Manufacturing

Microsoft Dynamics and Charteris – the true specialists

Manufacturing Companies are facing spiraling costs and demands for ever increasing flexibility in terms of reduced lot sizes and delivery times, coupled with the need for greater product variance. This agile marketplace cannot be cost effectively addressed with old legacy systems, excel spreadsheets and manual processes. Only modern flexible business systems, combined with an agile implementation methodology can drive improved business efficiencies for manufacturing companies.

The Charteris Dynamics AX Manufacturing template takes this philosophy a step further with a pre-designed set of processes and rules that ensure a speedy implementation with an associated lower cost of ownership and a greater return on investment.

Efficient management of the manufacturing process is essential in today’s ever more demanding environment and the Charteris Dynamics template delivers a solution that offers all the benefits of AX and an “out of box” tailored solution including:

  • The flexibility of finite and infinite capacity and materials planning, with rough-cut capacity planning as well as daily and long-term job scheduling.
  • Full integration with Microsoft Demand Planner for Microsoft Dynamics AX for more accurate forecasts.
  • Available-to-promise and capacity-to-promise tracking so you can provide more reliable information to customers.
  • Gantt chart production scheduling, offering management insight at a glance and the ability to make last-minute changes using simple drag-and-drop functionality.
  • Detailed, dimensional inventory and replenishment information that can help you reduce inventories, optimize replenishment, and gain leverage with suppliers.
  • Built-in radio frequency identification (RFID) capabilities that streamline inventory handling and help you conform to customer compliance initiatives.
  • A graphic work planner that can make shift work scheduling faster and easier.
  • Efficient, automated tracking of employee and machine time and work progress.
  • Customizable alerts that instantly notify you of lagging jobs or order changes so you can respond before a change becomes a crisis.
  • Comprehensive traceability and audit control for easier management of source material tracking or chain-of-control compliance.
  • Open integration options for multiple manufacturing execution systems (MES) to support improved visibility to actual production yields, work-in-process, and actual cost tracking.

Furthermore, the new Lean Manufacturing capability in Microsoft Dynamics AX empowers people in manufacturing organizations to streamline and integrate processes, minimize waste, optimize the supply chain, and manage demand-driven operations. Robust lean manufacturing functionality, delivered as an integral part of a flexible, security-enhanced, and familiar end-to-end business management solution, builds on the solution‘s collaboration tools and access to real-time business insight to facilitate value stream mapping, process integration, informed decisions, and continuous improvement. As a result, manufacturing organizations can help to effectively implement, energize, and sustain lean manufacturing strategies to reduce time-to-market, increase profitability, and gain a competitive advantage.