Planning and execution are a part of every manufacturer’s operations strategy and are included in every ERP system, and but it’s easy to become confused as to where planning leaves off and execution begins – and easy to misunderstand the tools and techniques that contribute to success getting product out the door on time.

Let’s say your company has a large backlog of work in process, a healthy flow of orders coming into the plant, and reasonable lead time expectations with customers. Sounds ideal, right? Well, let’s further suppose that the company is having trouble shipping orders on time. Is this an execution problem or a planning problem? It could be either – or both. (more…)

Discrete manufacturing, the production of distinct items, is continuously changing as the global market grows and develops. From electronics and toys to cars and airplanes, discrete manufacturing provides consumers with distinct objects, and remains one of the fastest changing manufacturing verticals in the world. One of the biggest challenges facing Discrete Manufacturing operations is the added stress being placed on their supply chain by differentiation. As the global economy shifts, an increasing number of tasks are being assigned to overseas production, challenging management tools, fiscal reporting, and the bottom line. (more…)

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In this article:

• AXtension Launches New Version of AXtension Visual Project Planning
• CRM Module for Dynamics AX Helps Talley Medical Enhance Customer Service
• Leading Real Estate Developer Chooses Ameyo for Customer Interactions Management
• 2 Sisters Food Group Deploys LINKFresh Supply Chain Solution

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AX 2012 & ADM (Advanced Discrete Manufacturing) contain functionality to optimize, engineer-to-order (ETO), make-to-order (MTO), configure-to-order (CTO) and assemble-to-order (ATO) business processes. ADM utilizes standard functionality but adds critical components where concurrent engineering is required as well as project specific planning and analysis is required…

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One of the main goals of every manufacturing equipment management department is to lower costs. Building richer functionality out-of-the-box while reducing unnecessary costs is on all of our minds. As we move into the year 2012, we have an opportunity to consider how we improve upon existing methods.

So how do we go about reducing the costs of high-tech machinery manufacturing, but still generate opportunities for further efficiency in our operations?…

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With the general availability for MS Dynamics AX2012 in August, we’ve also released an update of the Connector for MS Dynamics AX2012 and MS Dynamics CRM. Connector for Microsoft Dynamics helps customers who are using Dynamics CRM (either online or on-premise) integrate it with their Dynamics ERP solution. Out of the box, we provide you with baseline integrations that will help you move customer information, inventory and pricing information and sales order between the two systems. Using a web service to web service integration on a scheduled basis, the data moves seamlessly between the two solutions, helping you keep the two systems in sync. Plus, it’s easy to modify the baseline integrations to better match how you do business. You can easily synchronize additional fields, adjust the length of time between schedules, or do deeper modifications using the Connector SDK…

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We are at week 11 of our 12-week series titled “Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.” In this week’s edition we turn our attention to the topic of ‘Processes and Workflow’ and the ‘Agile’ messaging pillar for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. Previously when focusing on the Agile pillar we have looked at the topics of Development Tools, Integration & Web Services and Programming so let’s now have a look at business processes – in many ways the foundation on which work gets done within organizations…

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As you have probably already heard, Microsoft will be releasing the next version of Microsoft Dynamics AX later in 2011 and that version is Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. Over the course of the next several months we would like to highlight exciting new functionality the new version offers. To start us off, we’d like to highlight the built-in industry capabilities it has – particularly those manufacturing capabilities.

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is purpose-built for organizations in manufacturing, Public Sector, services, and distribution (with retail coming soon), delivering industry-specific capabilities out-of-the-box. New in this release is support for public sector organizations. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 uniquely combines industry-specific capabilities in one solution and makes them available to all customers, benefiting organizations that require capabilities for more than one industry…

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