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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance: A Complete ERP for Modern CFOs

This page presents Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance as a complete ERP financial management solution designed to meet complex business needs, integrating processes from accounting and treasury to inventory, operations, and cash optimisation. It emphasises how Dynamics 365 Finance gives CFOs real-time visibility of company finances and project performance, supporting more informed strategic decisions and improved financial control on the Microsoft cloud.

ERP Strategy and Planning

ERP Replace: A Structured Path to Modern ERP

This solution brief presents ERP Replace as a structured way to move from legacy ERP to a modern, cloud-based platform, focusing on speed, risk reduction, and predictable outcomes. It explains how preconfigured baselines, implementation accelerators, and stage-gated governance help organisations manage data, processes, and change more effectively during ERP replacement programmes

Financial Management

Live Webinar: MCP and AI Agents in Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain

This webinar walks through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and shows how AI agents can securely read and act on data in Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain. Attendees see live demos of MCP-driven scenarios, learn practical design tips for safe automation, and get guidance on first steps to experiment with agentic AI in ERP without compromising data quality or auditability.

Financial Management

AI in Finance: Professional Services Take Their First Steps

This article looks at how finance teams in professional services firms are beginning to adopt AI, moving beyond simple automation toward more autonomous, insight-driven operations. It highlights early use cases such as forecasting, reporting, billing, and productivity gains, and outlines practical steps CFOs and finance leaders can take to pilot AI safely while reshaping how their organisations work.

ERP Strategy and Planning

WEINIG Group Unifies Global ERP on Dynamics 365

WEINIG Group, a leading manufacturer in the wood processing industry, partnered with Hitachi Solutions to consolidate a highly decentralised ERP landscape into one global Microsoft Dynamics 365 solution hosted on Azure. By moving from more than 80 separate ERP systems to a unified platform, WEINIG gained shared financial services, better inventory visibility, and common processes and data to support informed decision-making across its international operations

Financial Management

Linde Engineering Sharpens Project Financials with Dynamics 365

Linde Engineering partnered with Hitachi Solutions to deploy Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Project Operations, modernising how it manages project costs, billing, and revenue. By moving to a cloud-based, project-focused ERP, the engineering business gains clearer visibility into profitability across complex plant projects and a more controlled, consistent approach to financial management.

Digital Commerce

Fenwick Reimagines Department Store Retail with Dynamics 365

Fenwick, an iconic British department store, partnered with Hitachi Solutions to modernise its business using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce and Finance, creating a more connected digital retail experience. By integrating ecommerce, order management, customer data, and financial reporting on a single cloud platform, Fenwick now has better inventory visibility, a unified view of customers, and the agility to evolve its omnichannel offering.

Digital Commerce

END Clothing Elevates Omnichannel Retail with Dynamics 365

END Clothing partnered with Hitachi Solutions to replace legacy retail systems with a modern Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform spanning commerce, finance, and supply chain. The unified cloud solution supports omnichannel experiences across ecommerce and stores, improves stock visibility, and gives END faster, more accurate data to guide growth in luxury fashion retail.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Marabu Builds a Global ERP and CRM Platform on Dynamics 365

Marabu, a leading manufacturer of printing and hobby inks, partnered with Hitachi Solutions to replace fragmented legacy systems with a unified Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform for ERP and CRM. Dynamics 365 Sales, Customer Service, Finance, and Supply Chain are being rolled out across multiple countries, harmonising processes, improving data quality, and creating a scalable foundation for Marabu’s international growth.

CRM and Customer Experience

Clarion Housing Unifies Resident Services on Dynamics 365

Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest social housing provider, worked with Hitachi Solutions to consolidate more than 50 legacy systems into a single Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform for finance and customer engagement. The new cloud-based solution gives Clarion a unified view of residents, simplifies case management, and supports consistent, omnichannel services across its housing operations.

Financial Management

Plastic Energy’s Dynamics 365 Finance Transformation

Plastic Energy, a leader in advanced plastic recycling, partnered with Hitachi Solutions to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance as a cloud-based platform to support rapid global growth. Using Hitachi’s Essentials for Finance accelerator, the team delivered a multinational rollout across ten countries in nine months, enabling standardised processes, faster reporting, and better financial insight for its circular-economy operations.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Enabling The Royal Mint’s Sustainable Precious Metals Programme with Dynamics 365

The Royal Mint partnered with Hitachi Solutions to design and implement a new cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management platform to power its world-first Sustainable Precious Metals programme. The ERP solution tracks e-waste from intake through processing to finished products, supporting circular economy goals while improving agility, data management, and security.

Analytics and AI

AI and Automation in Invoice Processing

Hitachi Construction Machinery America used Microsoft Power Platform AI Builder and Power Automate to automate supplier invoice processing into Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, significantly reducing manual AP effort. By streamlining how invoices are received, read, validated, and posted, the organisation now automatically processes around two-thirds of invoices with near-perfect accuracy.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Rotork Transforms Global ERP and Customer Operations with Microsoft Dynamics 365

Hitachi Solutions has been recognised as the 2025 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Partner of the Year, highlighting its leadership in delivering innovative ERP and finance transformations on the Microsoft cloud. This recognition showcases the company’s proven expertise in helping customers modernise financial operations, optimise business performance, and realise greater value from Dynamics 365 Finance.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Hitachi Solutions Named 2025 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Partner of the Year

Application Development and Integration

From Silos to Synchronization: How Britax Römer Unified Warehouse and ERP with Dynamics AX

Britax Römer partnered with Hitachi Solutions to integrate its external warehouse logistics with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, creating a seamless link between ERP and warehouse operations. The project improved stock visibility, streamlined order processing, and provided a scalable foundation for future supply chain optimization across the company’s EMEA operations.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Aurora Energy Turns to Dynamics 365 to Modernize Utility ERP

Aurora Energy has chosen Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific to modernize its finance and operations platform by replacing legacy systems with a cloud-based ERP, aiming for improved governance, operational efficiency, and integration of financial management, supply chain, project operations, and AI automation.