Migrate from Fraction ERP to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Fraction ERP Customers hold company name, contact details, and address fields. We map these to D365 Customer entities, creating separate Customer records for accounts-receivable relationships and Vendor records for accounts-payable relationships where the same Fraction ERP Customer also appears on Purchase Orders. The primary address migrates as the Address record with the address-purpose flags set to Invoice and Delivery; secondary addresses require manual assignment in D365 post-migration because D365 allows only one primary address per type.

Fraction ERP Quotations contain line items, pricing, quantities, validity dates, and customer references. We map them to D365 Sales Quote records, preserving Quote lines with item number, quantity, unit price, line discount, and description. Quote validity dates migrate as ValidFrom and ValidTo. Note that Fraction ERP's quotation-to-order conversion logic does not carry forward as a D365 workflow; we document the conversion pattern for the customer's admin to configure as a D365 action button.

Sales Orders are the central order record in Fraction ERP, driving Works Order creation. We map them to D365 Sales Order with customer reference, order dates, line items, and status preserved. The Fraction ERP order-number becomes the External Document Number on the D365 Sales Order for reconciliation. Open orders migrate with their full line structure; completed and invoiced orders migrate as historical records with status closed.

Fraction ERP Parts are the item master records covering part number, description, unit of measure, standard cost, and inventory valuation data. We map Parts to D365 Items with the Part number as Item Number, preserving unit of measure, cost data, and inventory posting group assignments. D365's unit of measure setup must be configured before item import to satisfy the UoM relationship constraints.

Fraction ERP Bills of Materials include multi-level component structures, quantities-per, and routing data. We export BOMs as structured records and reconstruct them as D365 BOM versions with line components, quantities, and scrap percentages. Multi-level BOMs (BOMs referencing sub-assemblies that are also BOMs) require a recursive BOM-level sequencing pass before any lower-level BOM is inserted at the destination. Drawing attachments stored as Fraction ERP linked files are retrieved in a parallel file extraction pass and mapped to the D365 Document Handling attachment on the corresponding Item or Production BOM record.

Works Orders represent production jobs linked to Sales Orders and BOMs, tracking status, scheduled dates, and assigned operations. We map them to D365 Production Order records, preserving the Works Order number as External Production ID, the linked BOM version, the status mapping (Planned to Simulated, Released to Firm Planned, Finished to Completed), and operation routing from the BOM. Because Works Order operation routing derives from the linked BOM, BOM migration must complete before Works Order import begins.

Fraction ERP Inventory tracks stock levels, locations, and valuation per Part. We migrate current stock quantities and location assignments to D365 Item Ledger Entries and Warehouse Entries. Valuation data from Fraction ERP (standard cost, average cost) maps to the corresponding D365 cost method setup on the Item; the customer's finance team validates cost layers post-migration because D365 recalculates running averages on posting.

Fraction ERP Purchase Orders cover procurement from vendors with line items, quantities, expected dates, and receiving status. We migrate open and historical Purchase Orders to D365 Purchase Orders with vendor reference, line items, and quantities. Purchase Order status from Fraction ERP (Open, Partially Received, Closed) maps to D365 Purchase Order status with a reconciliation flag for any receiving transactions that may not transfer fully if they were recorded outside the Fraction ERP PO record.

Fraction ERP Non-Conformance Reports track quality issues against Works Orders or Parts. We map NCRs to D365 Quality Order records linked to the corresponding Production Order or Item. NCR disposition codes (Scrap, Rework, Use-As-Is) map to D365 Quality Order Disposition values. Custom quality workflows defined in Fraction ERP require reconfiguration in D365's Quality Management module and are documented as a separate configuration item for the customer's implementation partner.

Fraction ERP User accounts include name, email, role, and permissions. We migrate user records and map roles to D365's permission model. Owner references on Customer, Sales Order, Works Order, and Purchase Order records are resolved by matching the Fraction ERP user email to the D365 User record. Individual password credentials cannot be transferred; the customer's D365 admin provisions new user accounts post-migration.

Fraction ERP's shop floor data capture module produces time-series records of production activity against Works Orders: clock-in, operation start/stop, quantity reported, and labour posting. We migrate these as Production Journal lines linked to the corresponding D365 Production Order. The D365 production journal captures reported quantity, labour hours, and machine time per operation step. The customer chooses whether to post journals as posted records (full audit trail) or unposted (for further D365 configuration adjustment).

Fraction ERP vendors (distinct from Customers where a third party supplies both materials and services) migrate to D365 Vendor records with address, contact, payment terms, and invoice account assignments. Where a Fraction ERP Customer also functions as a Vendor, we create both a Customer record and a Vendor record with the same address and contact data, linked to the same party in D365's global address book.