Do
you give your customers a way to easily pick custom options for
your products, without needing to involve sales staff?
Microsoft
Microsoft Dynamics™ AX Product Builder simplifies and streamlines the
process of ordering, planning and producing customised products,
helping you win more orders and increase customer loyalty. By
creating a unique BOM for every product that is customised and
ordered, you don't need to keep a massive catalogue containing
every possible combination of product options.
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Are
you struggling with a huge catalogue of all your different item
configurations?
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Do
you need a way to simplify your product configuration options
and tracking?
Although
Manufacturing-to-Order has been primary operational strategy
for manufacturers such as defence contractors and large
custom equipment makers, more and more companies are
embracing "to-order" concepts in order to simplify supply
chains to the point where parts can be spontaneously
resupplied without forecasts or purchase orders.
Instead of
wrestling with all the problems of inventory, "on-demand
lean production" can build products spontaneously without
any finished-goods inventory. Manufacturing-to-Order
techniques usually fit in one of the following categories:
·Configure-to-Order.
Configure-to-Order simplifies the production of configured
products. It allows you, or your customer, to select a base
product and then configure all the variable parameters
associated with that product. A hierarchical structure
allows you to define configured products that consist of
other configured products on many levels. The system
calculates when the finished product will be ready, based on
manufacturing rules and current production schedules.
·Make/Assemble-to-Order.
Some manufacturers operate as a make-to-stock business up to
the point of final assembly. Make/Assemble-to-Order allows
the configuration of final assembly and full pegging of
sales order through production and inventory.
·Engineer-to-Order.
Engineer-to-Order integrates projects and product structures
in a way that makes customer-specific design easier to
handle. The ordered product structures can be a combination
of standard products and project-specific structures.
Procurement is initiated by the project plan, and every
change can be registered, ensuring optimal flexibility,
control and cost-effectiveness in the delivery project.
Utilising
Microsoft Business Solutions - Microsoft Dynamics™ AX,
Manufacturing-to-Order businesses benefit from:
·A powerful and
flexible Product Builder module that enables multiple levels
of configuration and tight integration with production
management and sales orders
·Dynamic and
on-line available-to-promise calculations based on unique
configurations 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 self-service access
to build their own configurations, decreasing the need for
headcount required to service your customer base
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.
