Is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central the best ERP?

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Is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central the
best ERP? ERPs or Enterprise Resource Planning
applications have been around for a very long
time now. They started off as simple table heavy
software applications leveraging computers
ability to store data indefinitely and retrieve
data at any time with speed and accuracy. Over
time as databases evolved into relational
databases, computers became faster and could
store and handle more data, ERP also evolved.
They began to have the reports that the clients
would need the most, allowing them to make
correct decisions. The ERPs also later allowed
the client to customize these reports to a small
extent, at the same time, allowing the
developers to build upon existing functionalities
and create new or customize existing reports.
More recently, ERPs have also incorporated AI or
Artificial Intelligence to help predict
scenarios all in the effort to help the client
make better decisions. Enter Microsoft Dynamics
365 Business Central There are many ERPs
available in the market today from small and big
companies targeting multiple sectors. It is safe
to say that none of them are as good as Microsoft
Dynamics 365 Business Central. This ERP is
targeted towards the small and medium enterprise
(SME) segment but that does not mean it cant
handle larger organizations. Microsoft Dynamics
365 Business Central can handle all ERP related
needs of just about any organization. And it can
also be customized relatively easily for specific
needs of an organization. It can allow inventory
management, employee management, financial
management and even customer relationship
management, especially when it is integrated
with Dynamics 365 Sales. The biggest advantage
that Business Central has is that it is cloud
based. This means that it can be accessed from
anywhere. The only thing that is needed is an
active internet connection which is pretty much
available just about anywhere and a browser,
some version of which is always available on
mobile devices and computers irrespective of
make and model. Microsoft also provides a
guarantee of 99 uptime which means Business
Central is always available. Being cloud based,
the organization does not have to invest in
hardware which means the cost of managing the
hardware is also reduced to a great extent if
not eliminated completely. Now, if Business
Central is good all by itself, it becomes even
better with other allied services like Power
Apps which allow making small self-contained and
mobile ready applications and Power BI which
allows creating reports and dashboards both
simple and complex which are also mobile
ready. Integration with Microsoft Power
Apps Business Central can also integrate with
Power Apps from Microsoft which can allow quick
and easy extension of functionalities as well as
maintaining a logical separation of data and
services. While because of its no code/no code
approach, Power Apps allows what Microsoft calls
citizen developers to add functionality. The
citizen developers are employees
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of an organization that do not have any coding
knowledge. So, this means that to create Power
Apps no coding knowledge is required. Using our
no code/low code development process of Microsoft
Dynamics 365 Services, a client and quickly add
just about any kind of functionality that they
need. While certain functionalities can be
easily added by the organizations employees
themselves, we can step in for the more complex
functionalities. As mentioned earlier, Power Apps
are mobile ready. Meaning they can be accessed
from just about any mobile device. And they only
need to be created once. The organization no
longer has to create and maintain an application
for each mobile device that they would be using.
The same Power App can work on an Apple device
and an Android device and at the same time be
usable from a computer through a
browser. Creating reports using Microsoft Power
BI While Business Central also provides multiple
reports and dashboards, new reports and even
dashboards can be easily created using Power BI.
We do provide Microsoft Power BI consulting
services to help you with all your reporting
needs, be they of Business Central or any other
application. One of the biggest advantages that
Power BI offers, especially when used with
Business Central, is that the user can have
reports that can be drilled down to smaller and
smaller details as per requirements. Dashboards,
which could contain multiple reports, can also be
created. These dashboards can potentially
provide a more or less complete picture of the
organization at any given point of time. All
together now As is now obvious, Dynamics 365
Business Central from Microsoft, especially when
taken together with Power BI from Microsoft and
Power Apps, also from Microsoft can and will
fulfill any requirements of any organization.
Power Apps can be shared with the users that
need it without exposing the larger Business
Central. This would make sure that people who
are not used to the relatively complex Business
Central can still perform their functions and
their data will be reflected in Business Central.
Moreover, sharing the Power BI reports instead
of Business Central would make things easier and
far less complicated for management to reach
decisions. They will not have to deal with the
more complex details of various departments. In
terms of licenses, Business Central is relatively
cheap and certain Microsoft 365 formerly known
as Office 365 licenses also provide limited but
useful Power Apps and Power BI features which
can be integrated with Business Central as
mentioned above. This keeps the overall cost
low, especially when the lifetime cost is
considered.
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