Our Customer is a major Indian sweets and snacks manufacturer based in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. The company has manufacturing plants in Nagpur, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bikaner. It has has its own retail chain stores and a range of restaurants in Nagpur, Kolkata, Patna, Lucknow, Noida and Delhi. Download Case Study
Bel Fuse designs, manufactures, and markets electronic circuits products at 24 manufacturing locations across North America, Europe, and Asia. The company’s existing enterprise resource planning solution was highly customized and expensive to maintain, so it decided to deploy Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. Bel Fuse unified data and can now more easily manage its supply chain operations and finance processes, gaining more agility to respond quickly to changes in the market or its suppliers. With Dynamics 365, we save nearly USD2 million per year in IT service and support fees compared to our previous, highly customized solution. Mark Hodkinson: Vice President of Finance for the Bel Power Solutions Group Bel Fuse Essential step in the supply chain A typical consumer might interact with Bel Fuse products and not even know it. The manufacturer makes the components that power, protect, and connect electronic circuits in products we use every day. Bel Fuse is usually in the middle of the supply chain, relying on smaller parts from its suppliers before passing components on to the manufacturers that create finished products. Founded in 1949, the company has grown significantly in the last 20 years through acquisitions. It has seven business groups, including Bel Power Solutions, which it acquired in 2014. Bel Power Solutions makes the power conversion products for server and storage networks at large server farms and in industrial products like the power sources in hybrid electric vehicles and trains. To manage its enterprise resource planning (ERP) processes, Bel Power Solutions used a legacy version of Oracle that was highly customized and difficult to update. The version was outdated and the month-to-month costs and support for the solution were expensive. With different business units using different ERP systems, Bel Fuse wanted to find an affordable solution to unify the company’s finance and operations processes, starting with Bel Power Solutions. Bel Fuse also needed a solution that would support its material requirements planning (MRP) process, a production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system to manage its manufacturing processes. “Our MRP processing goes in both directions—we require a full dataset and forecasting of what’s coming to us and what’s going out,” says Scott Hasterlik, Director Global IT at Bel Fuse. “We have power assets with 500 components and 65,000 SKUs, so we needed a robust solution to share nonstandard information quickly.” An integrated solution for finance and operations After careful evaluation, Bel Fuse found that Microsoft Dynamics 365 had the right capabilities at the right price for the company’s needs. With Dynamics 365, Bel Fuse had a single system for the first time, the ability to report globally, and a solution that was intuitive to use and easy to add users. Bel Fuse uses Dynamics 365 Finance to automate its financial operations, monitor performance in real time, predict future outcomes, and make data-driven decisions. For operations, the company deployed Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, which includes an MRP function and AI to improve visibility across its global supply chain and to improve manufacturing productivity. To aid the quick, seamless deployment process, Bel Fuse worked with Flintfox, a Gold competency member of the Microsoft Partner Network. “Flintfox jumped in, understood what we wanted to accomplish, and helped us move forward on budget,” says Hasterlik. “Flintfox has been a fantastic partner and is still our partner of record.” A wide range of Bel Power Solutions employees now rely on the Finance and Supply Chain Management business applications. Users include staff in customer service, quality assurance, demand and product returns, manufacturing and supply chain ordering, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and engineering. “From decision makers to factory floor managers, everyone is working in Dynamics 365, staying connected and accessing valuable data,” says Stefan Naude, General Manager, Slovakia, at Bel Fuse. Reduced costs, disparate systems eliminated Bel Fuse accomplished its central goal—to reduce the high costs of its previous ERP system while bringing data together in one solution. The company built the capacity it needed without a lot of customizations, helping ensure that the solution would stay flexible in the future. “With Dynamics 365, we save nearly USD2 million per year in IT service and support fees compared to our previous, highly customized solution,” says Mark Hodkinson, Vice President of Finance for the Bel Power Solutions Group at Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse also reduced costs because it now has the tools to fulfill more of its own finance needs internally. For example, a Bel Fuse engineering and distribution site in Italy previously paid an outside firm to do its accounting. “It was easy to move the Italy site into Dynamics 365 and transfer all that work internally to our team in Slovakia,” says Hodkinson. “Now our own team manages the facility’s day-to-day finances even though they aren’t located in Italy. With a common system, we have better access to our own internal talent.” Increased visibility and agility With Dynamics 365, Bel Fuse gained a more global view