Quality control
Failures in quality are often detected too late when they have already affected production, delivery or customer satisfaction. It increases costs, creates waste and can quickly weaken confidence in your deliveries.
You need a systematic approach where quality is not a post-control, but an integral part of your processes. It requires clear control points, ongoing documentation and full traceability across the value chain.
With quality control in Business Central, you get an overall overview of controls, deviations and documentation directly in your ERP. It allows you to react quickly, reduce errors and ensure more stable operation with higher quality and lower costs.
Quality control in Business Central
With the quality control module in Business Central, you can plan and implement controls across the value chain – governed by your own business rules. You can set up requirements and procedures that are activated automatically when, for example, receiving goods, starting production, changing batches or before dispatch.
You can create test instructions linked to specific items, customers, suppliers or production orders. The system generates test tasks completely automatically for defined events such as reception or completion notification.
The results are recorded either as measurements, concrete values or simply as approved/unapproved. If a test fails, the item can be blocked automatically. The entire quality process is documented with history, audit trail and audit data, so you have control over traceability.
Benefits for your supply chain
When quality control becomes an integral part of your existing processes in Business Central, you get a significantly better opportunity to prevent errors and minimize losses. It creates value across storage, purchasing, production and distribution.
Warehouse and Logistics
By testing items upon receipt, you can prevent faulty deliveries from being put into stock or used in production. It significantly reduces discard and waste and ensures that only approved goods progress in the flow.
Production
During production, the system can be set up for continuous control of batches, components or semi-finished products. It provides better process quality and ensures that errors are detected early – before additional resources are invested in processing or packaging.
Procurement and supplier cooperation
With clear test data and automatic feedback on deliveries, you can document quality levels over time and make clear demands on your suppliers. It improves both compliance and relationships – and enables strategic improvements in procurement agreements.
Part of the whole
Unlike manual solutions or external quality tools, the quality control in Business Central is fully integrated with your existing work processes. This means that test tasks, results and follow-ups are linked directly to your orders, stocks and production.
- Quality control can be set up to activate when purchasing, internal stock moves, final notification or picking for shipping
- Items can be automatically blocked and remain inaccessible to consumption or pick until approval
- Each test is saved with time, user and reference – creating full documentation and traceability
Frequently Asked Questions
How do we get started?
It starts with an analysis of your quality processes. Business Central is then set up with your rules and requirements. We help you with the entire process: from the technical configuration to training.
Can we start in a smaller area?
Yes, many start with one product group, one supplier or a specific control point to test the setup and gain experience before scaling.
What about traceability and documentation?
The system records all quality-related data with time, user and associated documentation. It creates an audit trail that meets both internal requirements and external compliance.