Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Features

Increases user efficiency by auto-populating based on previously entered information. Schedules future entries. Allows Journal Entries to be uploaded from an external source.

Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc. These dimensions should be available on any transaction in any module in the system and available to be reported upon.

Automates chronological tracking of transactions that have affected a specific operation, procedure, event or record

The layout of the invoice template is fully customizable and you can add or remove fields.

Automation helps the user be more efficient by populating default customer data, setting up systematic payments from clients and automatically matching customer receipts to outstanding transactions.

The system automates the dunning process to help drive collections

Steamlines data entry by auto populating recurring or predefined vendor values

Ability to manage, track and report on numerous payment types. Customize and automate complex purchase to pay work flow.

Software supports purchase orders and provides purchasing personnel, management and accounts payable with visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process

Real time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" infomation by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.

Ability to establish multiple price levels. Update pricing on a per item or global inventory basis. Choice between multiple costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO and Specific Unit.

Customizable reporting allows insight into usage of inventory and services.

Multi-ledger and multi-tenant architecture. Automated consolidations, inter-entity transactions and eliminations

Automates recognition of revenue and expenses by defining recognition rules.

Transactions are imported from source systems and automated matching reconciles majority of transactions. Includes user flexible, user defined matching and grouping rules to help reduce the time needed to produce accurate reconciliations.

Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll

Automated time and expense capture, tracking, approval, reimbursement and reporting

General reporting offered covers all of the standard financial statements and meets the basic needs of the business

Reports created by the user to cater to specific requirements. If you can build it in Excel, you can build it in the custom report writer

Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.

An easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance

Reports created by the user to cater to specific requirements. If you can build it in Excel, you can build it in the custom report writer

An easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance

Provide integration with analytics and business intelligence software, or specialized products such as Corporate performance management solutions.

Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.

Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.

Grants access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.

Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.

Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

To what extent are there partner applications readily available for integrating into this product? Partner applications typically provide complementary, best of breed functionality not offered natively in this product.

To what extent are there partner applications readily available for integrating into this product? Partner applications typically provide complementary, best of breed functionality not offered natively in this product.

Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.

Maintain a visual on product stock levels throughout your facilities with flexible inventory dashboards.

View the history of individual items and compare the sales performance of new to old stock in order to inform purchasing decisions.

Set low stock thresholds and receive automatic alerts when stock decreases to that level.

Automatically adjust inventory for product bundles, kit orders, and product variations within the system.

Use barcode or radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology with specialized readers or mobile applications to track inventory assets throughout warehouse facilities.

Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.

Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and payment gateways with the system to link inventory records between across platforms.

Track inventory costs and costs of goods sold (COGS) with accounting software integrations.

Transfer large volumes of inventory data records into and out of the system with built-in import / export tools.

Deliver out of the box Chart of accounts that can be used across multiple companies or business units

Steam lines data entry by auto-populating recurring or predefined vendor values

Automation helps the user be more efficient by populating default customer data and setting up regular payments from clients.

Auto-populate based on previously entered information, uplaode journal entries and schedule future entries.

Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc.

Match payments and invoices and perform bank reconciliation in multiple currencies

Payments can be processed by batch without manual intervention

Ability to schedule payments at predefined dates and times

Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers

Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers

Deliver out of the box Chart of accounts that can be used across multiple companies or business units.

Steam lines data entry by auto-populating recurring or predefined vendor values.

Automation helps the user be more efficient by populating default customer data and setting up regular payments from clients.

Auto-populate based on previously entered information, uplaode journal entries and schedule future entries.

Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc.

Match payments and invoices and perform bank reconciliation in multiple currencies.

Payments can be processed by batch without manual intervention

Ability to schedule payments at predefined dates and times

Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers

Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers

Deliver out of the box Chart of accounts that can be used across multiple companies or business units.

Steam lines data entry by auto-populating recurring or predefined vendor values.

Automation helps the user be more efficient by populating default customer data and setting up regular payments from clients.

Auto-populate based on previously entered information, uplaode journal entries and schedule future entries.

Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc.

Match payments and invoices and perform bank reconciliation in multiple currencies.

Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers

Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers

Streamlines data entry by auto populating recurring or predefined vendor information and invoice details

Ability to populate default customer data, set up payments from clients and automatically match customer receipts to outstanding transactions.

Automated, chronological tracking of activities that have affected a specific operation, procedure, event or record

Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.

The system automates the dunning process to help drive collections

General reporting offered covers all of the standard financial statements and meets the basic needs of the business

The layout of the invoice template is fully customizable and allows users to add or remove fields and create new templates.

Create journal entries based on previously entered information, schedule future entries, and allow Journal Entries to be uploaded from an external source.

Ability to track cash positions across all accounts, banks, business units, and countries

Multi-ledger and multi-entity architecture, with automated consolidations, inter-entity transactions and eliminations

Ability to manage, track and report on numerous payment types. Customize and automate complex purchase to pay work flow.

Automate recognition of revenue and expenses by defining recognition templates.

Transactions are imported from source systems and automated matching reconciles majority of transactions using flexible, user defined matching and grouping rules.

Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc., which can also be used for reporting purposes.

Ability to schedule payments at predefined dates and times

Payments can be processed by batch without manual intervention

Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers

Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers

Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.

Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit.

Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.

Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.

Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms.

Manage the time length for which ingredients may be used and finished products stored and sold

Ability to trace ingredients from supplier to warehouseing and production, and finally to the customer

Identify hazardous materials and provide features for special storage and manipulation instructions

Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.

Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit.

Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.

Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.

Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms.

Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.

Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit.

Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.

Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.

Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms.

Identify demand based on different types of sales orders and forecasting data.

Software supports purchase orders and provides the visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process

Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination

Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory

Identify demand based on different types of sales orders and forecasting data.

Software supports purchase orders and provides the visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process.

Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination.

Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory.

Identify demand based on different types of sales orders and forecasting data.

Software supports purchase orders and provides the visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process.

Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination.

Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory.

Manages customer information including multiple ship-to and bill-to locations

Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received

Track order history, from quotes to sales orders, invoices, and returns, as well as canceled orders and back orders

Manage return merchandise authorizations (RMS) approval processes and match with the original invoices

Define and monitor credit limits by individual customer or categories of customers, including the option to put customers on hold

Manage various types of pricing and discounts associated with product categories and customer types

Manages customer information including multiple ship-to and bill-to locations.

Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received.

Track order history, from quotes to sales orders, invoices, and returns, as well as canceled orders and back orders.

Manage return merchandise authorizations (RMS) approval processes and match with the original invoices.

Define and monitor credit limits by individual customer or categories of customers, including the option to put customers on hold.

Manage various types of pricing and discounts associated with product categories and customer types.

Manages customer information including multiple ship-to and bill-to locations.

Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received.

Track order history, from quotes to sales orders, invoices, and returns, as well as canceled orders and back orders.

Manage return merchandise authorizations (RMS) approval processes and match with the original invoices.

Define and monitor credit limits by individual customer or categories of customers, including the option to put customers on hold.

Manage various types of pricing and discounts associated with product categories and customer types.

Determine what raw materials are required for production, based on demand, production capacity, and inventory availability

Define the structure of finished products to identify which raw materials, operations, and labor are needed to produce them

Create and implement master production plans for multiple production lines and locations

Assign equipment and monitor shop floor activities during various production stages

Track work in process (WIP) across multiple production lines and manufacturing locations

Manage work orders for different types of activities such as production, rework, or maintenance

Track products manufactured along with a standard product (co-products) and secondary products (by-products)

Production batches can be resized up and down to include new sales orders and to reprioritize production orders

Track work in process (WIP) across multiple production lines and manufacturing locations.

Manage work orders for different types of activities such as production, rework, or maintenance.

Determine what raw materials are required for production, based on demand, production capacity, and inventory availability.

Define the structure of finished products to identify which raw materials, operations, and labor are needed to produce them.

Create and implement master production plans for multiple production lines and locations.

Assign equipment and monitor shop floor activities during various production stages.

