D365 F&O development for manufacturing SMEs — without big-SI budgets
Your D365 evolutions are arbitrated drop by drop: a €100-200k/year IT budget only covers 10-15 developments per year at a classic SI.
Evolve Dynamics 365 F&O in manufacturing SMEs: 500-750 tickets/year for a €100-150k budget. Production specifics covered by AI.
Manufacturing SMEs pay D365 at large-account prices
- ✗SIs apply a uniform €1,000-1,500/day rate, regardless of client size.
- ✗Project management and coordination fees are disproportionate on a €100k budget.
- ✗The backlog resigns itself: only urgent developments pass, business improvements wait.
- ✗No access to expert profiles (architect, D365 lead) — SMEs only get juniors / mediums.
Big-company D365, at SME budget
- ✓With a €100-150k/year IT budget, you handle 500-750 D365 tickets per year instead of 10-15 at an SI.
- ✓Code quality matching a premium consultancy: Microsoft-compliant extensions, SysTest, documentation.
- ✓No project-management overhead: direct relationship via Azure DevOps Boards, no billed Steering Committee.
- ✓Manufacturing specifics covered (Production, Master Planning, Warehouse, lot/serial traceability).
How it works
Submit your ticket
Describe the business or technical need in a few lines. No 50-page spec required.
AI generates the extension
X++ code, unit tests and documentation produced in under 48 hours.
Validation on your Azure DevOps
Pull request submitted on your repository. Your IT lead reviews and validates before merge.
Delivered — you pay €200
Once merged, it's delivered. No billing if the ticket isn't resolved.
The process applied to this case
- 01
Prioritization by business value, not by available budget
Monthly meeting with the leadership team: ranking of 15-20 evolutions by operational and financial impact. Cost (€200) is no longer a filter — only business stakes count.
- 02
Submission in batches of 5-10 tickets
You submit 5-10 priority tickets each week via Azure DevOps Boards. Skalp AI delivers continuously within 48-72 h, no heavy "sprint" management.
- 03
Quick validation by 1 IT lead + 1 business lead
No need for a Steering Committee: 30 minutes per week of Pull-Request review by your IT lead, plus UAT by the business key user, is enough.
- 04
Continuous production deployment
LCS release every 1-2 weeks with sprint-validated tickets. Your users see improvements in real time, business engagement stays high.
- 05
Quarterly review and adjustment
Every 3 months, milestone review with your leadership team: tickets resolved, user satisfaction, ROI on automations. Cadence and priorities adjustment for the next quarter.
Frequently asked questions
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