You're reading from Becoming a Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Solution Architect Implement industry-grade finance and supply chain solutions for successful enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804611494

Length 270 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Dynamics 365

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Author (1):

Brent Dawson

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Architectural Considerations and Best Practices for D365 Finance and SCM

2. Chapter 1: Overcoming Challenges in D365 Finance and SCM Projects FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding the Microsoft FastTrack© Process

4. Chapter 3: Dealing with Integrations

5. Chapter 4: Efficient Security Design

6. Chapter 5: Planning for Successful Data Migration

7. Chapter 6: Licensing Challenges

8. Part 2: From Solution Design to Deployment – Practical Advice

9. Chapter 7: How to Plan a D365 F&SCM Project

10. Chapter 8: Learning the Client’s Business

11. Chapter 9: Collecting Project Requirements

12. Chapter 10: ALM Tools and Applications

13. Chapter 11: Human Change Management

14. Chapter 12: Building a Blueprint Solution

15. Chapter 13: Deploying the Project Solution

16. Index

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Case studies

In my experience, human change management is a vital part of any Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project. In this next section, we’ll look at two different projects I participated in. In one project, the company did a really good job of preparing the staff for the upcoming changes. In the other, the company wasn’t as good.

Case study 1 – the bad project

A medium-sized manufacturing company decided to deploy a new ERP system to streamline their operations. The company’s IT department spent months evaluating different ERP software options and decided to implement a cloud-based ERP system. Specifically, they decided on D365 F&SCM. They also selected a couple of different ISV solutions to extend the capabilities of the D365 system.

The company already had an outdated and very heavily customized ERP system. They had no system for warehouse management on their manufacturing lines, and no simple way to know where any items were located...