Define and implement workflows for inspections, including rules for escalations and notifications

Identify rejected products and decide either they can be repaired or discarded

Track production waste such as scrap, as well as returns that cannot be repaired

Monitor product defects, identify causes and provide corrective actions to improve quality

Define procedures to be implemented during recalls to limit their negative impact on the company and its customers

Ensure compliance with regulations and standards for production, storage, packaging, and transportation

Manage customer specific quality standards and requirements

Track production waste such as scrap, as well as returns that cannot be repaired.

Monitor product defects, identify causes and provide corrective actions to improve quality.

Define and implement workflows for inspections, including rules for escalations and notifications.

Identify rejected products and decide either they can be repaired or discarded.

Track production waste such as scrap, as well as returns that cannot be repaired.

Monitor product defects, identify causes and provide corrective actions to improve quality.

Define and implement optimal procedures to pick and pack products for shipping

Create packing options that are specific to one or more customers and can be modified for new clients

Create labels that are compliant with governmental standards and with customer requirements

Plan deliveries based on inventory availability, transportation costs, and order priority

Track shipments from warehouse to the destination, including drop shipments and multilocation shipping

Define and implement optimal procedures to pick and pack product for shipping.

Plan deliveries based on inventory availability, transportation costs, and order priority.

Track shipments from warehouse to the destination, including drop shipments and multilocation shipping.

Define and implement optimal procedures to pick and pack product for shipping.

Plan deliveries based on inventory availability, transportation costs, and order priority.

Track shipments from warehouse to the destination, including drop shipments and multilocation shipping.

Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll

Manage personnel availability and allocate human resources to production and inventory operations

Track the time spent by employees performing various tasks related to production or inventory management

Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll.

Manage personnel availability and allocate human resources to production and inventory operations.

Track the time spent by employees performing various tasks related to production or inventory management.

Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll.

Track the time spent by employees performing various tasks related to production or inventory management.

Determine what raw materials are required for production, based on demand, production capacity, and inventory availability.

Create and implement master production plans for multiple production lines and locations.

Assign equipment and monitor shop floor activities during various production stages.

Track work in process (WIP) across multiple production lines and manufacturing locations.

Manage work orders for different types of activities such as production, rework, or maintenance.

Define the structure of finished products to identify which raw materials, operations, and labor are needed to produce them.

Track products manufactured along with a standard product (co-products) and secondary products (by-products)

Production batches can be resized up and down to include new sales orders and to reprioritize production orders

Support advanced product configuration features to adapt to specific customer needs

Integrate design, engineering, manufacturing, and other functions to reduce the time to market.

Manage field service activities related to the finished products delivered, such as installation and repairs

Track maintenance operations for the products sold, such as calibration or preventive maintenance

Resources can be allocated and reallocated across multiple projects and portfolios.

Create a list of all the assets owed by a company.

Include lean project management features and best practices.

Track maintenance operations for the products sold, such as calibration or preventive maintenance

Organizes employees in an org structure that can be used throughout the application for reporting, permissions, etc.

Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll

Create the optimal mix of portfolios to achieve operational and financial goals.

Software supports purchase orders and provides purchasing personnel and accounts payable with visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process

Define requisition rules for various types of procurement.

Plan employee work shifts according to availability and provide notifications to employees when they are scheduled.

Identify and assess suppliers for different products and services.

Monitor the status of multiple types of assets.

Let employees track the hours they have worked through integrations with time tracking products or built in time tracking features.

Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received.

Includes features that optimize user check out experience such as Shopping carts and Single Click Checkout, order summaries, receipts.

Rules ensure that users select only compatible options and that all required items are included

Store and retrieve information associated to customer contacts and accounts. Track company-wide communication and information about contacts and accounts.

Allows fully customizable portal for customer to enter tickets, provide feedback and communicate with service agents

Allows clients to book jobs through the desktop page or within the app.

Notifies field service workers of their upcoming assignments.

Enter product/part numbers and manage the prices associated with them and allow users to use this information when creating quotes and sales orders.

Allows users to search, filter, sort and select items to be added to quote

Contains features that allow administrators to set up promotions on site, provide time based discounts, and enter coupon codes.

Allows users to create a quote that contain information on products, prices and associated discounts, which can be converted to sales orders.

Functionality to allow users to process returns/refunds either via self service or contacting customer service.

