Revolutionize Your Machine Manufacturing Business with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Key Features You Can't Afford to Miss!

In the highly competitive arena of Machine Manufacturing, progress leads to increased demand and, in turn, the potential for more revenues and profits. However, meeting this demand often requires optimizing the production process and capacity, which can bring logistical miscalculations, quotation errors, glitches in planning, and unsystematic resource management. These challenges have been further compounded in recent years by factors such as consumer demands for higher quality and lower prices, sluggish market growth, and increased regulatory compliance. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has added a fresh set of challenges, including supply chain disruptions, social distancing requirements, limited team resources, and a significant shift in consumer behavior.

Amidst all this, we at Dhyey Consulting understand how difficult it is for the Machine Manufacturing businesses to manage their everyday business activities effectively. That is why to help businesses prosper and embrace innovation at a faster pace, we offer a super smart solution in the form of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly known as Microsoft Dynamics Navision). By seamlessly integrating the ERP software & the CRM software, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ( MS D365BC ) helps businesses in anticipating their customer needs & deal optimally with respect to product quality issues, launch schedule delays and the resulting lower monetary returns.

Here's a peek at some of the key features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central that businesses can use to integrate, streamline, and manage every aspect of their manufacturing processes, transforming their operations:

PRODUCTION BILL OF MATERIALS

Business Central provides businesses with features like the Production Bill of Materials (BOM) which contains master data describing the components & subassemblies used in the production of the main item. Moreover, it enables businesses to link a Production BOM to multiple items at a time or they can also choose to have a specific BOM for each item. This data helps in making production management efficient & cost-effective.

ROUTING LINK CODES

Dynamics 365 Business Central offers routing link codes that help businesses in managing their manufacturing processes effectively , especially in terms of inventory availability and inventory valuation. It also empowers them to customize products as per the specific customer requirements.

VERSION MANAGEMENT

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central allows businesses to create & manage multiple versions of BOMs and routings. It offers them valuable insights into several areas such as changes in raw materials of finished goods over a period of time etc. This provides businesses with a  better idea with reference to the cost of the final product. Moreover, it also enables them to set aside the default list of components for changing items or quantities depending on the situation.

DEMAND FORECASTING

Dynamics 365 Business Central provides businesses with daily, monthly & quarterly sales forecasts. This data along with the data related to available inventory helps businesses in reducing overstocking & stock-outs. Besides, it allows them to replenish their stock based on demand & availability. Similarly, it also helps in creating replenishment requests for vendors thereby helping businesses save their time.

SUPPLY PLANNING

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central makes the process of production scheduling effortless by supporting automatic production orders & purchase orders. It allows tracking of project planning & project activity based on the confirmation of particular sales orders. Businesses can track the actual v/s planned activity of a particular sales order.

CAPACITY PLANNING

Dynamics 365 Business Central allows businesses to add Work centers & Machine centers. It helps them in analyzing the load, task list, and capacity constraints of the machines and resources in question.

SUSTAINABLE PROCESS

Business Central enables businesses to adopt sustainable as well as adaptable manufacturing processes by making use of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things & mixed reality, etc. By doing so it takes care of the environmental regulations and brings the new products to the market in a short span of time.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central empowers you to transform your workforce, minimize errors and increase efficiency by making use of interactive holographic experience through Dynamics 365 guides.

MAXIMIZE ASSET LONGEVITY

Business Central reduces costly machine downtime by performing all types of maintenance (corrective, predictive, preventative) of all critical pieces of equipment. Not only this, but businesses can also improve their overall equipment effectiveness by leveraging IoT, mixed reality & enhanced resource scheduling.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Dynamics 365 Business Central makes it easier for businesses to monitor their financial performance and make more profitable financial decisions by keeping all the relevant data such as cash availability, sales profitability, net income, inventory value at one place.

ENHANCED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Business Central offers businesses the flexibility to create quotes for customer-specific requirements. It seamlessly enhances the customer experience by offering a customer portal where customers can track sales orders and other details & stay updated.

Why Choose Dhyey Consulting for Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?

We are a Microsoft Solutions Partner based in Vadodara, Gujarat, with offices across India & overseas. With over a decade of experience in Business Management Consulting, we strongly believe in and work toward Microsoft’s vision of facilitating a holistic and unified Digital Transformation for all our clients. Our highly skilled & knowledgeable Techno-Functional Consultants not only adhere to a customer-centric approach & provide our clients with round-the-clock support but also have an exceptional track record when it comes to project management and service delivery. We are committed to providing our clients with the best possible service and experience, and we firmly believe that our team of experts is the best in the business.

If you’re looking for a partner that can help you with your digital transformation, look no further than us.