As a leading provider of enterprise resource planning systems, we believe in using the best tools at our disposal to assist our clients and their businesses, whether they’re running a metals service center or need an all-on-one solution for aspects of metal fabrication such as plate processing and metal framing.
That’s why RealSTEEL™ uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, an industry-leading and widely used software solution designed with small and medium-sized businesses in mind. If you’re new to this software, here are a few of the benefits it provides, and the reasons it supports our endeavors in creating optimal ERP solutions for steel and metal fabrication.
1. It is Cost-Effective
The cost of ownership is very low for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. It utilizes cloud-based ERP solutions to negate the need for expensive infrastructure, as well as all of the maintenance and upgrade costs that go with them.
You don’t need to worry about buying or managing servers, and you won’t need to hire a large IT team tasked with maintaining the system and ensuring everything works as it should. What’s more, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central works from day one and can be adapted to suit your specific needs, whether your focus is on multi-line processing, sheeting and leveling, or metal fabrication.
2. It is Highly Flexible
You choose the aspects that you need and ignore all of the ones you don’t. It is a tailored solution, and is thus ideal for the multi-faceted steel and metal fabrication industry. It doesn’t matter how big your company is, how much you produce every day, or how many employees you hire, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central will find the perfect fit.
3. A Single Source of Truth
There are many considerations to running a steel and metal fabrication company, from specific software types (plate processing software, cut-to-length software, flat rolled software, pipe and tube software), to inventory management, sales management, and customer relations. Traditionally, all of these things required their own software and departments, but with ERP systems supported by Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, everything works toward the same goal and provides an easily accessible and readable source of truth.
Everyone in the organization is singing from the same hymn sheet, and this eliminates many of the mistakes and oversights that weigh growing businesses down.
4. It is Easy to Scale
If you add a new department or a new production line, your ERP can grow with you. You don’t need to plan ahead by ensuring your software is equipped to suit a business much bigger than yours. You can adapt and grow as needed, which means you’re only using and paying for the services that you need right now, and don’t resort to adding ones that you might need in the future.
5. Integrations are Seamless
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central seamlessly integrates with existing programs, including other Microsoft programs like MS Office. These software suites are the cornerstones of many modern businesses, and not only do our ERP solutions make room for them, but they ensure that integration happens quickly and without resistance, thus reducing operational interference.
6. CRM Elements Can Be Easily Integrated
Customer relationship management (CRM) goes hand in hand with ERP. It’s all about improving the customer experience while also considering the impact that daily operations have on employees, suppliers, and the company’s bottom line.
CRM integrations incorporate features such as upselling, cross-selling, and subscriptions, while simplifying the returns process and customer support requests. The customer is happier, there is less strain on your support team, and you may see an uptick in sales and positive reviews as a result.
7. It Features Warehousing and Data Management Tools
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central includes warehousing automation that removes countless man hours while eliminating minor but costly human errors. It collects data on supply orders, invoicing, and inventory, so it knows when a certain material is low, when it needs to be re-ordered, and where it should be ordered from.
All of this information is updated in real time, giving you invaluable insights into current stock and production status.
8. It is Secure
Dynamics 365 Business Central is fitted with various layers of security that protect businesses and their data, a major consideration in an age of data breaches and hacks, not to mention to costly penalties and the reputation loss that often proceeds them.
9. Compliance is Easy
Whether they are involved with steel and metal fabrication or sell consumer products, every modern business must adhere to strict data protection laws. Dynamics 365 Business Central can help with this.
By simplifying the ways that data is stored and ensuring it is stored correctly, it helps companies to stay compliant.
10. It Supports Straightforward Project Management
Are you taking your business to the next level? Do you have a new project in mind or a new client with a sizeable request? By bringing all elements of your organization together, Dynamics 365 Business Central facilitates straightforward project management. You decide where best to use resources based on existing information, and these resources can then be monitored to ensure they are properly utilized.
Real-time analytics keep you updated on the progress of the project while providing actionable insights.
Summary: Discover Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Today with RealSTEEL™
Ready to see whatDynamics 365 Business Central and RealSTEEL™ can do for you? We already work with countless businesses in the steel and metal fabrication sector and can compile an ERP system that perfectly matches your needs and is able to grow alongside you.
With CRM, warehousing, inventory, and other management tools, along with flat-rolled software, sheeting and levelling software, and coil splitting software, we’ll help you integrate something that covers every facet of your business.
