Business Central + LS Central for hospitality
One platform for hospitality & tourism — LS Central (LS Retail) for POS, restaurant & F&B, retail and loyalty, on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for inventory, finance and reporting.
Econix is an LS Retail partner & Microsoft Solutions Partner
Where hospitality systems break down
If your operation is living with any of these, disconnected systems are costing you margin and guests.
POS and finance disconnected
Point-of-sale, payroll, and financials in separate systems, reconciled by hand long after the sale.
No real-time visibility
Sales, covers, and occupancy that leaders cannot see across outlets and properties until month-end.
F&B cost and margin a guess
Recipe cost, wastage, and menu margin that nobody can trust, so pricing and purchasing are guesswork.
Multi-property consolidation is manual
Rooms, F&B, spa, and events revenue stitched together in spreadsheets to get one financial picture.
Legacy on-premises systems
Aging NAV or on-prem tools with no mobile access — approvals and reports stuck at the front desk.
Guest & loyalty data siloed
Loyalty, offers, and guest history disconnected from the POS, so you cannot act on who is in front of you.
Seasonal staffing & variable cost
Peaks, shifts, and variable labour cost that are hard to plan and harder to report against revenue.
Slow, manual month-end
Finance closing the month with workarounds because the operational systems never fed clean data.
From the guest to the general ledger
One connected flow — the sale, the kitchen, the stock, and the books — on a single platform.
- Guest / OrderPOS or online
- Sell (LS Central)POS & payment
- Kitchen / FulfilKDS & service
- InventoryRecipes & stock
- ReplenishPurchasing
- Finance (BC)Post to GL
- ReportRevenue & margin
Hospitality functionality Econix delivers
Explore the offering by function — the pain it removes, the LS Central or Business Central capability behind it, and how Econix delivers it.
Point of sale (LS Central)
A POS that is islanded from finance and inventory means endless reconciliation and no live picture.
LS Central (LS Retail)
- Fast, offline-capable POS
- One item & price list across channels
- Tips, split bills & multiple tenders
- Staff, shifts & till management
On Business Central
- Every sale posts to the general ledger
- One product, one database — no interfaces
How Econix delivers it: Econix implements LS Central so the POS, inventory, and finance are one system — sales post to Business Central in real time, with no nightly reconciliation.
Point-of-sale flow (LS Central)
- Ring SaleFast POS
- ModifyMenu & options
- TenderCards, split, tips
- ReceiptPrint / email
- PostTo Business Central
Restaurant & food-and-beverage operations
Paper tickets and disconnected kitchens slow service and hide food cost.
LS Central (LS Retail)
- Table service & dine-in/takeaway
- Kitchen display (KDS) & order routing
- Menus, modifiers & course pacing
- Recipes & ingredient consumption
How Econix delivers it: Econix configures dine-in, takeaway, and kitchen flow so service is fast and every plate draws down recipe inventory automatically.
Restaurant & kitchen flow
- OrderTable / counter
- Fire to KitchenKDS / KOT
- PrepareRecipe & timing
- ServeCourse pacing
- SettleSplit & pay
Inventory, recipes & procurement
Without recipe-level inventory and controlled purchasing, food cost and wastage run wild.
LS Central + Business Central
- Recipe & ingredient costing
- Stock counts & wastage tracking
- Purchase orders & approvals
- Vendor pricing & replenishment
How Econix delivers it: Econix ties recipes to real stock and purchasing so food cost, wastage, and margin are visible and controllable — not a month-end surprise.
Loyalty, offers & member management
Loyalty and guest history disconnected from the POS means you cannot act on who is spending with you.
LS Central (LS Retail)
- Member management & tiers
- Points earn & redeem across outlets
- Targeted offers & promotions
- Guest purchase history & insight
How Econix delivers it: Econix sets up loyalty and offers inside the POS so members earn and redeem across every outlet and you can see and act on guest behaviour.
Loyalty lifecycle
- EnrolMember sign-up
- EarnPoints at POS
- OfferTargeted deals
- RedeemAt any outlet
- InsightGuest analytics
Multi-property & multi-outlet
Every property and outlet reporting differently makes a single, trusted view impossible.
Business Central
- Multi-entity & intercompany
- Consolidated reporting across properties
- Central items, menus & pricing
- Per-outlet performance & roll-up
How Econix delivers it: Econix brings rooms, F&B, spa, retail, and events revenue together so a group sees performance by outlet and rolls it up to one consolidated view.
One group, one view
Finance & reporting (Business Central)
If operations never feed clean data, finance closes the month on workarounds.
Business Central
- General ledger, AP/AR & fixed assets
- Bank reconciliation & approvals
- Mobile approvals from any device
- Dimensions for outlet & department
Power BI
- Revenue, occupancy & cost dashboards
- Live margin and labour reporting
How Econix delivers it: Because LS Central posts straight to Business Central, finance closes faster and leaders get live revenue, cost, and margin — on any device.