of financial data and can perform more accurate forecasting. “I always view orders and revenue from a global perspective because the locations are all connected and have so many intercompany transactions,” says Hodkinson. “I rely on Dynamics 365 to help me make sense of complex financial histories to stay on top of complicated billing and payment processes at multiple sites.” With ERP data now centralized and easy to access in the cloud, Bel Fuse can respond with more agility to complex, changing circumstances. When employees in Italy, China, and other countries needed to work from home during the COVID-19 crisis, the company was able to effectively run remote finance and supply chain operations. “We kept all our finance functions moving forward even though we don’t have anyone physically in the office,” says Hodkinson. “We were impressed that our team was able to get everything done while working from home for the first time, and I think that speaks to how intuitive Dynamics 365 Finance was for our team.” As a mid-chain supplier, Bel Fuse is committed to continuing its operations on
When you lack deep visibility and insight into your supply chain, you leave money on the table It turns out what you don’t know as a manufacturer can and will hurt you. For too long, manufacturers have settled for siloed and inconsistent information, as well as manual processes, to understand and manage their supply chain. Why? Because for a long time, these systems were good enough to keep production going. But plenty of manufacturers don’t want to settle for good enough. IDC predicts that by 2019, 50% of manufacturing supply chains will have benefited from digital transformation, and the remainder will be held back by outdated business models or functional structures. Smart manufacturers understand that supply chain transformation is necessary. They are connecting assets across their factories, gaining visibility into their supply chain, and acting on insights from increased visibility to address inefficiency, as well as increase customer satisfaction and margins. Don’t accept operational inefficiencies as a limit on your business Supply chain management is complex, so doing it right requires a solution that simplifies and consolidates disparate information, while retaining flexibility. Data from the sales process, suppliers, order fulfillment, product performance, and customer service all matter for a full understanding of the supply chain. The core tools for accomplishing this fall into three categories: IoT-enabled visibility and services, powerful analytics, and cloud-delivered data visualizations. Like many aspects of manufacturing, IoT is the starting point. The best way to lower production costs is by using a single IoT-friendly platform to integrate back and front office processes. Using IoT-based modeling to create digital twins, manufacturers can understand in real-time the amount of wear and tear on parts and adjust designs in response. This insight can help identify simple inefficiencies like sourcing a part from the company that’s always supplied it, rather than buying a similarly-performing part at a lower cost from another supplier. Powerful analytics is the next step in transforming your supply chain. A truly intelligent system for supply chain management dynamically adjusts distribution, as well as production, to accelerate the speed of delivery. By using built-in analytics and machine learning, public data like weather conditions can be used to create richer, more accurate schedules and delivery forecasts. On top of that, opportunities to consolidate or expedite shipments can be automatically identified using artificial intelligence—passing lower shipping and order fulfillment costs on to customers. Finally, consolidating all this information won’t completely optimize your supply chain without the ability to easily visualize and manage it. That’s why a real-time and mobile-delivered view is so crucial. Understanding how to solve problems is hard enough; there’s no need to complicate it further by using different systems to identify where problems are occurring. Decision makers on the factory floor or in global headquarters need instant access to relevant information, and the collaborative power to communicate with or work alongside employees anywhere in the world. These investments in operations put manufacturers in position to embrace new technology and adjust to whatever business challenges they may be facing. Get the tools to transform with Microsoft Dynamics 365 The power of a supply chain management and operations platform that combines all these capabilities at cloud speed and scale is obvious. Companies positioned to digitally transform their supply chains will see accelerated time to market and reduced cost to enter new markets or scale new lines of business. Microsoft supports flexibility in deployment, enabling you to leverage existing investments while expanding with either a cloud or a hybrid model that includes both on-prem and cloud systems. That can shorten deployment from months to days and ensure security and analytics capabilities are consistent across every location and tuned appropriately for every team. Microsoft Dynamics 365 ends the artificial separation of ERP and CRM and makes it easy for employees to collaborate and even role-switch to engage customers or address supply chain issues. Only Dynamics 365 unites the front office and the back office with a single end-to-end system for managing every aspect of your business, all backed by industry-leading enterprise cloud. That means manufacturers can develop at the pace and scale that’s right for them, while taking advantage of current investments such as existing productivity and technology stacks. With Microsoft, consistent development practices and R&D investments combine to offer manufacturers rich analytics, embedded intelligence, partner-created applications, and the ability to collaborate worldwide.
