Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions––Axapta) software gives you the power to execute on your growth strategy and expand your business in any direction you choose. The unique architecture of the solution helps you incorporate multiple manufacturing and business locations into a single management infrastructure. The solution is designed with affordable adaptability in mind, so you can easily add new employees, locations, and lines of business. When your business is ready to access international markets, Microsoft Dynamics AX helps you localize for those markets so that employees, customers, and suppliers can engage you in their preferred language and currency. The Web is a key component of your business success with Microsoft Dynamics AX. With your implementation of the Microsoft Dynamics AX solution, you receive all the tools you need to Web-enable your business processes, making them accessible to vendors, trading partners, and customers anywhere in the world. On This PageConduct business globallyNo matter how you want to expand your business, Microsoft Dynamics AX can help you accomplish your goals in the following ways: | • | With an efficient infrastructure to conduct business globally, you can benefit from different labor costs and market conditions in international markets. | | • | Your local sales and support teams in international locations have immediate, real-time access to company processes and business information, including production and delivery schedules, so they can serve customers effectively. | | • | Microsoft Dynamics AX meets the legal and market requirements of 32 different countries. | | • | You can run your manufacturing and other operations simultaneously in several languages so that customers, partners, and employees can engage in their most comfortable and productive language and currency environment. | | • | Microsoft Dynamics AX calculates automatically and updates the various currency values used in your solution. | | • | Microsoft Dynamics AX multisite, multicurrency, and multilanguage capabilities are an integral part of the solution out of the box and require minimal programming and customization | | • | The architecture of Microsoft Dynamics AX helps maintain the integrity of your business database and processes as you add sites and users, and at the same time reduces your costs for IT support and server hardware. |
Business benefitsIf you're ready to take on the world, you need a business management solution that paves the way. The following key business roles in your organization are likely to have strong concerns related to doing business globally. Microsoft Dynamics AX can help address these concerns. Chief executive officer (CEO) | | • | Company lacks international presence |
| | • | Multisite, multilanguage, and multicurrency capabilities are built in to the core solution and can be activated without extensive customization | | • | Microsoft Dynamics AX is localized to the legal and market requirements of 32 countries |
| Chief financial officer (CFO) | | • | High risk and cost of doing business internationally |
| | • | Ease and efficiency in international business with automatic updates and conversion of foreign currencies | | • | Support for legal and market requirements in other countries |
| Chief operations officer (COO) | | • | Lack of efficiency in international operations |
| | • | Ability to build profitable relationships with suppliers and trading partners in other countries | | • | Employees can be productive in their preferred language |
| Vice president sales and marketing | | • | Company is not able to provide optimal services to customers in other language regions | | • | Limited capability to generate revenue from foreign markets |
| | • | Ability to serve customers and exchange documents and information in their native language and currency | | • | Sales, marketing, and support services in other countries can be highly productive in serving customers and working with business partners | | • | Company can act on business opportunities in international markets |
| Chief technology officer (CTO), chief information officer (CIO), IT director | | • | High cost and complexity of implementing technology infrastructure for multiple locations or in other geographies |
| | • | Scalable, extensible solution that can support additional locations and geographies with ease | | • | Support for the legal and market requirements of 32 countries | | • | Worldwide availability of partner and ISV solutions, and expertise to complement IT resources |
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