When you think of Miracoli, many people immediately think of student food or quick meals. But Miracoli is also a prime example of how parts lists and sales planning in an ERP system - such as Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision, now Business Central) - are interlinked.
Imagine this: The sales department plans to sell 100,000 pre-packaged Miracoli. These packs consist of spaghetti, tomato sauce and a spice mix. To produce this spice mix, it is first produced in large quantities and later filled into small sachets. This large quantity is made up of various ingredients such as thyme, oregano, basil and garlic powder.
In an ERP system such as Business Central, we can map these hierarchies precisely using multi-level bills of materials. And now the Business Intelligence (BI) component comes into play: When Sales plans its sales, BI solutions can calculate exactly when Purchasing needs to reorder garlic powder, for example. The lead times of the ingredients are taken into account and the optimum time for ordering is suggested.
The result? An optimized production and purchasing process that reduces inventory value and increases liquidity. Who wouldn't want to free up 3 million euros from 10 million euros in stock value and credit the account?
This is exactly what BI solutions based on data from ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Navision or Business Central make possible. They make complex parts lists transparent and provide suggestions for purchasing and production - even with hundreds of thousands of items in the system.
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