Microsoft Dynamics AX Axapta Brazil Implementation notes

Axapta or now Microsoft Dynamics AX (with thebased on customer unique order requirementso
new name for Microsoft Project Green - MicrosoftService Management. Imagine machinery servicing
Dynamics) is in the initial phase of requirementsfranchise business, when you have to maintain and
mapping for first implementation in Brazil. It is localizedsupport machinery fleet across Brazil - replacing parts
to support Brazilian taxation, federal & stateon unique demand, ordering parts from your
reporting and translated to Portuguese. In this smallfranchisor warehouses and production plants
publication we would like to focus on Axapta strongworldwideo CRM . Axapta has its own CRM module,
points and how they should fit to Brazilian businessintegrated with Sales Order Processing, plus Microsoft
requirementso Supply Chain Management. AxaptaDynamics CRM is on the way to be integrated with
supports intra-company orders to fulfill externalAxapta in 2006/2007 enabling you worldwide CRM
customer sales order, which allows you to design anddepartment functionalityo USA situation. Currently -
implement flexible internal cost and profit allocation2006 - Microsoft Dynamics/Microsoft Business
within your business group or enterprise. Also AxaptaSolutions has its Fargo, ND facility (famous Great
supports the seamless link between Service modulePlains Software Dynamics and later on Microsoft
(repair, preventive maintenance, damage estimation,Great Plains) to "localize" Axapta financials and
etc) and on-demand manufacturing orderhumane resources module to US and Canadian
(manufacturing module). Plus nice Axapta flexibilitymarketo Europe. German, Dutch, French, Spanish,
feature is Axapta business logics exposure via webItalian, Russian markets have Axapta localized.
services, which in turn allows repair crew technicianAxapta also supports Unicode - Chinese &
to enter replacement parts list into mobile devise andJapanese characters supporto Multinational Company.
transmit the order to Axapta server via cellularInternational Manager is typically speaking English,
media. This also opens door for barcoding andprobably some Spanish or German. The priority for
warehouse management automation\o Manufacturing.international manager is reporting clarity and
Historically manufacturing ERP is divided into twotransaction level audit (when required). Axapta
types: Discrete and Process manufacturing. Discretesupports multi-language and seamless transaction
manufacturing, where you expect fixed number ofaudit. We would like to stress that for multinational
manufactured items from fixed number ofcorporation preferably ERP is the one, coming from
components, labor and machine time is traditionallyworld-wide ERP vendors, such as SAP, Oracle,
better automated than process manufacturing, whereMicrosoft to address Brazilian subsidiary control
you do not expect exact outcome: food processing,questionso Axapta Business Portal. Having three tiers
beverages, mining, oil refinery, etc. You should expectarchitecture, Axapta allows you as a developer to
excellent discrete manufacturing from Axapta as wellenable business logic object exposure via web
as very good process manufacturing via some thirdservice in a simple MS Visual Studio.Net procedure.
party add-ons and custom improvements. Adding intoThis in turn gives Axapta additional advantage and
consideration integration with Supply Chainflexibility on the Business Portal web exposure level in
Management gives you very flexible and costcomparison to such "legacy" products as Microsoft
efficient manufacturing automation. On the top ofDynamics GP Great Plains or Microsoft Dynamics NAV
this - Axapta has flexible and intuitive ProductNavision.
Configurator module to enable custom manufacturing,