Kewaunee partnered with ERBrains to modernize project management, financial control, and global operations through Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The solution enabled milestone-based project execution, automated revenue recognition, resource planning, and profitability tracking across complex laboratory infrastructure projects delivered in more than 100 countries worldwide.
Kewaunee is a globally recognized laboratory solutions provider with more than 100 years of industry expertise. The company has delivered over 25 million square feet of laboratory infrastructure across more than 100 countries, offering end-to-end services that span advisory, design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and ongoing support.
As its global footprint continued to expand, Kewaunee required a modern ERP platform capable of managing complex projects, international operations, and financial processes while maintaining visibility across the entire project lifecycle.
• Complex Global Project Management: Managing large-scale laboratory infrastructure projects across multiple countries involved numerous stakeholders, extended project lifecycles, milestone-based delivery models, and strict profitability requirements. • Limited Visibility into Project Financials: The organization required greater visibility into project costs, revenue recognition, profitability, and operational performance across geographically distributed teams. • Resource Planning & Utilization Challenges: Efficiently managing engineering resources, project teams, and service personnel across multiple projects and regions required stronger planning and workforce visibility. • Multi-Currency & Inter-Company Financial Complexity: Global operations introduced challenges related to multi-currency transactions, inter-company activities, financial governance, and country-specific business requirements. • Revenue Recognition & Billing Management: Milestone-based billing structures required accurate revenue recognition processes and stronger financial controls to ensure reporting accuracy and compliance. • Disconnected Project Delivery Processes: Coordinating advisory services, engineering, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and managed services required a connected platform capable of supporting the entire project lifecycle. • Need for Real-Time Business Insights: Leadership teams needed timely, accurate, and consolidated operational and financial information to support strategic decision-making and global business growth.
• Centralised Project & Financial Management Platform: Implemented Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to unify project management, financial operations, resource planning, and profitability analysis within a single ERP environment. • Milestone-Based Project Management: Introduced milestone-driven project management capabilities to improve control over project execution, billing schedules, delivery milestones, and revenue recognition processes. • Advanced Project Accounting & Job Costing: Enabled detailed project accounting and job costing functionality, providing greater visibility into project costs, margins, profitability, and overall project performance throughout the project lifecycle. • Multi-Currency & Inter-Company Management: Implemented multi-currency and inter-company capabilities to support global operations, enabling seamless management of financial transactions across countries, regions, and business entities. • Resource Scheduling & Capacity Planning: Deployed resource planning tools that improved workforce allocation, capacity utilisation, project scheduling, and delivery efficiency across global teams. • Integrated Engineering & Project Workflows: Connected engineering, design, and project execution processes to improve collaboration, streamline workflows, and enhance visibility across business functions. • Enhanced Financial Visibility & Governance: Strengthened financial control, reporting accuracy, and operational oversight through centralized data management and integrated business processes.
The solution delivered Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, project management, milestone-based billing, revenue recognition, job costing, profitability analysis, multi-currency management, inter-company transactions, resource scheduling, capacity planning, project accounting, and operational reporting.
Connected Global Project ERP Environment: Established a project-driven ERP platform capable of supporting Kewaunee's complex global operations, project delivery model, and international business requirements. Standardised Project Financial Management: Implemented consistent project accounting and financial management processes to improve visibility into project costs, billing activities, margins, and profitability. Milestone-Based Revenue Recognition: Aligned revenue recognition processes with project milestones, improving financial accuracy, reporting consistency, and governance across project lifecycles. Enhanced Resource Planning & Scheduling: Strengthened resource allocation, scheduling, and capacity planning capabilities to optimise the utilisation of engineering, advisory, and project delivery teams. Unified Operational & Financial Visibility: Connected operational and financial processes within a single platform, providing stakeholders with a comprehensive view of project performance and business outcomes. Improved Collaboration & Decision-Making: Enabled better coordination between project, finance, and operational teams through real-time access to accurate business information and performance insights.
The new Dynamics 365 Business Central platform provides Kewaunee with a future-ready foundation for managing complex global projects and expanding international operations. With integrated project management, financial control, and resource planning capabilities, the organisation is well-positioned to scale project delivery, improve profitability, and support continued growth across global markets.
Enhanced Project Visibility & Control: Project managers gained greater visibility into project costs, profitability, resource allocation, and delivery milestones, enabling stronger oversight throughout the project lifecycle. Improved Financial Governance: Milestone-based billing and automated revenue recognition streamlined project accounting processes, improved financial accuracy, and strengthened governance controls. Stronger Global Financial Management: Multi-currency and inter-company management capabilities improved financial control across international operations while enhancing reporting consistency and accuracy. Optimised Resource Utilisation: Resource scheduling and capacity planning capabilities enabled more effective workforce allocation, helping improve project delivery efficiency and operational performance. Faster Data-Driven Decision Making: Real-time access to project and financial insights empowered leadership teams to make faster, more informed strategic and operational decisions. Increased Operational Efficiency: Standardised project, financial, and resource management processes reduced complexity and improved coordination across global teams and business functions. Scalable Foundation for Future Growth: Established a future-ready ERP platform capable of supporting larger project portfolios, expanding international operations, and increasing business complexity across global markets.
