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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