Mitrend implements Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central end-to-end as your system of record — Chart of Accounts design, inventory and dimension configuration, phased deployment, and executive Power BI reporting for growing South African companies.
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Entry-level cloud ledgers such as Xero and QuickBooks Online are built for a single legal entity with straightforward inventory. The moment a business adds a second branch, a second company, project-based accounting or multi-warehouse stock control, those tools start forcing workarounds — duplicate ledgers, spreadsheet consolidations and re-keyed intercompany entries. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central delivers a single, auditable ledger across entities, locations, departments and projects through financial dimensions, so management reporting comes from the system of record instead of a month-end spreadsheet. Mitrend scopes and implements Business Central as your system of record: Chart of Accounts and dimension design, module configuration, opening balance migration, and reporting that ties back to the general ledger. Implementation is delivered with certified Microsoft partners where a licensed partner is required for your modules.
We deploy structured, verifiable financial and compliance workflows designed to satisfy bank credit committees, SARS auditors, and institutional investors.
We map your current process, entity structure and reporting requirements against Business Central capability, and give you a written go or no-go before any spend on licences.
We design the account structure and financial dimensions so you can report by entity, branch, department, project and customer segment without creating a separate ledger per business unit.
We configure the modules your operation actually uses and connect them to the Microsoft 365 and reporting tools your team already relies on.
Historical data is migrated against an agreed cutoff, reconciled to the cent, and signed off before go-live, with training and hypercare to stabilise the first close.
Every deliverable is provided in publication-grade, fully unlocked editable formats with complete intellectual property ownership.
| Deliverable Item | Format & Type | Technical Specification | Primary Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Central Implementation Configuration | Live Business Central tenant (production) | Configured General Ledger, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory and reporting for your entity and warehouse structure. | Day-to-day operational system of record and statutory reporting base. |
| Chart of Accounts & Dimension Design Document | PDF + Microsoft Word (.docx) | Account structure, dimension sets, tax codes and posting rules with the rationale behind each design decision. | Internal control document, audit trail and foundation for future module additions. |
| Opening Balance & Migration Reconciliation Pack | Excel (.xlsx) | Opening trial balance reconciliation with difference schedules and signed-off migration exceptions. | Year-end and audit evidence that migrated balances are complete and accurate. |
| Power BI Management Reporting Pack | Power BI workspace | Management accounts, gross margin, working capital and cash flow reporting tied to posted ledger dimensions. | Monthly board packs, lender reporting and management review. |
| User Training & Hypercare Pack | Live walkthroughs + written SOPs | Role-based training delivered to finance and operational users, with hypercare through the first close. | Internal onboarding, process compliance and reduced key-user dependency. |
How our rigorous advisory standards protect your capital, creditworthiness, and company compliance compared to standard generic providers.
| Evaluation Metric | Typical Generic Market Offering | Mitrend Institutional Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Entity Consolidation | ✕ A separate ledger or spreadsheet per entity, consolidated manually every month | ✓ Consolidated reporting from one ledger with configured intercompany elimination |
| Reporting Granularity | ✕ Business unit reporting created by proliferating general ledger account numbers | ✓ Financial dimensions give branch, department and project reporting without polluting the Chart of Accounts |
| Inventory Control | ✕ Stock held in a separate system or spreadsheet, reconciled by hand to the ledger | ✓ Inventory, warehouse and costing integrated in the same ledger as the financials |
| Cost of Changing Platform | ✕ Selling a platform change to management on feature lists with no fit assessment | ✓ Written fit assessment and cost comparison before licensing spend is committed |
We maintain strict quality criteria so our team delivers maximum commercial return on every engagement.
Our step-by-step engagement workflow with defined delivery gates and continuous status transparency.
Written fit assessment with a go or no-go recommendation, scope, fixed fee and cutover plan.
Configured tenant with account structure, dimension sets, modules, tax codes and permissions in place.
Migrated master data and open items, reconciled opening trial balance, and a completed parallel month-end cycle.
Production go-live, role-based staff training, hypercare through the first post-implementation close.
Clients utilizing our Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Implementation often integrate these high-impact advisory and compliance workflows.
End-to-end setup, configuration, migration, and automation across Xero, QuickBooks Online, and Sage Business Cloud — with automated bank feeds, receipt OCR, and live management reporting.
Planned migration from desktop Sage Pastel Partner, Evolution, QuickBooks Desktop, or messy Excel ledgers into modern Xero or QuickBooks Online with 100% opening balance verification.
Automated bank rule engines, intelligent receipt OCR processing (Dext/Hubdoc), automated debtor reminders, and executive cash flow dashboards layered on top of your cloud ledger.
Read in-depth technical analysis written by senior financial modelers, compliance controllers, and ERP architects.
We adapt our accounting, financial modeling, and ERP delivery to the operational economics of your sector.
Fleet depreciation, diesel refunds & working capital
BOM costing, Section 12C wear-and-tear & stock control
POS clearing, payment gateways & inventory turnover
CIDB compliance, retention debtors & tender packs
Seasonal cash flows, biological assets & agro-processing
Medical aid debtor reconciliations & practice accounts
Trust account compliance, WIP tracking & time billing
MRR/ARR revenue recognition, Cap tables & VC modeling
Section 12B tax allowances, PPA cash flows & debt sizing
Multi-outlet bookkeeping, royalty tracking & bank models
Heavy equipment lease finance & mining charter B-BBEE
Seasonal occupancy modeling & liquor board secretarial
Business Central is built for businesses that have outgrown a single-entity cloud ledger. If you run multiple branches or companies, need project or department level reporting, or need multi-warehouse inventory control, it fits. If you are a single-branch business with straightforward stock, a cloud ledger is simpler and cheaper. We give you a written fit assessment before you license anything.
Discovery and fit assessment, Chart of Accounts and financial dimension design, configuration of the modules you actually use, master data and opening balance migration, a full parallel month-end run, role-based staff training, and hypercare through your first close after go-live.
We extract and clean customer, vendor, item and open-transaction data from spreadsheets or your current ledger, then reconcile the opening trial balance to the exact cent. Every difference is documented and signed off before go-live.
A typical Business Central implementation runs eight to nine weeks: one week of discovery, two to three weeks of design and configuration, two to three weeks of migration and testing, then cutover and enablement. Multi-entity and manufacturing scope extends that timeline.
No. Business Central is a Microsoft-licensed product and we do not resell licences. We run the implementation alongside certified Microsoft partners where your modules require a licensed partner, so you stay inside your Microsoft licensing terms.
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