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Disruptions in global supply chains have significantly increased over the last decade, fueled by a myriad of triggers ranging from trade wars, demand surges from social marketing, natural disasters, and most recently, the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Updates to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management in the 2020 release wave 1 help organizations proactively transform every aspect of manufacturing and supply chain operations to reduce disruptions. These new and updated capabilities drive automation and reduce downtime using IoT and mixed reality, and provide the agility to re-plan production in real time to dynamically changing demand. In fact, the agility enabled by Supply Chain Management is currently being leveraged by a consortium of major UK industrial, technology, and engineering businesses from across the aerospace, automotive, and medical sectors that has come together to produce medical ventilators for the NHS. Reducing the risk of supply chain disruptions As the threat of disruptions increase, companies are pressured to ask if the supply chain is ready for the next event, pushing them to build a more resilient supply chain to ensure business continuity for them and their customers in the most cost-effective manner. More companies will start buffering for risks and move from a “Just-in time” mentality to a “Just-in case” mentality. Factories will need to transform rapidly to adapt to change, serving a wider range of products produced in smaller batches with lower set up time, faster throughput, and the ability to quickly respond to fluctuating demand and customer expectations. Companies are likely to move from single supplier to multi-supplier and single location to multi-location models for mission critical parts even if it is cost prohibitive in order to reduce the impact of supply chain disruptions. To reach this optimal state of agility and delivery speed, manufacturers need to adapt every aspect of the supply chain to enable tools, equipment, and people to become instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent—a state of persistent adaptive learning and optimization as more data is available to tighten links between manufacturers, suppliers, and customers. The latest release from Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management enables customers to reach this optimal state by proactively transforming their manufacturing and supply chain with predictive insights and intelligence from AI, IoT, and mixed reality—across planning, production, inventory, warehouse, and transportation management—to maximize operational efficiency, product quality, and profitability. Train workers faster with integrated mixed reality learning experiences Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is now integrated with Dynamics 365 Guides to help mainstream mixed reality for manufacturing. Companies can deliver a faster ROI by getting the workforce trained sooner with fewer trainers and with an interactive learning experience. Workforce efficiency can skyrocket with step-by-step instructions that guide employees to the tools and parts they need and how to use them in real work situations, available at a glance on a Microsoft HoloLens device that keeps their hands free to do the work. Dynamics 365 Guides can not only eliminate costly errors in production but also improve workforce safety. Companies can significantly reduce asset downtime by making asset maintenance skillset-agnostic and avoid costly waiting time for a specific expert to perform maintenance on an asset. The guides are extremely easy to author and do not require any coding. A guide can be authored by simply writing the step-by-step instructions on a PC followed by picking and placing the holographic parts and inbuilt icons on the machine where the work is happening. Introducing Dynamics 365 Guides for HoloLens 2 Dispatch the right resources at the right time Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management is now integrated with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service. Customers can significantly reduce downtime of geographically dispersed mission critical assets by automating field service operations so that the right resources—workforce, machines, parts, and tools—are available at the right place, at the right time, to proactively maintain them. Companies can improve the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) of their geographically dispersed mission critical assets by performing predictive maintenance based on real-time performance data from IoT and field data from Dynamics 365 Field Service. Traditionally, disparate systems hinder the ability to accurately forecast demand for critical and expensive parts frequently used in both service and new production. Due to lack of forecasting for service demand, companies constantly take parts from production to fulfill the service demand, and vice versa, to deliver good customer service. This often creates a shortage for new production and significantly impacts on time delivery to new customers. As a result, the company is unable to deliver a delightful customer experience on both fronts. This integration will eliminate the need for disparate systems and significantly improve the forecast accuracy of these mission-critical parts due to real time tracking in the service supply chain. Seamlessly integrate IoT capabilities Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management now offers out-of-the-box IoT capabilities that leverage Microsoft Azure IoT Hub to connect signals from mission-critical assets with business transaction data. Manufacturers can improve uptime, throughput, and quality by proactively managing shop floor and equipment operations with a real-time view of their entire production and stock. This will significantly reduce costly downtime of business-critical equipment by performing predictive maintenance before disruptive failures occur. There is no coding required to implement these out-of-the-box IoT scenarios on your manufacturing floor today. