How Food Manufacturers Can Tackle the Labor Shortage
Food manufacturers are once again bracing themselves as the Omicron variant is causing increased sick leave across schools and workplaces. As a result, businesses are looking at yet another labor shortage caused by employees unable to come to work because of children at home due to school closures, or because they themselves are unwell. While […]
Is 2022 the right time to make a move from Dynamics NAV?
At some point, every company needs to evaluate if the business system that got them where they are today, is going to continue getting them where they want to go into the future. This blog article asks the question: “Is 2022 the right time to make a move from Dynamics NAV”? It’s normal. Technology and […]
How to reduce costs in food manufacturing
We’ve already spoken about the inevitable increase in costs that food manufacturers have been saddled with, but how can they reduce costs to help mitigate the storm, while maintaining profitability and relationships with retailers and customers? Reducing costs is not a new challenge for food manufacturers, where profit margins are famously slim. Here are […]
Navigating price increase for food manufacturers
Manufacturers and consumers around the world are seeing a price increase in foods. What initially seemed to be a temporary supply chain spike in the early days of the pandemic now appears to be here to stay. In fact, recent events (caused by natural disasters or other issues) have made the situation even more challenging for food manufacturers. […]
Top challenges food manufacturers can expect to face in 2022
And just like that, we’re at the end of another year. Food manufacturers begin to finalize their operational and capital investments for 2022. As we look towards the next year, there are some top challenges food manufacturers can expect to face in 2022, that we at Harvest Food Solutions think will stand out more than […]
Lot tracking: Trace to Origins
When you hear Trace to Origin, we’re actually referring back to Lot Tracking. Lot Tracking is important in many industries but specifically the food and beverage industry. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for the safety of food products sold or manufactured in the United States. Any product that requires FDA approval […]
Manual Systems Are Failing
Manual Systems are failing. In the new era of technology, manual systems are a thing of the past. In the food and beverage industry, keeping track of information is critical to business growth. New Cloud-based and Automation software such as Microsoft’s Business Central has facilitated this process through capabilities that allow your business to be transparent and […]
10 Tips to take before upgrading from Nav to Business Central
Last week we discussed the topic of upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics Nav to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Planning an upgrade can be time-consuming, disruptive to business operations, and costly if you don’t do it properly. Here are 10 tips to take before upgrading from Nav to Business Central. 1. Focus on employee training. […]
3 Reasons Why 2022 is The Year to Budget an Upgrade from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central
Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) was architected over 20 years ago. During this period, it has provided countless businesses with the capacity and capabilities they needed to run a successful business. But as we know, technology is everlastingly evolving, and upgrading to provide better and more modern services to its users. We know. It’s hard for companies […]
You’re Not Stuck With MS Dynamics NAV
Food companies running proprietary, over-bloated solutions based on the MS Dynamics NAV platform have more upgrade and support options available than they might think. MS Dynamics NAV (previously Navision) has been Microsoft’s workhorse ERP solution for almost 20 years. Microsoft took the best concepts of NAV and baked them into MS Dynamics 365 Business Central, […]