Success for small and midsized businesses requires agility

If small and midsized businesses (SMBs) have one thing in common, it is that they are all unique. Differentiate or fail is especially true when it comes to small and midsized business strategy. The secret sauce is what helps leaders of these companies blaze new trails and disrupt industries with innovative products and services. However, disrupting industries requires more than passion and great ideas; SMBs also need the ability to quickly adapt business and operating models to deliver on their vision and brand promises. And the level of business agility required for success takes an ecosystem to deliver.

Adapt faster with Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central provides a connected cloud business management solution for growing SMBs. Connected means you can bring together your finance, sales, services, and operations teams within a single application to get the insights needed to drive your business forward and be prepared for what’s next. While the out-of-the-box capabilities meet the needs for standard business operations, Dynamics 365 Business Central offers operational flexibility to help SMBs adapt faster to changing market conditions and customer expectations.

Our customers use Microsoft Power Platform, connected to Dynamics 365 Business Central, Office 365, Microsoft Azure, and hundreds of other apps, to further analyze data, build solutions, automate processes, and create virtual agents. Microsoft Power Apps turns ideas into organizational solutions by enabling everyone to build custom apps that solve unique business challenges.

We also work closely with our partners to support unique business processes, workflows, and operational models at scale. Our partners build a solution based on industry best practices, so you don’t have to recreate the wheel. You can find over 1,400 apps on Microsoft AppSource to easily tailor and extend Dynamics 365 Business Central to meet unique business or industry-specific needs. Filter for Dynamics 365 Business Central on AppSource and you will find apps for everything from A to Z allocations, banking, and construction to warehousing, XML, yield, and zoning.

At our Directions North America partner conference on April 26, 2021, we will introduce some new applications that will be coming soon to Microsoft AppSource, including:

• Bill.com streamlines accounts payables and receivables automation workflows and payments: Announced earlier this month, Bill.com will integrate with Dynamics 365 Business Central and Microsoft Dynamics GP. Bill.com is a leading provider of cloud-based software that automates complex back-office financial operations for SMBs. Mutual customers will now be able to take control of their financial processes, save time, and scale with confidence through the power of the integrations’ accounts payables (AP) and accounts receivables (AR) intelligent automation workflows and payments. The Bill.com and Microsoft Dynamics 365 automatic sync is now live. Find out more information on the Bill.com Sync with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Square lets you accept payments quickly, easily, and securely: Make accepting card payments fast, painless, and secure so that you don’t miss a sale. Whether you’re selling in person, online, or on the go, Square helps you get paid fast, every time. Using the Square Payments app from AppSource will automatically sync with Dynamics 365 Business Central so you can keep track of all of your payments in one place.
• ODP Corporation (parent company of Office Depot) digital procurement platform: As announced on February 22, 2021, the ODP Corporation is partnering with Microsoft to transform how businesses buy and sell. ODP is working to bring the power of their new digital procurement technology platform to Dynamics 365 Business Central customers to help them realize immediate purchase savings and procurement automation. This exciting integration will be coming later in 2021.

Work smarter with Dynamics 365 Business Central

As Dynamics 365 Business Central is part of the Microsoft cloud, our customers also have the ability to extend the solution using Office 365, including Teams, Outlook, Excel, and Word. Don’t let disconnected processes and systems hold your people back. Connecting your business application with productivity tools can help support remote work, improve security, and control costs. Ensure your people can be more collaborative, productive, and impactful by seamlessly connecting Dynamics 365 Business Central with Microsoft 365 apps.

No matter how you choose to manage customer workflows, processes, and unique models, Dynamics 365 Business Central provides the operational foundation and flexibility that is required for success.

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Business Central partners can learn more at Dynamics 365 Business Central the Directions North America virtual event on April 26-28, 2021.

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