Microsoft recently commissioned Forrester Consulting to better understand how enterprises across the globe are pursuing digital strategies. This global study focuses on the outcomes they sought, the challenges they faced, and the improvements they are realising.

It turns out what you don’t know as a manufacturer can and will hurt you. For too long, manufacturers have settled for siloed and inconsistent information, as well as manual processes, to understand and manage their supply chain. Why? Because for a long time, these systems were good enough to keep production going.

Food manufacturing and distribution isn’t just about making, processing, and delivering delicious food and getting it out the door. It’s about managing inventory, ensuring compliance and food safety, optimising supply chains, and keeping consumers happy, to name a few.
 
Without a centralised system to handle all these complexities, food businesses can lose revenue, waste staff time and resources, and struggle to grow. As competition increases and technology evolves, many food and beverage companies turn to ERP (enterprise resource planning) software, especially systems designed for the food industry like Dynamics Food (powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central).

Having a full picture of your business operations, from start to finish, is increasingly valuable as inflation puts added pressure on those in the food industry, but with Dynamics Food, you can get a full 360-degree overview of your data to stay in control at all times. 

Managing the switch from B2B to B2C with e-commerce won’t come naturally to most food manufacturers and distributors. So, what obstacles do you have to overcome and how can a Microsoft Dynamics 365 food ERP software help?

Despite the pandemic causing uncertainty and chaos for some sectors, the food industry, however, has seen new records for November as consumers hope for a better end to the year.