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ERP & AI for Manufacturing and Distribution: Executive Breakfast Briefing

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ERP & AI for Manufacturing and Distribution:
Executive Breakfast Briefing

Compare SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and MYOB Acumatica — and see how each platform is embracing AI to drive smarter finance, operations and supply chain decisions.

Location

Mt Derrimut Golf and Community Club
475 Mount Derrimut Rd, Derrimut VIC 3026

Date

23 July 2026

Time

7:30am – 9:30am
Distribution Evaluation Checklist
Manufacturing Checklist

Agenda

This breakfast briefing is designed as a high-level executive comparison of leading ERP platforms for manufacturing and distribution businesses. In a focused session, we will compare the capabilities of SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and MYOB Acumatica — and show how each solution is embracing AI to support smarter finance, operations and supply chain decisions.

AI is fundamentally changing how manufacturers manage supply chains — moving from reactive planning to predictive, data-driven operations. When embedded within ERP, it becomes a powerful decision-making engine rather than just a reporting tool.

Operations Leader Global Manufacturing Group

Manufacturing / Operations Focus
Operations Lead | Manufacturing Group

The real value of AI in ERP isn’t automation alone — it’s the ability to connect finance, operations and supply chain data to drive faster, more informed decisions across the business.

CFO ERP Transformation

Finance / ERP Transformation Focus
Financial Director | Mid-Market Distribution Business

Organisations that successfully deploy AI within their ERP platforms are seeing measurable gains in forecasting accuracy, operational efficiency and margin control — but only when it’s aligned to real business processes

Simon Bishop

Digital Transformation Advisor
CloudFactory

Why This Matters Now

Many organisations are still operating with:

Disconnected systems and spreadsheets

Limited visibility across inventory and operations

Reactive, delayed decision-making

Manual, time-intensive finance processes

AI-enabled ERP is changing that — fast.

What You’ll See in This Session

In this focused executive breakfast, you’ll gain a clear, high-level understanding of how leading ERP platforms support manufacturing and distribution businesses — and how AI is transforming finance, operations and decision-making.

ERP Platform Comparison

A side-by-side overview of SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and MYOB Acumatica across finance, inventory, operations and reporting.

Manufacturing & Distribution Fit

How each platform supports production, supply chain, inventory control and operational visibility for growing businesses.

AI Across Each ERP Platform

Understand how SAP, Microsoft and MYOB are embedding AI to deliver real-time insights, automation and smarter decision-making.

Finance Leadership with AI

How Financial Directors can lead AI adoption within ERP to improve reporting, forecasting, margin control and business insight.

Practical Next Steps

Clear guidance on how to evaluate ERP platforms and adopt AI in a structured, finance-led way within your organisation.

Inventory Reorder Analysis

 

Exclusive Attendee Offer – AI for Finance in Manufacturing & Distribution

Turn Your ERP Investment Into an AI Advantage

As part of this session, attendees will receive early access to Cloud Factory’s:

AI Enablement Programme for Financial Directors

A structured, post go-live initiative designed to embed AI directly into your finance system, enabling the Financial Director to lead AI adoption using Microsoft Copilot — delivering real-time financial insight across inventory, cost of goods, margins, cash flow and operational performance. 

This programme is intentionally designed as a finance-led initiative, giving Financial Directors in manufacturing and distribution the ability to move from retrospective reporting to forward-looking, data-driven decision-making across the business.

Start where value is proven first — in Finance for Manufacturing and Distribution.

What’s Included

Financial Director-led AI enablement using Microsoft Copilot

Real-time insight into inventory value, working capital and stock movements

Margin analysis across products, customers and production or distribution channels

AI-driven forecasting across revenue, demand, cash flow and cost pressures

Hands-on support to implement and validate AI-led finance workflows

Ongoing optimisation aligned to financial performance and operational outcomes

Exclusive Funding Benefit

Microsoft Copilot Licensing and Associated Consulting Costs Covered – First 6 Months

Microsoft licensing and associated consulting costs for AI usage will be covered for the Financial Director-led deployment, enabling you to test, validate and prove AI-driven insights across inventory, margins, cash flow and operational performance — without risk.

Improve working capital visibility and control inventory-driven cash flow

Identify margin leakage across production, procurement and distribution

Enable faster, data-driven decisions with real-time financial insight

Supported for the following User Groups

Microsoft User Group SAP User Group MYOB User Group

Expected Impact for Finance Leaders in Manufacturing & Distribution

Improved visibility of inventory value, working capital and stock movements

Stronger margin control across products, customers and production or distribution channels

Faster, more accurate forecasting across revenue, demand and cash flow

Reduced manual effort across reconciliations, reporting and financial processes

Real-time insight into financial and operational performance across the business

Faster, more confident decision-making driven by AI-powered financial insights

What You’ll Walk Away With

Clarity across your operations, supply chain and financial performance

Real-world AI use cases for manufacturing and distribution, not theory

Practical automation opportunities across finance, inventory and operations

Insight into how AI supports Financial Directors in driving business performance

A clear, finance-led pathway to adopt AI post go-live

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ERP & AI Executive Briefing for Manufacturing & Distribution

We look forward to seeing you

Secure Your Place at the AI Executive Briefing
Executive AI Enablement

Unlock AI Within Your ERP — and Prove the Value

AI is already transforming how leading manufacturing and distribution businesses operate — but the real challenge is applying it in a way that delivers measurable financial and operational outcomes.

At this executive briefing, Cloud Factory will guide you through a practical comparison of SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and MYOB Acumatica — and show how each platform is embracing AI to support smarter decisions across finance, supply chain and operations.

As an attendee, you’ll gain access to our AI Enablement Programme, designed to help you onboard AI into your ERP, identify high-impact use cases and prove real value — with Microsoft licensing and associated consulting costs covered for the first 6 months.

 

Currently reviewing ERP platforms or evaluating AI as part of your roadmap?
Cloud Factory can work with your team through an open ERP review — helping you assess SAP, Microsoft and MYOB solutions, define the right fit for your business and identify where AI will deliver the greatest impact from day one.