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Beyond the basics
Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
your business management solution

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2019

Growth requires
adaptation

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

It’s electric. You walk into your own officespace and feel that jolt of energy—new
employees bringing your vision to life, thehustle and grind that validates the effort
you’ve put into your business for so long.
You’re growing, thriving, bringing in newteams and new tools. You’re determined
to meet every challenge and keep yourbusiness trending in the right direction. But
like any current, that electricity must begrounded.

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2019

Growth needs a foundation to thrive.
The processes, tools, and resources you’ve always
relied on have to rise with you; they have to adapt
to an influx in users, transactions, and data for thatgrowth to continue. There’s an understandable
loyalty to the tools from those early days, but theycan either work with you to advance your goals, orthey can create new challenges and slow you down.
For an ambitious, growing company, microbusinessaccounting solutions are practical allies to keep your“I’s” dotted and your “T’s” crossed—but they often
struggle to keep pace alongside a thriving business.

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

At some point along
the way, everyorganization has todecide: do you keep
doing what you’ve
always done, or doyou make a change?

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2019

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central your business
management solution

When it comes to youraccounting software, youhave four options. You can:Do nothing

Expand yourexisting tools

Hire morepeople

Find a newsolution4

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2019

Making the right decision for you
and your business hinges on yourneeds, goals, and relationships.
What do you want to accomplish in the future? What do you needto make that happen? Do your partners align with those goals?
These questions and challenges are a routine part of any adaptation.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central offers a scalable and comprehensive
accounting solution designed to help you reach your future ambitions.
Discover how Dynamics 365 Business Central can help your business thrive.

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

Need more information on how
to evaluate your accounting andoperations solutions?
Learn more with our workbook:
Beyond the basics: How to evaluatea QuickBooks replacement

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2019

A connected solution
Dynamics 365 Business Central offers you a single accounting
solution that can streamline your daily tasks to save you time,money, and frustration.
Powered by the Microsoft cloud, this connected solution combines yourfinancial, inventory, operations, and project management processes with yourpurchasing and sales tools to create a comprehensive experience.

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

According to a
Deloitte survey,
more than 80%of SMBs that use
the cloud believe
it enables themto scale andgrow faster.
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2019

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

Inside Dynamics 365 Business Central
Financial Management

Inventory Management

Project Management

Purchasing

Sales

Account receivables/payables

Forecasting

Capacity planning

Procurement

Quote generation

Bank reconciliation

Inventory control

Budgets and estimates

Purchase line discounting

Contact managementFixed asset management

Shipment and distribution

Job and process costing

Purchase order management

Sales invoicing

Month-end/year-end closing

Returns and cancellations

Resource management

Vendor management

Payment processing

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With Dynamics 365
Business Central, we nolonger have to store data
in separate systems that
don’t work together—it’s all integrated.
Kyle Johanson
VP, J-Systems, Inc., Lombard, Illinois

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2019

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

Make better decisions
By connecting previously isolated
business systems, you can get an endto-end view of your organization.
Centralized information, real-time
reporting, and visualized data in Power BI
helps you better understand trends, likeinventory status and cash flow, and makemore informed decisions about the futureof your organization.

This integration empowers you andyour team to respond to customer
needs quickly, optimize your everyday
operations, and share data regardlessof your device or location.
A unified solution not only makes accessing
this data easier, it also helps keep yourreports, analytics, and insights accurate andrelevant so your team can take a smarter
approach to strategy and execution.

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2019

Grow atyour ownpace

With Dynamics 365 Business Central,
you only use what you need, when
you need it.
Flexible licensing plans, adaptable businessapps, and a scalable database mean you
can better manage your growth by adding
additional users as the need arrives. Basedon a per-user, per-month structure, you
can start your service small and adapt yoursolution as you expand your business.

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

Automate andsecure yourprocesses

Dynamics 365 Business Central equips
your team with secure automation toolsthat make ordering, selling, invoicing,and reporting easier and faster.
In other words, you can focus on what you dobest while easing the burden of monitoring,
maintaining, and managing regular tasks.

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2019

Fast from the start
Intuitive migration tools within Dynamics 365 Business Central maketransferring your internal data quick and easy.
Essential tasks like quoting customers and managing your cash flow won’t be disrupted.
With Dynamics 365 Business Central’s integration into the Office suite, your colleagues canleverage the familiar interface. Office tools, like Outlook, Word, and Excel, help to eliminate
extensive training required on new platforms, and drive quicker adoption for employees.

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Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

We were operational
in a few hours with fullaccess from anywhere ata very affordable cost.
Kim Hulke
VP, J-SAccounting Manager, Sanchez Imports, Chula Vista, CA

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February
2019

Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

Work where business takes you
A cloud-driven business management solution empowers you to getwork done from nearly anywhere.
Access your essential data and business tools regardless of your location or device
with a shared, cross-platform experience that won’t compromise data security.

With Dynamics 365 Business Central, your organization can benefit directlyfrom Microsoft’s security investment to protect your data and individuals.

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2019

Try Dynamics 365Business Central
for yourself
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Beyond the basics: Making Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central yourbusiness management solution

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