By optimizing production, business processes and increasing profit margins is important to keep on top of customer demand and stand out in a volume marketplace. Industrial equipment manufacturing for Microsoft Dynamics AX provides component, sub-assembly and whole system manufacturers with flexible, scalable solutions that help you integrate business and production processes to shorten cycle times, enable project & financial control, visibility and empower expansion into new territories and services.

 

Improve operational efficiency

 

Help streamline operations on the shop floor and beyond—to all areas of your business. Automate processes and integrate important information. Bid and execute contracts more effectively. Optimize product development, manufacturing, sales, customer service and delivery to control costs, monitor quality and serve customers better.

 

Integrate design innovation into manufacturing

 

Shorten time to market for product innovations with a tighter integration of processes. Collaborate more effectively with suppliers, partners and customers to help enhance customer satisfaction and stand out from your competitors.

 

Support flexible manufacturing processes and multiple business models

 

You can tailor the solution to fit your business needs and serve multiple business models, including make to stock (MTS), make to order (MTO), assemble to order (ATO), configure to order (CTO) and engineer to order (ETO). Adapt to an ever-changing market quickly and cost effectively to seize new business opportunities as they arise.

 

Improve project management of customized orders

 

Win more customized orders by quickly generating accurate estimates and quotes. Analyze project costs and evaluate total time to complete an order so that you can better predict machine utilization and human resource requirements.

 

Control processes from start to finish

 

Track items from the time of materials purchase to production and sale with lot and location control. Retrieve data to respond to recall notices or queries about how the item was engineered and where it is currently in use.

 

Features

Benefit	Description
Fast request for quotations (RFQ) development time	Help streamline quoting and estimating processes to shorten RFQ development time and reduce risk.
Available to promise (ATP) capabilities	Manage materials better with ATP capabilities. The kind of capabilities that are needed provide accurate inventory, scheduling and delivery information throughout the supply chain.
Built-in product and sales configurator	The built-in product and sales configuration enables you to implement modular manufacturing by helping you quote and deliver multivariate products quickly and cost effectively.
Just in time (JIT) capabilities	Manages materials, schedules shop floor activity and tracks order progress efficiently for JIT delivery.
Product lifecycle management (PLM) system	Implement a complete PLM system to manage items from design through maintenance. Enhanced product flexibility enables you to offer customers more product options and build-to-order items.
Integrated approach to customer service	Improve customer service with quick access to product information, warranties, service contracts, returns, repairs and field service calls. Generate additional revenue with enhanced customer services.
Integration with familiar technology	Take advantage of the close integration of Microsoft Dynamics AX with familiar, powerful Microsoft products such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 and the Microsoft Office system.
Graphical planning engine	Create what-if scenarios and study the impact of potential changes on your processes with a graphical planning engine.
Integration with engineering design systems	Create and modify design documents quickly and accurately through built-in integration with product data management (PDM), computer-aided design (CAD) and engineering change order (ECO) systems.
Flexible analysis and reporting capabilities	Help improve decision-making, target the most attractive markets and reduce risks with accurate, integrated information.
Multicountry capabilities and CRM	Add multicountry capabilities or customer relationship management (CRM) as your business grows to meet increasing customer demands for quality, safety and performance.