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.
ERP selection: criteria, approach and checklist
The ten criteria that really decide, and the approach in five steps.
Read the answer →What to look for in ERP selection when AI is the yardstick?
When AI is the yardstick, the selection questions change. Five criteria.
Read the answer →What happens to our system after SAP maintenance ends in 2027?
The date is fixed. The decision point lies well before it.
Read the answer →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 →ERP implementation: phases, approach and checklist
The five phases, honest duration and cost, and the checklist before kickoff.
Read the answer →Is there AI for Business Central on-premises and Dynamics NAV?
Copilot and agents exist online only. Which paths remain on-premises.
Read the answer →Which ERP vendors are worth considering for the German mid-market?
Four groups in the market, and three questions that sort the field.
Read the answer →Which problems typically occur in an ERP transition?
Five patterns explain most of the trouble in an ERP transition.
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 →Do AI agents change the role of the Business Central partner?
Why control becomes more important, not less.
Read the answer →Cleansing master data before an ERP migration: how to proceed?
Cleansing does not mean tidying up, it means deciding on the rules.
Read the answer →What do Business Central licences cost per user?
The list prices are public. What decides is the allocation of roles.
Read the answer →What does the Expense Agent do in Business Central, and is it available in Germany yet?
What the agent takes over, what a receipt costs, which master data it needs.
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 →Business Central or SAP Business One: what fits the mid-market?
It is not the feature set that separates the two but the update model.
Read the answer →What do AI and Copilot concretely bring in Business Central?
Sober value examples on a mature data foundation.
Read the answer →What does Copilot cost in Business Central?
Copilot sits in the licence, credits follow usage. The honest calculation.
Read the answer →NAV 2017: end of support on 11 January 2027, what to do now
The system keeps running, just without updates. Three decisions before January.
Read the answer →Interim project management for Business Central: is an external project lead enough?
One person fills a gap in the org chart. Steering fills the gap towards the partner.
Read the answer →Lot traceability in Business Central: what the standard can do
Lots, serial numbers, FEFO and recalls in the standard, limits with inspection plans and scanners.
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 →Which ERP suits an automotive supplier?
Delivery schedules, labelling and traceability come from your customers.
Read the answer →Set up intercompany in Business Central correctly
Same-environment or cross-environment: decide early.
Read the answer →How do I consolidate multiple Business Central companies?
Consolidation rarely fails on the function, almost always on the master data.
Read the answer →ERP project failing: five warning signs
If two apply, a course correction is overdue.
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 data quality: why it decides projects
Why the new system does not repair bad data, and who owns it.
Read the answer →What matters when choosing an ERP in agricultural trade?
The price is not yet fixed on delivery. What that means for the selection.
Read the answer →Business Central in mechanical engineering: what really matters
Variants, engineer-to-order, intercompany: what mechanical engineering demands of an ERP.
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 does AI change the effort of an ERP or BC project?
AI in the project approach and in operation, realistically assessed.
Read the answer →When do I need to escalate in an ERP project, and to whom?
Three thresholds, a clear addressee and a decision paper instead of a complaint.
Read the answer →Is Business Central GDPR-compliant, and where does the data live?
EU data centres, the EU Data Boundary, and what you have to steer yourself.
Read the answer →ERP rollout: all countries at once, or one after another?
Big bang, waves or pilot. The sequence decides risk and pace.
Read the answer →What matters when selecting an ERP for a manufacturing company?
The order type decides the system, not the range of features.
Read the answer →What matters when choosing an ERP for equipment rental?
Availability is a calendar, not a stock level. What follows from that for the selection.
Read the answer →How many ERP projects really fail?
There is no reliable rate. Two figures are documented, and both say something different.
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 →What does an ERP consultant cost per day?
The daily rate is the least meaningful figure in an offer.
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 →Our employees are not using Copilot. Why?
Licence active, daily work unchanged. The four real reasons, without training platitudes.
Read the answer →Forecasting with AI in Business Central: what really works today?
Sales, inventory, incoming payments: what the standard really does today.
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 →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 →What is the Agent Designer in Business Central?
