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Finance and Operations Recovery in a Failed D365 Rollout

Industry: Multi-location Services & Retail
Region: North America
Services Provided: D365 Health Check · Workflow Remediation · Inventory & Finance Module Rebuild · End-User Training · Reporting via Power BI

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Overview

A growing multi-location service and retail organization faced critical disruptions after a poorly executed Microsoft Dynamics 365 implementation. Key financial and operational processes—such as procurement, inventory, and sales workflows—were misaligned with the company’s actual operations. Despite months of effort and investment, the system remained underutilized, and business continuity was at risk.

Challenges


  • Disjointed Financial Structure: The legacy Chart of Accounts (COA) had been poorly migrated, leading to reporting errors and reconciliation failures.
  • Broken Approval Flows: Purchase orders and sales orders bypassed essential checks due to misconfigured workflows.
  • Inventory Inaccuracy: Stock levels and valuations varied significantly across locations due to incorrect costing methods and warehouse settings.
  • Lack of Training:End users had minimal understanding of D365 interfaces or how the new processes were supposed to function.
  • Low Confidence:Leadership began questioning the feasibility of the platform and considered reverting to legacy tools.

Our Approach


  • Comprehensive D365 Health Check
    We performed a full technical and functional audit of the system’s current configuration and compared it against real-world business needs.
  • Finance and Operations Module Rebuild
    Reorganized the Chart of Accounts to support accurate financial reporting
    Rebuilt procure-to-pay and order-to-cash workflows with correct role-based approvals.
    Resolved inventory costing inconsistencies and synchronized warehouse data.
  • End-User Enablement
    Delivered hands-on training tailored to finance, procurement, and store-level staff to boost adoption and minimize errors.
  • Power BI Integration
    Developed custom dashboards to give finance and leadership teams visibility into live performance metrics and transaction statuses.

Results


  • Achieved full restoration of finance and inventory reliability within 6 weeks.
  • Reduced purchase and sales cycle time by over 40% through accurate workflows.
  • Eliminated reporting discrepancies, enabling clean month-end closing.
  • Empowered users with self-service training documentation and live dashboards.
  • Necessary security controls.
    Information security policies
    Documentation of security procedures
    Staff training on information security best practices.

Why Blue Orca Solutions?

This case reflects our ability to recover and optimize failed ERP deployments. Our method goes beyond fixing technical gaps—we align your digital tools with your people, processes, and goals. Whether you’re mid-implementation or struggling post-launch, our D365 team ensures that your investment delivers measurable value.