Microsoft Dynamics for operations professionals

Streamline processes, control costs, and accelerate delivery to market

From engineering and production to quality assurance and customer service—the role of Operations is to increase profit by getting quality product ready for market on time and to provide the best possible customer service.

Operations encompasses different departments, including research and development, engineering, materials, production, plant management, purchasing, warehousing, and shipping and receiving. To facilitate collaboration among departments, the Operations team needs a business management solution to provide a single source of data and platform for shared processes.

Using a single system for different department helps to ensure that all orders are complete and filled in a timely and accurate manner. And an integrated system allows your company to manage exceptions as smoothly as possible. Managers have access to the same source of information, so everyone is kept up to date on customer demand, materials shipments, and production schedules.

People

Vince, an Operations Manager

My job is to bring people together to execute on our business strategy. I make sure the departments under my supervision have what they need, when they need it. I'm a problem-solver, and my motto is "There's no time like the present to address problems." Every day, I meet with warehouse, production, purchasing, materials, and shipping and receiving managers to review sales order reports and address any concerns. It's up to me to discover potential issues—such as exceptions and unusually large orders—and coordinate a cohesive response through discussion, prioritization, and planning. I also try to spend some time on the factory floor, checking in with the machine operators and the shop floor manager.

It's extremely important that people have the information they need to do their job. That's why I appreciate our company's Microsoft Dynamics business management solution—it works like familiar Microsoft software so people can quickly drill down for contextual information or take action on the spot.

Susan, an Order Processor

I do a lot of different things, but processing orders is my first priority. I ensure that workers in the shop have adequate time to prepare and ship the orders. I help expedite "rush" orders and address issues with problem orders.

In addition, I assist other departments with purchase orders and invoicing. I talk with the Purchasing Manager all the time. I check inventory levels every day using Microsoft Dynamics to see what we need to order. I also work with Accounting to help ensure that orders aren't automatically shipped to clients who are behind in their bills.

Sammy, a Shipping Manager

My responsibility is to help keep the company profitable by ensuring that orders are shipped on time, are accurate, and arrive intact. Sometimes, not having sufficient product is a problem, so I work to ensure we can meet demand as much as possible. Our Receiving process is also important to my role. An incoming shipment might include something that we need to complete an outgoing shipment. We will unpack something immediately if we know it will let us send out a shipment that would otherwise be delayed. I watch for opportunities to make shipping cost-effective—for example, we might unpack two incoming shipments and repack then into one outgoing order rather than sending it out two separate shipments.

At the end of the day, I like to know that as much has been shipped as possible—as accurately as possible—and that the warehouse is in order.

Processes

Microsoft Dynamics serves as a shared source of data and processes for engineering, materials, production, and shipping and receiving, helping those departments work together to achieve business success. Some of the challenges faced by Operations teams include:

Efficient order entry and distribution. To effectively meet customer needs, Operations groups need to maintain tight control over order processing, transmit orders quickly to the appropriate departments, and keep sufficient stock on hand to complete the orders. But many variables may complicate these tasks. Microsoft Dynamics gives order processors the tools they need to effectively communicate with customer service, sales, purchasing, and warehouse departments in a well-designed order-entry system that looks and feels like familiar Microsoft Office system software.

Integrated demand planning. For manufacturing and distribution, demand planning determines whether production is efficient and whether delivery is comfortably and economically on-time. Microsoft Dynamics helps Operations managers create accurate demand forecasts based on historical sales and customer data. Reports and access to ongoing key performance indicators help provide insight into emerging trends. Materials, production, and logistics departments use this information as a foundation for their own planning. And Microsoft Dynamics Microsoft Dynamics simplifies demand planning by integrating with Microsoft Office Excel.

Capably manage exceptions. For manufacturing operations, the key to customer satisfaction is the ability to produce and deliver what customers want, when they want it. So manufacturers need to be effective in managing orders that call for customized products and that require special materials or process adjustments. Throughout your operations, Microsoft Dynamics supports exceptions management with flexible planning and production options and the ability to account for non-inventory parts or add items to the inventory. And because Microsoft Dynamics sales and manufacturing functionality is integrated with financial management, employees can easily make required accounting adjustments.

 

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Microsoft Business Intelligence – About BI

Microsoft leads the industry in business intelligence solutions.

