ERP Software: Microsoft Dynamics AX for manufacturing

Updated: October 10, 2006

Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Microsoft Axapta) helps your people manage manufacturing and a broad range of other business areas, minimizing the need for multiple systems.

The manufacturing area helps your employees streamline production and minimize inventory-carrying costs, configure complex products, and manage your personnel, material, and data processing more effectively.

Fact Sheets 

Master Planning

 Axapta_Master Planning.doc
361 KB
Microsoft Word file

Streamline your entire production process. The data provided by the Microsoft Dynamics AX Trade, Logistics, Projects, Work Centers, and Production Series helps your people minimize inventory-carrying costs and optimize product flow from suppliers, through production, to your customers.

Plant Operations

Acrobat AX_PlantOperations.pdf
1 MB
Portable Document Format file

Integrate critical processes—including order management,accounting, inventory, production,warehouse management, and barcoding—for improved customerdelivery, analysis of critical data, and quick response to changes.

Product Builder

 Axapta_ProductBuilder.doc
423 KB
Microsoft Word file

Streamline the process of ordering, planning and producing customized products. Enable your employees, as well as your customers, to configure complex products via a Microsoft Windows client, or over the Web.

Production

 Axapta_Production.doc
354 KB
Microsoft Word file

Increase production efficiency by giving people throughout your organization real-time insight into manufacturing processes. They can handle material flow, plan and execute routes, manage operations and rough capacity planning and jobs, and make detailed schedules including the use of Gantt charts.

Shop Floor Control

 Axapta_ShopFloorControl.doc
450 KB
Microsoft Word file

Manage your personnel, material, and data processing more effectively. Collect and analyze production-related information such as work hours and production activities for improved cost control.

Supply Chain Visibility

Acrobat AX_SupplyChainVisibility.pdf
950 KB
Portable Document Format file

Designed to work smoothly with communication and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Office and Microsoft BizTalk Server, this flexible solution can connect employees, customers, parts suppliers, and logistics suppliers across multiple locations, business systems, and technology platforms.

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Demos 

Bill of Materials

Axapta Bill of Materials
Approx. 1 Min

See how simple it is to create and maintain a Bill of Materials with the drag and drop functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Demand Forecasting

Axapta Demand Forecasting
Approx. 1 Min

Learn how demand forecasting helps your people deliver reliable information to customers and partners.

Job Scheduling

Axapta Job Scheduling
Approx. 1 Min

Discover how interactive graphical charts can simplify the management of production orders.

Multiple Site Warehouse Management

Axapta Job Scheduling
Approx. 1 Min

Get a glimpse of how Microsoft Dynamics AX can help your managers manage warehouses in different locations more efficiently.

Plant Operations

AX Plant Operations
Approx. 7 Min

Close visibility into plant floor operations helps you control costs, monitor productivity, and implement changes as soon as you notice a new opportunity.

Supply Chain

AX Supply Chain Visibility
Approx. 6 Min

Take advantage of new technology—including radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic product codes (EPC)—to help improve shipment planning and accuracy, optimize order fulfillment processes, and enhance in-stock positions.

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