+1 480 485 7373
Microsoft Teams
New York City business models we configure
- ✓Apparel and accessories brands with size, color and season
- ✓Advertising, media and creative agencies billing by project
- ✓Nonprofits and foundations tracking grants and restricted funds
- ✓Real estate owners and managers running one LLC per property
- ✓Importers and food distributors serving the five boroughs
- ✓Professional firms in consulting, architecture and technology
Fashion and apparel in the Garment District tradition
New York has been a center of American fashion for generations, and many labels still design in Manhattan and produce overseas. Their systems need to handle the same style in dozens of size and color combinations, seasonal collections, purchase orders placed months ahead with foreign factories, and wholesale orders from department stores with strict routing rules.
Business Central uses item variants for size and color, and several AppSource apps add matrix entry for larger apparel catalogs. Landed cost goes through item charges. Many apparel companies sell their receivables to a factor, so we set up the factor as a separate bank or customer relationship and make sure assigned invoices, advances and chargebacks reconcile. Department store chargebacks for late or mislabeled shipments are common, and tracking them by reason code shows which ones to fight.
Other sectors across the five boroughs
Agencies and media
Retainers, fixed fees and time and materials billed by client and project, with pass-through media costs kept out of margin.
Nonprofits
Dimensions for fund, program and grant, so restricted spending and grant reports come straight from the ledger.
Real estate groups
A company per property LLC, with consolidation and intercompany entries for management fees and shared costs.
Food distribution
Distributors supplying restaurants and grocers from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens run early routes, lot tracking and route pricing.
A New York City project, step by step
- 1
Name the business model
We first agree whether you are mainly a product, project, fund or property business, because that sets the whole design.
- 2
Design reporting and entities
Chart of accounts, dimensions and the number of companies are decided before anything is configured.
- 3
Scope in writing
Modules, apps, integrations and data migration are listed in a written scope for your approval.
- 4
Build and user testing
Your staff test real invoices, grants or property transactions in a sandbox.
- 5
Cutover and first close
Opening balances are reconciled and we support the first month-end.
Serving New York from Phoenix
Our office is in Phoenix and we work New York hours for your meetings, which start in our morning. Nearly everything happens on video. If a training day with the whole team or a look at the warehouse is worth doing in person, we arrange a trip to the city and agree it in the scope.
New York City questions
Can Business Central handle one LLC per building?
Yes. Each LLC becomes a company in the same environment, and you can switch between them easily. Consolidation combines them for owner reporting. Management fees and shared costs move with intercompany postings, so nobody re-keys them.
Is Business Central a good fit for a nonprofit?
It suits many mid-sized nonprofits, especially those with grants and several programs. Dimensions track fund, program and grant on every transaction. Very small organizations may do fine with simpler software. Large ones with complex fundraising usually keep a separate donor system and send gifts into Business Central.
How do factored receivables work in Business Central?
The factor is set up so assigned invoices, advances and fees are recorded separately from normal collections. Customer balances still show what the store owes. Reconciling the factor statement becomes a routine step instead of a spreadsheet exercise. We design this with your factor's reports in hand.
Our agency has passthrough media spend. Will it distort margin?
Not if it is set up correctly. Media costs can be billed at cost and reported separately from fees. Project reports then show true agency margin on the work your people do.
What is the first step?
Book a call and tell us how your business earns revenue. We will ask about entities, reporting and current pain points. A written scope follows for your review.
Talk to us about your project.
Tell us what you run today and what has to change. A senior consultant replies with a written next step.