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What the Success of a Production Company?

Improving quality control, increasing the productivity of machines and personnel, and reducing inventory levels are some of the formulas used by the most competitive manufacturers.

 
 
With the experience as a consultant for Dynamics NAV (now Business Central), I have worked with dozens of companies in the manufacturing and food industries. 
These are the common characteristics that I have found among the most competitive businesses:
 

Sustainable and controlled quality

You launch a high-quality product, now it's a matter of maintaining it. A well-designed traceability system brings direct benefits in this regard. The most important is the ability to track defective products and fix problems before they have a significant impact on the business. Business Central allows you to detect which batch of products may be affected, which components have been involved in the manufacturing process and which orders have been dispatched or are pending dispatch. The system allows traceability to be carried out from any angle: from the final product to the raw material ( out-in ) and vice versa ( in-out ).
 

Connectivity at every step

Each phase in the manufacturing process is duly registered to assess its accounting and financial impact.

With Business Central, manufacturers automate routine processes such as inventory management, quality control, and machine maintenance. In addition, they replace paper with digital processes, something that clients have continually asked me for over the years. Production managers don't want sheets of paper circulating through their factories; the warehouse ones, either. They want tablets and PDA's (mobile terminals capable of keeping inventory updated in real time); they want information to be recorded on devices connected to the central system and they want to be able to review it from any device. Not least, they call for scanning technologies to reduce the human error factor to a minimum.  

  • Production

Scrap generation is common in many manufacturing environments. Raw material optimization has a direct impact on materials, production capacity planning and cost accumulation.

Microsoft's ERP supports different ways of managing waste, records the amount created and anticipates what will be generated in future productions. It is necessary to parameterize the program correctly in order to guarantee the fair supply of materials.  

On the other hand, Business Central allows monitoring the performance and life cycle of the machinery, gathering and processing data in real time and from any device. In this way, broken or inefficient components can be detected and the data collected can be used to develop more efficient equipment. Since the program allows you to work from any device, any incident can be resolved remotely to ensure maximum uptime.

  • Store

Well-managed companies have the inventory level reduced to the maximum. To reduce this backlog, manufacturers need to improve how they assess buyer demand.

With Business Central, companies can manage everything from simple inventory controls to complex warehouse management with smart containers, batches and serial numbers.

 

  • Supply chain

Connecting people throughout the Dynamics 365 supply chain management with the information they need saves time, reduces costs, and ultimately increases customer satisfaction.

ERP allows production companies to collaborate more closely with external shipping companies.

 

Focus on customer service

Leaders in the manufacturing industry have developed superior levels of Dynamics 365 customer service that build customer loyalty. For this, it is necessary to allocate human capital resources in these departments.


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