Comparison between D365 Business Central & D365 Finance & Operations
Introduction:
ERP solutions are complex and hence it is significant for any enterprise to analyse the necessity and extract the complete understanding of the solution so as to derive the full benefits of it internally before it decides to deploy one. Having said this, Microsoft Dynamics 365 is one such platform which rather offers a clarity on the solutions.
Microsoft now offers two ERP based solutions on Dynamics 365 Platforms.
- D365 Business Central
- D365 Finance & Operations
The companies planning to implement D365 ERP need to choose prudently which product will suit their business requirements or best, consult their IT partner for the same.
Here is the table comparison of two products which will help the decision makers to take the right decision. I have listed down product features with a general comparison view so that it is easier to understand them in a better way.
General Comparison:
| Product/Feature | D365 Business Central | D365 Finance & Operations |
| Multiple Legal Entities | Yes | Yes |
| Intercompany Postings and Consolidated Statements | Yes (only within same country/localization) | Yes |
| Complete ERP with – Finance (AR/AP), Manufacturing, Logistics, Inventory, Warehousing | Yes | Yes |
| Supplier Evaluation Module | No | Yes |
| Quality Management Module | No | Yes |
| PowerBI Embedded for Analytics | No | Yes |
| Dynamics 365 Talent (Core HR, Attract, Onboard) | No | Yes |
| Dynamics 365 Sales with Integration to ERP | No | Yes |
| Dynamics 365 Customer Service | No | Yes |
| Dynamics 365 Marketing | No | Yes |
| Dynamics 365 Social Engagement (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc) | No | Yes |
| Dynamics 365 Customer Satisfaction Surveys | No | Yes |
| Dynamics 365 Customer Support Portal | No | Yes |
| Mobility (Apps for iOS/Android) | Yes | Yes |
| Browser-based (Chrome, Edge, Safari) | Yes | Yes |
| Dev and Production Environments | Only Production | Yes |
| Minimum User License requirement | No Minimum | 20 |
| Licensing Cost (US $ per user/month) | $100 | $200 |
Module Wise Comparison
| D365 BC | D365 FOE | |
| General | ||
| Customer Type | Small to Medium | Medium to Large |
| Deployment Period | Short | Long |
| Financial Management | ||
| Auto Elimination Accounting | – | Available |
| Consolidation | Available | Available |
| Budgeting | Available(Basic) | Available(Advanced) |
| Budget Control | – | Available |
| Fixed and Variable allocations | Available | Available |
| Ledger Allocations | – | Available |
| Fixed Assets | Available | Available |
| Cost Accounting | Available | Available |
| Multicurrency | Available | Available |
| Financial Dimensions | Available (Upto 8 dimensions) | Available (Unlimited) |
| Multi-company | Available | Available |
| Multi language | Available | Available |
| Bank Reconciliation | Available | Available |
| Electronic Funds Transfer | Available | Available |
| Global Chart of Accounts | – | Available |
| Multiple Posting Layers | – | Available |
| Supply Chain Management | ||
| Sales Orders | Available | Available |
| Returns Management | Available | Available |
| Sales Tax | Available | Available |
| Purchase Orders | Available | Available |
| Requisitions | Available | Available |
| Serialized inventory | Available | Available |
| Bins | Available | Available |
| Assembly | Available | Available |
| Inventory Transfers | Available | Available |
| Procurement and sourcing | – | Available |
| Global Customer & Vendor | – | Available |
| Global Products | – | Available |
| Advanced Warehouse Management | ||
| License Plate Tracking | – | Available |
| Basic Warehousing | Available | Available |
| Aisle, Rack & Shelf | – | Available |
| Transport Management | – | Available |
| Quality Management | – | Available |
| Warehouse Monitoring | – | Available |
| Production | ||
| Basic Production | Available | Available |
| Process Based manufacturing | – | Available |
| Lean manufacturing | – | Available |
| Multi Plant & Multi Schedule Planning | – | Available |
| Human Resource | ||
| Employee Master | Available | Available |
| Recruitment Process | – | Available |
| Attendance | – | Available |
| Payroll | – | Available |
| Performance | – | Available |
| Training | – | Available |
| Skill Sets | – | Available |
| Project Management | ||
| Job Costing | Available | Available |
| Project Accounting | – | Available |
| Employee Timesheets | Available | Available |
| Employee Expenses | – | Available |
| Schedule Board | – | Available |
| System-wide Capabilities | ||
| Office 365 Integration | Available | Available |
| Microsoft user interface | Available | Available |
| Workflows | Available | Available |
| Web/mobile client | Available | Available |
| E-mail Integration | Available | Available |
| Document Management | Available | Available |