Question 1

What is RapidStart and how is it different from a normal implementation?

Accepted Answer

RapidStart is a fixed-scope, fixed-price Business Central implementation programme. You choose from pre-built modular packs (Starter for accounting, Sales, Purchase, plus optional add-ons like Inventory and Assembly) and we deploy each one against a tested, repeatable configuration. A traditional implementation is bespoke — every requirement is gathered, designed, and built from scratch. RapidStart trades flexibility for speed and predictability. If your business runs standard processes, you get the same outcome in a fraction of the time and at a fixed price.

Question 2

Who is RapidStart for — and who is it not for?

Accepted Answer

RapidStart suits UK businesses with relatively standard finance, sales, and purchasing processes — typically growing SMEs moving off QuickBooks, Xero, Sage 50, or spreadsheets, plus single-entity businesses adopting Business Central for the first time. It is not the right fit if you need multi-entity consolidation from day one with complex intercompany rules, heavy manufacturing or warehousing workflows, custom industry-specific functionality, or extensive third-party integrations. Those projects go through our ClearPath methodology instead.

Question 3

How fast can we actually go live?

Accepted Answer

A single Starter pack — basic accounting, bank reconciliation, standard reporting — can be live in as little as one week from contract signature. Most businesses combine Starter + Sales + Purchase for a complete order-to-cash and procure-to-pay deployment, which goes live in two to four weeks. Adding optional packs (Inventory, Assembly, Continia document capture) extends the timeline by one to two weeks per pack. Your team's availability for training and data preparation is the most common bottleneck — not our delivery capacity.

Question 4

What is included in each pack?

Accepted Answer

Every pack includes the Business Central configuration, master data import templates, role-based user training, user acceptance testing support, go-live cutover, and 7 days of post-go-live hypercare support. Starter covers general ledger, bank reconciliation, multi-currency, Excel and Outlook integration, standard balance sheet and P&L reporting, dimensions, and approvals. Sales adds customer management, quotes, orders, credits, cash receipts allocation, and proformas. Purchase adds vendor management, purchase quotes/orders/credits, vendor payment management, and prepayments. Full pack contents are listed on the RapidStart page.

Question 5

Can we add modules later or do we have to choose everything upfront?

Accepted Answer

Add later. RapidStart is deliberately modular — you can start with Starter only, get your finance team comfortable in Business Central, then add Sales, Purchase, Inventory or any other pack in subsequent phases. Each addition has its own fixed price and fixed timeline. Most clients deploy two to three packs at go-live, then add one or two more in the following six months as the business scales.

Question 6

How does pricing work, and what does it not include?

Accepted Answer

Each pack has a published fixed implementation price — what you see is what you pay, with no scope-creep surprises. The fixed price does not include your Microsoft Business Central licences (£61.50 per user per month for Essentials, billed directly to Microsoft or via DT Catalyst as your CSP), third-party app subscriptions (such as Continia Document Capture), or post-hypercare support — for which you can move to a Managed Services retainer. We give you a full cost breakdown before you commit.

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Implementation Packs

RapidStart in 1 Week - £[TBC] ALL IN

Starter

Basic Accounting

Purchase

Purchasing

Sales

Sales

Starter+

Purchase+

Assembly

All packs include the following:

Expansion Packs - Sold Separately

Inventory Packs

Inventory

Inventory+

Project Packs

Project

Project+

Add-on Packs

Planning

Warehousing

Fixed Assets

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