Industry Solutions

Manufacturing.

Global manufacturers run on a finance and supply-chain platform that has to be one system, across three continents, in multiple currencies, with each plant still able to ship while the platform comes together underneath them. We sequence these rollouts so no region trades operational continuity for the migration.

What we're seeing

What we're seeing in manufacturing right now.

  • Reshoring and nearshoring are driving new plant builds and platform decisions.
    Manufacturers are bringing capacity back to North America and Mexico after a decade of offshoring. The new plants are being stood up on modern platforms by default. The harder decisions are at the existing plants: whether to harmonize them onto the new architecture, or run a federation for the next decade.
  • Supply-chain volatility has not subsided.
    The post-pandemic supply-chain disruption is not over; it has just become normal. Operators are investing in visibility, dual-sourcing, and the planning systems to absorb shocks without having to rebuild the operation each time. The platforms that surface the disruption early are the ones that pay back.
  • The skills gap on the shop floor is driving connected-worker tech.
    Skilled operators and maintenance technicians are harder to hire than they were five years ago, and the gap is not closing. Mixed Reality, guided work, and remote-SME tooling are moving from pilots to deployments — not as innovation projects, but as workforce strategy.
  • Multi-region F&SC decisions are tied to absorption capacity, not technology.
    Most manufacturers can technically run any modern ERP. The constraint is whether the business can absorb a 24-month rollout without breaking the close cycle. The architectures that succeed are sequenced around the operating calendar — not the Gantt chart.
The Opportunity

Where consolidation creates real operating leverage.

  • Move to a consolidated, multi-region GL the corporate team closes on the same cadence every month — and any analyst can run.
  • Align MRP with production scheduling on the same live data, so the planner runs the system instead of working around it.
  • Drive inventory accuracy plant-by-plant toward the same high bar, with consolidated reporting that surfaces the outliers in time to act.
  • Connect customer-facing channels directly into production, so an online order becomes a production order without a re-keying step in the middle.
How we approach it

Senior architects, deep domain depth, a Microsoft Engineering line.

We do not staff this work with a delivery pod learning the vertical on your timeline. Our consultants have shipped Dynamics in manufacturing before — including the gnarly parts. We bring a real architecture, an honest risk register, and the option to escalate into Microsoft Engineering when a platform question shows up. The engagement is sequenced so the business never trades operational continuity for the migration.

Solutions for Manufacturing

What we typically run.

Implementation Framework

Phased global rollouts — the Britax pattern.

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Solution Architecture

Multi-entity, multi-currency, multi-plant data model that survives the next acquisition.

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Field Service

Where manufacturing extends into installed-base service — warranty, parts, and on-site work.

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Power Platform

Custom apps for plant-specific quality, traceability, and shop-floor workflows.

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Finance & Supply Chain

The platform that ties the regional GL, intercompany flows, MRP, and the shop floor together. Britax runs on this work. Cambridge Isotope is supported on it.

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