Author: Rob Jolliffe

Robert has been a Dynamics 365 Business Central consultant since 2008 and a general manufacturing consultant for over 25 years. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto mechanical engineering program where he focused on production engineering. In addition to a deep knowledge of Manufacturing Robert holds a Microsoft Systems Engineer designation and is much less of an expert in Networking and IT infrastructure than he thinks, but is still pretty good. He also has applied his engineering skills to learning programming, and is warned frequently by the professional developers who work for him that he is pretty good, but don't write any code for customers without letting them check it.

Configure to Order Manufacturing for Business Central with CPQ

We are thrilled to announce the launch of ConfigurePriceQuote365.com, a new division of Sabre Limited dedicated to delivering cutting-edge product configurators and CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solutions for Configure to Order (CTO) manufacturing workflows integrated with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Business Central Manufacturing Implementation Costs (Updated for 2025)

Most ERP Partners hide their implementation costs until late in the sales cycle. This can make customers uncomfortable with ERP projects, especially today when we expect to find prices for purchases on-line and at our fingertips.

In thus article Rob Jolliffe tries to give resources and information for the average customer or prospect trying to understand ERP implementation costs.

We discuss Sabre’s specific model along with our typical costs.

Business Central Essentials vs Premium User Licenses

What are the differences between the Business Central Premium vs Essential versions and can a manufacturing company conduct a Microsoft Business Central implementation using Essentials?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a leading-edge cloud ERP system well suited for manufacturing. Microsoft released Business Central in the Spring of 2018, and as of Spring 2021, they are on the 5th version of the product. The first version of Business Central with official manufacturing capabilities was v13 – released in October of 2018. The product has been split into two key versions: Business Central premium and Business Central essentials. Here we try and explain the differences between the Business Central Premium and Essentials versions.

Dynamics GP vs Business Central | Avoid the Pitfalls of Legacy Software

As you may know, Microsoft has announced that support for Dynamics Great Plains (GP) will end in 2029. While this doesn’t mean that GP will vanish immediately —it will likely continue to be used by some companies for years to come —it does mean that now is a crucial time for GP users to evaluate their options.

In this article, we will be going over Dynamics GP vs Business Central manufacturing. More specifically, the features and why it’s time to think about upgrading Dynamics GP to Business Central.