Enterprise DNA

Instead of Business Central

Stop renting Business Central. Own your operations system.

We build your version around how you buy, hold stock and deliver orders. We bring your Business Central records across and run the system for you.

Microsoft lists Essentials at A$119.70 and Premium at A$164.60 per user per month in Australia, paid yearly, excluding GST.

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The recurring licence bill

Paying for a package when you need your own way of working

Business Central combines finance and operations in a licensed package. Your version starts with the operational work your team does each week, with accounting kept in your existing ledger.

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Full users on a recurring plan

Essentials is priced per user, paid yearly. Your own records do not need a software licence for each person.

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Limited access for occasional users

Team Members is A$12 per user per month, paid yearly, excluding GST, with limited access.

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Inventory in the package

Inventory is included in Essentials. Keep your own stock movements and commitments alongside the orders.

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Purchasing and delivery

Essentials includes purchasing and fulfilment. Your version keeps supplier dates, partial receipts and dispatch progress together.

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The Premium tier

Premium adds manufacturing and service management. We scope the processes your custom version needs around your business.

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Apps for specialised work

Microsoft offers partner apps to tailor Business Central. We build your fields, rules and connections around the records you own.

The week, in your own words

Orders moving, stock explained, costs visible

Dispatch

Know what can leave the warehouse

Start with the open orders and the actual stock position.

  • check See late orders and the ones nobody has followed up
  • check Compare each remaining line with stock at its warehouse
  • check Record partial dispatches without repeating a shipment
  • check Change the daily review to match the priorities your customers gave you

Purchasing

Buy against the whole position

Count open sales and incoming purchases before placing another order.

  • check See the quantity needed after existing commitments
  • check Keep the preferred supplier and lead time with each item
  • check Record partial deliveries and retain the receipt reference
  • check Change your reorder rules and supplier review around your own operating rhythm

Job costs

See where the margin went

Bring the workshop budget and recorded costs into the same conversation.

  • check Compare agreed revenue, budget and recorded cost
  • check Review shipped margins using the cost captured on each order
  • check Read outstanding customer and supplier balances from your ledger records
  • check Add the department or customer question your standard report leaves out

Records

Produce the paperwork in your name

Keep the source records and review the gaps before they become a scramble.

  • check Create branded purchase orders, sales confirmations and job cost sheets
  • check Draft supplier follow-ups for a person to review
  • check Flag missing archive references and short retention dates
  • check Tailor your weekly views and record checks to the business

Make it yours

Design your own Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Real answers from the demo data that ships with ERP for Claude Code. It runs in Claude Code inside the Claude app, so it feels like any chat you already use.

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ERP for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

Which orders and jobs need attention today?

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overdue; over budget

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overdue; quiet over 7 days

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overdue; quiet over 7 days

Ask it anything

Questions your own records can answer

These ten questions work on the demo today. Business Central supports custom reporting too. The difference is that you own these questions and can change them.

chat_bubble Which overdue orders have also gone quiet for a week?
chat_bubble Which sales lines need more stock before they can ship?
chat_bubble What should we buy after counting open sales and incoming purchases?
chat_bubble Which suppliers have deliveries due this week or already late?
chat_bubble Which jobs have exceeded their budget and what margin remains?
chat_bubble What margin have we actually shipped at the cost recorded on each line?
chat_bubble Which department holds the most unfulfilled order value?
chat_bubble Which customers exceed their credit limit on recorded ledger balances?
chat_bubble What customer and supplier balances are overdue or due next week?
chat_bubble Which source records lack evidence or enough retention time?

Switching

How to switch from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Moving off Business Central means exporting your records once, loading them with a test run first, and running both systems side by side until you trust the numbers.

  1. 1

    Export your records from Business Central

    Use Open in Excel on your customer, supplier, item, job and open-order lists, and save each one as CSV. Keep the original files as your record of what you had before the move. If a list you need does not offer this option, check with Business Central support, since not every list exports the same way.

  2. 2

    Do a test run first

    Before loading anything for real, run the import in test mode with one export at a time. It checks the whole batch before keeping anything, so a problem in one row stops that file rather than leaving you with a half loaded set of orders, customers or stock.

  3. 3

    Review what the import flags

    Standard column headings map automatically, but any custom headings from your setup need mapping first. The import reconciles quantities and keeps the original documents attached to each order. Anything it cannot match gets flagged for you to check, and order lines bring across only the quantity still open, not what has already been fulfilled.

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    Run both systems side by side

    Keep Business Central live for a short period while your team works from the new records, checking that stock, orders and job costs agree between the two. This is the point to catch anything that did not map the way you expected, before anyone relies on the new system on its own.

  5. 5

    Turn off Business Central

    Once the numbers agree and your team is comfortable working from the new records, cancel or downgrade the Business Central subscription. Your accounting ledger stays exactly where it is, since this move only replaces the operational side, orders, stock, purchasing and jobs, not accounts or tax.

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Where the real effort goes

The real work is in your own custom fields and headings, since standard columns map automatically but anything specific to how you set up Business Central needs mapping by hand. You also decide how much order history to bring across rather than leave behind. Enterprise DNA handles this mapping and reconciliation directly when you have them run it for you.

Not ready for a call?

Get your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central switch plan by email

We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

One email with your plan. No spam, and you can unsubscribe any time.

Choose how you own it

Build it yourself, have it customised, or let us run it

Open source

Do it yourself

Free, open source

  1. 1 Clone the repo and run npm run demo
  2. 2 Use Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor
  3. 3 Export Business Central lists to Excel, save as CSV and test the import
  4. 4 Set up your database, reconcile opening records and configure backups
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Built around your business

We customise it

Scoped around your business

  • check Your Business Central records brought across and reconciled
  • check Your fields, approval rules and warehouse routines
  • check A web front end, phone entry or scanner flow if you want one
  • check A different stack and the accounting connections you need
Get your version built

Omni by Enterprise DNA

We run it for you

Setup fee, then a retainer

  • check Installed, connected and operated inside Omni by Enterprise DNA
  • check Your staff supported through the agreed move
  • check Backups and operating routines managed with your team
  • check Ongoing changes as your customers and processes change
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Questions

Instead of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, answered

Can we bring our Business Central records across? expand_more

Yes. Microsoft provides Open in Excel on lists. The free version imports supported customer, supplier, item, job and open-order exports saved as CSV. It checks the whole batch before keeping anything. We map your custom fields, reconcile quantities and retain the original documents as part of your move.

Will this replace our accounting and tax system? expand_more

The free version covers operational orders, stock, purchasing and job costs. Your accounting ledger remains responsible for accounts and tax. We agree the connections, controls and any broader requirements before building your custom version.

Can our warehouse use phones and barcode scanners? expand_more

We can build the screens, scanning and mobile routines your warehouse needs into your version. Your team helps define the receiving, picking and dispatch steps so the system fits the work.

What happens to part deliveries and our record history? expand_more

The free version records partial receipts and dispatches with unique references, and keeps a change history. Incoming stock and open sales stay visible together. Record checks flag missing evidence and retention dates for review, with published sources behind the rules.

What does Enterprise DNA charge to take care of it? expand_more

We agree a setup fee for your records, workflows and connections, then a retainer if we run it through Omni by Enterprise DNA. The free version has no software licence fee. Hosting and agent usage have their own costs.

Show Sam the orders your team is chasing

Book 30 minutes with Sam. Bring your Business Central bill and one purchasing or dispatch problem. We will map the version your team needs and the records to bring across.

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ERP for Claude Code is free and open source, published by Enterprise DNA.

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