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Bartek Ingredients is the world’s largest producer of malic and fumaric acid—key ingredients for foods, beverages, and industrial applications. After operating on paper-based production and operational processes, the team faced limited visibility into costs, inventory, and scheduling. Bartek partnered with Rand Group (formerly WebSan) to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Power Apps, and Power BI. The result is a fully digital, integrated environment that enables real-time data visibility, cost management, and operational control while supporting scalable growth.
Client: Bartek Ingredients
The Goal
Digitize Bartek’s production workflows and unify finance, sales, warehouse, and inventory operations using Business Central, Power Apps, and Power BI. The goal was to reduce manual processes, improve visibility into costs and production, and enable scalable, data-driven decision-making.
The Outcome
Bartek now operates on a single, unified ERP platform that replaces paper-based processes with connected digital workflows. Production, inventory, finance, and warehouse operations run within one system, improving traceability, coordination, and day-to-day operational control across the organization.
Without Business Central and Power Apps, we couldn’t keep up with what our customers expect. Now we can trace anything across the entire ecosystem, reduce waste, and make smarter business decisions quickly.
The problem
Before implementing Dynamics 365, Bartek relied heavily on paper-based production orders and manual processes. This created limited visibility into inventory, costs, and scheduling, while disconnected systems across finance, operations, and warehouse made reporting slow and inefficient. Production inefficiencies, raw material stock-outs, and inconsistent costing hindered decision-making and made it difficult to scale operations globally while maintaining quality and controlling costs.
- Manual, paper-based production workflows
- Limited visibility into inventory, production, and costs
- Disconnected systems across finance, operations, and warehouse
- Raw material stock-outs and inconsistent production efficiency
- Difficulty scaling operations globally while maintaining quality
- Manual reporting and lack of traceability
Paper-based processes limited visibility and control
The solution
Rand Group implemented Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as Bartek’s centralized ERP platform, integrating Power Apps for production, quality, and warehouse workflows and Power BI for reporting and analytics. The implementation digitized production orders, connected finance and warehouse operations, and improved operational visibility. Incremental adoption and structured training minimized disruption and strengthened internal knowledge, enabling the team to optimize operations, maintain quality, and scale production efficiently.
- Capturing production order transactions from start to finish
- Managing inventory with perpetual tracking for raw materials and packaging
- Connecting finance, sales, and warehouse operations
- Providing up-to-the-minute dashboards for reporting and analytics
- Incremental adoption to minimize workflow disruption
- Structured training to strengthen internal system knowledge
The result
With end-to-end visibility in place, Bartek has significantly improved execution and efficiency. Raw material stock-outs have dropped sharply, production scheduling requires less time, and overall order cycle times are faster. With guidance from Rand Group, the company uses Business Central, Power Apps, and Power BI to reduce waste, improve costing accuracy, and scale operations globally while maintaining quality and consistency.
- 85% fewer raw material stock-outs
- 50% reduction in production scheduling hours per order
- 8% faster overall order cycle time
- Instant visibility into production, inventory, and costs
- Improved costing accuracy and operational traceability
- Scalable ERP foundation supporting global growth
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fewer raw material stock-outs
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reduction in production scheduling hours per order
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decrease in overall order cycle time
Take the next step with Rand Group
If you are evaluating Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Power Apps, or Power BI, Rand Group can help you design a connected, scalable solution that improves operational visibility, efficiency, and performance.