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Delivering one view across five companies
See how we helped unify data from five separate companies into a single source of truth for Woodall Nicholson Group, with real-time dashboards for finance, production and procurement.
Woodall Nicholson Group, a UK-based manufacturer of specialised vehicles, needed to consolidate analytics across five separate businesses running on two unconnected Microsoft Business Central instances. 5Y delivered a D365 Business Central analytics solution that unlocked immediate value, thanks to out-of-the-box dashboards for Finance, Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Warehouse Management — all centralised across the group. Today, Woodall has real-time dashboards that surface demand risk, production bottlenecks and monthly financial throughput, giving finance controllers and planners the insight they need to act early and decisively.
The Challenge
With no centralised view of finance, stock, or demand planning, Woodall Nicholson Group was operating in silos — leading to delays, inefficiencies and missed insights.
Each of its five component companies operated in isolation, with no shared dashboards and no group-wide insight into finance or operations. This made it difficult to plan production, detect bottlenecks or spot stock issues until they became problems.
The manufacturer desperately needed a solution that could integrate all five businesses into a single analytics environment quickly.
The Solution
We deployed the 5Y Business Transformation Platform to unify siloed data and start generating insights as soon as possible. Pre-built models for D365 Business Central allowed us to significantly accelerate time-to-value for the group.
Highlights included:
- Unified dashboards across Finance, Procurement, Sales, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Warehousing
- Stock insights to detect potential production delays
- Monthly quantity and value movement for finance teams
- Out-of-the-box reports tailored for Business Central environments
The Results
Woodall Nicholson Group now has complete group-wide analytics, giving finance and operations leaders full visibility into what’s happening across the business.
With centralised dashboards, they can:
- Proactively manage stock and demand risks
- Spot issues early and avoid production delays
- Empower finance controllers with real-time, actionable insights
Because every function works from a unified view of performance, planning cycles are faster and decisions more informed. With a future-proof, cloud-based architecture in place, the organisation is well-positioned to scale its data capabilities and accelerate transformation across the business.
