Industry: Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
Location: Rutherford, USA
Services: Upgrade from Dynamics NAV On-Premise to Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud
Number of Users: 20+
MetaOption LLC is a software consulting company specialize in business applications and cloud solutions. We help mid-market and enterprise customers solve their business challenges through strategic consulting services, innovative offerings and industry-specific solutions built on the latest technologies Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics 365.
The customer was using high-end ERP system which was oversized and too complex compared to their operation. To reduce maintenance cost and simplify system operation, they decided to switch to mid-sized ERP solution, Dynamics NAV. Years later, they also decided to upgrade Dynamics NAV to Dynamics 365 Business Central and completely moved to cloud-based system.
“With Dynamics 365 Business Central, a more efficient flow of the process is created and areas in need of improvement are better identified.”
“Dynamics 365 Business Central enables staff training and educational processes that enhance users’ understanding of each step and their key importance impacting the operation.
“Dynamics 365 allows real-time data processing and a more modern system process that suits all aspects of each department’s performance, affecting their processes.”
John Lewis – Project Manager, IT Manager
Better control of inventory movement in the shop floor and warehouse
By utilizing a MetaWMS solution that works seamlessly with Dynamics 365 Business Central, operations in the production floor and warehouse are now updated to the ERP system promptly.
Additionally, the MetaWMS has extensive functions that cover the inventory transaction and recording container condition, QC check, etc.
Supply Chain Management
Sales/sales data and production management are organically linked to improving production planning activities, obtaining recommendations from the system that lead to optimal purchasing and production planning.
EDI orders from their trading partners, including supermarkets and groceries, directly come to Dynamics 365 Business Central. This integration greatly helps to reduce manual data entries involved in order processing and fulfillment.
Compliance
A glass, ceramics and concrete manufacturer needs to know the route from the raw material to the finished product when a recall occurs.?With Dynamics 365 Business Central’s fine-grained inventory management function, raw material lots, WIP lots, and product lots are all linked so that they can respond immediately in case of a recall.
Through this project, MetaOption standardized the process flow through Dynamics 365 BC and now manages and processes documents much easier.
Dynamics 365 BC enables departmental control of tracking and process overview with live visibility of QC hold in the process.
Finally, Dynamics 365 BC creates a more efficient tracking and tracing process from start to finish.
As ERP implementations/migration/upgrading are our specialty, the decision was easy. Our team has performed countless business central implementations and we knew it was time to embrace modern technology.