Microsoft Dynamics 365 connects your production, inventory, compliance, and financials in one system. Western Computer has implemented Microsoft ERP since 1987. You get a team that already knows food and beverage traceability, costing, and retailer EDI, so you go live faster and spend less time fixing the system later.
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Growth & Profitability
Without efficient systems, costs climb and growth slows. Protect your margins and set your business up for long-term success.
Customer Experience
A poor ordering or delivery experience can drive customers to your competitors. Deliver fast, reliable service across every channel.
Quality & Regulatory Compliance
Falling behind on regulations risks recalls, fines, and lasting brand damage. Stay ahead of changing requirements with confidence.
Retail Compliance
One mistake with a retailer or e-commerce platform can cost you shelf space and partnerships. Make EDI and trade promotion management seamless and accurate.
Integrated, Real-time Data
Disconnected data causes mistakes and missed opportunities. Gain full visibility to make faster, smarter decisions across the business.
Other solutions cover one piece of your operation. Western Computer covers the whole stack and owns the connections between every layer. Dynamics 365 runs your production, supply chain, compliance, and financials. For mid-market and enterprise producers, that means Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management. For growing producers and distributors, it means Dynamics 365 Business Central. Microsoft 365 keeps your teams connected. Power BI turns operational data into decisions. Azure provides the cloud foundation that ties it all together.
Our Managed Support Services team helps you maximize the value of your Microsoft business applications after go-live, while our Client Infrastructure Services team supports the IT infrastructure, devices, and systems that keep your business running.
Scaling a food and beverage business is tough enough without second-guessing your ERP investment. Whether you're bottling beverages, managing multi-channel distribution, or dealing with complex retail compliance, every decision has downstream impact—and pricing is no exception.
If you want a realistic idea of what modernizing your ERP could cost this is where you begin.
Our free, self-guided pricing assessment offers an unbiased starting point. You’ll answer a few quick questions about your business, and in return, you’ll receive a broad-range quote tailored to your needs. It’s a quick and practical first step to help you evaluate what’s next with clarity and confidence.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 connects supply chain management, production planning, food safety and quality control, financial reporting, and compliance in a single system. For food and beverage companies, that means live inventory visibility, demand forecasting tied to actual production data, lot tracking from ingredient receipt through finished goods, and costing data that reflects what happened on the floor rather than what was budgeted. Western Computer configures Dynamics 365 to fit how your facility actually operates.
Microsoft Azure gives food and beverage companies a cloud infrastructure that scales with seasonal production cycles and multi-facility growth. Storage, computing power, and data capacity scale up or down based on actual business demand rather than fixed infrastructure costs. Azure also supports the AI and analytics tools built into Dynamics 365 for demand forecasting, quality control monitoring, and production efficiency tracking.
Dynamics 365 on Azure are built to meet FDA, HACCP, and GFSI requirements. For food and beverage manufacturers, whether you run batch, process, or discrete production, the platform provides lot tracking and traceability from raw ingredient receipt through finished goods shipment. Every production step, quality test result, and supplier certificate is logged and retrievable for audit or recall response. If a contamination event triggers a recall, you can identify affected lots, trace them to the source, and pull the full production record in minutes rather than days.
Microsoft 365 connects your teams and removes the communication gaps that slow down food and beverage operations. With Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint, everyone from the production floor to the finance team works from the same information in real time.
"In the Food and Beverage industry, success hinges on more than just meeting regulatory requirements—it's about leveraging technology to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences in a competitive landscape. With Western Computer’s expertise and the power of Microsoft Dynamics 365, we provide scalable solutions tailored to the unique challenges of this industry, from EDI integration with major retailers to data democratization for better decision-making. Our goal is to help our customers achieve growth while staying ahead of industry demands."
– Jim Harris, Account Executive
The AI capabilities in Dynamics 365 and Azure enable you to innovate faster. AI tools can be used for optimizing recipes, improving production efficiency, and reducing waste. Machine learning models can predict equipment failures, enabling preventive maintenance that reduces downtime.
