| Dynamics AX High Tech Functionality |
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| Supply Chain Interface |
| Supply Chain Interface Mapping Tool | Interface and mapping tool to automatically receive, validate, and process data from your supply chain partners via CSV, XLS, XML, Flat Files or RosettaNet PIPs.
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| SCI Workbench
| Pre-defined transaction sets to import Sales Forecasts, Advanced shipment notifications for Purchase Orders and Sales Orders, PO Receipts, Lot Starts, Lot Moves and WIP completion data from subcontractors, sending purchase order schedules to suppliers, updating purchase order line delivery data and tracking location to location inventory moves |
| SCI User Interface | Parameters are included for application to vendor operations, inter-company rules and error display. Optional map columns allow informational data to be pulled into the workbench, but not populated in Dynamics AX. |
| Sales Order Management |
| Enhanced Sales Order Line | Multiple schedules/deliveries per line Multiple dates for tracking request dates, commit dates, reschedule dates, and dock dates Reschedule reason codes |
| Credit Checking | One-click credit checking throughout the order process. |
| Order Change History | Tracks changes to dates, quantity, price, product number, and order status
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| Order Planning Workbench | Perform mass maintenance of open orders and rescheduling with reason codes perform reservations, allocations, and pick list generation |
| Bookings, Billings, and Backlogs | Captures and reports bookings net change on a daily, weekly, monthly basis Includes sales orders, RMA’s, credit memo’s, misc. invoices |
| Royalty Tracking and Support | Support for selling items with royalty specific coding
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| Sales Order Holds | Sales orders can be placed on hold. A common reason could be for a credit inquiry. |
| Final Customer Tracking | Track End Customer as well as Sold To customer |
| Production Management |
| AVL and AML | Approved Vendors Lists Approved Manufacturers Lists (reflecting customer qualification) |
| Approval Routings
| Approval routings for ECO, ECN, MCO Approval routings for PO with tiered approvals based on spend Customer credit check approval routings |
| Start Lot
| Inverse BOM concept with Start Wafer Lot as part of the production process Select, reserve, and optimally issue the component lot started on a production order Calculates the expected quantity based on yields or net die per wafer lot |
| Split Lot
| Split a quantity off of a production order into a new production order, which can have a different routing, lot number, finished good part number, etc. Connection between the original lot and split lot is maintained and included in the Lot Trace inquiry |
| Assembly Lots | Start lot operation that can pull components from various lots simultaneously and track the forward and backward lot lineage of each unique component lot combination. |
| Yields
| Yields were added to the routing and incorporate Yield calculation through-out the production process, used within Start Lot and Production flow. Yields are used to calculate estimated outs, quantity to start, costing etc. |
| Actual vs. Standard Yield Reporting | Analysis of the yield data, reflecting production yields and real costing
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| Binning and Grading | Alternative parts can be received off of a Production Order |
| Advanced Planning and Scheduling |
| Forecast Import/Export | Automated data feed that allows easy import/export of the sales forecast |
| Bucketed Production Build Plan | Bucketed Production Build Plan reflects the timing and quantity of wafer lot starts, moves into assembly, test, finished goods, etc. Shows a time-phased view of finished products based on subcontractor starts, commitments, inventory, forecast, etc. |
| Purchasing |
| Automated Receipt Processing | Automatically process receipts against purchase order based on production feedback from subcontractors |
| Blanket POs by Dollar Amount | Blanket purchase orders (POs) that can be set up by dollar value or by total quantity and generate automatic approvals. |
| Multiple Service Items Per PO | Reduces the number of overall POs released and allows each line to be received against independently |
| Operation Based Paypoints | Paypoints based on routings to support whether to pay based on the numbers of units IN (ie. testing) or OUT (ie. good die) |
| Quality Management |
| Quality Assurance | Non conformance management RMA’s tracking Problem types Internal problems Non-conformance costs Corrective actions e-mail alerts Workflows |
| Quality Control | Test types Qualitative/Quantitative Mandatory/Informative Certificate of Analysis Blocking logic |
| Logistics |
| Inventory Consignment | Track the inventory levels to be maintained at customer site Create replenishment orders based on inventory vs. replenishment level Ship product and move to a non-net-able consignment location, post notification and create bill only order |
| Inventory Reservations/ Allocations | Product reservations/allocations can be made by customer priority or manipulated manually from the Order Planning Screen. |
| Standard Dynamics AX Functionality |
| Manufacturing | MRP II-compliant supply and demand planning Finite and infinite capacity and materials planning Job scheduling and sequencing Resource management Shop floor management Work order management with job costing Product configuration Graphical bill of materials designer with version control |
| Distribution | Multi-site warehouse management Inventory management with dimensions Order handling with trade agreements Order promising Item and lot number reservation and tracking |
| Supply Chain Management | Demand forecasting Intercompany trade Procurement management Partner self-service websites Performance monitoring Electronic information exchange |
| Project Management | Project types and hierarchies Project finance and invoicing Consultant self-service websites |
| Financial Management | Financial management with dimensions Intercompany accounting and consolidation Complete audit trail |
| Customer Relationship Management | Sales force and marketing automation Telemarketing and questionnaires Sales management Customer self-service websites Computer telephone integration Document management |
| Human Resource Management | Organizational charts and employee registration Skills mapping and recruitment Employee self-service websites Business process management |
| Business Analysis | Designer for multidimensional data cubes Integration with Microsoft Analysis Services Analysis views through embedded Pivot Tables Balanced scorecard with key performance indicators |
| Global Solution | Supports local legal and accounting requirements Multiple languages Multiple currencies Local sales and support |