Microsoft ERP & AI Built for Apparel Brands
The ERP foundation your apparel brand needs. Unify your data so AI can actually work.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central consolidates merchandising, inventory, wholesale, and retail into one system, enabling Copilot and AI agents across your operations.
Built for Brands on Microsoft Dynamics 365
Core Business Central capabilities plus apparel-specific IP, configured by Volt to run your entire operation from one platform.
Financial management for your business
CFO-grade visibility into costs, margins, and profitability by channel and season. Landed cost calculations, chargeback tracking, and multi-currency support.
- GL, AR and AP
- Real-time reporting
- Landed cost calculations
- Multi-entities
- Forecasting and planning
- Margin analysis by channel & season
Wholesale & DTC order management
Manage the full wholesale order lifecycle from prebook to final delivery with allocation workflows, partial shipments, and substitution logic.
- Prebook & allocation workflows
- Order change management
- Substitution logic
- Partial shipment handling
- Backorder tracking
- Audit trails & controls
Sourcing & vendor management
Streamline procurement with vendor lead time tracking, purchase order automation, and multi-currency support for global sourcing operations.
- Purchase order automation
- Multi-currency procurement
- Landed cost by shipment
- Vendor lead time tracking
- MOQ management
- Vendor scorecards
Real-time stock across channels
Accurate inventory counts across warehouses, channels, and fulfillment locations with automated replenishment and pack size management.
- Multi-warehouse tracking
- Stock allocation rules
- Location-level visibility
- Automated replenishment
- Pack size management
- Channel-specific fulfillment
Style / Color / Size mastery
Handle the complexity of apparel SKUs with native variant logic item matrices, dimensions management, and SKU governance at scale.
- Item matrices (style-color-size)
- Dimensions & attributes
- Variance logic by collection
- Mass update capabilities
- SKU governance at scale
- PLM / PIM discipline
EDI-ready trading partner operations
Meet retailer requirements with automated document exchange, routing rules, and chargeback prevention through compliance monitoring.
- Automated EDI exchange
- Chargeback prevention
- Labeling requirements
- Retailer-specific routing
- ASN & invoice automation
- Compliance monitoring
Unified commerce operations
Sync orders, inventory, and customer data across wholesale, DTC, retail, and marketplaces, all from one platform.
- Real-time inventory sync
- Customer data unification
- Channel-specific workflows
- Centralized order management
- Returns with attribution
- Marketplace integration
ERP Challenges Unique to Apparel Brands
More than 40% of productivity is lost switching between disconnected systems. Apparel brands need an ERP purpose-built for variant-heavy, seasonal, multi-channel operations.
