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Microsoft Dynamics AX for Industrial Equipment Manufacturing
Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta) will optimize production and business processes to keep on top of customer demand, increase profit margins, 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 and financial control and 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.
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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, which provide accurate inventory, scheduling, and delivery information throughout the supply chain. |
Built-in product and sales configurator |
The built-in product and sales configurator enables you to implement modular manufacturing by helping you quote and deliver multivariant products quickly and cost effectively. |
Just in time (JIT) capabilities |
Manage materials, schedule shop floor activity, and track 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 and 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. |
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