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AI Over 40 Series – Week 3 Many of us have treated AI like a fickle search engine—demanding perfect queries, agonizing over keywords, and double-checking every answer for “hallucinations.” That approach quickly becomes exhausting and unscalable. In this week’s installment of our “AI for the Over 40” series, we’ll flip the script: instead of engineering… Continue reading The Art of Prompting – Basic Communication with AI

Cost transparency and accurate pricing decisions are fundamental to profitable business operations. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s Cost Shares action provides powerful insights into item cost structures, enabling businesses to make informed decisions about pricing, profitability, and cost management. What the Cost Shares report does The Cost Shares action is a powerful analytical tool accessible… Continue reading Business Central: Leveraging the Cost Shares Action for Better Item Management

Recently, I was asked how to introduce latency into a Power Automate flow designed to handle bulk notifications. This problem can occur in a variety of scenarios: The problem with bulk actions The common problem here is that, particularly when interfacing with external devices, there can be a delay between the time your system sends… Continue reading How to Add Latency to Your Power Automate for Bulk Notifications

ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes what’s coming in Business Central 2025 wave 2 (v27), finding the root cause of a client crash, and using JSON to prompt AI. The Dynamics 365 Business Central community, consisting of developers, project managers, and consultants, collaborates across various platforms to share… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 536

Approvals are the backbone of process control in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC). Whether you’re validating a purchase order, reviewing a sales quote, or ensuring that a production BOM is ready for use, the approval step safeguards quality, compliance, and budget. But if you’ve tried using or customizing BC’s out-of-the-box approval workflow—or even set… Continue reading Why ArcherPoint’s Power Approvals App Outperforms Business Central’s Base Approval Engine

Maintaining the delicate balance between supply and demand is a challenge. Overstocking ties up capital and warehouse space; understocking leads to missed sales, unhappy customers, and strained supplier relationships. Whether you’re a manufacturer managing raw materials, a distributor coordinating product movement, or a retailer planning seasonal inventory, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s supply planning tools… Continue reading Supply Planning in Business Central for Modern Manufacturers, Distributors, and Retailers

AI Over 40 Series – Week 2 Why having multiple AI platforms is like having specialized consultants on retainer (and how I learned this the hard way) As a Microsoft Business Central Partner, my instinct is to start with Microsoft solutions. It’s not just loyalty—my clients trust me to help them maximize their Microsoft investments.… Continue reading Setting Up Your AI Workspace – Tools and Access

Now more than ever, nonprofit organizations are expected to do more with less—serve more constituents, deliver greater impact, and maintain complete transparency—while operating under tight budgetary and staffing constraints. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a modern, cloud-based ERP solution that provides nonprofits with the tools they need to manage finances, track grants, ensure accountability,… Continue reading How Nonprofits Are Streamlining Operations with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes the Model Router in Azure AI Foundry, using MCP to provide access to Business Central functionality, AL development using GitHub Copilot, and escape rooms in Business Central. The Dynamics 365 Business Central community, consisting of developers, project managers, and consultants, collaborates across… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 535

Businesses use enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to manage essential parts of their operations. The platform can integrate core business processes, like finance, human resources, supply chain management, and customer relationship management (CRM), into one unified system.  Due to the benefits of cloud-based ERPs, most businesses are moving away from traditional on-premises systems. However, before… Continue reading Your Guide to Cloud-Based ERP Systems