LS Central + Business Central — one product, front to back
LS Central is not a separate POS bolted onto an ERP — it is built on Business Central. Front-of-house and back-office share one database, so sales, inventory, and finance are always in sync.
LS Central — front of house
Unified commerce & POS by LS Retail, on Business Central
Point of Sale
Fast, offline-capable POS
Restaurant & F&B
Tables, KDS, menus
Retail & Spa
Merchandising & sales
Loyalty & Offers
Members & promotions
Business Central — back office
Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP & finance
Inventory & Procurement
Stock, recipes, replenishment
Finance & Accounting
GL, AP/AR, multi-entity
Reporting & BI
Revenue, cost, margin
The applications behind our hospitality work
Dynamics 365 Business Central
The ERP and finance backbone — GL, AP/AR, inventory, procurement, and consolidated reporting.
Learn moreLS Central (LS Retail)
Unified commerce and POS built on Business Central — POS, restaurant & F&B, retail, and loyalty in one product. Econix is an LS Retail partner.
Learn morePower BI
Live dashboards for revenue, occupancy, food cost, labour, and margin across outlets and properties.
Learn moreTalk to a hospitality specialist
Tell us about your operation — restaurants, hotel, café, retail, or attraction — and what you are trying to fix. A senior Econix consultant will help you scope Business Central + LS Central and a practical path to delivery.
- LS Retail partner — POS, F&B, retail & loyalty on Business Central
- One platform for sales, inventory and finance
- Multi-outlet & multi-property consolidation
- Canada & USA delivery, senior-led
Request a hospitality consultation
We typically respond within one business day.
Free Guide: Hospitality & Tourism on Business Central + LS Central
What good looks like across POS, restaurant & F&B, inventory, loyalty, multi-property and finance — plus how LS Central and Business Central run as one platform, and a readiness checklist.
Hospitality on Business Central + LS Central — FAQ
What are Business Central and LS Central, and how do they work together for hospitality?
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the ERP and finance system — general ledger, AP/AR, inventory, and procurement. LS Central, from LS Retail, is a unified commerce and point-of-sale application built directly on Business Central, adding POS, restaurant and F&B, retail, and loyalty. Because LS Central runs on Business Central, sales, inventory, and finance are one product with one database — not separate systems bolted together. Econix is an LS Retail partner and implements both.
Is LS Central a point-of-sale system that replaces our POS?
Yes. LS Central is a full point-of-sale and unified-commerce application — it is the POS, not just an integration to one. It handles fast checkout, table service and F&B, retail, loyalty, and staff/till management, and posts every transaction to Business Central in real time. This is different from a generic ERP, which only integrates with a separate POS.
Does LS Central manage hotel rooms and reservations?
LS Central is unified commerce and POS — it is not a hotel property-management system (PMS). For hotels and resorts, LS Central and Business Central run POS, F&B, retail, and finance, and Econix integrates your PMS so rooms and reservations reconcile with F&B, retail, and finance on one foundation. Restaurants, cafés, bars, attractions, and hospitality retail can run entirely on LS Central + Business Central.
Can it consolidate finances across multiple properties or outlets?
Yes. Business Central supports multi-entity and intercompany setups with consolidated reporting, so a group operating several properties or outlets can see performance by outlet and roll it up to a single view — without spreadsheet-based month-end. Power BI dashboards sit on top for live revenue, occupancy, cost, and margin.
How does it help with food & beverage cost control?
LS Central ties menus and recipes to real inventory, so every sale draws down ingredients and you can see recipe cost, wastage, and menu margin. Combined with purchase orders, vendor pricing, and approvals in Business Central, F&B cost control becomes continuous rather than a month-end guess.
Does loyalty work across all our outlets?
Yes. LS Central includes member management, points earn and redeem, and targeted offers that work across every outlet on the platform, with guest purchase history feeding analytics — so you can act on who is spending with you.
We run legacy Dynamics NAV on-premises — can we move to the cloud?
Yes. Econix migrates hospitality operators from NAV to cloud Business Central (and LS Central where the POS and F&B run on the same platform), retiring aging on-premises servers and enabling mobile approvals and real-time reporting. Our White Oaks Resort & Spa case study covers a NAV 2009 to cloud Business Central migration.
Do you serve restaurants and attractions, not just hotels?
Yes. Restaurants and F&B, cafés and bars, hospitality retail and spa, and attractions and tourism operators are all well served by LS Central + Business Central. Hotels and resorts add PMS integration for rooms. Econix scopes the right fit for your segment during assessment.
Related Solutions
Explore the Microsoft platforms and services behind our hospitality work.
Dynamics 365 Business Central
The ERP and finance backbone under LS Central.
Upgrades & Managed Support
NAV migrations and ongoing support after go-live.
Power BI Analytics
Revenue, occupancy, cost, and margin dashboards.
Implementation & Consulting Services
How Econix scopes, delivers, and supports Dynamics 365.
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