Manufacturing on Business Central, from recipe to recall.
Plan with formulas and routings, run the floor with live operator and machine data, cost every batch honestly, and trace a lot forwards and backwards. Two apps, one Business Central.
Business Central with ManufacturingFlow 365 for formulas, co-products and by-products, lots and costing, and MESFlow 365 for operators, machines and the weighbridge. Finance & Operations stays the platform for larger groups.
Manufacturing: from demand to the ledger, end to end
One connected flow from forecast to finished goods to the close, across Dynamics 365, the Power Platform, Azure and Power BI.
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Plan Forecast demand and plan supply Demand and capacity are planned, and requirements are generated for materials and production. Dynamics 365 Copilot & agents
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Buy Source and receive materials Purchase orders, supplier confirmations and receiving flow through approvals in Teams. Dynamics 365 Power Platform Microsoft 365 & Teams StockFlow 365 Integration Supplier portals and EDI through Azure integration services
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Make Run production orders Production orders, routings and bills of material drive shop-floor work and material issue. Dynamics 365 Power Platform Integration Machine and sensor data through Azure IoT
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Control Hold quality and trace lots Quality checks and lot traceability happen as the work is done. Dynamics 365 Control point
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Store Move and count stock by handheld Receiving, transfers and counts are posted from one handheld, with offline replay. Dynamics 365 Power Platform StockFlow 365
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Maintain Keep assets running Asset registers and maintenance schedules keep equipment available. Dynamics 365 Azure AssetFlow 365 Integration Condition data from equipment through Azure IoT
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Sell and pay Invoice, submit tax and pay people Invoices and tax submissions post from sales, and payroll posts by dimension. Dynamics 365 DigiTaxFlow 365 PayrollFlow 365 Integration Tax authority connectors inside posting
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Report Close and report on live data Costing, yield and delivery performance reach finance without a spreadsheet. Power BI & Fabric Microsoft 365 & Teams Copilot & agents Integration Analytics on the live ledger in Power BI
This is the standard pattern we implement. The exact scope, systems and integrations are confirmed with you in a discovery workshop.
Where manufacturers get stuck
What we put in front of them
| Need | Our answer | App |
|---|---|---|
| Formulas, yield, potency | Percentage formulas, batch scaling, approved substitutes | ManufacturingFlow 365 |
| Co-products and by-products | Multi-output orders and four joint-cost methods | ManufacturingFlow 365 |
| Lots, genealogy, recall | Forward and backward trace, lot status, recall workflow | ManufacturingFlow 365 |
| Live operator view | Offline-first touch app, downtime reasons | MESFlow 365 |
| Machine connection | Gateway for OPC UA, Modbus, MQTT, S7 and more, commissioned per site | MESFlow 365 |
| Gate and dispatch | Weighbridge tickets tied to purchase, sales and transfer lines | MESFlow 365 |
| Plant manager's view | Role center, Needs Attention, ten printable reports | MESFlow 365 |
Scenarios we demonstrate
Our sandbox demo data covers dairy (cheese, cream, whey), paint, soap, coffee, flour milling, an oat and honey bar with its supply chain and landed cost, a tablet formula with potency, crude-oil disassembly into grades, and catch-weight ham. Ask for the one closest to your plant.
Manufacturing insights
Practical writing for manufacturers on Business Central: costing co-products, recalls, offline plants, weighbridges and machine data. The articles are listed under the related pages on this page.
Frequently asked questions
Do the apps replace Business Central manufacturing?
No. ManufacturingFlow 365 extends production orders, BOMs, lots and costing, and MESFlow 365 works on released production orders and their routing lines.
Which Business Central version?
Business Central online, version 29.
Can we try it with sample data?
Yes. A built-in demo-data tool creates dairy, paint, soap, coffee, flour, tablet formula, crude oil, catch weight and other scenarios in a sandbox, and another action removes them.
How do we start?
With a 45-minute consultation, then a discovery and fit-gap workshop on your own processes. You receive a written fit-gap and a phased plan before a programme is agreed.