At a Glance
Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central can give startups early wins within the first 90 days. It can automate manual tasks, improve visibility, speed up reporting, consolidate data, and support smarter decision-making. Brookland Solutions’ Quick Setup services help startups achieve ERP efficiency fast and scale up.
Should Your Startup Invest in an ERP?
Running a startup is far from easy. It demands agility and quick decision-making – whether you’re looking to secure funding, win your first customers, or juggle hiring, operations, and procurement tasks.
While the initial days are all about developing products or services, as your company grows, your operations will become more complex. Startups overestimate their ability to do everything independently, and managing these increasingly complex operations can soon become overwhelming. Relying on too many free or low-quality software tools can affect your ability to nurture a successful business in the long run.
Investing in an ERP system for your startup early on is the solution to many of the issues you’ll face as you scale.
In this guide, we’re exploring why you should invest in a startup-suitable ERP software, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, and the potential benefits it brings in the first 90 days.
Why Startups Should Invest in ERP Early
Many startups begin using free project management software and spreadsheets for core tasks like accounting, inventory, HR, and customer management. While this may work in the initial days, you’ll start to notice inefficiencies as your business grows.
Here are five reasons why you should invest in an ERP software startup early:
- To keep everything organised and integrated from the start
- To use real-time data to make better and quicker decisions
- To make it easier for everyone to work and collaborate
- To automate routine tasks, reduce errors and save money
- To use a system that scales with your business
Signs Your Startup Needs An ERP System Now
If you think ERPs are only meant for large organisations or that your company is “too small” or “not ready”, you’re probably holding back on the investment.
To help you decide when to invest, here’s some signs it may be time:
- You find it difficult to manage all your customers and clients
- Your customer interactions and data are scattered
- Managing your staff and daily operations is becoming overly complicated
- Your teams are more focused on fixing errors than making decisions
- You do everything on your own (and are burned out)
- You’re unable to scale or diversify
- Your startup deals with complex compliance or security processes
In our view, Business Central is one of the best startup and SME-friendly ERPs – designed to help you manage your business from a single system.
A cloud-based Business Central ERP setup can be a game-changer for your growing business, easing your daily tasks, automating compliance processes, and helping you maintain data integrity.
5 Quick Wins From BC in 90 Days
No matter which phase of growth your business is in, you might be daunted by the idea of implementing an ERP system. It may seem like investing in an ERP is a huge commitment that will disrupt operations and take months to complete.
But with modern ERPs like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central set up, your startup can see real, tangible benefits in as little as 90 days, if implemented well and adopted properly.
These five early wins should help you understand how you can transform your business through a centralised system:
1. Automate Manual Tasks
Business Central’s automation delivers the biggest impact within the first few weeks. When you can automate through BC workflows, your teams no longer need to spend hours consolidating invoices, order approvals, or expenses.
2. Real-Time Clarity
You’ll also gain clarity and visibility into all your core financial metrics in a single dashboard, from cash flow to expenses to performance, without waiting for the end-of-the-month reports.
3. Make Better, Data-Backed Business Decisions
In the first 90 days after implementing Business Central, your leadership teams are likely to experience a difference in how they make decisions. Business Central provides live updates on revenue, costs, and KPIs that erase guesswork and allow for data-powered decision-making.
4. Consolidate Data Across Multiple Tools into One System
Instead of relying on one app for CRM and another for accounting, Business Central ERP brings all data and operations into a single system. This allows all your teams to work on the same data, reducing confusion and errors.
5. Speed Up Reporting Cycles
Business Central’s built-in reporting tools make it easy for your teams to pull out data and generate reports with the latest financial, operational, and sales information. You can make tedious reporting much simpler with one-click exports or automated dashboards.
Ready to See if Business Central is Right for Your Startup?
These quick wins set the foundation for helping your startup scale up sustainably. Once your team eases into a startup ERP system, you can gradually expand its capabilities to include inventory forecasting and integrations with CRM and e-commerce systems.
If you’re ready to get started, Brookland Solutions can help you set up Business Central with basic functionalities in as little as two weeks with our Quick Setup for Startups service.
Your teams can start working with a fully functioning ERP system that helps you achieve enterprise-level visibility and control in about 90 days.
Ready to explore Business Central as your startup ERP system? Connect with our team for a consultation call today.
