ERP modernisation for distribution
We supported Blackwoods’ move to Microsoft Dynamics 365 through a phased migration of product data and business processes.
Who we built this for.
Blackwoods, a major MRO, industrial-equipment, and safety-products supplier operating nationwide distribution for thousands of businesses, replaced its entire legacy backbone with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
The mandate: migrate decades of operational data and reengineer procurement, inventory, order, logistics, financial, and customer processes across a 400,000+ SKU catalog, without interrupting service.
What stood in the way.
Decades of data
Operational history had to move intact, not archived and forgotten.
Every process at once
Procurement, inventory, orders, logistics, finance, and customer management all changed together.
No downtime allowed
Thousands of businesses depended on uninterrupted service through the entire migration.
The solution, piece by piece.
Strategic migration planning
Deep systems analysis and migration plans built around business continuity.
Process reengineering
Workflows redesigned on Dynamics 365 while preserving critical business logic and compliance.
A multi-phase rollout
Staged deployment across business units, with testing at every step.
Near real-time reporting
Live visibility across 400,000+ SKUs: stock, orders, and performance on Azure, .NET, SQL Server, and Power BI.
What changed for the client.
400K+
SKUs migrated
The full catalog now runs on Dynamics 365.
Zero
Service interruption
Customers never felt the engine change.
Processes modernised
Procurement, inventory, logistics, finance, and customer management reengineered in one program.
Reporting in near real time
Delayed batch reporting replaced by live visibility.
The capabilities that carried this engagement.
The riskiest migrations reward the most disciplined phasing.
Talk to the team that moves enterprise backbones without stopping the business.