Microsoft Dynamics for manufacturers
Know your true job costs before the job closes — not after. Microsoft Dynamics connects your shop floor, materials, labor, and financials so you can quote accurately, cost confidently, and close the books without a fire drill.
Does this sound familiar?
Most manufacturers we work with already know something is broken — they just don't have a system that shows them exactly where. If any of these hit close to home, you're in good company and there's a cleaner way to run it.
Job costing
Job costing is a guess until the job is done and it’s too late to do anything about it.
Reconcile
Your shop floor and your accounting system tell two different stories — reconciling them is a monthly fire drill.
Tracking
Material and labor costs shift mid-job with no clean way to track the impact in real time.
History
You’re quoting on instinct because your system can’t show you true cost history fast enough to matter.
How Microsoft Dynamics gives manufacturers real cost control
Most manufacturers we work with already know something is broken — they just don't have a system that shows them exactly where. If any of these hit close to home, you're in good company and there's a cleaner way to run it.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central gives manufacturers a live view of job costs as they accumulate, not a post-mortem after the work is done.
Material usage, labor hours, machine time, and overhead all feed into a single costing model that updates in real time. When something changes mid-job, you see it immediately and can act on it before the margin disappears. Your shop floor and your finance team finally speak the same language.
- Real-time job costing
- Bill of materials management
- Production order tracking
- Capacity planning
- Vendor and purchase order integration
- Multi-location inventory
- Financial consolidation across entities
Manufacturing
What a successful implementation looks like
One featured outcome story: “A Midwest-based discrete manufacturer running $22M in annual revenue eliminated their end-of-month costing reconciliation entirely after implementing Business Central with Centrum — replacing a 10-day manual process with real-time job cost visibility from day one.” Link to full case studies page.
FAQ
Does Microsoft Dynamics support job costing for manufacturers?
Yes. Business Central includes native job costing that tracks material, labor, and overhead costs against production orders in real time. You can set standard costs, track variances, and see margin impact as a job progresses rather than waiting for it to close.
Can Microsoft Dynamics integrate with shop floor systems?
Business Central integrates with a wide range of manufacturing execution systems and IoT platforms through its open API and certified ISV connectors. Our team evaluates integration requirements during discovery to ensure your shop floor data flows cleanly into your financials without manual re-entry.
Is Microsoft Dynamics suitable for discrete and process manufacturers?
Business Central is well suited for discrete manufacturing and light process manufacturing. It handles production orders, BOMs, routings, and capacity planning natively. For more complex process environments we assess fit during discovery and recommend appropriate ISV add-ons where needed.
How does Business Central handle multi-location manufacturing?
Business Central supports multiple warehouses, plants, and legal entities within a single environment. Inventory, transfers, costing, and intercompany transactions all consolidate into unified financial reporting without manual reconciliation between locations.
Client testimonials
