Foss MikFoss

BUSINESS • PROCESS • ARCHITECTURE • DELIVERY
_{People first | Process first | Technology with a job to do}

I design enterprise systems that turn messy business reality into clear, maintainable, repeatable capability.

My work sits at the intersection of enterprise solution architecture, supply chain, Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management, Power Platform, data, integration, automation, application development, analytics, and AI-assisted systems.

I care less about shiny technology than whether a solution is understandable, secure, supportable, measurable, maintainable, and actually useful to the people running the business.

BUSINESS

_{Process Design

Requirements

Operating Models}

PLATFORMS

_{Dynamics 365

Power Platform

Enterprise Systems}

ENGINEERING

_{Data

Integration

Applications}

INTELLIGENCE

_{Automation

Agents

AI-Assisted Systems}

Business + Technology Architecture

I work across the full solution lifecycle, from understanding how the business actually operates to designing, building, validating, deploying, and improving the systems that support it.

Understand the Business → Model the Process → Design the Architecture → Build → Integrate → Validate → Deploy → Improve

The goal is not technology for its own sake. The goal is useful, supportable enterprise capability.

Dynamics 365 Business Process Architecture

I use Microsoft's end-to-end business process model as a practical map for connecting:

Business outcomes → Requirements → Solution architecture → Configuration → Integration → Testing → Adoption

`Acquire to dispose`	`Case to resolution`	`Concept to market`
`Design to retire`	`Forecast to plan`	`Hire to retire`
`Inventory to deliver`	`Order to cash`	`Plan to produce`
`Source to pay`	`Project to profit`	`Prospect to quote`
`Record to report`	`Service to deliver`	`Administer to operate`

_{Business processes cross application boundaries. Good architecture should too.}

Dynamics 365 + Microsoft Business Applications

⚙️ DYNAMICS 365 FSCM

Finance
Procurement
Sales
Inventory
Advanced Warehouse Management
Warehouse-only Mode
Manufacturing
Planning Optimization
Asset Management
Transportation
Product Information Management
Cost Management
Landed Cost
Project Operations
Commerce / Retail

⚡ POWER PLATFORM

Power Apps
Power Automate
Power BI
Dataverse
Copilot Studio
Custom Connectors
Solution Architecture
ALM

From
_{Manual work and disconnected decisions}

To
_{Guided workflows and reusable capability}

🔗 INTEGRATION + DELIVERY

Azure DevOps
GitHub
REST APIs
OData
Data Entities
Dual-write
Integration Architecture
Data Migration
Environment Strategy
Application Lifecycle Management
Testing
Release Management

Enterprise Delivery, Illustrated

_{Because every enterprise project eventually produces one of these moments.}

A tiny request grows to include validation, approvals, and edge cases.

SCOPE
_{"It's just one small change."}

Use automation for repeatable rules and AI when judgment is needed.

DECISION
_{Rules when rules work.

Reasoning when reasoning adds value.}

A WMS-to-ERP-to-planning integration checklist grows from units to timing, exceptions, and ownership.

INTEGRATION
_{The API was never the complicated part.}

Build Lab

POCs • Prototypes • Experiments • Tools • After-hours builds
_{Some stay experiments. Some become software. All start with a real problem worth solving.}

🚀 KIVO Studio
_{Knowledge • Intelligence • Validation • Orchestration}

A people-first, process-first architecture for building AI-assisted systems without turning every problem into an LLM call.

Focus

Deterministic-by-default execution
Human approval gates
Transparent tool execution
Reusable software over repeated prompting
Validation before delivery
Inspectable AI interactions
Clear separation between deterministic and AI-assisted execution

🛠️ D365 Implementation Tooling
_{Making enterprise delivery easier to understand and operate}

Tools, accelerators, utilities, and experiments around the Dynamics 365 implementation lifecycle.

