Microsoft has been recognised as a leader in Gartner’s 2022 Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises for the second year in a row. 

As a Microsoft partner and member of the Microsoft Inner Circle for Business Applications, Telefónica Tech is proud to share that Microsoft has been recognised by market definer, Gartner, as a leading cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor. 

Microsoft has gained a ‘leader’ spot in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for the second year in a row. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and Dynamics 365 Finance provide solutions that can work together or stand alone to provide a robust, cloud-native ERP solution. Gartner measures this based on the vendor’s ability to execute cloud ERP systems, and its completeness of vision. 

Gartner Magic Quadrant

Above: Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises 2022. 

At a base level, product-centric cloud ERP solutions offer: 

  • Operational ERP: supply chain and manufacturing functionalities including inventory management and distribution/logistics, for example. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management provides these functionalities. 
  • Financial management functionalities (such as accounting and financial reporting) – look no further than Dynamics 365 Finance. Find out the benefits of implementing this system here. 

There are several reasons why Gartner selected Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions for one of its prestigious top spots – let’s look at a few. 

Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management is easily integrated with other products in the Microsoft stack 

Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Change Management was built on Microsoft Azure, making it a cloud-native application. Aside from empowering better decision-making through real-time data insights, this means that Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management can be seamlessly integrated with Microsoft’s cyber security tools and Power Platform. Organisations can benefit from user-friendly low-code applications like Power Apps and Power Automate, demonstrating clear value in opting for Microsoft ERP solutions. For example, Power Automate can be integrated to enable task automation for repetitive tasks, allowing the organisation to focus more on value-add activities instead. 

Real-time analytics with cloud ERP 

For users to have the most up-to-date data insights, Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management has incorporated Power BI dashboards – this is particularly useful in supply chain areas like warehousing and procurement. Real-time data is made possible with cloud ERP and can assist with forecasting, monitoring location capacities and scheduling an appropriate number of staff, to name a few examples.  

To provide an adaptable solution to fit any industry, Microsoft has also allowed users to benefit from its ISV partner network’s pre-built customisations and industry-specific solutions. Additionally, Microsoft Dataverse lets organisations integrate third-party apps for requirements specific to them or to communicate externally with customers and suppliers regarding orders and shipments.  

Enhanced manufacturing flexibility  

In manufacturing, flexibility is key. That’s why Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management has a logical and intuitive user interface that is easily integrated with any existing manufacturing execution systems (MES). This is usually a challenging task; however, Microsoft uses application programming interfaces (APIs) to make this a seamless, pain free experience that does not require any manual data entry.  

The future of ERP is Dynamics 365 

Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management is a leading cloud ERP solution that provides access to an easily integrated multiple-tier ERP strategy. Telefónica Tech is a Microsoft partner, with extensive experience of implementing successful, scalable Dynamics 365 cloud ERP solutions. Get in touch today if you would like to find out more.