Food & Beverage
The food and beverage industry operates at massive scale, serving billions of consumers every day. With this scale comes a critical need for end-to-end traceability—tracking every product from its source to the shelf.
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Success means delivering the right products to the right place at the right time while maintaining product quality, traceability, compliance, and cost control across the entire supply chain.
For D365 users, it means:
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Tracking batch, lot, and serial-controlled inventory from production to delivery.
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Streamlining warehouse, packing, and shipping processes to meet customer demand.
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Improving load utilization, consolidation, and route efficiency.
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Supporting growing volumes, multiple facilities, retail partners, distributors, and direct-to-consumer channels.
NEXUS
NMB Nexus unifies food and beverage shipping within D365, granting shippers greater control over regulatory requirements, transportation costs, product traceability, and customer service while improving visibility and efficiency from order creation through delivery.
ENHANCED ORDER MANAGEMENT
Access carrier rate shopping at order entry, through a connected e-commerce operation or at packing.
FINANCIAL CONTROL
Configure customer freight charges, reconcile carrier invoices, and apply automated D365 financial tracking.
VISIBILITY & TRACKING
Monitor shipments across all modes and keep customers informed using real-time tracking and email notifications.
WAREHOUSE OPTIMIZATION
Pack smarter. Streamline your packing workflows in D365 using a centralized packing workbench that seamlessly integrates with scales, scanners, and the WMS Mobile App.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Embed automated compliance by screening restricted parties, applying order holds, managing customs documentation, and ensuring complete hazmat/dangerous goods compliance.
INTELLIGENT CARRIER SELECTION
Shipping parcel and LTL? Connect with the carriers you need, when you need them via full API integration that keeps you carrier compliant!
CORE BENEFITS
Bring shipping, compliance, and logistics into one connected platform—no external systems required
Preserve product integrity with real-time shipping execution inside D365 to protect margins and customer experience
Support growing volumes, new facilities, and global expansion with consistent, system-driven workflows
Compliance controls to prevent order processing and cross-border delays
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CHALLENGES
Supplier Diversity
Difference customers have different needs. Managing diverse supplier networks, specialized shipping requirements, and temperature-sensitive products while controlling freight costs and maintaining consistent quality and traceability is a hard balancing act.
Limited Visibility & Manual Processes
Working with disconnected systems, manual freight reconciliation processes, and outdated tech often leads to unreliable data access points, poor cost tracking, and inefficient operational control.
Seasonal Demand & Capacity Pressures
Demand fluctuations, inventory shortages, and carrier capacity challenges can all hamper a business’ forecasting, limit carrier options, and reduce transportation cost visibility.
KEYS TO SUCCESS
Automated Compliance Management
Reduce risk and keep shipments moving. Embed compliance checks, regulatory validation, and due diligence directly into your D365 order-to-fulfillment process.
Recall & Disruption Management
Respond quickly to recalls and supply chain disruptions with native D365 inventory and WMS integration, batch, lot, and serial traceability, and streamlined returns and RMA processes.
Intelligent Carrier Selection
Optimize every shipment with automated rate shopping, rule-based carrier selection, and enterprise TMS connectivity for carrier tendering, spot quotes, load optimization, and service-level routing.
Product Visibility & Traceability
Track product movement in real-time with integrated carrier connectivity, end-to-end track & trace visibility, and automated status updates across your transportation network.
Sustainable & Global Logistics
Optimize transportation efficiency with intelligent route planning and streamline international shipping with integrated documentation and cross-border compliance support.
NMB D365 Solution Suite
Our solution suite embraces the future of supply chain management, bringing all of your retail shipping needs together, in a single platform.
UNIFY TOUCHPOINTS
Bring real-time shipping, freight, compliance, and carrier management into the same workflow as order, inventory, and finance processes. Operate from a single source of truth instead of jumping between systems.
SCALABLE
Optimize carrier selection, automate workflows, and reconcile freight charges to control spend and eliminate inefficiencies.
NMB applies consistent workflows for compliance, documentation, rating, and shipping—so we’re ready to grow with you!
COMPLIANCE LED, NOT REACTIVE
Embedded compliance screening throughout the packing and shipping process reduces regulatory exposure, prevents violations, and protects patient safety.
RahrBSG Case Study
Driving supply chain efficiency requires assessing technology stacks, determining operational frailties, and seizing opportunities to upgrade internal shipping software. Investing in a specialized shipping solution designed to help enhance an organization’s complex supply chain is imperative—filling the functional gaps left behind by traditional ERP offerings.
For RahrBSG (a global provider of quality malt-based ingredients and solutions), investing in a robust and functionally sound ERP solution was the key, ensuring timely deliveries while supporting compliance with safety standards and minimizing costly errors throughout the packing and shipping process. It’s an ideology that has made Microsoft Dynamics 365 the cornerstone of reliable, efficient food and beverage shipping. Finding the right ISV to maximize RahrBSG’s Transportation Management System (TMS) and Less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping capabilities within D365 was paramount—but finding the right fit required deep expertise and patient user adoption.