Microsoft business intelligence solutions are scalable and designed to evolve with your business. With continuous innovation since initial release, Microsoft business intelligence solutions are built on open, industry-wide standards – making integration with your other systems easier and less costly than the alternatives.

BI Benefits
Improve organizational effectiveness

Microsoft business intelligence enables you to create and manage information through an integrated system that includes core business productivity features, such as collaboration tools, search capabilities, and content management. The workplace becomes highly efficient, resulting in cost savings and low total cost of ownership (TCO).

BI In Action
Accurate, integrated data empowers success at Northumbria University

Stakeholders at Northumbria University use Microsoft Business Intelligence solutions to gain access to near real-time, streaming reports to support effective decision-making.

"Within one year the team was able to launch the full decision support system, a user friendly web-based portal, called Northumbria World. It includes dashboards, scorecards, KPIs and advanced drill-down capabilities. We almost surprised ourselves with the rather quick and smooth implementation process -- it really exceeded expectations every step of the way." Eugene McCrossan, Financial Planning Director for Northumbria

Enable IT efficiency while reducing costs
With Microsoft business intelligence, you can cut costs and reduce complexity by leveraging existing IT investments to extend the reach of technology you already own.

Because Microsoft Excel, SQL Server and SharePoint are integrated and inter-operable, you can rely on your existing IT resources and skill sets for faster implementation and lower total cost of ownership.

Conceptus Achieves Effective, Integrated Solution at Half the Cost

Conceptus deployed Microsoft business intelligence solutions to achieve increased visibility into key data and trends at half the cost of a competitor.

"By choosing Microsoft, we gained an effective BI solution at half the cost of an alternative. We were able to use our existing CRM and ERP systems and our existing data warehouse for building the OLAP cubes." Jeff Letasse, Vice President of Information Technology and Business Systems

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Microsoft Dynamics Acquisitions Accelerate Industry Innovation for ERP Customers

Acquisition of manufacturing, professional services and retail solutions propels Microsoft Dynamics ERP industry strategy forward.

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 22, 2009 — Building on the Microsoft Dynamics enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategy to drive industry-specific innovation for customers and enable partners to deliver repeatable, vertical solutions, Microsoft Corp. today announced the acquisition of four industry solutions that will extend the core capabilities of one of Microsoft’s ERP products, Microsoft Dynamics AX. This move supports Microsoft’s promise to enable the Dynamic Business, which includes offering flexible business applications that remain relevant as business needs evolve.

“With these acquisitions we are investing in building industry functionality directly into the Microsoft Dynamics AX application, while other ERP vendors are cutting corners or trying to reconcile multiple industry offerings as a result of acquiring several companies,” said Crispin Read, general manager of Microsoft Dynamics ERP. “We are a safe haven for customers and partners who depend on us to drive continuous innovation in our products and lower the total cost of ownership.”

The following acquired technology will be offered as part of Microsoft Dynamics AX, which will give partners the opportunity to drive deeper vertical solutions for customers in manufacturing, professional services and retail.

• A process manufacturing solution acquired from Fullscope Inc., which provides tight integration of business processes across discrete manufacturing and process manufacturing

• A professional service solution acquired from Computer Generated Solutions Inc., which delivers a single system to manage projects and resources, execute financial transactions and customer billing, and match resources with client assignments

• Retail solutions from LS Retail EHF and To-Increase Denmark A/S, a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbus IT Partner A/S, that enable Microsoft to provide an end-to-end retail solution including store management with point-of-sale, merchandising and ERP capabilities

With these technology acquisitions Microsoft is providing core industry functionality embedded into Microsoft Dynamics ERP applications, allowing partners to focus on the last mile of innovation, which has been shown to have the greatest impact on a customer’s business. In fact, IDC research shows that Microsoft Dynamics ERP partners with vertical focus outperform those without in several key areas including higher overall customer growth, a higher proportion of revenue from new customers, larger deal sizes, and a trend toward higher operating profit margins.  

“We chose Microsoft Dynamics AX with the process manufacturing solution from Fullscope over Oracle and SAP because Microsoft’s industry solution enabled a better fit with our business processes instead of dictating a set of fixed industry best practices,” said Mark Holt, director of information technology, Cayman Chemical Company Inc. “Microsoft’s move to add industry solutions directly into Microsoft Dynamics AX provides a predictable industry road map, allowing partners to focus on the vertical solutions that can keep pace with the rate of innovation.”

