Manufacturing

Manufacturing Insights

Improve production performance, optimise manufacturing costs and maximise capacity utilisation with real-time Power BI reporting for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Improve Manufacturing Performance with Real-Time Power BI Reporting

Do you need greater visibility into production performance, manufacturing costs, routing efficiency and capacity utilisation?

Business Central Manufacturing Insights provides manufacturers with real-time visibility into production operations, helping businesses improve efficiency, reduce costs, optimise capacity and deliver products on time and in full.

Built specifically for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the app delivers a suite of interactive Power BI reports that enable production teams to analyse production orders, material consumption, capacity utilisation, routing performance and manufacturing costs from a single source of truth.

Track and Analyse Manufacturing Performance

Gain instant access to the information you need to monitor and optimise manufacturing operations, including:

  • Production Overview

  • Production Cost Overview

  • Production Cost Variance

  • Production Routing Analysis

  • Routing Gantt Charts

  • Capacity Overview

  • Capacity Efficiency

  • Actual vs Expected Capacity

  • On Time & In Full Production

  • Production by Dimension

  • Production by Location

  • Production Comparison Period Analysis

Analyse manufacturing performance by item, work centre, machine centre, location, production order, dimension and company to gain a complete understanding of your production operations.

Key Benefits

Improve Production Visibility

Gain a complete view of production orders, output, consumption and manufacturing performance across your organisation.

Optimise Manufacturing Costs

Understand material, capacity, subcontracting and overhead costs while identifying production cost variances and inefficiencies.

Improve On-Time Delivery Performance

Monitor On Time & In Full (OTIF) production performance and identify production bottlenecks before they impact customers.

Analyse Routing Performance

Track routing completion, run times, setup times and routing efficiency across work centres and machine centres.

Maximise Capacity Utilisation

Monitor capacity load, utilisation and efficiency to improve resource planning and production throughput.

Features

  • Over 100 measures and 40+ dimensions

  • Interactive Power BI dashboards

  • Transaction-level drill-through to production transactions and order lines

  • Production cost and variance analysis

  • Production routing and Gantt chart reporting

  • Capacity planning and utilisation analysis

  • On Time & In Full production reporting

  • Production comparison period reporting

  • ABC production classification

  • Multi-company reporting

  • Flexible dimensional reporting

Common Questions Manufacturing Insights Answers

  • Which products are being produced on time and in full?

  • What are our actual versus expected production costs?

  • Which production orders are driving cost variances?

  • How efficiently are work centres and machine centres being utilised?

  • What are our run times and setup times by routing?

  • Which production bottlenecks are impacting performance?

  • How has production performance changed compared to previous periods?

  • Which products generate the highest production output?

  • Where are we underutilising capacity?

  • Which production trends require immediate attention?

Gain Greater Control of Your Manufacturing Operations

Manufacturing Insights transforms data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central into actionable insights through interactive Power BI reports, helping manufacturers improve production performance, optimise costs, increase capacity utilisation and make faster, data-driven decisions.

Whether you're managing a single production facility or multiple manufacturing locations, Manufacturing Insights provides the visibility needed to improve operational efficiency and support business growth.

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