Executive perspectives.
Read, listen, watch: senior-led perspectives on Business Central transformation, governance, international rollouts and AI in the ERP.
Product configurator in Business Central
How a mid-market company automated its quotation process in Business Central, and the role a clean data foundation played in it.
The AI agent finds the error. Who fixes it?
Just start, the agent will find the data errors along the way: this thesis is doing the rounds. It is half right. The other half decides whether agents bring value in mid-sized companies.
Arbonia, Zeiss, ITAB: what three ERP projects from summer 2026 have in common
A go-live that hits order entry, a restart of the migration approach, a cancelled project: three public cases from three weeks, and the pattern that connects them.
Microsoft ends the release waves: what changes for Business Central customers, and what doesn't
Since September, Microsoft no longer publishes release plans. The updates keep coming, twice a year. What disappears is the date on which many companies decided about new features.
SAP ECC: mainstream maintenance until the end of 2027. The options for the mid-market
Mainstream maintenance until the end of 2027: the three options for the mid-market, soberly side by side.
Three revenue levers that sit in your ERP
Delivery reliability, quote speed, service quality: where revenue is made in the ERP, and why all three depend on your data.
What does AI in your ERP really cost? And when does it pay off
Copilot is included in Business Central. You pay elsewhere: data foundation, process clarity, ownership. The honest calculation for the midmarket.
Does an ERP still need industry solutions? What AI changes in the standard
Industry solutions answered a standard that fell short. AI is shifting that line: what the standard covers today and where special solutions remain.
Dynamics NAV: it is not the version that decides the move. It is the knowledge.
NAV runs reliably. What decides the move is the knowledge in your company, not the version.
Establishing AI for good
Strategy instead of sprawl: governance, clear ownership and the roadmap for scaling.
AI needs order
Data and processes as the foundation. Including a live look at AI-assisted duplicate checking.
AI changes companies
Why AI is more than an IT trend this time. Opportunities, risks and what is realistically possible today.
Where an ERP really saves money: three costs that never appear on an invoice
Not licences: waiting, duplicate work and error costs drive the ERP budget. Where an ERP really saves.
The ERP Requirements Generator
Get a comprehensive, vendor-neutral assessment of your ERP needs by interacting with an AI assistant instead of a selection consultant. Free of charge.
Never starting over again: how an ERP grows with the business
Why ERP projects keep starting from zero, what Evergreen IT has to do with it, and what a system needs to grow with the business.
Business Central vs. SAP in the mid-market
Business Central or SAP in the mid-market: an honest question of fit rather than a matter of principle.
ERP transformation 2027: three theses
Three theses on ERP transformation 2027 for mid-market companies.
AI-ready: what your data foundation has to do with it
What AI-ready in Business Central really means, and what your data foundation has to do with it.
Why ERP projects overrun their budget
Why ERP projects overrun their budget, and how to get ahead of it early.
ERP governance in Business Central
Why in Business Central programmes governance decides the outcome, not the methodology.
Governance in ERP projects: what actually works
Governance in ERP programmes: what actually works day to day.
ERP project assessment: what it is and when it pays off
What an ERP project assessment is, when it pays off and how it works.
Agentic engineering in Business Central
How agentic engineering is structurally changing Business Central development. With MVP Vjeko Babic.
Why international BC projects fail
Why international BC projects rarely fail at go-live, but long before. And what to do about it.
How to become a good project manager
Not certified, genuinely good: Frank Maier and Marco Hartmann on staying in control under pressure.
Why ERP projects fail
Eight structural patterns that explain most failed Business Central projects. Predictable, and avoidable.
What has to be settled before kickoff
Four things decide an international Business Central rollout long before the project starts. Recording, 55 minutes, in English.
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