This past weekend, my daughter participated in our town’s annual lemonade stand day. Naturally, my ERP brain turned it into a Dynamics 365 F&O lesson. Because behind every cup of lemonade is product master data, procurement, inventory, production, pricing, cash management, and reporting.

It’s the the Friday Christmas week, and while most people are decking the halls and sipping eggnog, my mind’s been spinning on a slightly...