Illustrative previewA per-tenant Business Central (AL) extension that adds formula/recipe-based production,
batch sizing, yield scaling, co-product and catch-weight handling for food, beverage, chemical and cosmetics process manufacturers. Built, installed and supported by
ECOSIRE on your tenant.
What is Process Manufacturing: Formula & Recipe Management?
A per-tenant Business Central (AL) extension that adds formula/recipe-based production, batch sizing, yield scaling, co-product and catch-weight handling for food, beverage, chemical and cosmetics process manufacturers. Built, installed and supported by ECOSIRE on your tenant. Built to order by ECOSIRE for Dynamics 365 BC (build-to-order) — indicative price from $999.00 USD; request a quote for a scoped proposal.
Key Features
Built to order, done for you
No DIY setup — a working app, built, installed and supported by ECOSIRE.
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You order
Start with a one-time build price. We scope it with you at kickoff.
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We build & install
ECOSIRE builds, configures and installs it on your Dynamics 365 Business Central.
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Go live + support
You go live in about one working week, with two weeks of go-live support. Defects in the code we deliver are fixed free of charge.
About this Product
Business Central's core manufacturing is built for discrete assembly: rigid Production BOMs with fixed component quantities and one finished item per order. Process manufacturers don't work that way. You make product by formula, scale a recipe to a target batch, and one run yields a main product plus co-products and by-products at variable, catch-weight quantities. Forcing that into standard BOMs means spreadsheets, manual back-flush corrections and inventory that never reconciles.
This is a build-to-order extension that ECOSIRE designs, builds in AL, and installs as a per-tenant extension directly on your Business Central environment (cloud SaaS or on-prem) — it is not an instant AppSource download. We implement it with proper table and page extensions over Production BOM, Item, and Production Order; event subscribers on order release, refresh and consumption posting; and dedicated permission sets so your operators see only what they should.
What you get: recipe/formula cards that replace rigid BOM quantities with ratio- and percentage-based ingredient lines; batch sizing that scales the whole recipe to a target output quantity; co-product and by-product output lines that post to inventory in the same run; catch-weight and variable-yield reconciliation against theoretical yield; and potency/concentration-based ingredient math (active-ingredient assay, dilution-to-target). Recipes are exposed over the BC REST/OData v4 API for integration with lab, LIMS or Power Platform flows, and recurring recalculation runs via the job queue.
Because it's built on standard BC extension points, it survives Microsoft's monthly and major updates, ships through your existing environment, and stays under ECOSIRE support. We scope to your formulas first, so the rounding rules, UoM conversions and yield tolerances match how your plant actually runs.
What you get
- Per-tenant AL extension (.app) built to your formula, UoM and yield rules, installed on your Business Central environment
- Source code in a Git repository handed to you, with AL project structure, app.json and dependency manifest
- Recipe/formula cards, batch-sizing actions and co-product/by-product output pages wired into the Manufacturing role center
- Configured permission sets and entitlements for recipe authoring vs shop-floor roles
- BC REST/OData v4 API endpoints documented for your LIMS / Power Platform integration
- Migration of an initial set of existing BOMs/recipes into formula cards (agreed scope), plus a data-entry guide
- Deployment runbook covering install, update-survival and rollback on cloud SaaS or on-prem
- Admin and operator handover session plus written documentation, followed by a post-go-live support window
Who this is for
Process Manufacturing Operations Lead
Runs a plant where product is made by formula, not assembly — food, beverage, chemical or cosmetics. Needs to scale recipes to batch size and stop reconciling yield in spreadsheets.
QA / Regulatory Manager
Owns formula accuracy, potency/assay control and traceability. Needs versioned, certified recipes and active-ingredient math that holds up to audit, not free-text notes on a BOM.
Business Central IT / Partner Admin
Maintains the BC tenant and worries about update survival and data integrity. Wants a clean per-tenant extension on standard extension points, not unsupported customizations that break each release.
How Process Manufacturing: Formula & Recipe Management Compares
| Criterion | ECOSIRE | Custom Build | Competitor | Dynamics 365 Business Central Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formula/recipe production scaled by target batch size | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Co-product and by-product output in a single production run | Included | Partial support | Included | Not included |
| Catch-weight and variable-yield reconciliation | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Potency/concentration-based ingredient calculation (assay, dilution) | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Built on supported AL extension points (survives BC updates) | Included | Partial support | Included | Included |
| Tailored to your exact formulas, UoM rules and tolerances | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Source code ownership handed to you | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| REST/OData v4 API for LIMS / Power Platform integration | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Included |
Frequently Asked Questions about Process Manufacturing: Formula & Recipe Management
How long until it's live, and how is it delivered?
This is build-to-order, not an instant download. After a scoping call to capture your formulas, UoM conversions and yield tolerances, a typical build runs about one working week depending on complexity (potency math, co-product accounting and LIMS integration add time). We deliver it as a per-tenant AL extension installed on your Business Central environment — cloud SaaS via your admin center or on-prem — with a deployment runbook. You get the source code and a Git repo, so you're never locked in.
Will it survive Microsoft's Business Central updates, and what does ongoing support look like?
Yes. It's built entirely on supported AL extension points — table/page extensions and event subscribers — so it rides through monthly and major BC updates rather than breaking on them. ECOSIRE provides a post-go-live support window included in the build, then an optional ongoing support/maintenance plan covering compatibility checks against new BC versions, bug fixes and small enhancements. Because you hold the source, another partner could also maintain it if you ever choose to.
How is this different from just adding more lines to a standard Production BOM?
Standard BOMs hold fixed component quantities and produce one finished item. They have no native concept of scaling a whole recipe to a target batch, no co-product/by-product outputs in a single run, no catch-weight reconciliation, and no potency-based ingredient math. This extension adds all of that on top of the standard tables, so you keep BC's costing and posting while gaining real process-manufacturing behaviour.
Can it integrate with our lab/LIMS or Power Platform?
Yes. Recipes and batch calculations are exposed over the Business Central REST/OData v4 API, so a LIMS, lab system, Power Automate flow or Dataverse-backed Power App can read formulas and push assay results back. We document the endpoints as part of delivery and can build a specific integration as additional scope.
Does it handle ingredients measured in different units and variable potency?
Yes. It applies UoM conversions per ingredient (e.g. stocked in kg, consumed in litres) and supports potency/concentration math — calculating required quantity from the on-hand active-ingredient strength to hit a target assay, including dilution-to-target. Rounding rules and tolerances are configured to match your plant during the build.
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A per-tenant Business Central (AL) extension that adds formula/recipe-based production, batch sizing, yield scaling, co-product and catch-weight handling for food, beverage, chemical and cosmetics process manufacturers. Built, installed and supported by ECOSIRE on your tenant.
- Recipe/formula cards replacing rigid Production BOM quantities with ratio- and percentage-based ingredient lines that always sum to 100%
- Batch sizing engine that scales an entire recipe to a target output quantity, recalculating every ingredient line proportionally
- Co-product and by-product output lines that post to inventory in the same production run as the main product
- Catch-weight and variable-yield support reconciling actual posted output against theoretical yield with configurable tolerance