The Top 6 Reasons Business Choose Dynamics 365 Business Central

Dynamics 365 Business Central is Microsoft’s new cloud mid-market ERP product. If you’re considering a new ERP solution for your business, you may want to add it to your list of contenders. Here are a few reasons why you might choose Dynamics 365 Business Central over another ERP solution.

You’re committed to the cloud

If you want to move your operations to the cloud, Dynamics 365 Business Central is a great fit for your business strategy. The product covers all your primary operational needs, from financials and human resources to warehouse and supply chain, and also adds the 24/7 access, real-time information flow, and reduced hardware costs that come from a cloud-based solution.

You’re international

Dynamics 365 Business Central is built on the code base of Dynamics NAV also known as Navision, the leading ERP product in Europe. It’s equipped to handle multi-currency transactions, multiple languages, and multiple entities. And it’s designed to adhere to all of the EU’s standards and regulations. If your business has locations outside of the United States, Business Central should definitely be on your list for consideration.

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You need robust inventory, warehouse management, or manufacturing capabilities.

Some ERP solutions are built for professional services companies, with extensive financial management and project accounting functionality but little to no inventory or manufacturing capabilities. In its base package, Business Central offers warehouse and supply chain management with the option to upgrade to a premium package that includes advanced inventory management, manufacturing, and field service management.

You’re a small or mid-size organization

There are plenty of ERP solutions built for global enterprise organizations. While these usually offer an impressive feature set, they also come with a hefty price tag. Business Central is built for mid-market organizations and offers great value. You’ll find all the features you need at a reasonable price—Microsoft even throws in a free license for your accountant!

You value Microsoft’s tools

If you already use Microsoft products, Business Central is a natural fit for your existing system. It has seamless integration with Microsoft 365 so you can do things like create and send invoices and purchase orders directly from Outlook without having to open Business Central.

Business Central also works with the other apps in the Dynamics 365 portfolio (like Sales and Customer Service), plus tools like Power BI for analytics and PowerApps for custom applications. With Business Central, you can basically incorporate any Microsoft product you want into the system you use to run your business.

You’re following a best-in-class strategy

Suite solutions cover all your needs with one piece of software, but often they’re not balanced. Some of the modules will have deep functionality, while others will offer only the basics. Suite software is meant to be a total solution, so it’s not built to integrate well with other software. This makes it challenging to fill in any functionality gaps with third-party solutions.

If you find a suite with the right functionality in the right areas, it may be a good fit. But if your needs change, you may be stuck with an inflexible solution that limits your scalability.

Best-in-class solutions have really deep functionality in one area, like accounting, and are designed to integrate with other pieces of software. This gives you loads of flexibility and scalability because you can handpick the programs you want to use to run your business and join them together to act as one system. Microsoft’s design approach follows a best-in-class strategy, offering individual applications with deep functionality that you can mix and match to build your total solution.

If you want to be an all-Microsoft shop, you can do that, but Microsoft’s solutions integrate just as well with third-party software. There are nearly 2,000 options available on Microsoft’s AppSource, and Microsoft makes it easy for you to build new integrations where there aren’t ones already available. So if you want to use Business Central for operations, Outlook for email, Google Drive for collaboration, and Salesforce for CRM, you can do it.

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As one of the largest and most experienced Microsoft Dynamics partners in Pennsylvania, Cargas has been implementing ERP solutions for organizations of all sizes, in a variety of industries, for more than 25 years. We’d love to show you what Business Central can do. If you’re looking for a partner to assess your needs and help you understand which ERP is the best fit for you, we’re here to help.

Julie Fuller Sales Development Representative

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