For decades, one question decided retail success: Where should we open our next store? Location was everything. Prime mall space, busy shopping centers, and high-traffic intersections separated the retailers who thrived from the ones who struggled. Today, the conversation has changed. Retailers now ask a harder one: What role should our physical stores actually play… Continue reading Retail Real Estate: From Location to Operational Asset
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Why Grocery Retailers Choose LS Central…and Why IDC Agrees
Grocery retail has always been a demanding business. Today, however, the operational complexity facing grocery retailers has reached a new level. Many stores are effectively running a supermarket, a convenience store, a food service operation, and an eCommerce fulfillment center under one roof. The trouble is that most retail technology wasn’t built to handle this… Continue reading Why Grocery Retailers Choose LS Central…and Why IDC Agrees
Moving From Dynamics GP to Business Central? Here’s How to Handle Years of Historical Data
What to do with your Dynamics GP historical data when migrating to Dynamics 365 Business Central If you’re planning a move from Microsoft Dynamics GP to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, one question always comes up: What do we do with all those years of Dynamics GP data? Do we move it over? Do we… Continue reading Moving From Dynamics GP to Business Central? Here’s How to Handle Years of Historical Data
The Biggest Challenges Facing Food Distributors – And How Business Central Helps Solve Them
Food distribution has never been a straightforward business. Sustained success requires balancing inventory, transportation, supplier relationships, regulatory compliance, customer expectations, and profitability — all within an industry known for thin margins. In recent years, that balancing act has grown considerably more demanding. Supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, rising transportation costs, heightened food safety requirements, and… Continue reading The Biggest Challenges Facing Food Distributors – And How Business Central Helps Solve Them
When Warehouse Wi-Fi Fails: How Offline WMS Keeps Business Central Moving
There’s a corner of nearly every warehouse where the signal dies. Maybe it’s behind the racks in the back receiving bay. Maybe it’s near the freezer units, or in the overflow area added to the building three years ago that never made it onto the IT team’s access point map. Maybe it’s not a dead… Continue reading When Warehouse Wi-Fi Fails: How Offline WMS Keeps Business Central Moving
Business Central SaaS Updates: What Changes When Microsoft Controls the Calendar?
One of the biggest benefits of Business Central SaaS is that Microsoft handles the infrastructure and delivers regular updates automatically. You no longer need to schedule major upgrades months or years in advance. All you have to do now is sit back and let the updates roll, right? Well…maybe not. Do you have customizations in… Continue reading Business Central SaaS Updates: What Changes When Microsoft Controls the Calendar?
How Dynamics 365 Business Central Helps Machinery Manufacturers Break Through Growth Barriers
In our recent discussion on the hidden constraints that limit growth in machinery manufacturing, we explored a familiar pattern: Strong demand paired with increasing operational strain. As companies grow, complexity multiplies, visibility declines, coordination becomes fragile, and the business increasingly relies on workarounds rather than its processes and systems. At a certain point, incremental fixes… Continue reading How Dynamics 365 Business Central Helps Machinery Manufacturers Break Through Growth Barriers
Dynamics NAV to Business Central Migration: ONICON’s Cloud Journey
A Dynamics NAV to Business Central migration often reveals hidden issues, from customizations and integrations to vendor compatibility and data complexity. In this client testimonial, ONICON shares how they approached their NAV 2017 to Business Central migration and why working with an experienced partner helped them navigate the process with confidence. Planning a Dynamics NAV… Continue reading Dynamics NAV to Business Central Migration: ONICON’s Cloud Journey
Designing a Connected Student Engagement Technology Stack
Student unions and student governments invest in a range of tools to improve communication, run events, manage clubs, and engage students. But in many organizations, these tools grow organically over time and end up disconnected, overlapping, or underutilized. The result is often: This blog will help you visualize your engagement technology stack, understand how the… Continue reading Designing a Connected Student Engagement Technology Stack
Guide to How Manufacturers Can Implement Quality Control Systems Using Business Central
Poor manufacturing quality can damage your brand and leave customers unhappy. If you have inefficient, siloed systems, you could face product defects, late orders, waste, and other challenges. In today’s manufacturing environment, businesses need to face the demands of increasingly sophisticated customers while experiencing labor shortages, shrinking resources, rising costs, and, in some industries, unexpected… Continue reading Guide to How Manufacturers Can Implement Quality Control Systems Using Business Central