Going global for businesses has many benefits; reducing risk, widening resource pool and expanding into new markets. But how can you align working practices, collaboration and eradicate silos?

2. THE IMPORTANCE OF
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS GROWTH
“Companies are 11% less likely to shut down if
they are exporting, while in France a company’s
probability of failure dropped 57% after they
started exporting”
Source: “Trade Ready” survey, Deloitte.

3. GLOBAL BUSINESS
IMPACTS THE DOMESTIC
MARKET IT EXPANDS
INTO
“In 2013, 1.1% of registered businesses in the UK were
foreign owned, but contributed 28.2% of value
added”
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

4. WHAT IS GLOBAL BIAS?
“Companies that deliver web-based products and
services, such as e-commerce, SaaS, PaaS, and consumer
web and mobile, tend to experience turbo-charged
global growth, simply because they can take their
software or website international without making a large
investment.”
Source: Harvard Business Review

5. WHY DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION?
“Digital is at the heart of businesses...it’s a reflection of
the fact that customer behaviour is changing…
Businesses need to be fast at changing themselves to
meet that customer behaviour.”
Source: Thom Groot, The AA, Marketing Week

6. CLOUD AS A DISRUPTIVE
TECHNOLOGY
The rapid transformation of the way businesses
interact with each other and with their
customers in an agile, flexible and accessible way has
been supported by the use of the cloud.

7. BREAKING DOWN
REMOTE WORKING
BARRIERS
Colleagues, partners and customers are
increasingly “digital” and expect to interact
across the globe using mobile technologies.

8. GROWING CLOUD
ADOPTION ACROSS THE
ENTERPRISE
Benefits include automatic updates, cost
effectiveness and scalability.

9. CLOUD FIRST – MOBILE
FIRST
“In this cloud-first, mobile first world, Microsoft is
absolutely focused on empowering people to get
more done wherever they need to and on any
device.”
Source: Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft

10. WHY MICROSOFT
DYNAMICS 365 SOFTWARE?
By enabling multiple users across multiple sites and
territories to use a single application such as Dynamics
365 and complementary technologies on Azure, multi-national
enterprise can align working practices, improve
collaboration and eradicate silo operations.

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12. ABOUT US…
Prodware UK specialises in the implementation, integration and maintenance of sector specific
ERP and CRM business management solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics
365 (AX & CRM).
As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we have developed industry solutions for manufacturing,
distribution, professional services and holiday park organisations in addition to innovative software
for mobility and e-commerce that integrates with business management solutions.
A Tier One Cloud Solution Provider (CSP), Prodware Group create, integrate and host IT solutions for
businesses. Prodware Group serves more than 20,000 active clients and is the largest
Microsoft Dynamics partner in the EMEA region. Prodware Group is present in 15
countries and has a wealth of experience in providing global IT solutions to international customers.