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Western Computer provides clients world class ERP, CRM, supply chain management and business intelligence solutions for midsize and large businesses. As your full-service partner for scalable, integrated and secure Microsoft Dynamics Solutions, we offer you the solutions that meet your unique technology needs and ROI objectives.

Do you feel confident in how inventory costing works in Business Central? If not, you are not alone. This upcoming webin...
06/17/2026

Do you feel confident in how inventory costing works in Business Central?

If not, you are not alone. This upcoming webinar with Telka Clem will break down key inventory costing concepts in a practical and approachable way so teams can better understand setup, behavior, and common issues.

Join us on July 15 at 1:00 PM Eastern for Bean Counting 101: The Fun Side of Inventory Costing in BC.

Register here: https://hubs.li/Q04bttXZ0



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Wholesale distributors process bank-like transaction volumes every day. The difference? Banks have decades of fraud infr...
06/15/2026

Wholesale distributors process bank-like transaction volumes every day. The difference? Banks have decades of fraud infrastructure behind every payment workflow. Most distributors don't and organized criminal groups have noticed.

If your ERP hasn't been updated in years, or your MFA deployment stops at email, your technology environment is part of the attack surface. A recent analysis of four major distributor breaches documented over $1 billion in combined damage.

The pattern investigators find post-breach is consistent: open firewall ports, unpatched legacy systems, EDI connections with no documented access controls. A modern cloud platform doesn't eliminate risk, but it changes the equation.

Worth a read if you're evaluating where your current environment stands. https://hubs.li/Q04kzWBt0


Rosé all day… but is your inventory keeping up?National Rosé Day is June 13. While consumers are celebrating, distributo...
06/13/2026

Rosé all day… but is your inventory keeping up?

National Rosé Day is June 13. While consumers are celebrating, distributors are managing demand spikes and lot tracking. 365WineTrade handles the back office so you can focus on the pour. Watch our free webinar to see how the Microsoft ecosystem powers smarter wine & spirits distribution: https://hubs.li/Q04j_L810🍷

Microsoft just introduced a new category of AI agent called Autopilots, and their first release, Microsoft Scout, is des...
06/12/2026

Microsoft just introduced a new category of AI agent called Autopilots, and their first release, Microsoft Scout, is designed to keep work moving without being asked. Unlike Copilot's reactive model, Scout operates continuously in the background across Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint, scheduling meetings, flagging risks, and blocking focus time on your behalf. For organizations running Dynamics 365, this represents a meaningful shift in how operational workflows can be automated. The question isn't whether autonomous agents are coming.

It's whether your Microsoft environment is ready when they arrive.

https://hubs.ly/Q04lf7HB0

Running on-prem feels familiar. Your team knows it, your data lives there, and change feels like a risk you don't need r...
06/11/2026

Running on-prem feels familiar. Your team knows it, your data lives there, and change feels like a risk you don't need right now. But end of support is coming for NAV, GP, and SL users alike. Even if it's not time to make the move, it's time to understand what comes next.

That's what our free event, NAVigate Forward, in Downers Grove, IL, is for. Western Computer and Microsoft are coming together for a one-day event to walk NAV, GP, and SL users through the support roadmap and what a real cloud migration looks like from start to finish. You'll see live demos of Business Central features that on-prem users ask about most, including edit in Excel, AP automation, and Copilot.

Plus demos from BC partners focused on improving the user experience.
Not a sales pitch. Just a useful afternoon with people who understand your situation.

Get the details and register here → https://hubs.li/Q04kPYlw0

Your ERP passed the go-live test. The harder one comes two years later — when batch SKUs multiply, compliance requiremen...
06/10/2026

Your ERP passed the go-live test. The harder one comes two years later — when batch SKUs multiply, compliance requirements tighten, and the workarounds your team built start to feel permanent.

On June 18, Western Computer and Yaveon are walking through what D365 Business Central actually looks like in a process manufacturing environment — batch traceability, formula governance, and the scenarios that reveal real architectural fit.

If you're evaluating ERP options or questioning whether your current system can absorb where your complexity is heading, this is the session worth your hour.
Register:https://hubs.li/Q04jQT1Y0

Your finance team is probably managing tax compliance the same way they managed it three years ago. But your business is...
06/09/2026

Your finance team is probably managing tax compliance the same way they managed it three years ago. But your business isn't the same as it was three years ago.
New states. New distribution partners. New international customers. Every expansion adds jurisdiction complexity that manual processes weren't built to handle.

We wrote about what it actually looks like to automate tax compliance inside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central — and why it's become less of a 'nice to have' and more of a genuine growth decision for mid-market distributors and manufacturers.

If your controller is spending days each month on sales tax filings, this is worth a read.
https://hubs.ly/Q04kzqMg0

Remanufactured products cost 40–50% less to produce than new equivalents. That advantage doesn't protect itself. Every u...
06/08/2026

Remanufactured products cost 40–50% less to produce than new equivalents. That advantage doesn't protect itself. Every untracked core, every manually reconciled return is a place where margin walks out the door. We broke down the five lifecycle stages every reman ERP should handle in our recent webinar. Watch it here:
https://hubs.li/Q04km9bw0
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Your ERP has a lot traceability module. So why is audit prep still a spreadsheet exercise? For most process manufactur...
06/05/2026

Your ERP has a lot traceability module. So why is audit prep still a spreadsheet exercise?

For most process manufacturers, the answer isn't a training issue or a workflow issue. It's an architecture issue. Batch complexity grows. Formula governance gets more demanding. Compliance requirements tighten. And the ERP that worked at go-live starts requiring manual intervention to keep up.

We're walking through this exact problem on June 18 — and more specifically, the questions you should be asking any ERP vendor (or your current system) before it becomes a structural problem.

Register for Built for Batch: What Long-Term ERP Stability Looks Like for Process Manufacturers. Western Computer + Yaveon. June 18, 2026.

https://hubs.li/Q04k7xxF0

Planning a move from to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central? The difference between a smooth transition and a cost...
06/04/2026

Planning a move from to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central? The difference between a smooth transition and a costly one often comes down to the questions you ask early.

Read our latest blog to uncover the key considerations and build a smarter migration strategy: https://hubs.ly/Q04k6Nbk0

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