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and IoT Intelligence customer spotlight with Majans Improve on-time delivery with real-time production planning The Planning Optimization Add-in for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management enables companies to improve on-time delivery by performing production planning in real time, accounting for dynamically changing customer demand, material availability, and capacity constraints across multiple sites and warehouses. It also enables customers to improve inventory turns by right-sizing inventory levels based on dynamically changing customer demand and capacity constraints. This helps eliminate excess and reduces slow moving inventory. 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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Supply change management is a system used by organizations for obtaining raw materials, manufacturing and delivering the final product to the customer. A supply chain management system said to be good if it involves optimizing services functionality to be fast and efficient. Earlier these processes were severe, labour-intensive, time-taking and chaotic but now may seem like ancient history, delivery times have gone from two weeks or three weeks to a turnaround of hours in some cases, it has become possible by the automated software like Microsoft 365 for logistics which is one of the best in the market. In this context, we will discuss how Microsoft 365 modernize supply chain management.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7254″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7256″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Inventory Management Software: It acts as an ERP software for logistics which helps you to improve clarity over your entire supply chain to diminish inventory costs and keep customers satisfied. Utilize built-in intelligence to foretell when and what you want to replenish, assuring inventory levels are maintained to dodge shortages and lost sales. It helps you to streamline your supply chain by tracking inventory across multiple locations, manage refunds easily, suggesting replacements for out-of-stock commodities and more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Warehouse Management You can achieve maximum warehouse efficiency by Microsoft Dynamics 365 as it provides you the adaptability to decide your warehouse plan according to your varying needs. Set high- and low-priority warehouse areas for maximum placement of goods and block locations to restrain the movement of goods. Divide your warehouse into zones to accommodate various storage needs such as temperature or the rate of turnover of your inventory.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7257″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Tracking and Tracing Tracking and tracing are done throughout the end-to-end logistics processes of the supply chain including inventory, warehouse, production, and transport processes for the monitoring of the products. It Trackbacks the batch or serial numbers for quality check and register and monitor batch attributes, expiry and shelf-life dates.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Demand forecasting Demand Forecasting is a lightweight, yet powerful demand forecasting tool that enables organizations to forecast demand based on historical data using the dynamics 365 for logistics and Azure Machine Learning integration which can help you predict future demand by using the power and extensibility of a Microsoft Azure Machine Learning cloud service.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Material Warehouse Automation Dynamics 365 for logistics provides a framework for connecting with warehouse and material handling equipment. Users will get frequent updates on warehouse events, such as work creation, completion, and cancellation. These events, along with associated data, will be tracked in a queue, which can be accessed via a web service by external equipment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7255″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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As you may already know, D365 AX Support for Dynamics AX 2012 and Dynamics AX R2 will no longer be available after April 12, 2022. Hence, obligating businesses to upgrade their Microsoft AX to D365 For Finance & Operation (which is also known as D365 Finance and Supply Chain Management). Furthermore, D365 Finance and Supply Chain possess every feature and functionality that Microsoft Dynamics AX has to offer, builds upon them, and transforms into a full-fledged platform a 21st-century business need. Dynamics AX on the other hand will soon terminate Dynamics AX Support while leaving you on your own. While Dynamics AX is merely a desktop-based application with massive infrastructure footprints, D365 Finance and Supply Chain is a comprehensive web and cloud-based software that the