Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central optimizes the manufacturing industry by facilitating operations and leading to more incredible transparency in operational improvement toward more profitable decision-making.
Material Resource Planning
Microsoft Business Central has the capability of Material Resource Planning to ensure materials are obtainable at a specific time. MRP helps to avoid stockouts and overstock scenarios.
Production Order Management
Business Central facilitates Production Order management by enabling users to manage production orders by tracking work in progress (WIP) and modifying orders as per oscillations in demand.
Capacity Planning
Business Central facilitates capacity planning for businesses to plan and operate all resources efficiently including machines and labor for utilizing it maximum.
Business Central has the capability for inventory forecasting that facilitates AI-driven forecasting for manufacturers. It helps to handle optimal inventory by predicting demand and altering stock levels according to dynamic demands.
Lot & Serial Number Tracking
Business Central facilitates inventory with lot and serial number tracking to manage the raw materials and finished products with complete traceability to check availability and utilize the materials efficiently.
Warehouse Management
Warehouse management capability in Business Central helps to handle warehouse operations such as pick, pack, ship, and location tracking. Advanced warehouse management provides real-time data from inventory operations.
Bills of Materials (BOM)
Business Central helps to handle the Bills of Materials, which enables the creation and handling of multi-level BOMs and ensures the complete production planning and costing for production in the appropriate way.
Routing Management
Business Central has dedicated routing management for handling the manufacturing process and sequential operations for the efficient production of a product. It facilitates the real-time insights production operator for tracking production.
Quality Assurance Workflows
Business Central facilitates dedicated quality assurance workflows to ensure the quality assurance process is integrated before dispatching the produced goods to address the quality standards and improve client satisfaction.
Inspection Orders
Quality control features help the business set its inspection points during the manufacturing process ensure product qualities are met and help in detecting the product defects earlier.
Standard and Actual Costing
Business Central facilitates standard and actual costing features that support manufacturers in calculating production costs and profitability on the centralized platform with higher transparency and efficiency.
Cost Rollups & Variance Tracking
Business Central has a feature for cost rollups and variance tracking that enables users to perform cost variance analysis for large systems. It also helps the cost roll-up process to perform the corrective measures to control the margin value.
Supplier Collaboration
Business Central facilitates supplier collaboration by enabling smooth business communication for orders and reducing lead times, and shortage of materials for streamlining the timely delivery of orders.
Procurement Automation
Business Central facilitates procurement management by automating purchase orders on demand and maintaining accurate stock levels to enhance the efficiency of the procurement process.
Real-time Data & Reporting
Dashboards & KPIs
Business Central facilitates real-time data and reporting with a customizable dashboard according to the production, inventory, and financials in real-time data for making data-driven decisions.
Detailed Analytics
Business Central facilitates detailed analytics using the Power BI report. Manufacturing companies can get analytics reports that help track total performance, blockages, and general efficiency levels.
Integration with Other Systems
Business Central facilitates Smart manufacturing by integrating with IoT devices and integrating IoT devices to collect data from various machines to optimize production. Integrating with modules on Finance and Sales to ensure proper collaboration across production planning, demand planning, and financial health concerning production.
Flexibility in Deployment
Business Central can be deployed either on the cloud or on-premises according to the business requirements.
Scalability
Business Central facilitates scalability that helps manufacturing businesses extend their business operation without any disruption and it can scale the features according to the rising business demands smoothly.
Microsoft Business Central helps manufacturers improve their production efficiency by providing transparency in the supply chain from the raw materials to the final deliverable and reducing costs.
