Are you a current Microsoft Dynamics customer? How does the new Microsoft Dynamics 365 roadmap affect you? Well the good news is that Microsoft hasn’t forgotten its great user base, but as of the 1st of November new customers won’t be able to buy either Microsoft CRM Online or the new Microsoft Dynamics AX (aka […]
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Is this the end of silos of information?
‘When I first joined the Dynamics community back in 2004, Microsoft had just purchased Great Plains and Navision, the pieces that would become Microsoft Dynamics, and all the talk was about how Microsoft was going to do what it always did – change the game. In the preceding years, the Dynamics product suite has grown […]
Introduction to Common Data Model
Related to the new Dynamics 365 platform Microsoft is launching, Microsoft is also releasing a new way to look at your business data, called the Common Data Model. At its simplest form, the Common Data Model is a way for all of your business apps to be able to speak the same language about the information […]
Dynamics 101 – Microsoft Dynamics Overview
Introduction Welcome to Microsoft Dynamics Overview. Dynamics is the most complete business software solution available today and this blog will demonstrate why and how it can help your company. This first post in our Dynamics 101 blog series will introduce you to Dynamics, including the software foundation, terminology, where Dynamics is headed, and some simple […]
Master Planning Unplugged, Volume 5: Scheduling Basics
Hello and welcome to our continuing series of blogs devoted to the world of Master Planning in AX. Throughout the series, we’ve been ensuring we get the main setups and understanding of planning features explained. I also think it’s important to have a theme attached to these features to better explain why and how you […]
What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 and what does it mean for my business?
Microsoft has announced the next step in their investment in their cloud business software, Microsoft Dynamics 365. It combines their best-of-breed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions into a single product offering, all online. To put it into context, think about what Microsoft recently did with putting its […]
The new Microsoft Dynamics AX (AX7) and the Cloud
Earlier this year, Microsoft released the new Microsoft Dynamics AX, the most current version of their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. The new Microsoft Dynamics AX (which we’ll call AX7 for brevity) is a major release for Microsoft, as it is the first time its marquee ERP software is not just cloud-enabled, but cloud-first. While […]
Microsoft Dynamics AX: Master Planning Unplugged, Volume 4: Safety Stock
Hello and welcome to our continuing series of blogs devoted to the world of Microsoft Dynamics AX Master Planning in AX. So far, we have gone through the main setups of Master planning and ensuring that you configure AX to match your company’s business processes and scenarios. Today, we’ll go into a feature set with […]
Using Microsoft Dynamics AX Product Configurator in an Engineer to Order Environment
As the world has changed from Henry Ford’s mass production model where a customer could have a car painted any color that he wanted so longs as it was black to a mass customization production model where customers now expect to have anything they want, the line between configure-to-order and engineer-to-order (ETO) is blurring. This […]
Master Planning Unplugged, Volume 2: Coverage and Item planning
Hello, and welcome to our new series of blogs dedicated to the world of Master Planning in Microsoft Dynamics AX. The first blog was dedicated to the concept of a two plan strategy, highlighting the differences and use of Static and Dynamic Plans. With the start of NFL training camps coming in a few weeks, […]