user can access from anywhere on different devices whenever they want. There is a lot of D365 For Finance & Operation has to offer, such as an Advanced user-friendly interface, web-based login, Free updates, additional integrations, better quality service, better Excel integration, LinkedIn integration, and so on. This version has a lot to offer a business such as: Integrations These integrations are highly impactful for a business to understand its current situation better and project prospects. D365 Finance and Supply Chain endorses a very tight integration to Dynamics 365 products like Marketing, Sales, Service, Office, Excel, and a lot more. Via these integrations, the user can access end-to-end data in a single platform and unlock information from various sources. Updates As D365 For Finance & Operations is a Cloud-based system, Microsoft frequently schedules its updates and major updates twice a year, hence the user does not have to worry about being on the latest version as the update is done automatically. All you have to do is accept them and off you go. Flexibility Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations provides more flexibility which lets the user save money on licensing and user. Workspaces have now replaced Role Centers while allowing multiple Dynamics 365 features to be used simultaneously through tailored dashboards. The workspace makes things simpler for the user while making inexperienced users more productive. Power BI This is certainly one of the major additions made in D365 Finance and Supply Chain. With Power BI the user can create insightful reports inD365 interface. They can unlock and leverage crucial information and create reports instantly. Search Capabilities In addition, the search capabilities in the system have become even more robust while making it simpler to find needed data no matter where it is stored in the system. The strong integration to Excel enables bi-directional data importing and exporting to D365 Finance and Supply Chain Management to Excel. Custom Extensions This is one of the new tools. It enables product extension by constructing solutions on D365 without impacting the core coding of the application. This means adding the functionality is easier and will not harm any future upgrades. What can D365 Finance and Supply Chain do For Your Business? It improves financial performance by obtaining new business opportunities through centralized management and in-built analytics. Helps meet regulations in different countries by having country-specific localizations in a single system. Helps make smart, proactive decisions via target systems, and circumcised information, tasks, and insights relevant to certain jobs. It adapts to systems while fulfilling unique business requirements with its expansion. Upgrades to new releases are like a piece of cake. Accelerates and simplifies deployment with instant-on capabilities. Tracks assets efficiently. Robust logistics management helps optimize goods and material flow. Diminishes reporting errors and automates where necessary. Gives valuable insights into every area of the supply chain through predictive analysis and Data Collection. Improves product quality with valuable insights to resolve issues early. Gets access to other D365 applications like Office 365, SharePoint, etc. Supply chain automation cuts procurement costs. Helps a business grow with D365 For Finance & Operation robust omnichannel solution. It has an on going support system unlike Dynamics AX Support. Bottom Line Dynamics 365 F&O comprises all the core data and processes under the same roof while making it easier for a business to provide visibility, standardize operations and simplify compliance. The end of D365 AX Support for Dynamics AX 2012 and Dynamics AX R2 in April 2022 is the major reason businesses need to upgrade their Dynamics AX to D365 For Finance & Operation. 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Call it labor shortage, exploding demands, or both, manufacturers face tumultuous stress in 2020. As factories, warehouses, and markets open, the shortage of labor is not going anywhere. As of June 2021, US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, manufacturing added up to 15,000 jobs, but employment is still down by 481,000 from the February 2020 count. Warehousing added 11,000 new jobs. However, the number is still down to 94,000 over the same period. There are various factors driving labor shortage. Labors might leave one job for another in search of better facilities, salary, flexible working hours, and so on. Therefore, it becomes crucial to retain your existing staff. Ensure hygiene and employee safety at your warehouse. Establish ergonomic workstations and equipment. Allow flexible work schedules. Enable ongoing training support. Equip your staff enough to handle multiple jobs. Be receptive to your employee’s opinions. No matter what factors are driving labor shortages, the manufacturers have to be more creative when it comes to dealing with labor. One of the best ways to deal with the labor shortage is to adopt an end-to-end ERP. How ERP Combats Labor Shortage in Warehouses? Digital transformation comprises all the strategies and methods that ensure optimum labor utilization. Bring a new life to your shop floor and transform your organization for the better. Apart from this, you can make complete use of your shop floor. Centralizes Control Keep tabs on all the warehouses from a single vision of reality. Turn big data into insightful dashboards. Identify insufficient processes and embrace growth opportunities. Generate more time and save finances with organization-wide visibility highlighting every