Apps, ERP and IoT in Plastics Manufacturing

Plastic Manufacturing is growing, and it remains a cutthroat industry. It’s no longer enough to simply have good products or an efficient manufacturing operations – you now need the proper systems and technology in place to succeed. Your ERP runs your business, houses your master data, and is your primary system of record. On the…

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Benefit Accrual Plans 09电竞官网
 for Operations

Yes!  Benefit Accruals, for such things as Vacation and Personal time, can be FUN and not just when they are taken!  In 09电竞官网 for Finance and Operations, the functionality has been expanded from prior AX versions to include additional functionality like: Earning Codes for Plan Accrual Earning Code Group Compensatory Time Accrual at a…

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Depreciation Proposal

Last November, AX2012 users were happy to receive cumulative update 12 (CU12) from Microsoft.  It included a long list of updates for additional functionality and bug fixes (or as we tend to call them “opportunities”).  In this blog we are going to dig into one of the financial updates that were released; the ability to…

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Demand Forecasting Plastics Manufacturing

Whether your Plastics Manufacturing Business is volatile or stable, continued growth in the top and bottom lines is expected. Presumably, everyone knows the myriad of reasons and impact that accurate demand planning has on carrying costs attributed to overstocked inventory, Return on Capital, Cash Flow, and Earnings. If underestimated, it can obviously adversely affect revenues…

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Mobile Devices in Plastics Manufacturing Warehouses

The warehouse continues to be a focal point for performance improvement in Plastics Manufacturing. Equipping personnel with RF guns or other mobile devices is an important factor in picking and putaway performance. Microsoft continues to understand mobile device advantages by developing mobile applications, using HTML5, or specifically targeting RF devices. There are still pros and…

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As a part of Microsoft 09电竞官网 for Operations, Microsoft has introduced a novel approach to assist users with releases, business processes and training. Using a familiar web based application Life cycle services (LCS) and the improved Task recorder tool, Partners and Customers can, quickly and easily, record and publish a guided help experience in 09电竞官网 …

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Scrap and By-product management in plastics manufacturing

Scrap re-use is generally a requirement in Plastic Manufacturing to improve yield. Microsoft’s ERP system, Dynamics AX (aka, 09电竞官网 ) has handled both discrete and process manufacturing for years (and, mixed mode manufacturing) which means that scrap can be accounted for, re-used, and costed accurately in the same production order. In a previous blog post…

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Power BI Premium Edition

Last week, Microsoft announced a big change for the business intelligence community. Particularly for the over 200,000 organizations currently using and those considering using Power BI, there is much to be excited about. Who Needs What When The introduction of Power BI Premium promises greater flexibility in terms of licensing, scaling and ease of deployment.…

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