A vibrant ecosystem of independent software vendor partners delivers vertical solutions for multiple industries across Microsoft Dynamics ERP, which also includes Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics SL.

Process manufacturing and professional services solutions for Microsoft Dynamics AX are available immediately on the Microsoft Dynamics price list, and the retail solution will be available at a later date. Microsoft will provide updates to customers and partners as the availability date approaches.

More information on Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions, and details on the new industry functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX, can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/en/us/products/ax-overview.aspx.

About Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics is a line of adaptable, easy-to-use ERP and CRM applications that enable business decision-makers to run their business efficiently and drive business success. Delivered through a network of channel partners providing specialized services, these integrated, adaptable business management solutions work like and with familiar Microsoft software to streamline processes across an entire business.

www.pargesoft.com Microsoft Dynamics AX Global Partner

Supply Chain Management in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

Streamline and automate business processes throughout the supply chain to improve planning, optimize inventory levels, reduce costs, and respond quickly to changes in customer and supplier demand. Supply Chain Management in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009 connects sales and purchasing processes with logistics, production, and warehouse management to provide real-time visibility throughout the supply chain. With the ability to integrate external business processes and support application-to-application connectivity, you can improve supply and demand planning to optimize inventory levels and increase reliability rates for execution and delivery. In addition, you can help simplify government and corporate compliance commitments by defi ning custom business rules and workfl ows based on risk scenarios.

Gain insight throughout the supply chain using your Role Center.

Empower people to work fast and smart with Role Centers that organize relevant tasks, information, and tools in a personalized view. Supply chain managers can gain deep insight into customer and supplier account data, pricing, trade agreements, and inventory with access to RoleTailored reports and custom data cubes. Warehouse managers can easily access tools to help them optimize item storage based on location types, space, pallet heights, and temperature requirements.

BENEFITS
• Improve customer service. Enhance the security and reliability of deliveries with the global available-to-promise (ATP) view, which provides delivery alternatives in the event of unexpected disruptions. Automate sales and purchasing processes, track and locate inventory items quickly, and help ensure accurate pricing and discounts to improve customer satisfaction.

• Reduce costs by optimizing supply chain management processes. Improve productivity, adapt internal processes quickly to meet new demands, and optimize processes across sites in the supply chain.

• Control and streamline inventory. Use powerful inventory management tools to improve forecasting and planning, match supply with customer demand, and create sales and purchasing forecasts based on specific items and time periods.

• Increase visibility throughout the supply chain. Empower users to view real-time data through a user-friendly interface and Role Centers that provide quick access to tasks and critical business intelligence (BI) information, such as key performance indicators (KPIs) and custom reports.

OVERVIEW Supply Chain Management in Microsoft Dynamics AX includes the following functionality:
• Demand forecasting
• Intercompany trade
• Inventory management
• Procurement management
• Vendor self-service portal
• Business-to-business trading partner integration
• Quality management
• Multi-site capabilities
• Order handling with trade agreements
• Item and lot number reservation and tracking
• Order promising
• RFID
• Distribution planning
• Returns management

Collaborate across boundaries with a Web services framework By connecting business processes and people across the entire supply chain, organizations can gain the insight they need to adapt to changing business requirements, streamline planning and inventory management, and deliver superior customer service. Supply Chain Management in Microsoft Dynamics AX provides the tools you need to exchange data with trading partners, customers, vendors, and other systems. With Application Integration Framework, the Web services framework in Microsoft Dynamics AX, you can access arange of out-of-the-box XML documents, including Advanced Shipping Notice(ASN), Sales Order, and Purchase Order. Exchange the documents using various transport mechanisms, such as file systems, Microsoft® Message Queuing (MSMQ), and outbound Web services.

