Learn how SWTS Asia upgraded to Business Central Cloud, streamlining financial reporting, warehouse integration, project tracking, and Malaysia E-Invoicing across its group entities.
SWTS Asia completed its migration to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud, consolidating financial reporting, warehouse operations, system integrations, and Malaysia E-Invoicing within a single ERP environment.
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SWTS Asia is a regional engineering group providing design, consultation, and maintenance services across industries such as maritime, energy, and process manufacturing. Operating through entities like SWTS, ON Engineers, Exion Asia, MARC, OSA Valve, Encord, and ValveWerkz, the group delivers technology-driven engineering solutions across Southeast Asia.
SWTS Asia provides engineering services and industrial solutions across Southeast Asia, supporting customers in martime, energy, oil & gas, power generation, and process manufacturing industries. The group delivers maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, equipment, supply, installation, and system integration to support plant and vessel operations.
Key business activities include:
• Maintenance, Repair & Overhual (MRO) services
• Supply and servicing of valves, rotating equipment, and instrumentation
• Engineering design, installation, and integration of industrial systems
• Project-based industrial solutions across multiple group entities
• Workshop operations and on-site technical servicing
Accounting & Finance department, Operations & Inventory department
• Managing seperate entities within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central required maintaining clear financial visibility across different account structures.
• The upgrade from on-premises Business Central to Business Central Clouod required careful data migration and validation.
• Heavy reliance on Jet Reports means financial data and account mapping needed to be accurate and consistent.
• Integration with external systems such as Onavi / Snavi, and bank export required stable data exchange between systems.
• Historical data need to be properly migrated to support ongoing financial reporting.
• Managing Inventory movements across workshops and project sites required clear stock visibility within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
• Integration between Business Central and Warehouse Management App required stable data synchronisation to support warehouse operations.
• Project-based material usage required accurate tracking of inventory and resource allocation to jobs.
• Timesheet data import required structured handling to support project costing and reporting.
• SLIM4 data import required consistent integration into Business Central for reporting and record purposes.
• Integration with external operational systems required reliable data exchange to avoid duplication or mismatches.
J & P Consulting upgraded SWTS Asia from on-premise Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to Business Central cloud, migrating financial and operational data across multiple entities into a single cloud-based environment.
Key Customizations included:
• Data migration from on-premise Business Central to Business Central Cloud
• Multi-entity setup within a Business Central environment
• Integration with NP WMS (Warehouse Management App) for warehouse and inventory operations
• Timesheet data import into Business Central for project costing and reporting
• SLIM4 data import into Business Central for reporting and record purpose
• Integration with external systems including Onavi / Snavi, and bank export processes
• Jet Reports configuration and report writing to support financial and management reporting
• Implementation and configuration of Malaysia E-Invoicing within Business Central, includingdirect submission to LHDN.
The key objective was to migrate from on-premise Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to Business Central Cloud to improve system accessibility, scalability, and long-term maintanability across entities, while enabling Malaysia E-Invoicing compliance for the relevant entity within the group.
SWTS Asia also aimed to ensure structure data migration, maintain operational continuity during cloud transition, and support consistent financial and management reporting through Jet Reports.
Another objective was to enable stable integration with warehouse operations, project costing, and external systems while maintaining standard Business Central processes across entities.
The migration to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud provided SWTS Asia with a stable and scalable ERP environment across entities, improving system accessibility and long term-term supportability.
Key Improvements:
• Centralised cloud-based ERP platform replacing on-premise infrastructure
• Structured and validated financial data following cloud migration
• Improved reliability of Jet Reports and financial and management reporting
• Stable integration between Business Central, NP WMS (Warehouse Management App), SLIM4, timesheet import, and external systems
• Consistent inventory and project data flow to support daily operations
• Integrated Malaysia E-Invoicing with Business Central to automate submission to LHDN and reduce manual processing.
• Improved inventory visibility within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud
• Stable integration between Business Central an NP WMS (Warehouse Management App) for warehouse operations
• Better tracking or project-based material usage
• More consistent inventory data following cloud migration
• Reduced discrepancies through structure system integration
• Improved financial visibility across entities within Business Central
• More reliable cost tracking for project-based operations
• Accurate financial reporting supported by Jet Reports
• Consistent data flow from SLIM4 and timesheet imports into Business Central
• Better management reporting to support pricing and profitability analysis
• Support for Malaysia E-Invoicing compliance through system-based invoicing controls