CS/05CASE STUDY

Dynamics 365
for a Medical Equipment Provider

A medical equipment provider implemented Microsoft Dynamics 365 to centralize sales and warranty tracking, replacing disconnected Excel and Outlook workflows. Integrated with SAP for finance, the platform provided real-time KPI dashboards, automated SLA timers, and an auditable history of hospital interactions.

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At a Glance
Capabilities
Dynamics 365 Sales & Customer Service
SAP Finance Integration
Hospital Self-Service Portal
Power BI KPI Dashboards
Technologies
Microsoft Dynamics 365SAP (Finance)Power BIPower Platform / Dataverse
Delivery Model
D365 consultants + integration engineer + BI developer
[01]Business Context

A medical equipment provider held back by spreadsheets and inboxes

A medical equipment provider partnered with We As Web to modernize its operations and move beyond inefficient, inbox-driven workflows and spreadsheets. The organization aimed to establish Dynamics 365 as a single, unified system for managing revenue and post-sale services. To achieve full operational alignment, the project required integrating this new CRM with their existing SAP finance system and creating a straightforward portal for hospitals to capture service tickets and documentation.

Key Context
Sales and service teams relying on disconnected Excel and Outlook files
SAP finance system completely isolated from sales activities
No unified tracking for warranties and maintenance across installed equipment
Regulatory audits requiring full traceability of hospital interactions
[02]Client Needs

What prompted the project

The medical equipment provider had specific operational goals — unify the CRM, trace every interaction, and align finance with sales.

N/01

Unified CRM Adoption

Deliver a single CRM system that sales and service teams would actively use, featuring clean account and equipment data.

N/02

Traceability and Compliance

Centralize warranty and maintenance histories to provide traceable, auditable interactions for strict regulatory audits.

N/03

Financial Alignment

Ensure reliable data hand-offs to the SAP system so that revenue, billing, and forecasting numbers aligned perfectly across departments.

N/04

Executive Visibility

Provide leadership with live KPIs covering pipeline, conversion rates, service SLAs, and costs — eliminating blind spots and the monthly reporting scramble.

[03]The Challenges

Why an expert partner was required

Before the modernization effort, the organization faced significant structural and operational hurdles.

Pre-Project ChallengeFragmented Workflows
No Shared View of Accounts
Sales representatives relied heavily on disconnected Excel and Outlook files, lacking a centralized CRM or shared view of their hospital accounts.
Lost Context in Email
Customer interactions lived in inboxes, with no way to retrieve them reliably when a new rep took over an account.
Impact
Forecasting was guesswork and onboarding new reps took months.
Pre-Project ChallengeSiloed Service Data
No Equipment History
Service teams did not have unified tracking for warranties and maintenance across the equipment they had installed.
Manual Case Management
Tickets flowed through email chains and phone calls with no SLA enforcement.
Impact
Service resolution was slow and inconsistent, and the data needed to improve it never accumulated.
Pre-Project ChallengeDisconnected Finance
Sales–Finance Data Gap
The SAP finance system was completely isolated from sales activities, which caused severe delays in reporting and data reconciliation.
Manual Reconciliation
Finance teams spent days each month reconciling CRM exports against SAP records.
Impact
A 10-day monthly reporting scramble became a structural cost of doing business.
Pre-Project ChallengeDifficult Audits
No Interaction Trail
Regulatory audits were highly challenging because the company lacked full traceability of case histories and hospital interactions.
Reactive Evidence Gathering
Audit prep meant hunting through inboxes and personal folders — never complete, always slow.
Impact
Every audit was a fire drill with uncertain outcomes.
[04]Solutions Provided

What We As Web delivered

We As Web delivered a comprehensive Dynamics 365 and SAP integration to unify the client's operations — from sales through service through finance.

S/01

Dynamics 365 Rollout

Deployed Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Service as the single source of truth for contacts, opportunities, products, warranties, and cases.

Deployed Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Service as the single source of truth.
Covers all contacts, opportunities, products, warranties, and cases — one system, one view.
S/02

SAP Finance Integration

Bi-directional sync for products, pricing, orders, and billing milestones with consistent identifiers.

Established a bi-directional sync for products, pricing, orders, and billing milestones.
Consistent identifiers ensured seamless financial reconciliation — no more monthly scramble.
S/03

Hospital Self-Service Portal

A portal for ticket submission, document uploads, case status tracking, and knowledge articles linked to equipment records.

Created a portal for ticket submission, document uploads, case status tracking.
Knowledge articles are linked directly to equipment records, so hospital staff can self-serve known issues.
S/04

Service Workflows & SLAs

Case queues, warranty/maintenance entitlements, SLA timers, and escalation rules for faster issue resolution.

Configured case queues, warranty/maintenance entitlements, SLA timers, and escalation rules.
Service teams no longer have to chase tickets — the system routes and escalates automatically.
S/05

Power BI Analytics & Audit Readiness

KPI dashboards for both sales and service, plus complete interaction histories for regulatory audit.

Built dedicated KPI dashboards for both sales and service, tracking conversion, velocity, SLA attainment, first-time fixes, and MTTR.
The system captures complete interaction histories and document trails at both the account and case level for regulatory review.
[05]Results Achieved

From siloed spreadsheets to a fully auditable ecosystem

The transformation successfully moved the company from disconnected tools to a single, integrated operational backbone.

R/01
25% shorter sales cycles

Sales cycles were shortened by 25% due to better prioritization and cleaner hand-offs to the service and finance teams.

R/02
40% faster service resolution

Service resolution times improved by 40%, driven by automated SLAs, clear entitlements, and the hospital self-service portal reducing back-and-forth communication.

R/03
Monthly reporting time drastically reduced

Finance teams closed the month faster; monthly reporting was reduced from a 10-day scramble to a much shorter cycle because SAP and Dynamics data reconciled reliably.

R/04
End-to-end traceability for audits

The client achieved end-to-end traceability for all hospital interactions, allowing for much smoother audits and superior business visibility.

[06]Technology & Team

Dynamics 365 + SAP, integrated end-to-end

A pragmatic enterprise stack — Dynamics 365 for CRM, SAP for finance, Power BI for leadership visibility, and a self-service portal that closes the loop with hospitals.

Technology Stack
Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Sales, Customer Service)SAP (Finance)Power BIPower Platform / DataverseBi-Directional Sync LayerSelf-Service PortalAudit Trail & Document Capture
Team Composition
Dynamics 365 CRM ConsultantsIntegration EngineerBI DeveloperClient Sales StakeholdersClient Service StakeholdersClient Finance StakeholdersClient Compliance Stakeholders
[07]Conclusion

When sales, service, and finance finally speak the same language

A medical equipment provider running on spreadsheets, inboxes, and isolated SAP records cannot scale, audit, or forecast reliably. By deploying Dynamics 365 as the single source of truth, integrating it bi-directionally with SAP, and giving hospitals a self-service portal, we turned four disconnected processes into one auditable ecosystem.

The result is a 25% shorter sales cycle, 40% faster service resolution, monthly reporting that no longer takes 10 days, and end-to-end traceability for every hospital interaction. For any healthcare-adjacent organization running on disconnected tools, this is what "one source of truth" actually delivers in production.