questionnaire parameters dynamics ax

Today we will discuss a feature of Microsoft Dynamics AX, which is not utilized very often by the user community.  However, it is a valuable productivity tool allowing to create, distribute, and complete questionnaires containing sets of questions used to collect information for a variety of purposes.  Below is a list of typical use cases…

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direct delivery sales order dynamics ax

Drop Shipment (or Direct Delivery) is a supply chain model allowing companies to deliver goods directly from vendor to customer.  This is a common methodology used in a variety of industries, including fulfillment and distribution as well as by many manufacturers. By using the following process in Microsoft Dynamics AX you can create an order…

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product attribute values dynamics ax

Product Attributes is functionality that was introduced to Microsoft Dynamics AX in the 2012 release along with the concept and functionality to use Products, Product masters, and Released products. Product Attributes can be viewed and used throughout the Microsoft Dynamics AX application. The new concept is a useful feature to supply more details about your…

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Dynamics AX Opening Balances

The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 release has some performance improvements built in for transferring opening balances to the new fiscal year for multiple legal entities simultaneously. Before R3 release, transferring of opening balances for multiple companies, one at a time caused performance issues. The transfer of opening balances deletes the balances from all legal…

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open time profile dynamics ax

In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 and R3 Time and Attendance functionality allows a worker’s scheduled lunch break to be automatically deducted when calculating hours for a work day. However, there may be times when the dedicated worker does not take a lunch break and works through their lunch and needs to be compensated.  An…

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Sometimes companies have employees or contractors that leave their organization on good terms, increase their skill set, or new positions become available and the need arises to rehire the worker. In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 (AX 2012 R3). Human resource features easily allow the rehire of a past worker (employee or contractor). The Microsoft…

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Production control Parameters Allow Partial Reservation Dynamics AX

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 (AX 2012 R3) has newly added features that can be used to automate Production order reservation process. The automated reservation process ensures that materials will be set aside for use in the ‘Made to Order’ environment and preventing material shortages during a production run.  In addition, a new feature has…

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dynamics ax role center

Much has been announced in the past two years relating to Business Intelligence by Microsoft.  For the Dynamics AX user, consider the laundry list of technologies and concepts: Management Reporter SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Analysis Services Cloud vs On Premise Office 365 Power BI Power Query/Map/View/Pivot… Datazen OLAP/Cubes Visualization Extract, Transform, Load BI…

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