How to Choose the Right ERP Consultant

How to Choose the Right ERP Consultant: Best Practices for Success

In this blog, we will explore the transformative impact of Microsoft Copilot in Business Central, focusing on how AI is revolutionizing accounting, automating routine tasks, and driving operational efficiencies. We will also discuss Microsoft’s strategic investments in AI and how businesses can prepare for the future of intelligent automation.

Hidden Costs of Dynamics GP

Dynamics 365 Sales vs Business Central CRM: What Fits Best for Growing Mid-Market Firms

Your business is constantly evolving, but is your ERP keeping up? Many organizations still rely on Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) because it feels familiar, but the reality is that the hidden cost of staying on Dynamics GP is higher than most leaders realize. From mounting maintenance expenses to lost productivity and missed opportunities for innovation, GP has quietly become a roadblock instead of a growth enabler.

Can Business Central Replace Your CRM?

Can Business Central Replace Your CRM? What it Can (and Can’t) Do

Can Business Central Replace Your CRM? What it Can (and Can't) Do

Business Central Has Built-In CRM – But Does It Replace Your Current System? https://volt-technologies.com/contact/ Many organizations overlook Business Central’s native CRM capabilities while maintaining separate customer management systems, creating unnecessary complexity and costs:

  •  Integrated Lead Management: Track contacts, opportunities, and interactions directly within your ERP environment without data duplication
  •  Quote-to-Cash Workflow: Convert leads through opportunities to quotes and orders seamlessly within a single platform
  •  Contact History Centralization: Access complete customer interaction records alongside financial data for comprehensive account visibility
  • Enterprise Enhancement Option: Upgrade to Dynamics 365 Sales for advanced features like SMS campaigns and automated sequences at $20 per user

Understanding Business Central’s CRM limitations versus capabilities helps determine whether additional licensing or integrations align with your customer management requirements.

The Hidden Cost of Staying on Microsoft Great Plains

The Hidden Cost of Staying on Microsoft Great Plains

The Hidden Cost of Staying on Microsoft Great Plains

Every Great Plains Integration You Build Today Fails Tomorrow – Here’s Why https://volt-technologies.com/contact/ Great Plains users are unknowingly funding their own competitive disadvantage, pouring resources into customizations that become worthless the moment they modernize, while Business Central users invest in future-proof capabilities from day one:

  •  Integration Investment Protection: Stop building throwaway extensions that must be rebuilt during migration – Business Central’s native capabilities eliminate costly custom development cycles
  • Maintenance Cost Elimination: End weekend cutovers and late-night installs that drain your IT budget – Business Central updates automatically behind the scenes without business disruption
  • Talent Cost Optimization: Access mainstream Business Central expertise instead of paying premium rates for shrinking Great Plains specialists – more partners, faster support, lower consulting costs
  •  AI-Powered Innovation Access: Leverage Copilot forecasting, real-time dashboards, and native e-commerce connectors standard in Business Central – while GP requires expensive add-ons for basic modern capabilities

This isn’t just system migration – it’s strategic resource reallocation from maintaining yesterday’s limitations to funding tomorrow’s competitive advantages