Provides standard templates with an easy to use tool set to customize the templates to showcase the stores brand and optimize the users experience

Assign and manage sales quotas and territories. Track progress against quotas. Change as needed.

Creates and assigns support tickets, scheduling them in a timely manner.

Images can be displayed of options to enable users to visualize product options as it is being configured

Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.

Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination.

Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.

Ability to establish multiple price levels and choose between multiple costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO and Specific Unit.

Customizable reporting allows insight into usage of inventory and services.

Real time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" infomation by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.

Support multiple picking methods such as batch, wave, or zone picking.

Create schedules for picking activities based on inventory availability.

Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory.

Functionality that allows users to select shipping options based on price and delivery time. May integrate to 3rd Party shipping/fulfillment companies.

Manages the transfer of products between incoming and outgoing shipments

Provides features to automate and simplify recieving such as tracking lot numbers

Helps users pick products from multiple locations and prepare them for packing

Define the structure of finished products to identify which raw materials, operations, and labor are needed to produce them.

Monitor product defects, identify causes and provide corrective actions to improve quality.

Calculate demand by consolidating data from multiple sources.

Define and implement workflows for inspections, including rules for escalations and notifications.

Track resource availability for raw materials and production capacity.

Create and implement master production plans for multiple production lines and locations.

Determine what raw materials are required for production, based on demand, production capacity, and inventory availability.

Generate production plans based on demand and resource availability.

Identify rejected products and decide either they can be repaired or discarded.

Assign equipment and monitor shop floor activities during various production stages.

Track production waste such as scrap, as well as returns that cannot be repaired.

Track work in process (WIP) across multiple production lines and manufacturing locations.

Check cash on hand at the beginning of each month and view each day’s incoming and outgoing funds.

Add one-time or recurring cash flow items and add line items for each payment or deposit.

Timesheets, projects, tasks, income or expenses can all easily be exported to pdf, xls or csv for simpel cash clow analysis.

Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.

Import trial balance, monthly P&L, balance sheets, and other types of financial data

Keeps track of all versions of a budget and allows users to compare versions

Forecasting is based on past transactions and historical financial or operational data

Supports multiple types of revenues, such as recurring and transaction based

Allows users to allocate revenues to various business entities or departments

Automatic scheduling to ensure that revenue is recognized at the proper time

Define and manage physical and virtual warehouse locations

Provide a visual representation of all the locations in a warehouse

Allows users to identify the most efficient location for inventory within the warehouse based on a number of product and storage characteristics

Allows users to track any track incidents such as receiving discrepancies, incorrect shipments and inventory errors

Allows users to track and use WMS data to determine vendor costs and quality

Provides customers with a web portal in which they can view invoices as well as batch levels and changes in inventory

Provides users with features to verify item locations and quantities

Automatically deposits paychecks into employees' bank accounts.

Allows administrators to print valid paychecks and W-2 forms.

Calculates taxes due and may include resources or tools for federal and state tax compliance.

Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards to track payroll costs and for compliance purposes.

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Uses AI to automatically input data from receipts, invoices, and other documents

Uses AI to generates, send, and track invoices

Uses AI to categorize expenses, detect anomalies, and provide insights on spending patterns

Uses AI to detect unusual patterns and flag potential fraudulent activities in real-time

Uses AI to assist in calculating taxes, ensuring compliance with changing tax regulations, and automate the preparation of tax returns

Uses AI and NLP-powered chatbots to provide customer support and assist with queries regarding financial data and reports

Uses AI to match transactions recorded in the accounting system with those in bank statements

Uses AI to generate detailed financial reports, dashboards, and visualizations to provide insights into the financial health of the business

Uses AI to set up alerts for various financial activities, such as payment due dates or low cash balances

Uses AI to analyze data to identify trends and make predictions

Enables synchronization of accounting data across devices in real-time

Send push notifications for important updates, such as due dates, invoice statuses, or tax deadlines

Simplifies interfaces to be user-friendly and tailored for smaller screens, such as mobile phones and tables

Allows users to view and update certain data without an internet connection

Allows users to capture and upload expense receipts directly from mobile devices

Enables creation, editing, and sending of invoices

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives