The world of manufacturing is constantly evolving, causing manufacturers to face different challenges and concerns every year. With a modern ERP system like Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central from Microsoft, managing and adapting to these pain points can be easily addressed, can help ease your pain and adapt to whatever new curveball the industry may throw your way. Below are some possible solutions to manufacturing's biggest pain points, so that even without Manufacturing Capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can still adjust your manufacturing processes to stay ahead of the competition.

Industry Standards and Regulations compliance

For manufacturers especially, industry standards and regulations are updated frequently, making each year a new adventure in creating compliance reports within your organization. Manufacturers are viewed under much higher scrutiny from product safety to disposal and reclamation procedures, so what exactly is the best way to go about complying with industry standards? You could manually keep track of these changes and try to add customizations to your ERP system to ensure that the correct data is being recorded. Or, you could implement an automated Manufacturing ERP solutions like Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central that has built in Lot Tracking modules to allow for completely transparent quality traceability across your value chain, including unique custom item specifications, potency and more through the entire process from supplier to customer.

Inventory Control

Managing inventory levels in a cost-effective and revenue-driving manner can be difficult, even for the most experienced manufacturer. Without access to an effective manufacturing planning software to help automate these inventory control processes, properly managing your inventory levels can be quite the challenge for manufacturers. Thankfully, this common pain point can be solved with an automated ERP softwares like Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central so that you don’t have to lose money in your stocked inventory.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central’s inventory control capabilities allow manufacturers to automate their processing based off of previous purchasing trends and can even set raw material orders to automatically renew when needed. There is no worse feeling than not having all of the materials you need to complete an order or having to pay for expedited shipping costs. With an automated inventory control module, inventory control becomes less of a pain point and more second nature.

Improve business performance from the shop floor to your bottom line

Automate manufacturing processes and gain visibility into all aspects of operations, from order entry to production, warehouse management, and delivery.

Provide Customers with Information they can count on

Increase the accuracy of promised orders and respond to customer queries about order status by viewing delivery details from your Role Center.

Adapt quickly to changing customer demands with agile manufacturing

Plan rush orders, make exceptions, and handle last-minute changes to your manufacturing processes with multiple planning options, tracking, and interactive action messages.