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Connect your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central plug-and-play with Procuros

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, is a cloud-based all-in-one business management solution. It is aimed at small and medium-sized companies and enables them to manage finance, operations, sales and customer service in a single solution.

Source: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/de-de/business-central/capabilities/

With the Procuros Integration Hub, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central customers can now exchange their order documents with existing and new trading partners via the ERP interface. Setting up the connection is quick and easy with the Plug-and-Play-SimpleEDI-Connector, which was developed together with M&P Business Solutions GmbH, or the Procuros API.

Why should trading partners and the associated processes be connected at all?

Traditional EDI is complex, costly and error-prone

For many small and medium-sized enterprises, the digitalization and automation of the Order-to-Cash-Prozesses is still a major challenge. Despite its importance for the growth of a company, the process is often characterized by manual procedures, which leads to delays, incorrect transactions and delivery delays.

EDI is one way of digitizing these B2B transactions. Many trading partners, including those in the food and retail sectors, are forcing their suppliers to use EDI. For suppliers, setting up these EDI connections is a real problem, as they are often associated with the following challenges:

  • long and costly EDI projects due to one-to-one connections per trading partnerhigh internal IT
  • costs for setting up and maintaining these EDI connections
  • many other internal and external players involved
  • no support for communication with trading partners
  • errors that have to be fixed by the IT department due to their complexity

So if you have several trading partners, you need to set up a large number of individual EDI connections to your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Not with Procuros! With the introduction of the SimpleEDI-Connectors powered by M&P Business Solutions, we enable end-to-end connections between Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central users by facilitating the technical connection of any customer to any Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Procuros

With the ready-made connector simpleEDI, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and the Procuros Integration Hub are connected in true plug-and-play fashion. More tech-savvy users can also connect directly to the Procuros API to easily receive sales orders from partners, send order confirmations, delivery bills and invoices, and continuously track the status of transfers in both directions: to and from the Integration Hub. Approval workflows are set up so that you have full control over what is sent and received via Procuros.

The advantages are manifold:

  • Real automation in one place: Send and receive orders, shipping notifications, invoices and more - directly and automatically from your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP system.
  • Plug-and-play connectivity: With the Procuros Integration Hub and the ready-made connector to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, lengthy IT projects are a thing of the past. Simply download and set up the app and within a few days Procuros will connect you with all your trading partners and meet your requirements(Edeka, Rewe, Kaufland, ALDI, Lidl, Alnatura, DM Drogeriemarkt, Rossmann, BILLA, etc.).
  • Fewer errors, more transparency: Monitor the pulse of your business with improved visibility and control over all your B2B transaction data. Procuros automatically validates more than 20 data points per transaction to identify errors in your document exchange. Best of all, your end users fix the errors themselves. Maximize the efficiency of your processes along the entire supply chain.
  • Meet the requirements of your trading partners: Procuros adapts to the connectivity requirements of your trading partners - be it EDI, API or supplier portals. Connect with all your trading partners and make B2B transactions as easy as possible.
  • New trading partners: With Procuros, you can connect with new retail partners for free - with just a few clicks. Become a trusted partner for retailers and accelerate the digitalization of your business.

How Tony's Chocolonely is using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with Procuros

Tony's Chocolonely is a Dutch chocolate brand founded in 2005 that is known for its commitment to fair trade and the abolition of slavery in the cocoa industry. It sources its cocoa beans directly from cooperatives in West Africa and works with farmers to ensure fair wages and safe working conditions.

As Tony's Chocolonely is growing rapidly across Europe, the company was looking for a partner specifically for the DACH region to automate their order-to-cash processes including logistics and fulfillment providers. Like many other growing companies, they use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as their ERP system.

With the Procuros Integration Hub, they were able to fulfill the EDI requirements of their trading partners, reduce errors by 90% and save 5-6 hours per week per user by simply automating their trading relationships.

Let's go!

Connecting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with the Procuros Integration Hub to automatically exchange B2B transactions has never been easier. Enable the digital exchange of documents and reduce manual data entry by over 80%, giving you more time for what really matters: scaling your business.

You can find the simpleEDI connector directly in the Microsoft App Store or contact us if you would like to find out more.

About Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a cloud-based, all-in-one business management solution that enables small and medium-sized companies to manage finance, operations, sales and customer service in a single solution. It was first released in 2018 as the successor to Microsoft Dynamics Navision.

About M&P Business Solutions

M&P Business Solutions was founded in Braunschweig in 1999 and operates under the umbrella of the M&P Group as a proven solution provider beyond Germany's borders. More than 60 experts for digital and process-oriented work at 4 locations in Germany have the goal of generating the greatest possible added value for the customer through optimal technical, digital and organizational networking. Their consulting approach bundles highly qualified know-how from the fields of consulting, engineering, energy and IT solutions and combines it into a unique solution competence.

About Procuros

Procuros is a technology company that builds infrastructures to connect companies with the aim of simplifying B2B transactions. Companies of all sizes use the Procuros Integration Hub to automate their processes. A single connection to the Procuros platform allows customers to automatically exchange trade documents with all their partners - so they spend less time on manual data entry and can focus on their core tasks.