A fully integrated platform gives you live visibility from ingredient sourcing and production through distribution and customer delivery. With Power BI, you get dashboards that show the KPIs that matter to your operation, including production yield, inventory days on hand, order fill rate, and margin by product line, so your team can respond to what is happening rather than waiting for the weekly report.
Dynamics 365’s EDI capabilities help you automate and streamline the process, improving efficiency, reducing errors, and maintaining compliance with industry standards. This enhances supply chain visibility and responsiveness, crucial for managing perishable products.
Through Azure and the entire platform, Microsoft offers robust security features and services that most companies could not afford or manage on their own. Data encryption, compliance with industry regulations, advanced threat protection, disaster recovery, and more help you protect sensitive data, ensure the continuity of operations, and meet stringent food safety and cybersecurity standards.
Mid-market and enterprise food and beverage companies most commonly run Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management for multi-facility operations with advanced production, compliance, and traceability requirements. Smaller producers and distributors typically use Dynamics 365 Business Central. The right platform depends on production complexity, regulatory requirements, number of facilities, and distribution channel complexity.
Yes. Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management supports batch, process, and discrete manufacturing natively. For food and beverage companies, this includes formula and recipe management, catch-weight handling, lot tracking, shelf-life and expiration date management, co-product and by-product processing, and HACCP documentation. Business Central supports lighter process manufacturing for smaller operations.
Dynamics 365 tracks every ingredient lot from receipt through production and shipment. If a recall event occurs, the system identifies affected lots, traces them to supplier and production batch, and generates the documentation required for FDA, FSMA, and GFSI audit response. Every quality test result, supplier certificate, and production step is logged and retrievable. Western Computer configures lot tracking and recall workflows as part of every food and beverage implementation.
Dynamics 365 connects purchasing, warehouse management, order management, EDI integration with major retailers, and financial reporting in one system. For distributors, this means live inventory visibility, automated reorder points tied to actual demand, EDI compliance with Walmart, Kroger, Target, and other major retail partners, and margin reporting by product line and customer. Western Computer implements both the distribution and retail compliance layers.
Dynamics 365 Business Central licensing starts at $80 per user per month. Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management starts at $180 per user per month. Implementation costs for food and beverage projects typically range from $75,000 to $600,000+ depending on number of facilities, production complexity, integration requirements, and data migration scope. Use the free pricing estimate on this page to get a range specific to your operation.
Most food and beverage ERP implementations run between four and fourteen months depending on facility count, production complexity, number of integrations, and data readiness. Single-facility distributors with clean data typically land in the four-to-six month range. Multi-facility manufacturers with advanced compliance, costing, and EDI requirements typically take nine to fourteen months.
Western Computer has implemented ERP for food and beverage companies since 1987. We are a Microsoft Inner Circle member (top 1% of partners globally), a Business Central Partner of the Year Finalist, and a G2 Leader in Microsoft Consulting Services for 9 consecutive quarters. We implement both Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management for food producers, beverage manufacturers, and distributors across the US and Canada.
Western Computer has a long track record of helping food and beverage companies succeed with Microsoft ERP. We are a Microsoft Inner Circle member, a Business Central Partner of the Year Finalist, and a G2 Leader in Microsoft Consulting Services for 9 consecutive quarters.
Our consultants know FDA traceability, HACCP documentation, EDI retailer compliance, and the production costing structures that drive margin in food and beverage before the first call. We do not just implement the software. We stay involved through go-live and beyond.
Western Computer has a long track record of helping food and beverage companies succeed with Microsoft ERP. We are a Microsoft Inner Circle member, a Business Central Partner of the Year Finalist, and a G2 Leader in Microsoft Consulting Services for 9 consecutive quarters.
Our consultants know FDA traceability, HACCP documentation, EDI retailer compliance, and the production costing structures that drive margin in food and beverage before the first call. We do not just implement the software. We stay involved through go-live and beyond.