How your own agents are built largely without code.
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 →ERP group rollout across several entities
Template, pilot, controlled rollout instead of copy-paste.
Read the answer →Best practices for a Business Central implementation
From complex projects: foundation first, standard before custom, pilot.
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 →Data migration to Business Central: what should you consider?
Migration is not a move but a selection: what deserves to come along?
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 →How do I switch my ERP to Business Central?
The approach by source system, senior-led where it is complex.
Read the answer →ERP migration to Business Central: paths and checklist
The migration paths by source system, and the data question before the system question.
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 data does Copilot see in Business Central?
Copilot only sees what the signed-in user may see. What that means, and what remains.
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 →What does a failed ERP project cost?
Three cost levels, and why the project budget is the smallest item.
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 →Who is responsible when AI makes mistakes in your ERP?
Approvals, control, liability. Why an agent never carries responsibility.
Read the answer →How long may decisions take in an ERP project?
Why decision time is the best early indicator.
Read the answer →Upgrade from Dynamics NAV to Business Central
With heavily customised NAV, not a purely technical upgrade.
Read the answer →Business Central for complex manufacturing
Where the standard holds and where it needs targeted extension.
Read the answer →Where does Business Central reach its limits?
Four limits, honestly named, and what follows for your decision.
Read the answer →Who in the company is responsible for ERP data quality?
As long as data quality belongs to everyone, it belongs to no one. A question of roles.
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 →Replace AS/400 (IBM i) with Business Central
Cleanly replace instead of integrate. A migration strategy for grown legacy data.
Read the answer →Who should be involved in deciding on an ERP?
Three roles: who evaluates, who contributes and who decides in the end.
Read the answer →Independent ERP consulting or a specialist: what fits when?
Two consulting models compared fairly, and the question that matters more.
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 much time does our own team need to put into an ERP project?
Internal effort appears in no offer and still decides the deadline.
Read the answer →How expensive are customisations to the ERP standard over time?
The price is in the offer, the cost arises in the years that follow.
Read the answer →How do I justify an ERP budget to the management board?
Not with features, but with the cost of the current state.
Read the answer →How do I compare ERP offers that are structured completely differently?
Four blocks, and the assumptions behind them make the difference visible.
Read the answer →Evergreen IT or Evergreen ERP: what is the difference?
Evergreen IT keeps the version current, an Evergreen ERP keeps your business current.
Read the answer →Experiences with Business Central consulting
How to recognise a viable partner, beyond review portals.
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 →Clean data foundation: your new ERP does not save your data
Business Central shows every data error you feed in.
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 →Can I change partner mid-project?
Yes, with a senior-led transition that first secures what exists.
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 →What happens to our customisations with every cloud update?
The regular effort is testing, not repairing.
Read the answer →Senior consulting or project assistance?
Who really sits at the wheel with you decides the project.
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 →Is switching to Business Central worth it?
When it is worth it, and when it is not. Honestly assessed.
Read the answer →Replace Infor or Sage with Business Central
Data migration is the real work, not the installation.
Read the answer →Multi-country ERP from the CFO's perspective: what matters?
For the CFO the rollout is the question of when which figures can be trusted.
Read the answer →Which ERP is the right one for us?
When Business Central is the viable home for complexity.
Read the answer →The ERP implementation drags on forever. Why?
Processes, data, control: where the time is lost.
Read the answer →Replace custom software with Business Central
Keep what differentiates via extensions, deliberately drop the ballast.
Read the answer →Who takes care of evolving the ERP after go-live?
The project ends, the system does not. Three roles must be filled.
Read the answer →What belongs in an ERP steering committee?
Decisions instead of reports, and a rule for the traffic light.
Read the answer →How does expense management in Business Central work?
Three routes, and the choice hangs on receipt volume, cards and policy.
Read the answer →How does the second attempt after a failed ERP project succeed?
Diagnosis before restart: what remains usable, and the plan in five steps.
Read the answer →Who maintains our AI features after go-live?
Two release waves a year. The routine that keeps AI features safe to run.
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