Automate business processes with online services Automate and streamline business processes using a wide range of out-of-the-box Web services in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, or create and customize your own Web services using simple tools. Take advantage of payment services to integrate credit card processing, including preauthorization, authorization, and data tracking directly, into Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Gain quick access with Web-based portals
With Supply Chain Management in Microsoft Dynamics AX, you can obtain the real-time business information you need anytime, from any location. You can access the solution quickly from the Microsoft Dynamics AX client, or by using Enterprise Portal in Microsoft Dynamics AX, which is based on Microsoft Windows® SharePoint® Services and Microsoft Offi ce SharePoint Server. Regardless of how you access the data, the business logic is maintained in a single data set to maintain data integrity and enhance security.

Speed business insight with fl exible self-service BI tools Supply Chain Management in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 delivers powerful selfservice BI tools to people at every level of the supply chain. Gain quick business insight with the ability to monitor performance with predefi ned cubes, KPIs, and ad-hoc reports—all from within your Role Center. Share and modify data with ease by exporting to Microsoft Offi ce Visio® and Microsoft Offi ce Excel®, with the ability to use PivotTable® views.

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Empower your people with Microsoft Dynamics AX business intelligence and reporting tools

In today’s competitive markets, success depends on empowering everyone in your organization—individuals, teams, and executives—with self-service access to business intelligence information. With the robust, out-of-the-box capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics AX, you can get quick access to personalized business intelligence (BI) information by using familiar, easy-to-use tools.

As an end-to-end business management solution built on the proven Microsoft technology stack—including the performance and services within Microsoft SQL Server—Microsoft Dynamics AX can solve today’s business intelligence challenges with integrated information and tools, custom BI access, flexible viewing and analysis capabilities, and scalability for future growth. Microsoft Dynamics AX, with or without the addition of PerformancePoint Server, is designed specifically to deliver the insight you need to drive business success.

Empower your people to make confident decisions and drive organizational success. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 integrates with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to deliver extensible reporting tools and a BI platform that provides access to relevant, real-time data across your organization.

Get fast, reliable, and comprehensive accounting, financial reporting, and analysis capabilities. Extend access to your business community, at the appropriate level, and improve the efficiency of your existing accounting processes.

Combine the power of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 with the flexible performance management tools of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to simplify monitoring, deeply analyze business performance, and enhance planning and budgeting.

www.pargesoft.com Microsoft Dynamics AX Global Partner

Learn about the features and capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics AX

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 delivers a rich industry platform on which partners can build vertical applications for mid-sized organizations and divisions of large enterprises. The solution supports the primary and secondary processes of organizations in multiple industries.

Business intelligence and reporting

Empower your people with self-service business intelligence, and see how access to information can help meet personal goals, accomplish team objectives, and achieve overall business success.

Collaboration

See how applications like Microsoft Dynamics AX Enterprise Portal, Unified Communication integration, and Application Integration Framework can improve collaboration and efficiency across the workplace and the globe.

Environmental sustainability

Discover how this cost-effective solution is designed to help Microsoft Dynamics AX customers track their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, also known as their carbon footprint, over time, allowing them to be more proactive in their approach to environmental issues.

Financial management and compliance

Microsoft Dynamics AX provides you and your people with fast, reliable, and comprehensive accounting, financial reporting, and analysis capabilities. And it helps you manage a broad range of other business areas, so you minimize the need for multiple systems.

Human resource management

Gain deeper insight into the status of individual employees, an overview of your entire organization and the strategic tools you need to develop the human resources upon which your business goals depend.

Production

Real-time insight into business and supply chain information—including inventory, warehouse, and production—helps you optimize production flow by planning effectively, maximizing resource utilization, driving accurate delivery performance, and streamlining business processes.

Project management and accounting

Help managers gain increased financial control of both short-term and long-term projects, including long-term time and material projects, internal projects, and fixed-price projects.

Sales and marketing

Sales and marketing managers can work more effectively with their teams and sell more efficiently by using the Internet and telemarketing to increase sales and reduce costs.

Service management

Plan, track, and analyze service operations to maximize efficiency, gain a complete overview of costs and revenue, and improve profitability for service operations.

