You don't need a six figure budget to connect your entire business. You can get a clear view of how Microsoft Business Central can help you better manage your production and financials.
"Since 2013 I have done two global implementations with NTR. They have the experience for small and global companies."
Joe M | VP Finance @ Doble
Connecting your business is not possible if you are compromising on features. With Microsoft Business Central your team can incorporate all of your workflows in one place.
"NTRs deep knowledge of manufacturing operating principles, has been key to our process development to date."
JC, General Manager
Build a robust QA process, optimize resources, and use accurate inventory forecasting. Our clients are taking advantage of these features, and we can help you do it too.
Business Central fits any business and budget size. Whether you are a startup or a global enterprise, our team can help you connect your operations.
Knowledge isn’t static — why should your presentations be? We integrate with the tools you rely on every day to keep information and conversations up-to-date, turning presentations into living documents.
In our experience in working with Manufacturers, the five must-have ERP features that are requested include:
Used for managing the conversion of purchased items into manufactured goods. They allow you to route your work through various work centers or machines on your shop floor.
Used for managing the conversion of purchased items into manufactured goods. They allow you to route your work through various work centers or machines on your shop floor.
The features available allow you to scale from simple inventory controls, to complex warehouse management with bins, lots, and serial numbers. The financial components are taken care of with appropriate costing methods and other considerations.
Structure your items that must be produced or assembled in terms of their components. Our team has helped companies fully structure multi-level BOMs for both production and assembly.
For each of the manufacturing features, there is a direct connection to the financials of the business. With the correct configurations, every transaction that happens will be recorded for its accounting and financial impacts.
Many of our clients take advantage of several add-ons to get more efficiency in their workflows. Some of the most requested are:
Visual scheduling provides a wide range of features, but namely it allows you to easily plan your production steps and optimize resource costs by seeing the impacts of different planning steps.
Our team has an integration to DocuSign allowing you to embed eSignatures directly into Business Central. This provides a quick way to send quotes, estimates, or any other documents for signatures without juggling multiple applications. You can see more here.
As your team is working in the warehouse, moving inventory, shipping, or receiving, our Warehouse Application for handhelds allows all of these functions to happen right on the device.
Implement a structured Quality Assurance process for any of your workflows. As you receive goods, verify the quality, take notes, and add detailed reporting to improve operations.
Many of our clients have service businesses or other agreements that they need to track. Our add-on applies all the features needed to track and manage your contracting within Business Central.
The teams we meet with are here because they typically have the same types of problems:
As your company grows, the tools you use will need to grow with you. Not all accounting or ERP systems are able to handle this. Whether you are on QuickBooks, an outdated ERP, or a niche ERP solution, there typically comes a point where your team is ready to invest in getting onto a system that is scalable.
Microsoft Business Central is a clear favorite given it's affordable license pricing and that it is built to handle operations of any size. We have implemented Business Central for teams as small as one user and as big as 500+.
As mentioned above, it's common for companies to be run on a patch work of different systems. When this is the case, finding the right information can be a real problem. By connecting your entire business within one solution, you can ensure that your people have access to the information they need.
Once you are on a single solution, challenges that were previously difficult, if not impossible, become easy to implement. Routing approvals to the right department, keeping everyone coordinated, and being able to automate manual work is a natural step of using Business Central.
By connecting your entire business within one solution there is nothing holding your team back. The flexibility in Business Central has allowed our clients to fully optimize their workflows and processes.
There are three available licenses for Business Central. Manufacturers require the features that are included only in the Premium license. Some users will be able to use Team Member licenses due to limited need with interacting in the system.
Team Member
For team members that only need read or update access to Business Central. Great for management or sales staff.
Update records
Read records
Essentials
Includes all basic features required for supply chain, project management, and accounting. Manufacturing will likely not use this license.
All features in Team Member
Finance & Accounting
Supply chain
Project Management
Premium
The Manufacturing license. This extended includes the features needed for production and service order management.
All features in Essentials
Manufacturing Components
Service Orders
"NTR is very different, for three simple reasons:
1. they take the time to understand your business.
2. they move quickly to configure the system, get user interaction and feedback incorporated
3. there is full support to ensure you are fully functional on the first days and weeks after go-live."
Joe M
VP Finance, Doble
Does Business Central have all the features I need?
It has been used by Manufacturers big and small for over 20 years. If you have any doubts, our team can show you.
What about my old data?
Our team can make historical data from your old system available in Business Central as needed.
Cloud or on-premise?
The choice is yours. Our team has handled implementations for either Cloud or On-premise Business Central.
I want to see a demo!
Not a problem! Contract us to schedule your personalized demo.
Nearly a quarter of manufacturers need to replace their old ERP to position themselves for growth.
They are missing features, the system is slow, and many other common problems. It's holding them back from achieving performance targets and better serving their customers.
New Technology Research is able to help manufacturers of any size, from startups to global enterprises.
In the last 25 years, we've helped teams across the globe achieve their operating and financial goals. We'd love for the chance to work with you.
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Remove any doubt. We've been helping companies like yours for over 20 years. We will give you a clear view of Business Central as your ERP.