3 Primary Reasons why Business Central is the Best Cloud ERP solution for your Business

Your business can choose from many possible ERP systems, many of which are modern and cloud-based. However, besides the standard requirements of modern cloud-based systems, what else should organizations look for in cloud ERP, and which system is the best solution for your business? These questions are not easy to answer, and every company must weigh their needs against the cost of various solutions.

When you search, you will come across Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, which is Microsoft’s premier mid-market business management solution and part of the Dynamics 365 cloud-native solution suite. Business Central is the next generation product of Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision). Consider these three reasons why Business Central is the best choice for your next cloud ERP solution.

Maximum Flexibility with Security — Suitable for any Workplace

Hosting business applications on the cloud means you can work anytime, anywhere. There is no need to stay in the office, which is perfect for the uncertain work environment that many people have had to deal with since the beginning of a pandemic. And this need will not disappear: even if the pandemic subsides, more than 70% of employees want to be able to leave flexible remote working options. The cloud allows you to flexibly switch between personal, home, and hybrid work situations, depending on what is safe at the moment, without losing opportunities or working time.

While the flexibility of “where” and “when” work is a quality of all cloud-hosted applications, Microsoft sets itself apart with additional flexibility and security. How? Well, Business Central has multiple modes, which can be accessed from anywhere, and most importantly, without losing basic functionality or usability. It appears as a desktop application, a mobile application for mobiles and tablets (iOS and Android), and can be accessed through any HTML 5 based browser.

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Microsoft’s Azure cloud hosting Business Central is secure and reliable and must comply with strict security requirements in order to host it for its customers. These requirements are costly and require regular updates and maintenance. Therefore, it is natural that some companies lag behind in these security updates or choose to continue their unsafe status quo. But on Microsoft’s Azure cloud, the infrastructure and security are the most advanced. Data is encrypted through industry-standard protocols and threat protection services, backed up continuously to prevent the loss, and redundantly stored in a separate data center. Updates usually include security patches for potential vulnerabilities. In addition, Microsoft provides the option of deploying Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and multi-factor authentication for Dynamics 365 and Office 365, so only authorized users can enter your system.

Automate Business Processes across Applications & Functions

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As part of the Microsoft ecosystem, another powerful integration is provided to take advantage of Power Automate. Power Automate (formerly known as Microsoft Flow) allows companies to build workflows to automate business processes across applications or web services that would otherwise be time-consuming and repetitive. Manually start by clicking a button or automatically using a pre-set trigger, processes remove steps from your workflow and increase the efficiency of these processes. Not a programmer? It’s ok. No coding knowledge is required to create these powerful and complex processes.

ERP is the mature fruit of realizing process automation. So what procedures do you end up repeating day after day? Set up workflows within ERP or across other applications, such as Dynamics 365 Sales, Outlook, and even 3rd party applications. Free up your employees’ time and energy for other tasks that drive your business forward.

Extreme Customizability

You may have noticed that both of the above reasons for using Business Central discuss the high-quality customizability of ERP—within the system itself and through integration with other applications. We think it’s important to bring home the reality of Business Central’s extreme customization. Although some ERPs are designed for specific industries, Business Central is designed for many people and can be adjusted and shaped to meet the needs of a range of industries. It includes many powerful out-of-the-box features and can be customized (add or remove features or entities) to adapt to the unique business processes of any company in any industry. The United Interface (UI) allows highly customizable based on job roles and responsibilities to move, delete, or add views or functions—the entire United Interface can be dedicated to work for accountants, and another UI, which may be more restricted, can be created for salespeople.

Even more, personalization can be achieved in each employee’s Business Central experience because many functions and views can be adjusted to the employee’s preferences or their way of thinking.

While the cloud ERP market may seem saturated, when the details of each solution are revealed, it is easier to narrow down the issues. Business Central provides extensive customization, modernization, flexibility, scalability, security, automation, and seamless integration with other applications — both Microsoft and third-party applications — all of which are built on a proven and successful ERP solution. As part of the broad Microsoft ecosystem, Business Central can be used independently as a powerful cloud-based ERP system, but you will gain unique and calculable benefits by using other components in the ecosystem where Business Central is located.

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