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Business Central Manufacturing ShowPlea to a pragmatic approach to Business Central manufacturingIn episode 34 of his podcast, Martin welcomed José Miguel Azevedo, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Senior Solution Architect with KPMG in the UK, one of the BIG4 consulting companies. José has more than 24 years of experience with different ERPs, ranging from SAP and Oracle to Dynamics 365 Business Central, his focus areas being Navision and Business Central, where he held various roles in consulting, like business consultant, functional consultant, project manager, program manager, etc. He has worked in companies of all sizes and with clients from the fashion, food, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and services industries. Although Jose admitted that speaking foreign la...2023-09-2038 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowThe Theory of Constraints and Business Central manufacturingIn his latest podcast episode, Martin hosted Ivar Keskpaik, who, amongst a plethora of other roles and positions, works as a Business Consultant for Softera Baltic, Lithuania. He holds an MSc in Physics, is a chartered engineer, a certified Theory of Constraints (TOC) practitioner, and has been titled the “most famous Interim Manager of Estonia” by the Magazine “Director”. Ivar and Martin discussed how manufacturing companies working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central can apply the Theory of Constraints.Martin introduced the podcast's topic by asking Ivar to explain the Theory of Constraints (TOC) shortly. As Ivar outl...2023-09-0130 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowMaster data dividends are largeMartin's guest is Andrew Good, CEO of Liberty Grove Software from Canada. Andrew is an engineer, project manager, analyst, manufacturing expert, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. His extensive knowledge and background have been built from personal experiences with many companies, working in various operational and management roles. Projects have ranged from new implementations to streamlining business operations. 21 years of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV experience mean that he can fall back on many different perspectives when working with customers. He has helped clients get the most out of their Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV sy...2023-08-1536 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowIs an ERP introduction a business process reengineering task?In his latest podcast episode, Martin was super excited to have one of the North American Business Central manufacturing rockstars with him. Steve Chinsky is the Manager Dynamics Practice with Accelerynt. He has over 23 years of experience consulting, implementing, and managing Dynamics NAV and Business Central projects. His over 180 NAV and BC implementations were done in manufacturing, supply chain (aka WMS(, food and beverage, jewelry, retail, service, oil and gas, chemical, industrial equipment, and home goods industries. In addition, he worked over 16 years as an Accountant (CMA) in various positions (Director of Finance, Controller, and Director of Operations). 2023-06-0138 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowFrom the ethos of manufacturing to the importance of a consistent BOMOur podcast is back! After a half-year break, Martin felt it was time to "revive" the podcast again, last but not least because many Business Central manufacturing enthusiasts reached out and encouraged him to continue with it. So, in episode 30, he was happy to talk to Jeff Brickler, solution architect at an ISV called CADtalk in Cincinnati, USA.Jeff's background is quite outstanding because he hasn't been an IT/manufacturing person for his entire career. He started as a Latin teacher in high school with a master's degree in Classics. He joined CADtalk eight years ago and...2023-05-2331 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowA conversation on industry-specific manufacturing challenges and solutionsSince a bit of time has passed since the last episode, let me briefly bring you up-to-date: In June, we at NETRONIC organized an event series that we run under our "next by NETRONIC" event brand. The idea of next by NETRONIC events was to host online events in which we just play a facilitating role for having panel discussions, dive into Business Central-related topics, and avoid NETRONIC scheduling demos. Hence, the "next by NETRONIC" event brand is ideal for running an event series in which actually other ISV solutions play a key role.To some extent...2022-09-0526 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowA conversation on warehouse challenges and solutions Following last week's shopfloor discussion episode, here is the 28th episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show. Again, this episode originates from our Business Central Manufacturing Exchange webinar series. It is a recorded panel discussion on warehouse challenges and solutions. I hosted this panel discussion and was excited to have Žilvinas Lapačinskas (Software Baltic), Mark Hamblin (Insight Works), and James Crowter (Clever Dynamics) as my guests. To some extent, we regard the Business Central Manufacturing Exchange as the "event frontend to Microsoft's AppSource". With the event series, we want to provide manufacturing ISVs the opportunity to show...2022-07-0530 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowA conversation on shopfloor challenges and solutionsThe 27th episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show is somewhat different than all the others that you have been listening to so far. This episode is not a conversation with one guest. Instead, it is a recorded panel discussion on shopfloor challenges and solutions. I hosted this panel discussion and was excited to have Bent Korsgaard (Naveksa), Mark Hamblin (Insight Works), and Matthew Woodhouse (Clever Dynamics) as my guests.A bit of background: Recently, we at NETRONIC ran a webinar series that we called the Business Central Manufacturing Exchange. Oftentimes, when we speak to customers (and...2022-06-2928 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowAn insider's view into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralThe guest in episode 26 of Martin's Business Central Manufacturing Show was Andrei Panko. Andrei is a program manager in the Business Central engineering team at the Microsoft Development Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. Having a Microsoft employee as a guest on the podcast was really a novelty. In the other episodes so far, all speakers were Business Central manufacturing experts working for a Microsoft partner. So this podcast provides most interesting insider insights into how things work in the Microsoft Business Central development team.Andrei started working as a consultant, developer, and project manager in 2004 - back then...2022-05-1735 min
A Shot of Business Central and A BeerInterview with Martin Karlowitsch from NETRONIC | Episode 37 | A Shot of Business Central and A BeerWelcome back to episode 37 of A Shot of Business Central and A Beer, presented by Solution Systems, a Gold Microsoft Partner. In this month's episode we are joined by Martin Karlowitsch who is the owner of NETRONIC. The NETRONIC visual scheduling stack offers Gantt chart software, providing operational agility for developers, Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics NAV, and SMB manufacturing.
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➢ https://www.solsyst.com/post/a-sh...2022-05-0351 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowItem setup - underestimated issue when implementing Business CentralEpisode 25 of Martin's podcast was all about the difficulties and obstacles that can stand in the way of a successful implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.The guest in this jubilee episode was James Crowter from the UK. He is the founder and Managing Director of Technology Management, an established Navision and Business Central partner whom everybody knows as TecMan. In addition, Microsoft has appointed him as MVP (most valuable professional) for business applications for the sixth year running. And if that was not enough, he last year volunteered to become the chairman of the Directions EMEA c...2022-03-3032 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowThe five phases of successfully implementing 365 Business CentralMartin talked to Bart Vanbelle from Belgium who is Business Consultant with the Belgian partner ESC. Bart’s background is different from all the guests in the podcast so far. He started his career with international experiences as a cocktail bartender. After shortly running two catering businesses for a few years, he first came into contact with Navision, version 2009. He was a key user in a Navision implementation. Surprisingly enough, being part of an ERP implementation enthused him more than mixing drinks. Hence, he decided a U-turn move for his career at the age of 30. He started stu...2022-03-1531 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowBusiness Central in the cloud - real-time data and automated processesMartin met with Shannon Mullins, Chief Revenue Officer of Accelerynt, and a Microsoft MVP of business applications. She has over 20 years of experience in - amongst others - deployment implementation of CRM and ERP systems and hence has a deep understanding of the functional aspects of projects’ process automation and system design and the reporting needs and requirements for complex ERP systems. While talking to Shannon for the first time at last year’s Directions EMEA in Milan, Martin quickly noticed to his shame, that he never had a woman as a guest to his podcast and decid...2022-03-0232 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowProduction orders, jobs, and assembly orders: why, when, and how to use themI met with Ken Sebahar, who is the President of Solution Systems, Inc., a Microsoft Gold-Certified Partner near Chicago, Illinois. Ken and his colleague Michael host the great podcast “A Shot of Business Central and a Beer” in which they provide listeners with news and updates related to Business Central in an entertaining manner. Of course, with a podcast like this, beer was the ideal hook for our conversation. At the beginning of our conversation, you can learn which of us enjoys an advent calendar with German beer. If you listen until the episode's end, you also hear...2021-12-2135 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowHands-on Business