growth-oriented opportunity. Have the comprehensive big data report at hand and build more effective processes or relocate your existing staff accordingly. Browse through current demands and available inventory and make effective strategies. Have improved communication and collaboration from top to bottom. Automate Operations ERP doubled with robotics automates manual and recurring tasks. It enables accelerated operations and more accuracy while helping you deliver the right services on time to your customers. Your plant and other stimulating areas get safer. While ERP focuses on the supply chain, other workers can focus on more creative or innovative tasks of the organization. With an end-to-end ERP, you can manage your back office with minimum staff working on it. Let the technology make floor plans for you so you can store your products in the most suitable locations within the warehouse. Unifies Different Business Modules ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning integrates and automates cynical business factors within the same technological environment, such as manufacturing, finance, inventory and order management, customer, communication, sales and marketing, project management, and human resource. You no longer need to hire multiple people to engage in these sections, the technology does the work for you. You need minimum staff with data unification. Inventory Tracking ERP delivers real-time inventory management. From the moment it enters the warehouse till the time it is dispatched. Some ERP service providers like Microsoft D365 enable tracking via mobile phones and other devices of your choice. It ensures inventory tracking anytime without having anyone else collecting and sharing the reports. Discard expired products and keep tabs on inventory that has already been dispatched. Make sure you never run out-of-stock and optimally locate the product within the warehouse. Innovative Technology Robotics helps fill labor gaps and increase productivity. As soon as you integrate robots with equipment, the staff starts getting more familiar with their uses. Some end-to-end ERP solution providers, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, include advanced business intelligence and data analysis that transforms big data into visually actionable dashboards. Many researches conducted has shown that workers perform their tasks better with innovative technologies. The output rises as they start enjoying their jobs. A little creativity does the trick. Better Transparency With the advent of social media, millennials, and their younger subordinates extortionate sharing their ideas in the workplace. Microsoft Dynamics 365 fuels enterprise-extensive transparency and collaboration to meet this standard. Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrates different modules within a single system and enables organizational data through intuitive and sharp dashboards, promoting unparalleled visibility. Moreover, it has a unified platform called MS Teams, which connects employees with one another. Irrespective of their position, they can tap into a free flow of communication instantly. For instance, Warehouse staff can quickly communicate to the inventory manager about stocking-in or discarding certain products. Final Words The labor shortage is a worldwide issue. As soon as markets opened, the labor shortage caused grave pain. An end-to-end ERP solution can help businesses deal better with enabling centralized control, operation automation, multiple module integration, and so on. Trident Information Systems is a Gold Microsoft Partner that has served various businesses so far. Reinforced with over two decades of experience and a 150+ skillful team, Trident has accomplished a solid track record. 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Introduction The confectionery industry is one of the sweetest businesses in the world, but behind the scenes lies a complex network of operations. From managing multiple stores to ensuring fresh production, business leaders often face difficulties balancing retail and manufacturing. LS Central, built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, provides an integrated solution that connects every corner of the business—sales, inventory, finance, and production—through a real-time dashboard. The Confectionery Industry Landscape The confectionery industry is vibrant yet complex. Retailers face seasonal spikes (like festive seasons), while manufacturers must ensure consistent quality and timely deliveries. Add multi-location outlets to the mix, and the operations can get messy without proper coordination. Why Multi-Location Management Matters Running just one sweet shop is challenging, but managing dozens across different cities? That’s where businesses often lose track. LS Central allows confectionery brands to manage all locations under one unified dashboard, ensuring that stores, warehouses, and factories are perfectly in sync. LS Central for Multi-Location Management Unified Dashboard When managing multiple outlets, one of the biggest challenges is keeping track of daily activities. LS Central simplifies this by offering a centralized dashboard where managers can monitor stock, sales, and production from anywhere. This real-time view eliminates guesswork and enhances efficiency. Retail Synchronization Each confectionery outlet must align in pricing, promotions, and loyalty programs. With LS Central, every retail outlet works in sync. Promotions launched at headquarters reflect immediately across all stores, ensuring brand consistency and eliminating discrepancies. Real-Time Decision Making The ability to make fast, informed decisions is vital