The use of different programs, the location dependency and a missing overview of your inventory challenge you? We know the challenges faced by farms. Through years of experience, we are specialists in numerous industries, such as the agricultural sector.
Are you currently doing your work from your desk and exchanging documents with suppliers and customers via an unmanageable mail traffic? In addition, do you maintain data at various locations in separate systems? For example, do you use one tool for production planning and one for quality assurance and these do not interact?
Do you want to have mobile and location-independent access to your data and benefit from time-saving and efficiency-enhancing tools?
Your challenges:
Instead of developing industry solutions, we always orientate ourselves on the standard ERP solution Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV/Navision) and use other technologies such as Microsoft Office 365, the Microsoft Power Platform and industry-specific add-ons. If processes cannot be mapped, our experienced developers will program individual adaptations for you. If processes cannot be mapped, our experienced developers will program individual adaptations for you. This distinguishes us significantly from our competitors.
The structure is modular. Your system remains updatable and flexible, so that you can map extensions quickly and easily. And you remain independent of the provider. In the following we present our ERP software in agriculture in more detail.
1 Standard ERP solution
Experience has shown that we can map many of our projects in the standard of the ERP solution Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
2Apps/add-ons
If the standard solution is not sufficient, we can easily solve some challenges with add-ons and Microsoft products (z. B. Microsoft 365, Microsoft Power Platform).
3Individual development
If you need further special functionalities, we can also solve your challenges by individual adaptations. Get in touch with us and we will gladly advise you on your request.
1 Standard ERP solution
The standard ERP solution Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central forms the basis of our ERP software in agriculture. This enables you to network all departments or the entire supply chain (core and support processes) and provide a 360° company overview. All core areas of an agricultural business are represented.
Sound financial management
Manage your finances easier and better with Dynamics 365 Business Central. You have access to the full range of financial management features: From bank account management and cash flow forecasting to cost accounting and liquidity planning, it covers all functions.
What’s in it for me?
You make better decisions based on networked data on accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory and customer transactions. Finally, reports and financial charts with built-in Power BI dashboards can be created quickly and easily and exported to Excel if desired. This makes it easy to identify patterns and trends and gain new insights. You can also improve forecasting accuracy with comprehensive data modeling and analysis. Finally, speed up financial statements and reporting.
You can also receive recommendations, such as those for accounts payable, to help you take advantage of discounts and avoid dunning fees. And you always maintain compliance.
Intelligent marketing and successful sales
Dynamics 365 Business Central helps you market and sell more effectively. After all, in addition to the ERP functionalities, you also receive basic CRM functions. For example, you can manage and classify contacts, create segments, manage campaigns, and log all email and document communications.
What’s in it for me?
Focus on the right customers and build long-term relationships. Seamlessly integrated solutions that work together make this even more successful. Your employees can also access the intuitive user interface while on the road. And all this via Windows, iOS or Android.
Optimized supply chain
With Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can map, simplify and control all processes along the supply chain. This gives you a high level of transparency and smooth processes in purchasing, sales, manufacturing, logistics and warehousing. For example, you can manage items, orders, customers and vendors, receivables and payables, your inventory, complaints, material requirements planning and demand forecasts.
What’s in it for me?
Forecast the perfect times for reordering based on sales planning and inventory levels. You’ll even get automatic reorder suggestions when requested items are out of stock. Or even better, automate orders entirely based on sales planning and inventory levels.
Manage suppliers, take advantage of discounts and avoid reminder fees. Handle returns and cancellations with ease and shorten procurement, throughput and delivery times. This will increase customer satisfaction enormously.
Optimized warehouse management
You can also optimize your warehouse management. In Dynamics 365 Business Central, you have access to functions around the warehouse, for example, from goods receipt to stock transfer and picking to goods issue.
What’s in it for me?
Simplify your processes, execute orders faster and reduce costs with Dynamics 365 Business Central. Your customers benefit because you can deliver on time and without any problems. After all, you can always get a comprehensive overview of your inventory and easily track every item posting and movement in the warehouse.
Efficiently manage human resources
In addition to the classic ERP functionalities, you will also receive basic human resources functions. These include the administration of employee master data, qualifications and all personnel resources. In addition, you can easily manage absences and vacant positions in the system.
What’s in it for me?
