Automotive

D365 F&SCM for automotive, from supplier to aftermarket.

Automotive suppliers and aftermarket businesses face demanding customers, strict quality, and tight margins. As a Microsoft Dynamics 365 implementation partner, we implement D365 F&SCM to connect production, EDI, quality, and traceability with your financials.

Experienced across: Implementation  ·  Optimization  ·  Support
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Industry challenges

What pressures automotive businesses

OEM demands, quality rules, and thin margins strain disconnected systems.

OEM and EDI demands

OEM and tier customers require EDI, schedules, and labeling that manual tools cannot meet.

Quality and traceability

Strict quality and traceability requirements are hard to meet with disconnected records.

Production and inventory

Coordinating production, components, and inventory across sites is complex.

Margin pressure

Tight margins demand accurate costing and tight cost control.

How D365 F&SCM helps

How D365 F&SCM supports automotive

We connect production, EDI, quality, and aftermarket to your financials.

Built for Automotive

D365 F&SCM modules and controls for automotive

The specific Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management modules and controls we put in place for automotive businesses.

Production Control

Work orders and routes tuned for supplier delivery schedules.

Quality Management

Inspection plans tied to OEM quality requirements.

Electronic Reporting (EDI)

EDI transaction support for OEM and tier-customer releases.

Warehouse Management

Lot and serial tracking for traceability requirements.

Cost Management

Tight cost control across high-volume, low-margin production.

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Compliance and controls we configure

  • OEM release and EDI compliance: Electronic reporting supports OEM scheduling and labeling requirements.
  • Quality and traceability: Lot and serial tracking to meet automotive quality standards.
  • Cost control and variance visibility: Standard costing with variance analysis for tight-margin production.
What changes

Outcomes we help automotive teams move

The operational and financial results our automotive clients see when D365 F&SCM replaces disconnected systems and spreadsheets.

Reliable OEM delivery

EDI-driven scheduling keeps releases on time.

Consistent quality

Inspection plans reduce defects reaching customers.

Protected margin

Cost visibility supports pricing decisions in a tight-margin business.

Faster traceability

Lot and serial data available on demand for quality issues.

How we deliver

A proven path for your Automotive rollout

Every Logan Consulting engagement follows the same disciplined, six-step methodology, refined over three decades of ERP delivery.

1

Scoping and Planning

Goals, scope, timeline

2

Project Team Training

Your team learns D365 F&SCM

3

Design

Solution blueprint

4

Configuration & Development

Build, integrate, migrate

5

Validation & Testing

Validate real scenarios

6

Launch

Go live with support

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Can D365 F&SCM handle OEM EDI requirements?
Yes, through electronic reporting configured for OEM and tier-customer EDI transactions, including releases, ASNs, and labeling.
Does it support automotive-grade traceability?
Yes. Warehouse management supports lot and serial tracking through production and shipment to support quality and recall requirements.
How is cost control managed in high-volume production?
Standard costing with variance analysis gives visibility into where actual production cost diverges from plan.
Can it support both production and aftermarket parts?
Yes. The same platform can manage production work orders alongside aftermarket parts inventory and sales.

Reviewed by the Logan Consulting ERP team

Backed by 33+ years of ERP delivery and senior, US-based consultants across Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Acumatica, QAD, and SAP.

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Why Logan

The Logan Consulting keys to customer success

Logan Consulting’s success is driven by exceeding our clients’ objectives. We start each engagement by understanding a company’s unique business needs, then develop customized solutions just right for them. We seek to:

Leverage standard software functionality, minimizing timely and costly customizations.

Promote knowledge transfer so our clients gain expertise and self-sufficiency.

Prescribe and execute solutions that are needs-based.

Be straightforward, disciplined, agile.

See it in practice

Read how Logan Consulting has helped manufacturers and other ERP clients solve real problems, and hear directly from clients about the engagement.

Let’s find the right D365 F&SCM path for your business

Talk with a senior, US-based consultant about where you are today and the most direct route to value, with no pressure and no offshore hand-offs.

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