Your first proper ERP, on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Braintree scopes the business case, builds it around how you actually run, takes it live, then runs it.
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Most ERP partners are project shops. They win the deal, build the system, hand you the keys, and move on. The support desk is a separate team you have never met. Braintree runs your Business Central as a managed service from day 31, under one agreement with your Microsoft 365 and Azure.
Scoping, design, data migration, training, go-live and the first month of hypercare. Your first ERP delivered by one Braintree team, to a Forrester-validated business case.
General ledger, AP, AR, fixed assets, budgeting and multi-entity consolidation. The full finance function in one place.
Inventory, sales and purchase orders, warehousing and service management. Designed around how your business actually runs.
Microsoft 365, Power BI, and South African banking, Payfast and Yoco feeds. Connected without custom code.
Monthly health checks, release management, feature adoption and a support SLA. From day 31, Braintree keeps it healthy.
This is the final week, when Braintree runs the go-live. No overtime heroics. No cliff-edge risk. A disciplined transition from your old way of working to Business Central, with hypercare starting the Monday of week two.
Every Business Central implementation runs the same four steps. Three of them get you live. The fourth, Support, is the one most partners skip.
A 5-day scoping sprint. Business case, module list, integrations, timeline and cost envelope. Walked through your leadership on day five.
Leadership walkthrough, day fiveConfiguration over customisation. Process design, chart of accounts, role-based security, data migration and a full dress rehearsal.
Cut-over over a weekend. Hypercare for the first month. Your first month-end close co-piloted with your finance team.
Managed Business Central from day 31. Monthly health checks, release management, feature adoption. One agreement.
Most ERP partners disband the team at go-live. Braintree's relationship starts there.
The cheap quote wins the RFP. Then scope creep starts, customisation piles up, and ownership disappears after go-live. Braintree runs a different model: a Forrester-grade business case up front, scoping discipline in delivery, and Managed Business Central from day 31.
Wins on price. Loses on outcome.
Braintree clients on the One Intelligent Agreement. Priced to the outcome, not just the project.
An ERP bought on its own is a separate vendor, a separate contract and a separate support desk that has never met your Microsoft 365 or Azure team. Braintree puts Business Central under the One Intelligent Agreement: the same contract, the same team, one accountability for the whole Microsoft estate.
Forrester Total Economic Impact study on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, commissioned by Microsoft, March 2026. The study modelled finance team efficiency, operations productivity and reporting time savings over three years. The composite organisation reached payback inside six months. The business case you take to a board before a project starts.
Controlgear Instramac ran the same system for 38 years. Braintree cut over to Business Central across a single weekend. They were trading on the new system the Monday morning.Controlgear Instramac, Business Central go-live
Business Central with BraintreeWe match you to the right specialist when you book the scoping call. Names land in your calendar invite, not on a page you scrolled past.
8 questions. We map your business against what a Business Central implementation needs in place. You get a readiness tier. Ready, Preparing, Discovering or Early. Plus the actions to get ready and a written scoping outline.
Your headcount, what runs your finance and operations today, your integrations and your top operational pressure. Five to ten minutes on your side.
Braintree returns a written readiness assessment, the Business Central module shortlist and a scoping outline. Inside five business days.
A Business Central specialist walks you through the scope, the timeline and the cost envelope. You decide the next step. No sales deck.
Both are Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP products. Business Central is built for SMB and mid-market organisations, typically up to around 500 users, and ships with out-of-the-box financials, operations and reporting. Finance and Operations is built for large enterprise with multi-country tax, complex manufacturing and 1,000-plus user estates. This page covers new Business Central implementations.
A straightforward SMB implementation with core financials and light operations typically runs 12 to 16 weeks from kick-off to go-live. Mid-market with multi-entity, integrations and custom reporting runs 16 to 24 weeks. The 5-day Scope phase returns a firm timeline before any build starts.
Two components. Microsoft licensing is a per-user monthly subscription, on the Essentials or Premium tier. The Braintree implementation is a scoped fixed fee that covers Scope, Build, Go-live and the first month of hypercare. Managed Business Central from day 31 is a separate monthly fee. The Scope output includes a full 5-year cost model.
Bank statement feeds from FNB, Nedbank, Standard Bank and Absa connect into Business Central, so AR and AP reconciliation is automated. Payfast and Yoco integrate through supported connectors. EFT payment file generation supports the South African bank formats your AP team already uses.
Yes. Business Central supports multiple legal entities under one tenant, with intercompany postings, eliminations and consolidated reporting. Multi-currency is native, with configurable exchange-rate updates. Common South African cases include a holding company with operating subsidiaries, or an SA parent with a cross-border African entity.
No. The first month is hypercare, with a Braintree lead on call and your first month-end close co-piloted. From day 31, Managed Business Central takes over: monthly health checks, feature adoption, user access reviews, release management and a support SLA. One agreement with your Microsoft 365 and Azure.
Yes. Most first-time ERP clients come from a spreadsheets-plus-small-accounting-package setup. Business Central is designed for exactly that move. The one prerequisite is a clean chart of accounts and documented processes. If those are messy, the Scope phase includes a short clean-up before build begins. You do not need an intermediate system.
Business Central shares identity with Microsoft 365 through Entra, runs on Azure, and integrates natively with Excel, Outlook, Teams and Power BI. If Braintree already runs your Microsoft 365 or Azure, Business Central sits under the same agreement. One contract, one SLA, one team accountable for the full Microsoft estate.
Running Dynamics NAV, GP or another legacy ERP? This is the migration path to Business Central, not a new build.
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