Demystifying Microsoft Dynamics 365 Pricing
What are Dynamics 365 Implementation and License Costs
Dynamics 365 Pricing can be very confusing if you are not familiar with it. At Sabre, we’ve been working with the Microsoft Dynamics product line for a long time. The intent of this blog is to help demystify Dynamics 365 Pricing, whether it be for Business Central, Sales, Customer Service, or Finance and Operations.
In addition to the price of the software, companies need to be aware of other costs like: Support contracts with the training provider; Addon modules that are considered critical; Supplementary products that add a lot of value.
All of these need to be considered part of the analysis of Dynamics 365 Pricing.
Better Purchasing through ERP Implementation in Manufacturing
I have worked with a lot of companies that manage their purchasing in a variety of ways. It’s always part of any ERP project to help them improve purchasing management practices, and in particular improve their efficiency and accuracy. This is a major part of any ERP implementation in manufacturing businesses.
Microsoft Business Central Has Changed the Rules for Cloud Manufacturing ERP
Most people don’t get too excited about cloud ERP, after all it is a dull subject for most. That said, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is a new kid on the block, and they are making a lot of noise in this space. Business Central is part of the same platform where people go to get Outlook, Word, Excel etc. It’s part of Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Business Central manufacturing ERP is gaining a lot of fans.
A big reason why Business Central is becoming so popular has to do with how it is licensed. Business Central is among the first cloud based ERP systems that fully supports manufacturing processes, and is truly month-to-month subscription based. The dirty secret in the cloud ERP world is that most of the big systems are cloud and they are subscription – but they are year to year licenses. When you go looking into the bigger players, you are often laying out tens of thousands of dollars to get started. This is better than when ERP systems had a six figure price tag just to get going. With this new pricing model, for the Small and Medium company Microsoft Business Central manufacturing is far better.
Best Practices implementing Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing at Small Businesses
Here at Sabre, we are experts at implementing Microsoft Dynamics manufacturing systems, particularly Business Central manufacturing. That’s not entirely bragging – it is based on a well respected thought leader. Malcolm Gladwell says that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. Our typical competitor might implement one manufacturing project out of every 5. So their average consultant would take something like 25 years to achieve 10,000 hours of practice. We do exclusively manufacturing, so we achieve in 5 years what takes them 25 years.
