Business operations are getting increasingly complex each year and companies need supply chain partners executing at an extremely high level. That means suppliers, distributors, and businesses working together to fulfill deliveries to end users. Measuring performance of distributors is essential and Microsoft Dynamics Business Central 365 can help companies oversee key performance indicators (KPIs) on… Continue reading 4 Essential Key Performance Indicators for Distribution Companies
Category: Industry
Cloud-Based ERP and Hybrid Solutions are Making Inroads with Retailers
The retail industry is adapting to so many different consumer trends and structural issues, and retailers are looking at ways to simplify their business processes in 2022 and beyond. Modern ERP software solutions can help retailers with automation, managing forecasts, inventory replenishment, and more. So retailers are evaluating moves to cloud-based ERP solutions or even… Continue reading Cloud-Based ERP and Hybrid Solutions are Making Inroads with Retailers
Trust: The Key Ingredient to Keeping Luxury Retail Employees Motivated
While 2022 has been an economically turbulent year for all types of business, luxury retailers have witnessed another strong year of sales activity. A recent Bloomberg article cited how handbags, watches, jewelry, and cars are doing just fine in 2022, with Louis Vuitton and Chiristian Dior (LVCD) experiencing a 22% increase in sales this year.… Continue reading Trust: The Key Ingredient to Keeping Luxury Retail Employees Motivated
How to do Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling in Business Central
In today’s business world, mid-size manufacturers are launching modernization efforts to make a digital transition, and find more utilization and operational profitability. A recent 2021 LNS Research survey shows how almost all manufacturers or process operations are creating “Industrial Transformation (IX) teams that provide a coordinated approach in leveraging technologies to create step change improvement in industrial… Continue reading How to do Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling in Business Central
Removing Pain Points for Retailers with the Dynamic Duo, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central 365 and LS Central
Retail and omnichannel business are moving fast. With so many options for consumers, retailers need a unified software solution to manage core financial operations while also offering strong retail functionality, such as Point of Sale (POS), loyalty programs, replenishment, ecommerce, and staff management. A robust unified platform allows retailers to move away from managing separate… Continue reading Removing Pain Points for Retailers with the Dynamic Duo, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central 365 and LS Central
Connecting Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators to the ERP Business Level
As more mid-size manufacturers take action to optimize their businesses, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) play a big role in how businesses can move forward and become more successful. The number of KPIs for manufacturing is plentiful and finding the correct ones for your company depends on your product and application. Throughput, uptime, and overall equipment… Continue reading Connecting Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators to the ERP Business Level
4 Ways Retail ERP Software Improves Inventory Replenishment
A retail ERP system is able to do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to automating inventory replenishment processes, but its forecasting strength resides with your data. There’s a lot that goes into forecasting, including integrating point-of-sale (PoS) systems to all your retail locations. If you’re a retailer starting to automate your replenishment… Continue reading 4 Ways Retail ERP Software Improves Inventory Replenishment
How to Install Insight Works WMS App for Business Central on an Android Phone
Jessie Wang, a Dynamics 365 Consultant at ArcherPoint, demonstrates how to create and use the Warehouse Management System Android phone App for Insight Works within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The video includes set up for both Warehouse Insight and Warehouse Advanced WMS inside Business Central. The 17-min. video starts by showing how to find… Continue reading How to Install Insight Works WMS App for Business Central on an Android Phone
Why and How to Integrate Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with Shopify eCommerce
Over the last ten years, eCommerce business has grown exponentially in size and, luckily for merchants, so has the technology to support bigger and better products. However, the complexity can be a huge challenge for many businesses that leverage online sales or follow an omnichannel business model. But making sales is necessary to survive, and… Continue reading Why and How to Integrate Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with Shopify eCommerce
Mature Manufacturing Plant Data Demands Cloud ERP
Discrete manufacturers and batch processing plants have moved quickly over the last ten years to transition plant floor machines and systems away from analog processes to digital input/outputs (I/O), so ERP software could optimize production planning, forecasting, and invoicing, to name a few. However, achieving mature manufacturing plant data takes time as companies experience ebbs… Continue reading Mature Manufacturing Plant Data Demands Cloud ERP