Central manufacturing tips and best practicesTwo weeks ago, I met Krzysztof Bialowas from Poland who not only is the Dynamics Business Central Team Leader from the Danish company Dynaway. Krzysztof is also a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) and the inventor of the famous Dynamics bearings. Before the show, we figured out that we share a passion for football (some people dare call it soccer), but decided to keep that part out of our conversation.Instead, we did what is expected in the Business Central manufacturing and chatted about, well, Business Central and manufacturing. The conversation quickly became very hands-on and practical...2021-11-1826 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowRunning an engineering-to-order company with Dynamics 365 Business CentralI met again with Robert Jolliffe for the Business Central Manufacturing Show. He is our first guest, who is on the podcast for the second time. Robert is President & CEO of Sabre Limited in Canada. He has been an ERP consultant for 25 years and holds a Microsoft Engineer designation. In this episode, Robert shares why Dynamics 365 Business Central is the right system for engineering-to-order (ETO) companies. Of course, he does this thoughtfully and points out what makes ETOs so special.This question of what characterizes an ETO also marks the starting point of the conversation. A...2021-09-0143 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowDemystifying Microsoft Dynamics Business Central 365 manufacturingI met Matthew Kiernan, Business Applications Director at Bam Boom Cloud in the UK. The conversation turned into the next episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show.When we met before the show, Matt said: "The manufacturing end of Business Central, although can be complicated, doesn’t need to be super scary." I picked up that statement and opened the conversation with the WHY question. Well, the remaining 30+ minutes just flew by and Matt managed to demystify Dynamics 365 Business Central. This went as far as transferring the concept of an MVP (minimal viable product) from sof...2021-08-1834 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowA conversation on how to jumpstart Business Central production schedulingThe Business Central Manufacturing Show is back. This podcast started as something I would call a “first COVID lockdown project” in spring 2020. Six months ago, I lost a bit of traction, then got distracted and the podcast came to an unplanned stop. However, we analyze our marketing data.Here is the finding. We stopped the podcast. We stopped to promote it. Nevertheless, the episodes that we recorded got listeners. Week, by week. So: what is more inspiring than creating content that has, well, a "fan base"?Here we are again. We decided to make the podc...2021-06-1433 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowThe constant battle between production planning and schedulingThis week’s episode is a special edition of the Business Central Manufacturing Show. Last week, hosted our online event called “next by NETRONIC – session 2”. The idea of the “next” events is to talk about topics, not about products as well as to discuss with each other rather than to have a 1-way demo. Hence, last week’s event was a panel discussion in which we looked at the constant battle between production planning and scheduling.The discussion was led by Martin Karlowitsch, and his guests were experienced Business Central manufacturing experts. If you took some time to attend our...2020-11-0230 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowHow to right-size your manufacturing ERP solution (Trevor Moore)We continue our podcast episode by going north of the border. From Wisconsin, we now head to Montreal, Canada where we had the chance to talk to Trevor Moore, the Product Director of ERP Solutions at Gestisoft. Trevor started his career in the manufacturing industry, where he implemented full ERP systems in two different companies as a production scheduler. Given his experience on the end-customer side, he ventured into the NAV world where he now has a 20-year track record of successfully implanting ERP systems to around 100 companies (mostly manufacturing). Our conversation mainly centered around all aspects of how...2020-10-2628 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowHow routings can be used for both costing and scheduling … and more concrete tips (Kevin Fons)We continue our podcast, where we left off last time, somewhere in the US. From the Atlantic coast in Florida, we now go to Madison, Wisconsin (virtually) for our next guest, Kevin Fons. Kevin has been working in the manufacturing industry for 30 years and with Dynamics NAV, Dynamics 365 Business Central, and ISV add-ons for about 16 years. Today he is a Senior Applications Consultant for Innovia, where he leads various NAV & Business Central projects for a wide array of customers.Starting from the general value manufacturing ERP data can have for customers, the conversation became very specific rapidly...2020-10-1926 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowHow ERP enables the digitization in manufacturing (Olof Simren)The wait is over! The Business Central Manufacturing Show is back with its 14th episode. In this episode, we talk to Olof