One ERP System, One Partner: How to Manage Accounting Across Multiple Countries Without Having to Work with Multiple Vendors

60 minutes, free of charge, with a recording available after the webinar. Hosted by Maksym Kondratovych, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central expert.

Who actually provides the localization for your country?

In most European countries, it's not Microsoft but a partner. We'll show you how this market works — and what it means for your project.

Does entering another country mean starting a new project from scratch?

No. You may have several environments, but there's one platform. The same processes, the same interface, the same team on the other side. We'll show you what this makes faster with every subsequent rollout.

Does every country need to be implemented in the same way?

No. Some of our customers roll out new countries using their own teams and the foundation we've prepared. Other projects require a full analysis and tailored implementation. We'll show you when each approach makes sense.

Who is accountable when someone else does the work?

We develop some localizations ourselves, while others are delivered by local Microsoft partners whom we select and oversee. We'll show you how this oversight works — and what happens if a partner needs to be replaced.

• An overview of the localization market: what Microsoft provides and what comes from partners.
• A framework for understanding what stays the same in each new country and what needs to be configured from scratch.
• Criteria for choosing an implementation model: when your own team can roll out another country and when a full analysis is needed.
• Questions worth asking a local implementation partner before agreeing on the scope of work.
• A webinar recording if you can't attend live.

CFOs

• Responsible for group reporting that covers companies in multiple countries — or who will take on this responsibility when the first foreign entity is established.
• Looking for unified reporting across the group without having to consolidate data manually.

Company Owners and Management Teams

• Planning to enter another market or acquire a company in another country.
• Evaluating the cost of maintaining several independent systems and working with multiple vendors.

IT Directors and Business Central Team Leads

• Managing multiple environments, integrations, and update cycles across several countries.
• Considering how much of the next country's rollout their in-house team can handle.

Existing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Users

• Using Business Central in one country and preparing to roll it out in another.
• With in-house Business Central specialists who want to reduce the scope of external consulting.
• Considering changing their implementation partner without having to start the project from scratch.
• Business Central as a platform for companies operating in multiple countries: accounting, taxes, and reporting in one place.
• The Microsoft partner localization ecosystem — who actually provides localization for your country.
• Why we develop our own localizations: the SMART Core architecture.
• Implementation models: from Self-Service to full customization with Discovery.
• One system, one partner: how we select and oversee local partners.
• In practice: customer implementations.
• Q&A session.

SMART business — Microsoft Solutions Partner

• 750+ ERP implementations in 65 countries.
• 400+ Microsoft-certified experts.
• 91.5% customer satisfaction.
• Over 17 years of developing applications for Business Central — all validated by Microsoft and available on Microsoft Marketplace.

Projects delivered across multiple countries:

• Zolva — a debt collection group operating in Norway, Spain, Luxembourg, and Portugal. Accounting and business processes run on a single platform while meeting each country's local requirements.
• SkyUp Airlines — an airline operating in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic. The customer's team rolled out the environments independently using the Self-Service model and can launch in additional countries without involving external integrators.
• Ecosoft — implementations in Germany, Belgium, Poland, and the United Kingdom, with eight years of cooperation.
• Logistics company (NDA) — one core solution rolled out across multiple countries.

Book a Free Consultation on International Expansion and ERP Architecture

During the consultation, we'll learn about your corporate structure and the systems you use, identify the countries included in your plans, present the available implementation models, and discuss our approach to integration, consolidation, and reporting. We'll then recommend the next step: an assessment, an architecture workshop, or a Business Central demo.

During the webinar, we'll explain the operating model and the factors that affect costs. Estimates for your specific company are prepared during an individual consultation, once we understand your corporate structure and current system landscape.