Logistics

Microsoft Dynamics AX
BENEFITS: Logistics in Microsoft Dynamics AX gives you the flexibility to
manage inventory and purchasing according to your needs, with
Optimize inventory levels functionality to support forecasting, classifying and tracking
by matching supply with inventory and the efficient creation and management of bills of
customer demand. material. The solution exchanges information with many other
functional areas in the solution including production, master
Improve your inventory planning, trade, finance and CRM, to help ensure a high degree of
management with synergy between logistics and other key areas of your business.
detailed insight into your
inventory and item
tracking. Optimize inventory levels
Improve your materials Logistics in Microsoft Dynamics AX offers strong forecasting functionality
requirements planning that supports long-term planning, to help you optimize inventory levels.
with flexible options for You can create sales and purchase forecasts based on items and time
managing bills of periods and use an unlimited number of forecast models to simulate
material. various future scenarios. To quickly project cash flow, you can transfer
item forecasts to the general ledger forecast.
Create bills of material
(BOM) quickly and easily
using the graphical BOM
designer.

With the graphical BOM designer, you can create a BOM and get an
overview of existing BOMs and routes in the one window

Get detailed insight into your inventory

Inventory dimensions are a powerful tool for classifying your inventory
according to storage and item characteristics, so that you can get a
detailed overview of your inventory whenever you need it. You can track
items throughout the system using batch and serial numbers. You can
also view documents related to an item using a simple tree-graphic from
anywhere in the system. At any time, you have direct access to
information telling you where items were used and where they can be
found.
Create bills of material quickly and easily
The graphical BOM designer is a graphical suite used to create and
manage BOMs based on Microsoft® drag-and-drop technology. The
familiar, user-friendly environment makes it faster and easier to construct
BOMs using a graphical tree-structure. The BOM designer displays all
levels and components of the BOM, and you can drag and drop relevant
items from the inventory table into the BOM.

The BOM designer also displays the route for the current BOM, allowing
you to drag and drop items from the BOM into the operations on the
route where they are to be consumed. This helps to achieve more
accurate lead time calculations when scheduling production in Master
Planning in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Flexible management of bills of material

Logistics in Microsoft Dynamics AX gives you an efficient and flexible
means of managing bills of material to ensure you get the most accurate
costing and materials requirements information.
Forty BOM levels can be managed effectively and accurate consumption
of raw materials can be calculated using formulas specific to each
component. Price calculations, using cost price, can be performed for
each level of the BOM, giving you accurate and detailed pricing
information which is updated throughout the solution. You can create
multiple BOM versions to provide maximum flexibility, and you can use
the version date of each BOM to control the validity of different versions.
Previous BOM versions can be accessed and reused at any time.
FEATURES

Forecasting Create sales and purchase forecasts

Use item and period allocation keys to allocate forecasts to individual items and
time periods
Consolidate sales and purchase forecasts into one inventory forecast

Item dimensions Characterize single item by using up to three item dimensions: configuration,
size and color
Rename the size and color dimensions to suit your purpose
Maintain valid combinations of item dimensions - can be allocated manually or
automatically
Specify the number of item dimensions used per group of items
Set up specific prices and discounts per item dimension combination

Storage dimensions Describe storage by using warehouse, pallets and locations

Track items using the serial and batch number dimensions

Advanced on-hand Get overview of current on-hand inventory per warehouse

tracking Drill down to current on-hand situation by any item or storage dimension or
combination of these
Tools for tracking batch and serial numbers throughout the system

Quarantine management Set aside items in quarantine using quarantine orders, either manually or
automatically when receiving items
Look up quarantine inventory at any stage in the quality control process

ABC analysis Calculate ABC analysis using user defined limits

Calculate the ABC analysis based on: revenue, cost value, margin, and carrying
costs

Bills of material (BOM) Multi level BOMs

Management Version and Date control of multiple BOMs
Approval routing
Formulas for calculation of variable or constant consumption
Supports phantom BOMs
Variance configurator
Allowances for scrap can be made in the consumption calculation
Where used feature
BOM explosion for materials planning and pricing calculation on all BOM levels
Dependent BOM versions

Placement and storage Specify different location and storage policies at both the warehouse level and
the item level
Specify warehouse locations on five levels: warehouse, aisle, rack, shelf and bin
RFID facilitates accuracy

Graphical BOM designer Graphical suite for designing BOMs and gaining insight into existing BOMs
Based on Microsoft drag-and-drop interface technology
All levels and sub levels of the BOM are visible in a graphical tree structure
Drag and drop items from the inventory table to the BOM
Drag and drop items from the BOM to the route operations
Circulation check to control which functions can be performed on certain BOMs
System alerts notify when a BOM is active and should not be modified

Inventory dimensions Eight different dimensions to specify exact location of items in inventory
Identification of:
physical location: warehouse and location*
physical location: warehouse, location and pallets
item origin: serial number and batch number
characteristics: configuration, color and size
Barcode support Maintain multiple barcodes per item
Read and write the following four different types of bar codes: EAN128/UCC128,
Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 128

Serial and batch number Stamp a single item or a group of items with a unique number for tracking
control

Random-location Determine the storage location based on rules regarding size, volume and
storage height
Allocate storage based on priority of picking locations first and then buffer
locations

Arrival journals Use for item registration

Make items available on-hand in inventory immediately after posting of
arrival journal
Have the option of either manual or automatic suggestion of arrival and
output locations according to storage and item setup
Warehouse locations Specify warehouse locations on five levels: warehouse, aisle, rack, shelf
and bin
Pick & shipments Drill down output orders to possible pick locations through the shipment
journal
Send out electronically advanced shipping notification (ASN) to the
receiver
Specify that shipments are sales order specific or customer specific
Include shipments for multiple orders per customer
Output orders Release order picking sales order ensures you have stock on hand to multiple
orders
Derive output orders from sales order lines or production order lines
Generate output orders as requisitions to warehouse
Define shipments so that they result in the creation of optimized picking routes

Different pallet types Create pallet transports from the following order types: input, output or refill
orders
Allocate prioritization to order types
Consider different pallet types corresponding to different sizes when selecting
locations
RFID registers the pallets, inventory items and controls them throughout the
supply chain

RFID & bar-coding Read and write the following five different types of bar codes: EAN128/UCC128,
Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 128.
Read and write to RIFD-EPC tags
RFID registers pallets and inventory items and controls them throughout the
supply chain
Print pallet label, location label and bill of lading labels containing bar codes

Quarantine management Specify quarantine requirements at the item level

Automatically send and lock quarantine items pending inspection to the
quarantine warehouse

*This functionality is included in the Standard Warehouse Management module. All other functionality listed on this
data sheet is included in the Advanced Warehouse Management module.

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