Examples

ADO control and backlog tooling
FDD / SDD generation workflows
D365 configuration guidance
Business process catalog alignment
Warehouse and planning utilities
Testing automation
Environment and configuration tooling

📦 Supply Chain Applications
_{Business decisions → ERP execution}

Planning and operational applications that bridge real-world supply chain decisions with enterprise transactions.

Areas

Inventory visibility
Transfer planning
Warehouse orchestration
Replenishment
Manufacturing
Demand and supply planning
Operational decision support

🧠 AI-Assisted Applications
_{Make intelligence earn the call}

I use AI where interpretation, reasoning, synthesis, or ambiguity actually requires it, then convert repeatable behavior into software whenever possible.

Pattern

Reason once → Validate → Reuse many

The goal is not more AI.

The goal is better systems.

How I Build

🧭 OPERATING PRINCIPLES
_{How I approach architecture and delivery}

People first
Start with users, decisions, ownership, and outcomes.

Process first
Understand the workflow before automating it.

Deterministic by default
If software or rules can solve it reliably, use them.

AI earns the call
Use intelligence where judgment, interpretation, or synthesis adds value.

Validation matters
Make outputs inspectable before they affect the business.

Build for reuse
Turn successful behavior into maintainable capability.

🎯 CURRENT FOCUS
_{What I'm actively designing, testing, and building}

D365 FSCM + WMS
Architecture, implementation, warehousing, and Warehouse-only mode.

Supply Chain Planning
Inventory visibility, planning, replenishment, and decision-support tools.

Agent Tooling
MCP, orchestration, tools, context, skills, and evals.

Human-in-the-Loop
Inspectable validation before AI-assisted outputs affect the business.

Enterprise UX
React and TypeScript applications for complex business workflows.

Prompt → Software
Turning repeated AI behavior into deterministic, reusable capability.

Engineering + Data Toolkit

_{I move between architecture, configuration, code, data, integration, analytics, automation, and delivery depending on what the problem actually requires.}

Development

Python • SQL • VBA • TypeScript • JavaScript • React • HTML • CSS • Vite • Next.js • Tailwind • GitHub Actions

📊 DATA + ANALYTICS
_{Operational records → Trusted decision intelligence}

Architecture + Modeling
SQL Data Modeling Data Analysis

Pipelines + Transformation
ETL Data Transformation Power Query

Reporting + Visibility
Power BI Excel Reporting Visualization

Automation + Productivity
VBA Python Excel Automation Data Utilities

🤖 AUTOMATION + AI
_{Deterministic by default • Intelligence when judgment adds value}

Agents + Context
MCP Agents Prompt Engineering Context Engineering

Orchestration + Governance
Tool Orchestration Human-in-the-Loop Evals Approval Gates

Repeatable Execution
Deterministic Automation Workflow Automation AI-Assisted Applications

🏛️ ARCHITECTURE + DELIVERY
_{Business intent → Scalable, governed enterprise capability}

Strategy + Scoping
Business Analysis Requirements Engineering Fit-to-Standard Fit/Gap Analysis

System Architecture
Enterprise Architecture Solution Architecture Process Design Integration Design

Governance + Quality
Governance Security Testing Documentation Implementation Strategy

📦 SUPPLY CHAIN + OPERATIONS
_{Physical operations ↔ Enterprise transactions}

Warehousing + Fulfillment
Warehousing Distribution Transportation Order Management

Planning + Replenishment
Demand Planning Supply Planning Replenishment Inventory Visibility

Manufacturing + Control
Manufacturing Inventory Procurement Product Management Costing

Tools I Reach For

BUILD

Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Vite
Next.js DATA

SQL
Power Query
Power BI
Excel
VBA
ETL DELIVER

Azure DevOps
GitHub
GitHub Actions
ALM
Testing
Documentation EXTEND

APIs
OData
Dataverse
MCP
Agents
Automation

Elsewhere

🌐 Fossome
💼 LinkedIn
🧭 GitHub: you are already here

BUSINESS INTENT → ARCHITECTURE → WORKING SYSTEM

_{Architecture is where business intent stops being a slide and starts becoming a system.}

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