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AIMS360 runs orders, inventory, EDI and receivables for consumer brands that keep Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as their ledger. The Business Central connection is scoped and built per brand during implementation, mapped to your chart of accounts.
Business Central is Microsoft's business management system for small and mid-sized companies. Plenty of consumer brands keep it as the general ledger. AIMS360 runs the parts a ledger was never built for: style, color and size inventory, retailer EDI, allocation, factoring and chargebacks. The connection between the two is scoped and built for each brand during implementation.
Yes, as a scoped integration. AIMS360 lists an accounting integration for Dynamics 365 Business Central, and it is built for each brand during implementation rather than switched on from a settings screen. What posts, in which direction, and against which accounts is agreed with your implementation team and mapped to your chart of accounts. Budget for it as an implementation line item.
The usual shape: AIMS360 owns the operational numbers, such as inventory by style, color and size, the AR aging, factor assignments and chargebacks. Business Central owns the general ledger, the financial statements and whatever your accountant works in. If you want a packaged connection that turns on the same way for every brand, QuickBooks and Xero sync two ways today.
Get this right and the month-end argument goes away.
| Number | Owned by | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory value by style, color and size | AIMS360 | A general ledger has no field for a size grid, a prepack or a shade range |
| Cost of goods sold | AIMS360, posted to the ledger | Calculated from the bill of materials and the production that used it |
| AR aging and credit holds | AIMS360 | Orders are approved or held at entry, before goods move |
| Factor assignments | AIMS360 | Approval before shipping, assignment at invoicing |
| Retailer chargebacks | AIMS360 | Each deduction ties back to the shipment and the rule behind it |
| General ledger and statements | Business Central | Where your accountant and your reporting live |
Four things that decide whether the integration holds up.
Which records move, in which direction and how often is decided in a scoping session, because every Business Central company is set up differently.
Someone who knows your chart of accounts sits in the mapping session. Mapping is a decision, not a default, and an hour there saves a quarter of cleanup.
The connection keeps AIMS360 and Business Central in step from go-live forward. It does not reconcile history, so opening balances are agreed before day one.
Microsoft ships a Shopify connector for Business Central, and AIMS360 has its own Shopify app. Pick one system to import Shopify orders, or the same sale is booked twice.
Done with your AIMS360 implementation team and your finance lead.
Tell your AIMS360 implementation team you run Business Central. They scope the connection with you and your finance lead.
Agree that AIMS360 owns inventory, COGS, receivables detail, factoring and chargebacks, and Business Central owns the ledger and statements.
Map how invoices, payments, credits, vendor bills and COGS post into your Business Central accounts.
Bring AIMS360 and Business Central into balance at go-live, so they start in step.
Post test transactions, check them in Business Central, and compare the aging and inventory totals with the ledger after the first month end.
Yes, as a scoped integration built per brand during implementation. It is not switched on from a settings screen, so plan it as an implementation line item.
What moves and in which direction is agreed when the connection is scoped for your brand. The packaged two-way syncs AIMS360 runs today are QuickBooks Online, Desktop and Enterprise, and Xero.
Not necessarily. AIMS360 has its own accounts receivable, accounts payable and general ledger. Many brands keep a separate ledger anyway, because that is where their accountant and statements live.
In AIMS360. Inventory, orders and costing are held by style, color and size, and the ledger receives the financial totals.
Choose one system to import Shopify orders. If AIMS360 runs your Shopify orders through its own app, leave the Business Central Shopify connector off for the same store.
Yes. AIMS360 runs on Microsoft Azure. That is separate from the Business Central connection, which is scoped per brand.
The accounting integration AIMS360 lists is for Business Central. If you run another Dynamics product, raise it in scoping. For packaged ledgers, see the accounting integrations.
Bring your chart of accounts. We will show where an invoice, a vendor bill and COGS land, and scope the connection with you.