Simren. A Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV expert who started working with Navision back in 2002. With over 18 years of Microsoft Dynamics experience, an awesome blog about Dynamics NAV manufacturing, and projects in different parts of the world, Olof now leads a US-based company called Naviona. In our interview, we discussed how an ERP system can help manufacturing companies go paperless through full-circle digitization.Get access to all episodes of the Business Central Manufacturing Show...2020-10-1225 minBusiness Central Manufacturing Show6 super concrete tips for manufacturers working with Business Central (Matthew Woodhouse)Episode number 13 of the Business Central Manufacturing Show was with Matthew Woodhouse. Matt is the Microsoft Dynamics Team Director at Technology Management and runs its project delivery team. Originally coming from a manufacturing & distribution background, Matt first came into contact with Navision back in 1999. Since then he has been helping manufacturing companies. The interview evolved in a way that we looked at manufacturing and Dynamics 365 Business Central from various angles (e.g. from shop-floor data capture as well as from artificial intelligence). But, independent of how we looked at it: Matt always came up with very concrete tips...2020-06-1528 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowWhy gamification matters for manufacturing - and how it can work (Paul Hogendoorn)Paul Hogendoorn was my guest for the 12th episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show. Paul is an incurable entrepreneur from Canada and has founded, co-founded, or helped launch numerous ventures over his 30+ year career, including most recently, FreePoint Technologies. FreePoint's unique technology captures and delivers real-time productivity information, connecting plant floor manufacturing processes directly to managers and operators in innovative, practical, and cost-effective ways. I picked up one of his recent likes on LinkedIn and started the conversation with a question on gamification. This let to a vital discussion on why gamification matters for manufacturing...2020-06-0826 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowHow manufacturers can achieve sales and back office process efficiency (Chris de Visser)I met with Chris de Visser for the 11th episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show. Chris is from the Netherlands, but lives in New York and works as CEO North America for Continia. Before taking that role, he successfully ran the American business of Sana Commerce in Northern America. As such, Chris does not represent a partner being specialized in manufacturing with deep vertical know-how. Instead, he brings a lot of experience with horizontal topics such as sales and process efficiencies that are crucial for any company, and hence also for manufacturers. Hence, I took the...2020-06-0124 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowManufacturers: Winners doesn't take it all, but balance information (Christophe Billard)This is the 10th episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show. This week, I spoke with Christophe Billard, who is from France, but lives and works in Spain. After working as a business demand planner and in supply chain management for pharmaceutical and FMCG companies, Christophe became an ERP consultant 15 years ago. Since then has helped many manufacturing companies to fully embrace the power of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. In our conversation, we looked at best practices when implementing an ERP, getting started with MRP, and introducing an MES. Throughout this round-trip, Christophe's advice for manufacturing companies...2020-05-2521 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowLet's talk production scheduling concepts, not scheduling solutions (Mike Fontaine)For episode #9 of the Business Central Manufacturing Show, I met Mike Fontaine from Canada. He is a solutions expert at VOX ISM, and has 20+ years of experience with ERP software and manufacturing. Actually, Mike used to work with manufacturing companies as a buyer, a scheduler, and a production planner. After spending some minutes on the experiences that Mike gained working for manufacturers (quote: "I actually was the MRP system of the company"), we found ourselves chatting about scheduling. Interestingly enough, we did not speak scheduling software, but scheduling concepts. A major lesson learned is: we...2020-05-1826 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowA box of chocolate of manufacturing ERP best practices (Michael Hering)Michael Hering from Germany was my guest in episode #8 of the Business Central Manufacturing Show. As Industry Manager Concrete, Michael is responsible for COSMO CONSULT's products and solutions for discrete manufacturing. The conversation turned out to become a box of chocolate with manufacturing ERP best practices. We looked into a variety of aspects such as lean management and the IT required for it, artificial intelligence in manufacturing, concrete steps to make when implementing a manufacturing ERP system, and future data strategies if supply chains might become shorter again. Michael provided concrete tips & advice to not only each...2020-05-1126 minBusiness Central Manufacturing Show7 super practical tips to