Business operations thrive on a well-functioning ERP system. Keeping your ERP software up-to-date is important if you want to ensure your business is secure, efficient and competitive in today’s market.

ERP upgrades are often seen as an unnecessary cost, often pushed for later, until something breaks. However, forward-thinking businesses see it as a strategic investment and an improvement instead of a mere reactive fix.
Upgrading your ERP system can offer you immediate benefits, from improved efficiency, access to modern features, enhanced security, and better integration with other tools.

As a certified, Silver Microsoft Partner, specialising in Microsoft Solutions, we can help you with an ERP system upgrade customised to your business’ needs.
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Your business may not realise it, but without timely ERP upgrades, your system may progressively slow down your business operations.

Here are the warning signs to notice if your ERP system is holding you back:

• You’re missing deadlines due to slow processes and unreliable data
• Your teams are overworking to reconcile data and fix errors
• Your ERP has limited functionality and is impacting productivity
• It can’t integrate with important systems like CRM or inventory management
• It’s causing frequent maintenance issues, troubleshooting, and dependence on IT just to keep things running

An ERP system upgrade can prove to be a vital investment that supports faster reporting, better security, automation and better decision making.

Brookland Solutions is a Silver Microsoft Partner offering ERP solutions for UK SMEs. Our comprehensive upgrade process keeps your project on track and within budget, minus the hassles.

Broadly, our process to upgrade from Dynamics NAV to Dynamics 365 Business Central covers:

• Licensing
• Project management
• Data importing, exporting and backup
• Set-up of bespoke extensions
• Testing and adjusting
• Testing and live upgrade
• Execution of upgrade
• Go-live support

If you are currently running Dynamics NAV 2018 or earlier, your software is no longer covered under Mainstream Support by Microsoft. This means that only system-critical bug-fixes or security issues will be released by Microsoft until the end of the Extended Support date of the individual versions. No matter which version you’re currently running, Brookland Solutions has the experience and expertise to help you with the transition.

Minimising Downtime During Your ERP Upgrade

Unplanned downtime is one of the challenges that your business can face when enhancing the ERP’s functionality. However, with a well-planned migration strategy that includes phased rollouts, parallel running, and testing environments, we can help you keep the disruptions to your business to a minimum.

We can schedule migrations and upgrades during off-peak business hours so that you enjoy continuity in your operations.

ERP Upgrade Risk Mitigation Strategy

An ERP enhancement can bring in a certain amount of risk and vulnerability, such as data loss or integration failures. However, the right strategy can keep your business operating as usual while keeping risks under control.

By anticipating and identifying potential risks early, we ease into the migration process and prevent it from impacting your business and resulting in costly delays and failures.

Post-Upgrade Training & Ongoing Support

Multiple studies have shown that businesses that invest in user adoption and training programs have a higher rate of success with their ERP implementation than those that don’t.

Brookland Solutions can step in as your ERP upgrade and training partner and provide training resources in various formats, including in-person, virtual, and self-serve resources. Choose from our comprehensive training packages that can be tailored to your business and industry requirements. Our detailed training helps your team to be confident and productive in the long term.