Bundle all information about your employees in one place. Group and manage relevant employee information and organize employee data according to various information (e.g. experience, skills, education, training, union membership). Store personal information, track open positions in your organization, and extract a list of candidates for those positions. Keep track of benefits and company assets such as keys, credit cards, computers and cars.
Projects always in view
In addition, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central helps you to realize your projects on time and within budget. Distribute project tasks, manage budgets and costs, plan capacities and resources and record times.
What’s in it for me?
You are able to plan your capacities and resources realistically. In addition, you can gain insights into the progress and profitability of your projects at any time during the project. Finally, budgets can be adjusted and controlled at any time with the ERP software. You can manage customer projects with time sheets and advanced job costing and reporting capabilities. Develop, modify and control budgets to ensure project profitability. Also track invoices for accounts receivable against planned costs. Finally, make smarter decisions with real-time information on project status and other metrics.
Optimize your production
Dynamics 365 Business Central also provides numerous functions in the production area. Manage production orders and bills of material and plan your production based on sales and demand forecasts. Special features such as agile manufacturing or finite loading are easily taken into account.
What’s in it for me?
Plan your production based on realistic data. In the production itself, digital production orders and production bills of materials make it easy for your employees to understand what needs to be done.
Provide the best service for your customers
With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, in addition to the classic ERP functionalities, you can also secure a system with which you can manage your services. Manage service orders, items, contracts and plan further offers including prices.
What’s in it for me?
With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central you have a tool with which you can optimally manage your service orders including items and contracts in one place. This makes it even easier to manage requests and assign tasks accordingly.
Modern AI functionalities
With Dynamics 365 Business Central, you secure AI functionalities that are constantly being developed. After all, you are relying on the technical pioneer Microsoft. From forecasts and automatic diagrams in the ERP solution to image recognition, all functions are already included.
What’s in it for me?
The Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP solution takes some of the work out of your hands by automatically forecasting certain values such as inventory, cash flow, sales figures or a possible late payment. The user-friendly presentation in diagrams is guaranteed by the integration through the Microsoft service Power BI. Also possibilities of image recognition are already integrated.
Reporting on the basis of real-time data
In Dynamics 365 Business Central, you have a wide range of options for preparing reports individually and flexibly. Create your own reports or access hundreds of existing standard reports. These can be exported to Excel at the push of a button and even timed (e. g. report XY is to be sent every Friday at 12:00 noon).
What’s in it for me?
Based on reports that consist of integrated real-time data from all departments, you can make much more informed decisions and have better decision-making templates when it comes to convincing third parties or presenting key figures in meetings.
Simple compliance with GDPR requirements
The standard of Dynamics 365 Business Central helps you to comply with the requirements of the GDPR. For example, you can set up monitoring paths to ensure traceability, give users different rights and thus limit access to personal data.
What’s in it for me?
Under the EU GDPR, a number of rules have been imposed on companies which they must comply with in their day-to-day operations. Dynamics 365 Business Central already has many useful functions in the standard version to help you do this. This means that you have less to worry about compliance and have time for the essentials.
Further Features
The following functions are included in the standard Dynamics 365 Business Central:
In Dynamics 365 Business Central it is possible to centrally manage users or role centers. It is also possible to centrally determine that your company has multiple locations. Change logs, notifications, and workflows make daily work easier.
Furthermore, special features such as payments via PayPal, Intrastat declarations or the Tax. Reg. No. Validation (EU) can be mapped via the system.
2 Extended modules
The standard does not fully meet your requirements? No problem. We, Microsoft or our partners offer supplementary modules to meet your industry- or company-specific requirements. For example, data management or quality management plays a major role in agriculture, especially when it comes to the documentation of regulations that apply to farmers. Below you will find a sample selection of additional modules for agricultural businesses. These round off the ERP software in agriculture perfectly.
It is also very easy to connect Dynamics 365 Business Central to other Microsoft products, such as Microsoft 365/Office 365 or the Power Platform. If your requirements are not met, please contact us.
For professional document management, we offer you an interface to third-party software (e. g. D3 or the fully integrated solution Document Capture). Manage documents anytime, anywhere.
With Anveo EDI you easily exchange data
We program an interface for Elster exports for you.
