Streamline and synchronize your supply chain/distribution processes and seize global opportunities to stay ahead of the competition. Supply chain execution for Microsoft Dynamics AX helps companies overcome the challenges of ever-changing customer requirements, globalization, compliance initiatives and multiple distribution channels. Go beyond traditional warehouse or business management solutions to maximize operational effectiveness, reduce costs, boost profitability and build competitive advantage.

 

Synchronize real-time product movement

 

Streamline receiving/shipping processes and facilitate cross-docking/back-order shipments for a more efficient flow of goods.

 

Improve order fulfillment and accuracy

 

Base product placement on sales demand to help increase workforce efficiency, boost fulfillment rates, reduce cycle time, eliminate user error and charge backs. Support the requirements of leading retailers with built-in radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technology.

 

Reduce inefficient processes and excess inventory

 

Improve inventory control and enhance in-stock positions. Analyze workflows to help eliminate redundancies and manual activities throughout the warehouse.

 

Plan and balance workload

 

Track and measure warehouse activities against baseline standards to help allocate resources, optimize workforce performance and reduce labor costs. Integrated radio frequency (RF) technology helps employees stay connected in the warehouse or at a desktop. Automated workflows help prioritize work, increase productivity and improve performance.

 

Facilitate compliance with industry standards

 

Meet customer and carrier requirements with product identification options, easy-to-generate load documentation, parcel manifesting support, online bill of lading and manifest information.

 

Reduce transportation costs

 

Standardize procurement processes, automate carrier assignments, use tracking/tracing tools to integrate transportation management, reduce costs and improve customer service.

 

Features

Benefit	Description
RF/RFID support	Use RF wireless devices or RFID systems to synchronize product movement, optimize labor resources, comply with demands of top retailers and reduce paperwork.
Integrated transportation management	Automate manual activities, such as: carrier assignment and delivery confirmations - to reduce costs and speed order processing. Eliminate stand-alone parcel manifesting systems while ensuring compliance with industry standards for manifesting and bills of lading. Enhance product visibility with easy-to-use track and trace tools.
Shipping load management	Build loads, schedule carriers, provide one-click confirmation for multiple orders, keep track of containers and generate customer- and carrier-compliant shipping documentation.
Cycle counting	Help eliminate physical inventories and increase inventory accuracy with real-time cycle counts that deliver immediate reconciliation and discrepancy resolution. Perform cycle counts whenever picking or other activities make it convenient.
User-defined document types	Use familiar Microsoft Office Word templates that define printing options to increase user control, eliminate the need for extra programming and ease implementation & support.
Comprehensive transaction history	Track system events by user, activity, date and time for real-time insight into distribution processes and user actions.
Appointment scheduling	Schedule appointments for expected receipts to optimize receiving dock efficiency.
Put-away location optimization	Implement best practice strategies, user-defined put-away criteria or exception logic for guiding the selection of put-away locations to increase space utilization and eliminate human decision-making.
Automated order release	Improve order fulfillment, accuracy and automate manual functions. Release pick orders to the warehouse automatically or manage them according to specified fulfillment policies.
Workflow integration	Define multiple order process flows to eliminate inefficient processes while ensuring critical processes are performed.
Enhanced pick location selection	Base selection strategies on preconfigured best practices or user-defined criteria to increase picking productivity and eliminate human errors.
Pick/pack operational support	Use sophisticated packing algorithms to predetermine shipping containers. Then scan and pack. Help ensure order accuracy, automate manual activities and allow for pick-to-ship container processes. Easily provide advance ship notice (ASN) information and track shipping container contents.
Replenishment	Optimize storage and pick location assignments to increase storage utilization, boost picker productivity, reduce unnecessary picker and inventory movement.
Warehouse control center	An executive dashboard provides graphical representations of operational data to help you plan and balance workload in real time. Track key performance indicators, compare actual productivity with goals and receive alerts of floor-level exceptions.
Modular solution	Build a solution to meet the needs of your business, from RF data collection to full warehouse management. Add or modify functionality as your requirements change.

 

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