in a high-demand industry like confectionery. LS Central provides live data on sales trends, inventory, and customer behavior, allowing managers to adjust strategies immediately rather than relying on delayed reports. Expansion Made Easier Scaling up to new locations can be intimidating. With LS Central, expanding to additional outlets becomes smooth as new stores can be integrated seamlessly without disrupting existing processes. Retail Operations Centralized POS With LS Central Every sweet transaction counts, and a centralized point-of-sale system ensures smooth customer service. From billing to discounts and loyalty programs, LS Central brings all retail functions under one umbrella, making daily operations simple and accurate. Gift Packaging & Customization In confectionery, presentation matters as much as taste. LS Central’s allows retailers to manage personalized gift packaging requests directly through POS, enhancing the buying experience and boosting customer satisfaction. Contactless Payments Modern shoppers prefer quick and secure checkout methods. LS Central integrates with mobile wallets, credit cards, and contactless payments, making transactions seamless and customer-friendly. Loyalty & Rewards Programs Customer loyalty is everything in retail. LS Central supports personalized rewards and membership points, creating repeat business and strengthening long-term relationships with customers. LS Central for Inventory & Supply Chain Management Smart Inventory Control Freshness is the soul of confectionery products. LS Central’s intelligent inventory control prevents overstocking and stockouts by automatically calculating replenishment needs based on sales data. Warehouse Integration Warehouses and stores often struggle with miscommunication. LS Central bridges this gap by integrating both, ensuring products move from production to shelves without delay. Supply Chain Transparency From sourcing raw cocoa to delivering chocolates to outlets, LS Central offers end-to-end traceability. Businesses can monitor every stage, ensuring timely deliveries and minimized wastage. Seasonal Demand Preparedness Festivals bring spikes in demand. With LS Central’s forecasting tools, businesses can predict seasonal trends, adjust inventory, and meet customer expectations without last-minute stress. Manufacturing Integration Production Planning For confectionery factories, production planning must be aligned with demand forecasts. LS Central helps managers schedule production batches, allocate resources, and reduce downtime, ensuring smooth operations. Batch Tracking Food safety is non-negotiable in this industry. LS Central’s batch tracking feature provides complete traceability of ingredients and products, allowing businesses to act quickly in case of recalls or quality issues. Quality Control Consistency builds brand trust. With LS Central, confectionery businesses can set quality benchmarks across production lines, ensuring every sweet maintains the same delicious taste and freshness. Manufacturing Cost Management Production costs often eat into profits. LS Central integrates cost management, helping managers analyze expenses and identify savings without compromising quality. Financial Management Centralized Financial Data Managing multiple store accounts can be overwhelming. LS Central offers a single financial system that consolidates data from all outlets, simplifying reporting and auditing. Expense Monitoring With real-time visibility, businesses can track overheads, staff costs, and supply chain expenses. This helps prevent losses and improves overall financial health. Profitability Insights LS Central provides detailed reports on branch-wise performance, helping managers identify profitable outlets and those that need more support. Customer Experience Personalized Promotions Customers are more likely to return if they feel valued. LS Central’s enables businesses to design targeted discounts and promotions, tailored to customer preferences. Omnichannel Shopping Whether online or in-store, LS Central ensures a seamless shopping journey. Customers can buy from websites, apps, or physical stores with the same experience and rewards. Faster Checkout Experience No one likes waiting in line, especially during festive seasons. LS Central speeds up checkouts through centralized POS and multiple payment options, improving overall satisfaction. Data-Driven Decision Making Business Intelligence LS Central’s provides analytics that reveal customer trends, sales patterns, and seasonal preferences. This helps managers make informed decisions that directly boost sales. Demand Forecasting By analyzing past performance, LS Central predicts demand for festivals or peak times, ensuring businesses are always stocked appropriately. Performance Tracking Branch-wise performance reports allow managers to reward high-performing teams and improve operations where required. Key Benefits for Confectionery Chains With LS Central, confectionery companies gain the technology foundation for agile, scalable, and profitable multi-location retail and manufacturing operations in a competitive market. Conclusion The confectionery business is built on customer delight, but it thrives on operational precision. LS Central unifies multi-location retail, manufacturing, inventory, and customer engagement under one roof. By providing real-time dashboard control, it enables businesses to make faster decisions, cut costs, and scale operations seamlessly. For confectionery brands aiming for growth, LS Central is truly the sweetest solution. Lastly, if you are looking for an LS Retail Implementation Partner, you can contact Trident Information Systems. We are