Business Central Manufacturing Partner: Elevate Your Success with Insight Works’ Apps

As your Business Central Manufacturing Partner, Insight Works is committed to elevating your manufacturing operations. We offer a suite of apps including the Enhanced Planning Pack, Graphical Scheduler, MxAPS, Quality Inspector, and Shop Floor Insight, designed to optimize your processes and increase efficiency. Our role goes beyond that of a provider; we partner closely with you to integrate these solutions seamlessly into your Business Central environment, empowering you to achieve peak operational effectiveness.

Enhanced Planning Pack

The Enhanced Planning Pack app supercharges Business Central with a set of apps to optimize your processes and give you more visibility into forecasts and operations. The app combines forecasting, inventory management, and production planning into a single, user-friendly platform. With advanced algorithms and Microsoft’s Cortana Machine Learning, the app provides precise forecasts and actionable insights.

• Advanced Forecasting: The app uses Cortana Machine Learning to deliver highly accurate and reliable forecasts, enabling you to make better business decisions based on precise data.
• Inventory Optimization: Enhanced Planning Pack provides detailed insights that help you improve your inventory management, reducing overstock and stockouts.
• Vendor Relationship Management: This feature enhances interactions with suppliers, improving communication and building stronger, more reliable vendor relationships.
• Streamlined Production Planning: The app simplifies and optimizes the entire production planning process, making it easier to manage and execute production schedules efficiently.

Graphical Scheduler

The Graphical Scheduler app allows you to visualize each workstation and manage production schedules effectively. The app’s intuitive drag-and-drop interface, one-click access to detailed operation data, and flexible calendar views make scheduling a breeze.

• Drag-and-Drop Interface: The intuitive controls make scheduling simple, allowing you to easily adjust plans and schedules with a quick drag-and-drop action.
• Detailed Operation Data: Quick access to comprehensive details about each operation helps you make informed decisions and keep production running smoothly.
• Flexible Calendar Views: The app offers daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling options, giving you the flexibility to plan and manage your production schedules as needed.
• Enhanced Visualization: Highlights related operations to give you a clear overview, ensuring you can see the bigger picture and make strategic adjustments.

MxAPS

The MxAPS app takes production planning and scheduling to the next level. The app transforms these tasks from time-consuming to highly accurate decision-making activities. Seamlessly integrated with Business Central, MxAPS drives manufacturing excellence with advanced finite capacity scheduling.

• Optimized Scheduling: Uses advanced algorithms to create efficient and effective schedules that maximize productivity and resource utilization.
• Resource Maximization: Ensures all labor and machinery are fully utilized, preventing downtime, and improving overall production efficiency.
• Bottleneck Reduction: Identifies and addresses potential delays in production, ensuring smooth and continuous operation.
• Just-in-Time Scheduling: Aligns production schedules with current market demand, reducing lead times and increasing customer satisfaction.

Quality Inspector

The Quality Inspector app integrates with Business Central to streamline the quality control process, reduce rework, and maximize customer satisfaction. With customizable entry forms and various inspection types, the app simplifies data collection and automates processes.

• Customizable Entry Forms: Allows inspections to be tailored to specific needs, ensuring that all relevant data is captured accurately and efficiently.
• Automatic Inspections: The app generates both routine and on-demand checks, ensuring consistent quality control without manual intervention.
• Real-Time Visibility: Provides immediate insights into any quality issues, allowing for quick responses and maintaining high product standards.
• Compliance Assurance: Ensures that all quality standards are consistently met, helping your business maintain compliance with industry regulations.

Shop Floor Insight

The Shop Floor Insight app is a comprehensive Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for barcoded time capture and employee time management. Using barcode technology, Shop Floor Insight captures time and operational data accurately and efficiently. The app integrates seamlessly with Business Central, enabling real-time insights and flexible configurations.

• Barcode Efficiency: Utilizes barcodes for fast and accurate time tracking, reducing errors and improving efficiency in capturing production data.
• Operational Data Capture: Records detailed data on consumption, output, and other operational metrics, providing a comprehensive view of shop floor activities.
• Productivity Analysis: Identifies non-productive and rework time, allowing you to pinpoint inefficiencies and implement improvements.
• Time and Attendance Management: Tracks employee shifts and manages exceptions, ensuring accurate and efficient workforce management.
• Payroll Integration: Automates calculations for overtime and shift differentials, streamlining payroll processes and ensuring accurate employee compensation.

Partnering for Success

As your Business Central Manufacturing Partner, Insight Works’ apps enhance every aspect of manufacturing, from planning and scheduling to quality control and time management. By integrating these apps, you streamline operations, make informed decisions, and achieve higher efficiency. For more information, visit Insight Works’ apps page or reach out to your Microsoft Partner today.