company’s growth acceleration.
ERP and CRM functionality
Although Business Central is actually an ERP solution, the solution also delivers functionality that helps you strengthen the connection with your customers and optimize the customer experience. The CRM functionality in Business Central allows you to gain control over your customer interaction and gain insight into the entire company’s sales cycle.