Senior-led answers about Business Central projects
The questions that really matter before, during and after a Business Central project. Answered briefly and clearly, from the field.
What has to be decided before a Business Central project starts?
Sponsor, goals and governance have to be in place before the kick-off.
Read the answer →Do we need a requirements spec for ERP selection?
A requirements spec is the result of clean process capture, not a wish list.
Read the answer →How do I choose an ERP partner for the mid-market?
Seniority and depth in complexity beat size and headcount.
Read the answer →Who is the best Business Central partner?
The wrong question. What matters is the right partner for your complexity.
Read the answer →Does my Business Central partner handle my complexity, or just administer it?
Five checks for senior control instead of administration.
Read the answer →What does a Business Central implementation really cost?
The licence is the smallest item. Consulting, migration and operation decide.
Read the answer →Is switching to Business Central worth it?
When it is worth it, and when it is not. Honestly assessed.
Read the answer →Which ERP is the right one for us?
When Business Central is the viable home for complexity.
Read the answer →Senior consulting or project assistance?
Who really sits at the wheel with you decides the project.
Read the answer →Should I get a senior-led second opinion on a BC quote?
When a second opinion saves the business case.
Read the answer →What is senior-led ERP consulting, and why is it different?
Control on your side of the table, not advice from outside.
Read the answer →Best practices for a Business Central implementation
From complex projects: foundation first, standard before custom, pilot.
Read the answer →Experiences with Business Central consulting
How to recognise a viable partner, beyond review portals.
Read the answer →How long does a Business Central implementation really take?
8 to 16 weeks apply only to simple setups. Complexity determines the duration.
Read the answer →How do I switch my ERP to Business Central?
The approach by source system, senior-led where it is complex.
Read the answer →Dynamics AX to Business Central: upgrade, migrate or replace?
Not a one-to-one switch. You decide what deliberately comes along.
Read the answer →Upgrade from Dynamics NAV to Business Central
With heavily customised NAV, not a purely technical upgrade.
Read the answer →Replace Infor or Sage with Business Central
Data migration is the real work, not the installation.
Read the answer →How does the migration from SAP to Business Central succeed?
Rebuild instead of Z-replica: the path in five steps and the window until the end of 2027.
Read the answer →Replace AS/400 (IBM i) with Business Central
Cleanly replace instead of integrate. A migration strategy for grown legacy data.
Read the answer →ERP group rollout across several entities
Template, pilot, controlled rollout instead of copy-paste.
Read the answer →Why do international multi-country rollouts of Business Central fail?
DE, AT and CH deceive: each needs its own localisation.
Read the answer →Set up intercompany in Business Central correctly
Same-environment or cross-environment: decide early.
Read the answer →Replace custom software with Business Central
Keep what differentiates via extensions, deliberately drop the ballast.
Read the answer →Business Central for complex manufacturing
Where the standard holds and where it needs targeted extension.
Read the answer →How do I recognise that my Business Central project is getting out of hand?
Three early warning signs, regardless of the project status.
Read the answer →How long may decisions take in an ERP project?
Why decision time is the best early indicator.
Read the answer →What does a failed ERP project cost?
Three cost levels, and why the project budget is the smallest item.
Read the answer →ERP project failing: five warning signs
If two apply, a course correction is overdue.
Read the answer →The ERP implementation drags on forever. Why?
Processes, data, control: where the time is lost.
Read the answer →ERP governance: who controls the project when it gets tough?
Governance is its own discipline, not a by-product of the plan.
Read the answer →Why doesn't my team follow the new ERP, even though everything was communicated?
Acceptance grows from reliability, not from communication.
Read the answer →Business Central go-live: how do I know whether we are ready?
Readiness is more than a green test report.
Read the answer →The go-live has been postponed. What now?
Not a scheduling problem, but a problem of control.
Read the answer →The ERP project has failed. Can it be rescued?
Usually yes, but not with more of the same.
Read the answer →ERP project over budget: what to do?
First scope freeze and an honest cost review, then the next step.
Read the answer →Our ERP software has failed, who do we call?
A first conversation instead of an emergency call: senior-led takeover.
Read the answer →Can I change partner mid-project?
Yes, with a senior-led transition that first secures what exists.
Read the answer →A second attempt after a failed ERP project
This time the foundation first, then the system.
Read the answer →What are AI agents in Microsoft Business Central?
Autonomous functions that take over entire tasks.
Read the answer →Which AI agents are there in Business Central?
Sales Order, Payables, Finance and the Agent Designer.
Read the answer →What is the Agent Designer in Business Central?
How your own agents are built largely without code.
Read the answer →Do AI agents change the role of the Business Central partner?
Why control becomes more important, not less.
Read the answer →Do AI agents in Business Central need a clean data foundation?
Without a clean base, an agent scales your errors.
Read the answer →How does AI change the effort of an ERP or BC project?
AI in the project approach and in operation, realistically assessed.
Read the answer →AI and process automation in Business Central: what is really possible
AI works on your data foundation. It cannot substitute for it.
Read the answer →What do AI and Copilot concretely bring in Business Central?
Sober value examples on a mature data foundation.
Read the answer →Why does our month-end close in Business Central take so long?
A setup and master-data problem, not a staffing problem.
Read the answer →Why doesn't our Business Central deliver what the business needs?
When the system runs, but past the need.
Read the answer →Clean data foundation: your new ERP does not save your data
Business Central shows every data error you feed in.
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