Top 5 essential modules in Business Central for growing SMEs
- Elise Dejour
- Aug 22
- 3 min read
Why choose your Business Central modules when you are a growing SME?
The growth of an SME is a crucial step, but also structuring. To support this evolution efficiently, it is essential to equip oneself with integrated management solutions that evolve with the activity. This is where Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central comes in. This modular ERP software allows you to gradually add features according to the specific needs of your company.
But where to start? What are the really strategic modules to lay a solid foundation and gain efficiency right now?
Here is our selection of the 5 essential Business Central modules for SMEs in growth phase.
1. Accounting and financial management: the basis of any solid organization
Core of Business Central, the accounting management module allows you to manage your entries, bank reconciliations, budgets, VAT and closing smoothly. Thanks to a clear and customizable reporting, you have a real-time view of your cash flow and results. An essential asset for making informed decisions.
Save time with the automation of recurring entries and the integration of your banking flows.
3. Sales and customer relationship management (CRM): better track your opportunities
The CRM module integrated into Business Central allows centralizing customer data, quotes, orders and interaction histories. Coupled with custom dashboards, it helps you optimize your sales cycle and improve customer satisfaction.
By connecting your sales processes with your ERP, you avoid re-entries and gain in commercial productivity.
3. The purchase module: Purchasing and supplier management
For any growing SME, mastery of the supply chain is crucial. The "Purchasing" module of Business Central allows managing suppliers, tracking orders, negotiating prices and managing receipts.
By linking purchases, stocks and accounting, you streamline your supplies and reduce the risk of breakages.
4. The inventory module: Stock management and warehouses - traceability and performance
The "Inventory" module gives you an accurate view of your stocks in real time, with the possibility to manage multiple warehouses, locations, lots or serial numbers. Thanks to complete traceability, you improve your processing times and gain in responsiveness with your customers.
5. Analysis and reporting with Power BI: managing with reliable data
Business Central is natively connected to Power BI, which allows you to create customized dashboards according to your business KPIs. You can cross-reference the data of your different modules (sales, finance, stock, CRM...) to drive your growth with more precision.
A reliable and well visualized data = faster and more efficient decisions.
Almakom: your integrator and publisher partner for a customized solution
At Almakom, we support SMEs both as an integrator of Business Central and as a publisher of customized business applications.
Concretely, this means that we configure the standard modules according to your actual processes, and that we can develop custom features when your needs exceed the standard.
Our approach is agile, rooted in the reality of your business, with a goal: to make your ERP a tool for performance. Whether you are in logistics, production, transport or distribution, we design solutions that adapt to you, not the other way around.
Ready to upgrade your ERP with the right modules?
Every SME has its priorities, but these 5 modules provide a solid foundation for structuring your growth. By choosing the right tools now, you gain agility, productivity and profitability, while providing better service to your customers.
👉 Request a free audit today to identify the most suitable modules for your business challenges.
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