Microsoft offers two distinct Dynamics 365 ERP solutions — Finance & Supply Chain and Business Central. They include some similar functionality, but how do they differ, and which is best for you?

In this feature comparison PDF, we’ve broken down these two ERPs module-by-module to help you decide which meets your needs most.

Dynamics 365 Business Central has extensive capabilities across financial management, supply chain, warehouse management, customer relationship management, project management, e-services, AI, service order management, and manufacturing.

This 17-page white paper includes Business Central feature lists, organized by module; a detailed discussion of manufacturing functionalities; licensing info and costs; and links to additional resources.

Our next spotlight is on Insight Works, an ISV specializing in a variety of apps for manufacturing and distribution—both free apps and via subscription. Insight Works reps will highlight apps to streamline your manufacturing process and warehouse operations while answering any questions you may have.

This whitepaper is a brief and comprehensive guide to module capabilities, licensing, and other pertinent details of the ERP—such as machine and work centers, subcontracting, capacity planning, and more. Read about the differences between Business Central Manufacturing and Business Central Jobs, get a glimpse of the user interface, and check out other resources to help you narrow your ERP discovery.

As manufactures adapt to growing trends, changing needs, and accelerated demand, they need a business management solution that is as agile and responsive as their business operations. Dynamics 365 Business Central for Manufacturing is a leading midmarket manufacturing management solution that offers rich, industry-specific functionality to drive automation, cut down on overhead costs, and give your operations a cutting-edge advantage. Here are five ways manufacturers can benefit from upgrading to a cloud manufacturing ERP system like Business Central

The supply chain is a living, fluctuating entity that can be studied, its motions anticipated. Manufacturers of all types—whether they be agile, discrete, process, custom, etc.—require strong forecasting skills to stay on top of that entity and meet customer demand. The better a business can forecast and anticipate what is to come, the faster they can produce product and get it to their customer, the higher their customer satisfaction, and the more sales they are likely to make.

With straightforward and tried-and-true features packed to the brim, it’s not hard to see why Business Central Manufacturing is the right choice for so many manufacturers. But that’s not all—so many functions of this already reliable system can be made even easier by sending repetitive tasks through automated flows using Power Automate.

Dynamics 365 Business Central is a no-nonsense mid-market ERP solution that provides essential features and functionalities to businesses across industries while boasting extensive customizability. So, any business can find value in Business Central for their general ERP needs and for more specific use cases.

Manufacturing is an expansive industry with a variety of niche and unique needs. Business Central for manufacturing includes a variety of features, some essential for all manufacturers, and some features that not every manufacturer is going to want to use. In this blog, we will discuss four niche Business Central features that, when used in the right scenarios, bring big value to the table.

Sellers often offer multiple inventory items together as bundles, products that otherwise require some assembly prior to being shipped to the customer, or items customized to-order. These typically don’t involve extensive production processes and can be accomplished by one or a few employees.

In Dynamics 365 Business Central, these types of items are created via assembly orders which can improve process efficiency and decrease manual labor. For inventory management and selling purposes, assembly policies can be set to either assemble-to-order and assemble-to-stock.

Dynamics 365 Business Central is a comprehensive ERP system featuring a wide range of capabilities including manufacturing management. This diversity in functions allows Business Central to cover virtually all business processes for manufacturers.

For manufacturers that sell items assembled or otherwise produced from component parts and resources, Bills of Material (BOMs) are likely to be an integral business function. Business Central allows BOMs to seamlessly connect with all related processes because it manages not just inventory but also inventory, employee and machine resources, and sales documents.

One of the most crucial parts of managing a business is balancing supply and demand. Without proper balance, supply may be insufficient to meet demand causing a drop in customer satisfaction, or there may be too much supply thereby hurting profits. Dynamics 365 Business Central includes robust planning functionality to give guidance on purchase and production orders to ensure items are in stock and available for customers.

In Dynamics 365 Business Central, there are multiple ways to conduct manufacturing processes depending on industry and process type. In this blog we’ll go through the difference between Jobs and Manufacturing capabilities in Business Central so manufacturers have a better understanding of what the differences are, which one makes the most sense for their business, and even if it makes more sense to implement a combination of the two.

For manufacturers planning to use Dynamics 365 Business Central or those already doing so, adding a product configurator can have a major impact on manufacturing operations. Why is this? Product configurators remove the time-consuming task of manual entry of customized product orders and eliminate costly mistakes in customizes sales orders. In this blog we’ll discuss the capabilities and benefits of using a product configurator in Business Central and how to get started implementing one.