The Anveo mobile app, for example, gives your field staff or service technicians quick and easy access to data while on the move. In the agricultural sector, this applies to employees, for example, when they are on the road in stables or as consultants on other farms.
With our add-on anaptis Mobile Logistics you are able to map all standard warehouse processes on the move.
With the OPplus add-on you can optimize your payment transactions (import and export) with manufacturers, wholesalers or end customers. Automate your processes (clearing, initial account assignment, etc.) and get more transparency about your payments.
With the haveldata NAPA3 add-on, companies can map the entire payroll process in a structured and automated way.
For optimal shipping processing and label printing, we offer you an interface to the Comsol Multiship add-on.
3 Individual adaptions
Do you have very specific business processes that cannot be mapped either in the standard system or by an add-on? No problem. Our experienced developers will find a solution for your ERP software in agriculture. The following is a selection of examples of customizations we have already implemented for our customers in the agricultural sector. However, if your requirements are not met by these, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Wholesalers often outsource the collection of payments. To do this, we simply implement an interface to a collection company.
You can map a route planning in Dynamics 365 Business Central. You assign individual items and therefore sales lines to a vehicle and trigger picking and goods issue from the route planning.
For optimal route planning, we implement an interface to third-party software (e. g. Wanko). This allows you to optimize your tours – even across drivers.
For shipment tracking, we program you an interface to a third-party provider (e.g. DPD).
To enable you to sell your products online, we program an interface to third-party software (e.g. shopware, XT-Commerce, Intershop). In this way, you interlock your processes.
Think of it like a burger. You have a base that is the same for every customer. You can make small changes to this base (e.g. different dough such as multi-grain or sourdough). In addition, each customer can put together the toppings as they wish. Depending on preference and need.
This is also the case with our solution. You receive the standard product Dynamics 365 Business Central. We realize many projects in the standard solution – but sometimes small changes are necessary. And in addition, our customers purchase apps from us or our partners.
In the end, you have the perfect burger that suits you. Or rather, the perfect ERP software in agriculture that suits you.
Although you receive a standard solution, it can be individually adapted to your requirements. And yet you remain updateable. Sounds contradictory? It isn’t. That’s what’s close to our hearts.
Dynamics 365 Business Central gives you the freedom to stay flexible. Simply expand your storage space and add new users on a role-based basis. Add-ons from the App Store or other data sources and services are easily integrated.
You can run Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central currently on servers in your own company (on-premise), online (from the cloud) or in a hybrid environment. It’s your choice. You choose the staging concept that suits you. With the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central cloud solution, you can get started quickly.
Through Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central you can network all data of all company departments and create reports and evaluations in real time. This allows you to identify trends immediately and take timely action if necessary.
Improve your responsiveness to market changes with the 360° company overview. This no longer requires time-consuming Excel analyses. With Dynamics 365 Business Central, you see database updates in real time.
With Dynamics 365 Business Central, you get more than just ERP. The solution is integrated into the Dynamics 365 product family (e.g. Microsoft 365, Power Platform), giving you a unique combination of BI, communication tools, etc. Thus you work simply and intuitively (Microsoft Look and Feel).
Benefit, for example, from intelligent predictions for reordering goods. You also receive recommendations for accounts payable, for example, to take advantage of discounts and avoid dunning charges. Your business processes can also be partially or fully automated – for example, the dispatch of an order confirmation.
You have us as a strong IT company at your side – in all IT matters – whether in the field of software or hardware. We regularly enter into a long-term partnership with our clientele and you receive fixed contact persons.
Cloud-ready in agricultural consulting
Erzeugerring Westfalen e. G. has already worked with us to implement Navision 4.0, upgrade to Dynamics NAV and upgrade to Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud.
1 system for 3 companies instead of isolated applications
The Genossenschaft zur Förderung der Schweinehaltung e. G. (incl. subsidiary companies) relies on an integrated solution. Holistic information makes the basis for decision-making much more valid.
1 system instead of 4 isolated applications
Thanks to Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Topigs-SNW GmbH now works in one instead of four systems, benefits from a mobile solution, automatic and digitalized route planning and realistic processes in the system.
Get to know us and our ERP software in agriculture! Our experts will introduce you to the tools in approx. 30 minutes without obligation and show individual potentials for your medium-sized company.
We are looking forward to your request!
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