master the digital transformation (Guus Krabbenborg)I met Guus Krabbenborg from the Netherlands for this episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show. He was my first guest without a dedicated manufacturing background. However, he is a highly-experienced business trainer and consultant with a well-earned reputation in the international Microsoft Dynamics arena. He has managed and co-owned several software companies and was Sales Director for Navision Software in The Netherlands. Guus and I quickly came to the topic of digital transformation, and I learned that transformation is the hardest of the implied challenges. However, Guus didn't end up making this clear in...2020-05-0427 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowDo not search for the secret sauce of Dynamics 365 Business Central (Robert Jolliffe)This week, I had the chance to interview Robert Jolliffe, CEO and President of Sabre Limited from Canada. He has been an ERP consultant in the manufacturing space for over 25 years, starting immediately after graduating University of Toronto Engineering. His two uncles and his father owned and operated manufacturing businesses, and hence manufacturing is in his blood. In our conversation, Robert not only explained the phrase "secret sauce" to me, but also made it very obvious, why manufacturers would do wrong if they try to search for the secret sauce of a product such as Microsoft...2020-04-2727 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowTwo underestimated Business Central manufacturing powers: Upgrade-ability and extensibility (Bart Pattijn)I met Bart Pattijn from Belgium for the fifth episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show. He is ERP consultant at Christiaens BV, and actually didn’t start his career in an IT company. Instead, he initially was a production manager in several food companies. Hence, he has plenty of hands-on experience when it comes to manufacturing and planning. He has been working with Navision since 2004. Our conversion quickly became very hands-on, and Bart managed to unveil two underestimated superpowers of Business Central to me: this is the upgrade-ability and the extensibility. Both in combination enable manufacturing co...2020-04-2019 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowA round-trip from material requirements planning (MRP) to shopfloor execution (Sune Lohse)In this episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show, I met with Sune Lohse. Sune is Chief Strategy Officer and Business Unit Manager Supply Chain at Abakion from Denmark. He holds a bachelor in “manufacturing engineering” and helps customers optimizing supply chain processes. Sune is author of the book "200 ERP Questions: The most important things to think about when considering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central" and initiator of the free Microsoft Dynamics learning portal UseDynamics.com, where he has contributed with more than 500 videos on Business Central. Our conversation started with some Marketing best practices, but then quickly turn...2020-04-1326 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowSituational manufacturing: What manufacturers can learn from football (AJ Ansari)Football is a strategic team sport. Typically, those teams win that are able to quickly adapt their strategy to the changing dynamics of the game. This is called situational football, and in this episode, we develop the idea of situational manufacturing. My interview guest is AJ Ansari, a Microsoft MVP with 13 years of experience in the Microsoft Dynamics channel. Prior to his current role as COO at DSWi, he has built and led a profitable NAV practice from the ground up at InterDyn BMI (now Columbus) and held the responsibility for presale and product management. During his y...2020-04-0620 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowFocus processes, not functionalities (Peik Bech-Andersen)"Focus processes, not functionalities" is the number one recommendation Peik Bech-Anderson gives to all manufacturing companies starting with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.This episode is an interview with Peik Bech-Anderson. Peik is a solution architect and senior developer, and he first saw Navision back in 1984. He is the author of the best-selling book “Manufacturing with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. A comprehensive guide to the manufacturing module in Microsoft Dynamics NAV”, which can be applied 1:1 to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as well.In this interview, we 2020-03-3016 minBusiness Central Manufacturing ShowCalling all Business Central manufacturing specialists (Martin Karlowitsch)This is the initial episode of the Business Central Manufacturing Show – the first podcast for small and midsized manufacturers that work or consider working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.With this initial episode, I am calling all global Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central manufacturing specialists. I cordially invite you to join me for this show.Actually, this initial episode is an exception as I am the only person speaking in this episode. My plan is that nine out of ten episodes will be me interviewing folks that have much more to say about Microsoft Dy...2020-03-2810 min