Microsoft Dynamics AX for consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) distributors enables your people to drive down the cost of distribution by integrating your business and financial systems with the warehouse, allowing you to quickly react to changing retailer demand signals and effectively remove waste in your warehouse activities.

Benefits include:

•	Quickly add and remove products
•	Order products based on retailer demands accurately track shipping and delivery of products by integrating automatic data collection (ADC) functionality with business systems.
•	Remove wasted activities in the warehouse
•	Manage multiple campaigns devised by a range of manufacturers

•  Supply and demand chain transparency

 

•  Synchronize demand data from retailers with supplier product availability.

    Utilizing this data to more effectively forecast need and schedule production

    is critical to your bottom line. By utilizing familiar desktop tools, your staff will

    be ready to make fast and accurate decisions based on changes in demand

    or disruptions in supply.

 

•  Advanced supply chain management

 

•  Automate inventory control and warehouse processes to help move        

   goods efficiently between branches and to stores. Be better equipped to

   negotiate with suppliers and retailers about product costs, timing and

   product placement.

 

•  Campaign management

 

•  Track sales and inventory based on key performance indicators (KPIs) and

    then compare it to current manufacturers’ promotions. Calculate delivery dates

    for complex orders using a mix of cross-docking, internal movement, vendor-

    ordering activities and using predefined trade parameters.

 

•  Improve operational efficiency

 

•  Streamline warehouse operations by removing wasted efforts. Tightly

    and automatically integrate product receiving and delivery with back-end

    financial systems. Execute contracts effectively to reduce the time needed

    to procure stock and ship products.

 

•  Control your processes from start to finish

  

•  Track items from the time products are purchased out of the warehouse to

    the time of delivery with lot and location control. Retrieve data easily to

    respond to recall notices or queries about how the item was engineered and

    where it may currently be in use.

Features overview

Benefit	Description
Customer campaign management	Track results continuously and automate tasks and processes as you manage the marketing and sales efforts that are driven by your customer campaigns.
RFID support	Achieve compliance with important supply chain relationships and take advantage of improved efficiency, visibility and exception handling brought about by radio frequency identification (RFID) enablement and support.
Integration with warehouse	Meet demand and fulfill orders seamlessly by integrating retail and production with warehouse. Effective collaboration and execution drives up the efficiency and consistency of your supply chain.
Available to promise (ATP) capabilities	Manage the capacity and availability of materials with available to promise (ATP) capabilities that provide accurate inventory, scheduling and delivery information throughout the supply chain.
Integration with familiar technology	Maximize your technology investment by taking advantage of the close integration Microsoft Dynamics AX has with familiar, powerful Microsoft products such as Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0, the Microsoft Office system and the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 messaging client.
Graphical planning engine	A specialized planning engine lets you use drag-and-drop functionality to graphically view the impact of changes on your processes, allowing you to evaluate several what-if scenarios and determine an effective course of action.
Flexible analysis and reporting capabilities	Integrated information in both summary and detailed views can help you improve decision-making, target the most attractive markets and reduce risk.
Multi-country capabilities and CRM	Add functionality, such as multi-country capabilities or customer relationship management (CRM) as your business grows. Customize your solution to meet increasing customer demands for quality, safety and performance.

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