Dutch Plantin

CRM & Customer Management with Business Central

Dutch Plantin is a sustainable producer of coconut substrates from India. Their products are sold worldwide, and the company wanted to manage customer contact centrally so that sales opportunities and customer communication could be recorded in a structured and reliable way.

 

The Challenge: Outdated CRM and Inconsistencies

Dutch Plantin was using an outdated CRM system without strict validation rules. Fields were often inconsistently filled (e.g. phone numbers in email fields), which led to unreliable data and difficult reporting. Their goal was clear: all customer contacts, sales opportunities, and customer history in one system, so both sales and management could make better-informed decisions. That system became Microsoft Business Central.

Our Approach: CRM Migration and Setup in Business Central

As implementation partner, we worked through the following steps with the Dutch Plantin team: exporting all data from the old CRM, transforming it into the correct fields (splitting out phone numbers, emails, and addresses), importing it into Business Central, and carrying out extensive testing. Together with the sales team, we set up the sales process in Business Central: lead → opportunity → quote → order, including task lists for sales representatives.

 

What We Did in Practice

  • Exported and cleaned all data (removed duplicates, split and validated fields).
  • Converted files into Excel format matching Business Central fields.
  • Imported and tested data for accuracy and completeness.
  • Configured the sales process and opportunities in Business Central.
  • Delivered training and guidance for sales staff: how to input data, use task lists, and segment by language/country.
  • Provided aftercare and minor enhancements (e.g. filters for Spanish-speaking markets).

 

Results for Dutch Plantin

  • Reliable customer data and complete customer history: every discussion is traceable.
  • Greater insight into current sales activities (task lists and sales funnel).
  • Improved reporting thanks to clean, validated data.
  • Easy segmentation by language, country, and other properties—useful for entering new markets or onboarding new colleagues.

A Proud Moment and Next Steps

We’re proud to have turned a maze of data into a clear, working CRM system in Business Central. With just a few adjustments, we also quickly onboarded new colleagues and assigned customers directly using language filters.

Interested in the Same Approach?

Do you also want to centralise and manage your customer data and sales opportunities reliably with Business Central? Call us or request a demo! We’ll show you the steps involved and the value it can bring to your organisation.

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