Business Central For Warehouse Management
Simplify the management of your warehousing and distribution with Microsoft’s all-encompassing ERP system
Optimise Space & Simplify Dispatch With Business Central For Warehouse And Distribution
Customer experience is an integral part of brand loyalty, and the speed and accuracy of dispatch are almost as important as the quality of the product purchased.
Business Central provides a flexible solution for keeping track of where your stock is, and where it needs to be.
Combined with marketing, sales, production and account solutions within Business Central, you’ll be able to follow order details from lead to completion from one location, providing powerful business intelligence about your operations in the process
Explore Business Central’s warehouse management capabilities with Akita:
Warehouse Management With Business Central
Business Central provides a smart warehousing ERP solution that improves stock management and working efficiency.
By mapping the layout of your space and the dimensions of your racks, Business Central can support a flexible storage system that prioritises the nearest available bin spaces. Combined with barcoding and accurate stock tracking, you can make your space work for your operations rather than the other way around.
Business Central can also help to automate and create smarter picking lists, maximising the efficiency of your staff in their picking tasks.
And by combining intelligent warehouse mapping with accurate picking information, you’ll always be on top of the state of your inventory, ready to feed information back to marketing, sales and production.
Business Central Warehouse Management Features:
– Automated Data-Capture – Mobile scanning updates inventory in real time, improving accuracy across all warehouse locations.- Consignment Management
– Courier Systems Integration -Tracks consignment stock in mobile warehouses with full visibility and control.
– Cycle Counting – Automates despatch, labels and tracking from mobile warehouse locations.
– eCommerce Integration – Maintains accurate stock levels through continuous counting without disruption.
– Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) – Automates transactions with suppliers and logistics partners.
– Inventory Optimisation – Positions stock efficiently across mobile and fixed locations.
– Multi-location management – Manages multiple warehouse locations within a single system.
– Serial Number and Batch Tracking – Ensures full traceability across mobile warehouse movements.
– Stock-Unit Management – Handles multiple units of measure for accurate picking and shipping.
Business Central: Cloud Distribution ERP Solution
With Business Central as your distribution ERP solution, you’ll have a better way to dispatch and track your orders.
Business Central makes it easy to keep track of your inventory at every step. Warehouse instruction documents, pick lists, and shipping and tracking details can all be stored against purchase records and customer accounts.
Using Microsoft Power Apps, product checks and sign-off can also be recorded directly from the warehouse floor as orders are dispatched, offering full accountability for orders.
Any shipping details can then be associated with purchases or accounts, with automatic email alerts sent to customers to update them at key stages of their purchase’s journey.
And in the reverse, transfers and returns can be accurately tracked from item return to restocking, minimising stock wastage.
Business Central Distribution Features
Business Central Distribution Features
– Demand forecasting and planning
– Replenishment suggestions and forecasts
– Safety stock and order point management
– Shipping carrier integration
– Route planning and optimisation
– Freight cost calculation
– Return Merchandise Authorisation (RMA) handling.
– Return tracking and disposition
– Refunds and replacement management
Mobile Warehousing With Business Central
Mobile warehousing is a flexible fulfilment approach, where inventory is stored and dispatched from temporary or relocatable locations, placing stock closer to customers to improve delivery speed and cope with demand spikes. It’s particularly effective for urban logistics, seasonal peaks and high-velocity product lines.
Akita develops Business Central to support mobile warehousing by extending warehouse management beyond fixed sites and into mobile, real-time operations. Using mobile warehouse functionality and integrated WMS extensions, warehouse teams can receive, pick, move and dispatch stock using handheld devices that connect directly to Business Central. Every scan updates inventory instantly, ensuring full visibility across both permanent and mobile locations.
This real-time synchronisation allows businesses to confidently allocate stock to mobile warehouses without losing control or accuracy. Inventory levels, sales orders and replenishment planning remain aligned, reducing errors and improving fulfilment performance.
Business Central Warehousing Management & Distribution Solutions with Akita
Akita delivers Business Central warehousing management solutions that are engineered around real operational demand, not generic ERP assumptions. We design Microsoft warehousing and distribution platforms as standalone systems or as part of fully integrated Business Central environments, giving you the flexibility to scale without re-platforming.
Our approach starts with rigorous consultancy. We analyse your warehouse workflows, data flows and commercial pressures to ensure Business Central is configured to deliver measurable gains in productivity, stock accuracy and fulfilment performance.
Deployment is planned with operational continuity as a priority. We work closely with your teams to implement Business Central in a way that complements day-to-day activity, integrating seamlessly with finance platforms and wider business systems already in use. The result is a warehousing solution that supports growth, reduces friction and delivers long-term value.
Naturally, training is included. We can also include a phased launch of your system, with our technical consultants overseeing success on-site if needed. And our Business Central support services ensure that assistance is available after go-live.
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