Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: AI for food & beverage; Quality management training; Equipment finance lifecycle solution updates

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics partner news roundup: 

• Aptean adds AI to Food and Beverage ERP
• Item by Item announces new online training for Microsoft Dynamics 365 quality management
• Leasepath releases quarterly update outlining suite of enhancements
• New addition to Microsoft Partner Prestige Club

Aptean empowers food and beverage companies with AI-powered ERP

Aptean, a provider of software for manufacturers and distributors, has announced that artificial intelligence is now embedded in its cloud-native Aptean Food & Beverage ERP, which is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Aptean Food & Beverage ERP leverages Microsoft Copilot in Business Central to boost productivity and decision-making, according to the company. In addition, Aptean uses AI for sales, forecasting, and automating repetitive finance tasks. Key AI-driven features include:

• Create sales lines on sales documents based on customer transaction history.
• Use natural language to instruct AI on building analyses to help solve business problems.
• Map e-documents that match vendor invoices to purchase orders.
• Find data anywhere in the company or explain a concept using conversational language with an AI bot.

"The AI-powered functionality within our Aptean Food & Beverage ERP is designed to significantly reduce administrative tasks, creating time for our customers to focus on innovation, market expansion and building a competitive edge," said TVN Reddy, CEO at Aptean. 

Item by Item announces new online training curriculum for Dynamics 365 quality management

Item by Item (IBI), a self-serve online training platform for Microsoft Dynamics 365, has released a new training curriculum focused on Microsoft Dynamics 365 quality management.