Almost every organization today realizes the need to have a modern ERP system in place to bridge silos, improve visibility, and provide employees with all the data they need to efficiently do their jobs. While many have implemented Dynamics 365 Business Central, not everyone leverages all the ERP features that come along with it. As we sail into 2022, it’s imperative that IT leaders take advantage of all that Dynamics 365 has to offer. Read on, as we delve into current and upcoming ERP features from Dynamics 365 and how you can better incorporate them into your existing strategy.
Features You Shouldn’t Miss!
Dynamics Business Central offers a plethora of new and innovative features that enable organizations to integrate operations across the business – using a single solution. Delivering comprehensive business management capabilities, the platform helps unlock productivity and business insights while empowering employees to seamlessly adapt to evolving trends and drive value faster. While financial visibility, robust supply chain management, and top-notch sales and customer service capabilities are popular, here are 4 critical Microsoft Dynamics Business Central features you may still not be leveraging:
ERP Security
Being an end-to-end enterprise solution, ERP systems have become a primary target for hackers, which makes ERP security an essential countermeasure. Thankfully, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central allows organizations to create different security roles and responsibilities for each and every employee that helps efficiently safeguarding business and customer data. At the same time, built-in security and a layered approach to application security helps protect the underlying database as well as the information it contains from unauthorized access. Real-time authentication, auditing, and encryption further helps strengthen the security posture of the enterprise while constantly addressing security compliance requirements.
Automated Updates
Given the frequency with which Microsoft releases updates and patches, manually installing each update can be a Herculean task. Business Central’s automatic updates and extensions ensures your ERP system is always up-to-date and equipped to accelerate business growth. It allows admins to simplify and streamline the process of updating apps while also providing them with a list of all major and minor updates as well as an overview of all the apps that are installed. Make sure to head to the Business Central Admin Center to identify apps that have updates available, dependencies that need to be updated or installed, and automate steps needed to quicken the update process.
Business Intelligence
Although Dynamics Business Central delivers an array of reporting and analytics capabilities, you can unearth deep insights by integrating it with Power BI. By constantly retrieving Business Central data, Power BI allows you to build dashboards and reports; you can merge data from different companies and also drill down and customize visualizations as needed. You can view your Business Central data in the form of predefined reports and curate custom reports and publish them within the organization.
Pre-Built Integrations
In addition to offering a range of essential capabilities, Dynamics Business Central also offers a bunch of pre-built integrations that take the functionality of the platform a notch higher. For instance, you can make the most of core sales force automation features by implementing Dynamics 365 Sales Professional or build cutting-edge business apps with Power Apps. Simultaneously, you can also enable integration with Dataverse to data into a single set of logic and more easily connect with other Dynamics 365 applications.
If you are on the lookout for ERP solution for your small or mid-sized business, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a great platform to embrace. And although the platform offers a range of modern capabilities, chances are you still aren’t making the most of all the features. Leveraging capabilities across security, automated updates, business intelligence, and pre-built integrations is a great way to further exploit the platform, easily streamline your business processes, and efficiently manage your business.
