Is
your production floor less efficient than it should be, because
a lack of visibility into your resource capacity makes it
difficult to create good routes and plans?
Microsoft
Microsoft Dynamics™ AX for Production, helps you plan your resources to get
the greatest efficiency out of your production process. You can
track production progress and easily make changes to increase
efficiency and reduce costs. Real-time updating of resource data
helps yo manage capacity and optimise your resource use, to
drive down production costs and get more accurate delivery
dates.
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Do you know at any given moment where your biggest production
costs are?
Discrete manufacturing
involves making items that usually involve fabrication
and/or assembly of components into a finished good,
including such industries as electronics, furniture,
automotive suppliers, industrial products, medical devices,
metal fabrication, and plastics.
The greatest revenue and
profit improvement opportunities for discrete manufacturers
today are being driven either by performance improvement
initiatives, such as Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing, or
focusing on supply chain improvements. Many companies are
seeking to leverage all of these concepts at the same time
to improve their competitiveness. Information technology can
be a powerful, often essential enabler for these types of
transformation projects. For example, Internet-based
technologies such as a supplier extranet can dramatically
cut down on lead times by improving vendor visibility into
your supply chain.
Utilising Microsoft Business Solutions -
Microsoft Dynamics™ AX, discrete manufacturers benefit from:
Support for complex
distribution networks and location specific planning
policies ensures that the right product is in the right
place at the right time
Powerful finite
capacity and materials scheduling allow the creation of
executable schedules that improve plant utilization
while improving customer service levels
Flexible production
parameters, such as parallel routing structures and
multiple methods of shop floor data collection allow the
capture and analysis of real-time production floor
feedback, improving visibility of the production cycle
and quality management
Dynamic and on-line
available-to-promise calculations allow sales and
customer service the capability to deliver the right
promise date to customers and prospects, improving
customer satisfaction
An integrated
Enterprise Portal that allows customers and suppliers
real-time access to critical information and
self-service transactions, increasing the throughput of
information without adding additional headcount
Streamline your entire production process.
The data provided by the Microsoft Dynamics™ AX Trade, Logistics,
Projects, Work Centres, and Production Series helps you
minimise inventory-carrying costs and optimise product flow
from suppliers, through production, to your customers.
Streamline the process of ordering, planning
and producing customised products. Enable your employees, as
well as your customers, to configure complex products via a
Microsoft Windows client, or over the Web.
Increase production efficiency with real-time
insight into your manufacturing processes. 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.
Manage your personnel, material, and data
processing more effectively. Collect and analyse
production-related information such as work hours and
production activities for improved cost control.
