| Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central | |
|---|---|
| Product Information | |
| System | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central |
| Vendor | Microsoft Business Central |
| Description | Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP is an integrated suite of enterprise resource planning ERP and customer relationship management CRM applications offered by Microsoft. Combines various functions such as sales, customer service, field service, operations, finance, marketing, and project service automation into a single platform. Dynamics 365 ERP integrates with other Microsoft products such as Office 365, Power BI, and Azure, allowing businesses to streamline their operations, improve customer engagement, and make data-driven decisions. The platform is highly customizable, enabling organizations to tailor it to their specific needs and industry requirements. Dynamics 365 ERP is designed to help businesses unify their processes, gain insights into their operations, and foster better relationships with customers. It provides tools for managing sales leads, automating marketing campaigns, tracking customer interactions, managing finances, optimizing operations, and more. The platform is available on a subscription basis, with different modules and pricing options to suit the needs of various businesses. Dynamics 365 ERP is largely made up of products developed by companies that Microsoft acquired: Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains), Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision; now forked into Dynamics 365 Business Central), Dynamics SL (formerly Solomon), and Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta; now forked into Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations). The various products are aimed at different market segments, ranging from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to large organizations with multi-language, currency, and legal entity capability. In recent years Microsoft Dynamics ERP has focused its marketing and innovation efforts on SaaS suites. |
| Website | |
| Primary Tier | 2 |
| Industries | |
| Apparel | No |
| Construction | No |
| Field Services | No |
| Financial Services | No |
| Food & Beverage | No |
| Hospitality | No |
| Manufacturing | Yes |
| Nonprofit | No |
| Professional Services | No |
| Retail & ECommerce | No |
| Transportation & Logistics | No |
| Wholesale Distribution | No |
| Applications | |
| Accounting (General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting and Cash Management) | Yes |
| Asset Management | No |
| CPQ (Configure Price Quote) | No |
| CRM | Yes |
| Distribution (Order Processing, Purchasing and Inventory) | Yes |
| E-commerce | No |
| Field Services - Dispatching & Scheduling | Yes |
| Field Services - Mobile Field Management | No |
| Human Resource Management | Yes |
| Manufacturing - Quality Control | No |
| Manufacturing - Scheduling | Yes |
| Manufacturing - Shop Floor Control | No |
| MRP | No |
| Payroll | No |
| Point of Sale | No |
| Product Lifecycle Management | No |
| Professional Services - Scheduling | No |
| Professional Services - Timesheets | No |
| Professional Services – WIP Management | No |
| Project Management | No |
| Transportation Management | No |
| Warehouse Management | No |
| Developer Information | |
| Number of customers - all products | |
| Number of customers - this product | |
| Technology | |
| % of application that is web based (just need a browser on workstation) | |
| On premise, cloud or hybrid | On Premise |
| Private or Public Cloud | Private |
| Tenant Architecture | Multi-Tenant |
| Generic Requirements | |
| Customization/Configuration | |
| Without changing source code | In Current Release |
User-defined fields
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In Current Release |
User defined screens
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In Current Release |
| Multiple Companies | |
| Share inventory across companies | In Current Release |
| Share customers and suppliers across companies | In Current Release |
| Automate balancing of transactions across legal entities | In Current Release |
| PO of 1 company automatically generates the sales order in another company | In Current Release |
| Multiple Currencies | |
| Maintain source and home currency amount for each transaction | In Current Release |
| Date effective currency exchange rates | In Current Release |
| Work Flow | |
| Can apply an approval process to any transaction such as a journal entry or any master file such as a supplier or inventory item | In Current Release |
| Can generate alerts/escalation if something expected is late or reminders | In Current Release |
| Configurable approvals or alerts without needing programming | In Current Release |
| Mobility | |
| Optimized for Android and iPhone | In Current Release |
| Offline mode and synch when internet connected | In Current Release |
| Sales tax compliance | |
| Canadian sales tax compliance | In Current Release |
| US sales tax compliance | In Current Release |
| Reporting/Business Intelligence | |
| Reporting | |
| Industry standard reporting tool and can change existing reports or add new ones | In Current Release |
| Ad-hoc reporting (don’t need a programmer) with filtering, sorting and summarizing options | In Current Release |
| Dashboards | |
| Based on real time updates from all transactions | In Current Release |
| Role specific | In Current Release |
| Configurable dashboards - don't need to be a programmer to create or change dashboard | In Current Release |
| Analytics | |
| Drag and drop dimensions | In Current Release |
| Visualization/graphic representation of data | In Current Release |