Ready to ditch boring, time-wasting repetitive tasks?
Let’s face it. Manual data entry, repetitive processes and constant productivity erosion can be a massive drain on you and your team.
You hired great people to work in your business to make it grow and succeed. But instead of tackling new and exciting tasks that will move the business forward, they’re wasting time doing the same mind-numbing tasks day in and day out.
Sound familiar?
Here’s the deal. Manual business processes are eating away at your productivity and making your life miserable. Mistakes, re-work, lengthy completion times… All of these slow down your team and distract them from what really matters: growing your business.
In this post, you’ll discover:
- The importance of Automation for your business
- How Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central can transform your operations
- The best automation tools to supercharge your productivity
- Real results with automation
Automation – The Key To Increased Productivity
Let’s talk about some hard numbers for a second…
Did you know that according to recent research, a massive 78% of organizations have witnessed increased productivity when automation was put in place? That’s no fluke.
In fact, here’s another amazing stat for you…
Businesses using automation report up to 30% reduction in operational costs and employees freed up to focus on high-value work rather than mundane repetitive tasks.
Think about your own team for a second. How much time do they waste every day on:
- Manual data entry across disparate systems
- Creating the same reports every week/month
- Tracking down approvals and invoices
- Reconciling bank statements by hand
All of these things add up. They cost you money every single day.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Automate your operations
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is one of the leading business automation platforms around these days.
No longer reserved for ERP systems, Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one business management suite that automates the tedious and boring stuff so your team can focus on what’s important: growing your business.
The platform brings all your key functions together like your finances, supply chain, manufacturing, projects, and services, so your team has one single source of truth across your entire business.
But the real magic is in the intelligent automation the system uses to handle time-consuming and repetitive tasks without you having to lift a finger.
Here’s the best part…
Business Central empowers you to automate the daily grind with features like the Business Central Copilot chat. Using AI to assist users complete tasks more quickly through natural language conversations, instead of tediously clicking through countless menus, all you have to do is ask a question and the chat Copilot will instantly help with daily tasks in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Pretty neat right?
Let’s take a look at some of the cool automation tools you can put to work…
Automation Tools to Transform Your Productivity…
Power Automate Integration
Business Central integrates with Power Automate, allowing you to build automated workflows without having to write a line of code.
Need to automatically send purchase orders to someone for approval? Done.
Need to create an invoice when an order is shipped? Easy peasy.
The cool thing? You don’t need to be a developer to set any of this up. Power Automate has got templates galore to help you get started on automating your day-to-day operations. Pre-built workflows which you can then customise to suit your unique business requirements.
AI-Powered Bank Reconciliation
How many hours do you spend matching transactions and bank reconciliations?
No, seriously, stop and think about it for a second…
Well, the good news is those days are well and truly behind you.
Business Central’s AI features can automatically match transactions and suggest which GL account to post to. This will reduce reconciliation time significantly and errors too.
We have clients who have seen their monthly reconciliation times slashed from 8 hours down to 2 hours. That’s a 75% time saving every single month!
Automated Invoice Processing
This is going to blow your mind…
Business Central can automatically create purchase invoices from PDF documents using natural language processing. All you have to do is upload the PDF and the magic will happen. The system will extract the data and create the invoice for you.
Goodbye manual data entry. Goodbye mistakes. Goodbye time wasting.
Smart Product Information Management
Adding new products to your catalog used to be a massive chore.
Not anymore.
Copilot can automatically suggest product information based on similar products that already exist in your system. This will allow you to add new products to market much quicker with less effort and fewer errors.
Time to see some results!
Real Results from Automation
Let’s talk about what this means for you…
Companies that have started to implement AI-enabled automation in their ERP solutions report some seriously amazing results. We’re talking measurable improvements to your bottom line.
Time Savings That Add Up
Think about all the repetitive, daily tasks your team is performing. Order processing, invoice matching, report generation, inventory monitoring… the list goes on.
When you automate these processes, you free up huge amounts of time. Time your team can put to use on strategic work that actually moves your business forward.
Reduction in Errors & Increased Accuracy
Manual, repetitive processes are rife with error. Fact.
When humans have to enter data over and over, mistakes will be made. A wrong number here, a mistyped account there. These errors may seem small, but they add up and cost you money.
Automation eliminates many of these errors by processing routine, repetitive tasks consistently and accurately, every time.
Better Visibility & Control
Here’s another thing you may not have considered…
Automated processes give you better real-time visibility into what’s going on in your business. You can see at a glance where the bottlenecks are occurring and fix them before they become major issues.
This type of visibility is impossible to achieve when everything is done manually.
Ready to automate your operations?
Don’t try to automate everything all at once
Start small. Pick one or two processes which are currently taking the most time and automate those first. Good places to start include:
- Order-to-cash processes
- Purchase order approvals
- Invoice processing and payment posting
- Inventory reorder point calculations
Automate those, see the results and then move onto the next process.
The key is to just get started and build momentum.
Integration with the tools you use every day
Business Central won’t force you to give up on all the tools and software you are currently using.
In fact, it integrates with Microsoft 365, Power BI and the whole Microsoft ecosystem. This means your team can continue working the same way they’re used to but still enjoy all the benefits of automation.
You can even extend automation capabilities even further by connecting Business Central to 3rd party apps using APIs and connectors.
Mobile access for on-the-go productivity
Your team isn’t always sitting at their desk. Neither should they be.
Business Central has got you covered here with mobile capabilities which means your employees can access critical information, approve requests and complete tasks from anywhere.
This flexibility keeps the wheels of business turning even when people are out of the office.
Wrapping up the automation story…
Automation is not an option anymore. It’s a necessity if you want your business to stay competitive and grow.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central gives you all the automation tools you need to eliminate repetitive tasks, reduce errors and free up your team to do high-value work.
The results speak for themselves – improved productivity, lower costs and better business results.
Just pick one process to automate and get started. Automate that process. See the results. Then move onto the next one.
Pretty soon your entire operation will be humming away, faster, smoother and more efficiently than you ever thought possible. That’s the power of automation done right.
