Microsoft Dynamics 365
Business Central
Deltanexx is a Belgian Microsoft Partner that implements Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for wholesale and distribution companies. Inventory, warehousing, tracking, purchasing, sales and reporting on one system, built by a team that has done it before.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the cloud ERP that runs finance, purchasing, stock and sales as one system for growing SMEs.
Business central as an ERP
As an ERP, Business Central runs finance, purchasing, inventory, sales and service on one database, so every department works from the same numbers.
For wholesale and distribution the standard capability runs deep: multi-location stock, variant management, lot and serial tracking, intercompany flows, and scanner-driven warehouse work through proven add-ons such as Warehouse Insight by Insight Works.
It runs in the Microsoft cloud, always on the current version, with Copilot built in. And it is ready for Belgium’s B2B e-invoicing mandate: Business Central sends and receives Peppol e-invoices through our Storecove connector.
Why do we need an ERP?
An ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system exists to fix one specific problem: departments running on separate tools that do not share their data.
Quotes live in Outlook, stock in a spreadsheet, and orders get retyped into the accounting package. Every handover between tools costs time, and every retype is a chance to ship the wrong thing to the wrong customer.
One database ends the retyping. An order entered once flows through to the warehouse, the invoice and the ledger, and the numbers match because they were never copied.
Work stops waiting. Picking can start the moment an order lands, and purchasing sees real stock instead of yesterday’s export.
Decisions run on live data: actual margin per product and per customer, actual stock per location, visible today rather than three weeks after closing.
A good ERP earns its place the day you stop asking whether the numbers are right.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
The ERP backbone for Belgian wholesale and distribution
Wholesale and distribution is the market we have standardised on. Multi-location stock, item tracking, intercompany flows and scanner-driven warehouse work are configuration here, not custom builds. Read the PVS case or the B&R case.
Common questions
Everything you need to know.
How much does Business Central cost?
Two parts: Microsoft licensing and the implementation. Licences are a per-user monthly subscription, on the Essentials or Premium plan depending on whether you need manufacturing and service management, with cheaper Team Member licences for occasional users. Implementation depends on scope: how many legal entities, which processes, the state of your data and which integrations you need. After one discovery call we can give you a serious estimate.
What decides the implementation cost?
Three things dominate: the number of legal entities, the state of your master data, and integrations such as webshops, EDI or carriers. A single-entity wholesaler with clean data sits at the low end. A partner that already knows your sector helps too, because you stop paying for the discovery of problems that were solved elsewhere long ago.
How long does a Business Central implementation take?
That depends on entities, processes and data far more than on the software. Every project runs the same phases: discovery, design workshops, configuration, data migration, key-user testing and go-live with support. After discovery you get a timeline from the senior consultant who will actually deliver the project, which keeps the estimate honest.
Who does the implementation work at Deltanexx?
Senior consultants, start to finish: the consultant in your first workshop is the same person at your go-live.
Can Deltanexx take over an existing Business Central environment?
Yes, and it happens a lot. Several customers came to Deltanexx after working with other partners. We usually start with a health check of your current environment, then fix what blocks you first.
Is Business Central a good ERP for wholesale and distribution?
Yes, and it is the market Deltanexx has standardised on. Multi-location stock, variant management, lot and serial tracking, intercompany flows and warehouse scanning are proven capability rather than custom builds.
Does Business Central support barcode scanning in the warehouse?
Yes. Business Central covers locations, bins, picking and counting out of the box; for scanner-driven warehouses we implement Warehouse Insight by Insight Works: barcode scanning for receiving, put-away, picking, counting and internal movements on rugged devices.
Is Business Central ready for the Belgian e-invoicing mandate?
Yes. Belgium’s B2B e-invoicing mandate is live and fines apply. Business Central sends and receives structured Peppol e-invoices through the Storecove connector Deltanexx implements, and the same connector also covers companies still on NAV while they plan their migration.
Can Business Central run multiple companies?
Yes, natively. Separate legal entities run as companies in one environment, with intercompany flows between them and consolidated reporting on top.
Does Business Central work with AI?
Yes. Microsoft ships agents inside Business Central, such as the Sales Order Agent and the Payables Agent, and the platform exposes an MCP server so Copilot and Claude can work in your ERP under your security roles. Deltanexx builds governed agents on top; see the AI and agentic ERP page.
Can we upgrade from Navision (NAV) to Business Central?
Yes. Business Central is Navision’s direct successor and there is a supported path from every NAV version. One Belgian wholesale business had run Navision 2.5 for over two decades and moved straight to Business Central cloud with Deltanexx, skipping every intermediate version.
Should we reimplement or lift and shift?
Both paths exist. A technical upgrade carries your customisations across; a reimplementation starts from standard Business Central and rebuilds processes cleanly. Long-customised NAV environments usually justify reimplementation: you keep the data that matters and drop the code that made every upgrade painful. We advise after a scan of your environment, and we will tell you when the boring option is the right one.
Can we switch from Exact, Odoo or another ERP?
Yes. Items, customers, vendors and open entries migrate with standard tooling, and design workshops map how you work today onto Business Central. The usual trigger for switching is hitting a ceiling on stock logic, multiple entities or reporting in the old system.
What does support look like after go-live?
You keep the team that built your system, on a support contract with no offshore queue. Requests are raised inside Business Central itself through Helpdexx, our ticketing app: tracked tickets, full history and live visibility of your contract hours, without a second portal to log into.
Who keeps Business Central up to date?
Microsoft ships two release waves a year on the cloud, so the system stays current without upgrade projects. Deltanexx reviews what each wave changes for your setup and add-ons before it lands, so nothing surprises your team on a Monday morning.
How do we get started?
Book a free demo, a free trial or a free system health check, whichever fits where you are today. One discovery call covers scope, cost drivers and a realistic path. Your first conversation is with a senior consultant, not a sales rep.
Ready to see what our solutions can do for your business?
Request a demo, a free trial or a free system health check, and one of our eXXperts will be in touch.