Stay ahead of the competition by increasing insight of your supply chain and process manufacturing life cycle, communicating across department/company boundaries and building an agile business that responds effectively to customer needs. With process industries for Microsoft Dynamics AX you can better manage all the complexities of engineering and building products to custom specifications, optimizing capacity, complying with regulatory demands and driving continuous process improvement.

 

Increase the speed and flexibility of your process manufacturing operations

 

Support a range of manufacturing processes, including make to order, make to stock, mixed mode or a hybrid environment incorporating both process and discrete operations. Implement a flexible solution that fits your needs and those of your customers.

 

Improve connectivity and communication internally, with customers and supply chain partners

 

Share real-time information among key departments, partners, customers, integrate inventory, production and critical quality control (QC) data into your buying, selling and production decisions. Respond quickly to order status, certificate of analysis and delivery queries.

 

Provide insight into processes, inventory, and costs

 

Control inventory with real-time insight into production schedules, capacity, shop floor activities and production costs. View client, contract and project management details. Manage co-products and by-products in formulas or recipes centrally and implement effective recall procedures.

 

Respond quickly to changing market conditions and new opportunities

 

Tailor your production management system to meet the changing needs of your market or expand into new markets. Capitalize on new opportunities as they arise by modeling your production capabilities and providing accurate capacity planning and production costing.

 

Features

Benefit	Description
Fast request for quotation (RFQ) development time	Shorten development time for RFQs and reduce risk by streamlining quoting and estimating processes.
Flexible planning and scheduling tools	Adjust product mix to respond to changes in demand. Use what-if simulations to study sales scenarios. Schedule multiple package types within a single production run and consider recurring or rework products when scheduling. Deploy finite or infinite capacity and materials scheduling, backward or forward scheduling, detailed scheduling by hours and minutes or scheduling by day.
Customizable item and dimensionality structure	Define multiple inventory dimensions and visualize the dynamics of your stocking practices, including packaging codes, variations to the main item, lot management and inventory status. Conduct comprehensive where-used analysis, including alternate formula and recipe tracking.
Variable inventory and order tracking	Monitor inventory using dual units of measure (UOM) to manage total weight and packaging units (catch weight calculations). Track order status using real-time updates on net purchasing, production and capacity requirements and graphical symbols on each level of the formula or recipe.
Integrated quality control capabilities	Get the inventory status of any item, including designations for QC testing, QC and failed and downgrade of product. Track and manage quarantined products throughout the QC process.
Customized product and packaging capabilities	Enable customers to order in their preferred units of measure (UOM) and with multiple quality specifications per product while maintaining inventory visibility. Schedule production to maximize machine utilization while supporting custom configurations and packaging types.
Detailed production costs analysis	Graphical representations of multilevel formulas and recipes help you analyze and monitor production costs and requirements.
Optimized picking	Use a variety of methods including "best before" date, first expired/first out (FEFO) and first in/first out (FIFO) calculations, to pull inventory in the optimal sequence.
Manufacturing process validation	Help accelerate and simplify compliance with the requirements of regulatory agencies, such as the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), by validating manufacturing processes with Microsoft Dynamics AX for life sciences.
Extensive audit trails	Incorporate electronic signature functionality into your business processes, providing complete visibility and audit trails.
Web-based, workflow-enabled communication	Use web-based tools to share information across departments and with trading partners to maintain high production levels and on-time deliveries. Provide customers and suppliers with product availability, delivery, pricing and other critical information through the Microsoft Dynamics AX enterprise portal.

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