Supply chain management

Automate sales and purchasing to help streamline intercompany operations. And because it was built for the Internet, your sales team can access, view, and update customer and company information anytime, anywhere.

www.pargesoft.com Microsoft Dynamics AX Global Partner

Microsoft Dynamics für Transport und Logistik

Das bewegt die Branche: Branchenlösungen von Microsoft Dynamics für Transport und Logistik

Unternehmen in Transport und Logistik müssen ihre Produkte und Dienstleistungen eng mit ihren Auftraggebern verzahnen und für transparente Prozesse entlang der Supply Chain sorgen. Und überall gilt: Schnelligkeit ist Trumpf. Derzeit verzeichnet die Transport- und Logistikbranche erstmals nach mehreren Jahren überdurchschnittlichen Wachstums stagnierende Umsätze. Dafür sind vor allem die höheren Kosten für Energie, Treibstoff und die Nutzung von Verkehrswegen und auch die gestiegenen Kundenanforderungen verantwortlich. Hier auf unseren Internetseiten für Transport und Logistik finden Sie praxisorientierte Informationen zu Markttrends und technischen Entwicklungen sowie Branchenlösungen von Microsoft Dynamics-Partnern.

Mit Branchenlösungen von Microsoft Dynamics decken Sie die Geschäftsanforderungen Ihres Unternehmens in Transport und Logistik ab. Ihre besonderen Vorteile: Sie erhalten eine maßgeschneiderte Software und profitieren von dem Know-how unserer Partner, die sich auf Ihre Branche spezialisiert haben.

Logistik-Outsourcing mit Logistiksoftware optimieren

Unternehmensübergreifende Zusammenarbeit erforderlich

Outsourcing wird in der Logistik immer wichtiger. In Westeuropa geben die Unternehmen bereits 64 Prozent ihres Logistikbudgets für externe Dienstleister aus. Das zeigt eine aktuelle Studie der Management-Beratung Capgemini und des Georgia Institute of Technology, für die weltweit 1.430 Logistikmanager befragt wurden. Für die nächsten fünf Jahre rechnen die befragten Manager mit weiteren Zuwachsraten von zwölf bis 17 Prozent. Asien liegt jetzt schon mit einer Outsourcing-Quote von 63 Prozent fast gleichauf mit Europa, nur die USA und Lateinamerika liegen mit 48 und 39 Prozent weiter zurück.

Beim Outsourcing von Dienstleistung der Logistik geht es noch vorrangig um klassische Aufgaben: Transport (gesamt 90 Prozent, Westeuropa 95 Prozent), Lagerhaltung (74/76 Prozent) und Zollabfertigung (70/59 Prozent). Höherwertige Dienstleistungen, wie Sendungskonsolidierung, produktnahe Mehrwertleistungen oder auch Rückwärtslogistik, werden seltener nachgefragt. Selbst die deutsche Bundeswehr lagert heute Logistik aus und fliegt beispielsweise ihre Soldaten mit angemieteten Antonow-Flugzeugen zu Auslandseinsätzen.

Insgesamt sind die Unternehmen dabei ziemlich zufrieden mit ihren Dienstleistern, zeigt die Studie von Capgemini. Allerdings stimmt nur die Hälfte der Befragten der Aussage zu, dass ihr Logistiker ihnen neue und innovative Ansätze zur Steigerung der Effektivität bietet. „Zunächst einmal müssen die Logistikunternehmen ihre Hausaufgaben bei den Basisdienstleistungen machen und hohe Qualität zu akzeptablen Preisen liefern“, sagt Dr. Martin Raab, Leiter der Beratungssparte für die Logistikindustrie bei Capgemini. „Die Kür stellen die neuen, höherwertigen Dienstleistungen sowie Innovationen dar.“ Der Preis muss natürlich auch stimmen. Nach Untersuchungen des Bundesverbandes Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik (BME) existieren beispielsweise in der Luftfracht Preisunterschiede von bis zu 150 Prozent. In der Seefracht sind es sogar 200 Prozent.

Für den allergrößten Teil der von Capgemini befragten Logistikmanager (92 Prozent) gehören bestimmte IT-Standards und adäquate Logistiksoftware zum unbedingten Pflichtprogramm ihrer Dienstleister. Fast zwei Drittel unterziehen ihre Outsourcing-Partner und deren Logistiksoftware sogar einer besonderen IT-Prüfung, bevor sie einen Auftrag vergeben. Im Kontrast dazu steht aber ihre tatsächliche Zufriedenheit mit der IT des Logistikdienstleisters: Lediglich 35 Prozent äußern sich positiv. „Für die Logistikanbieter wird dies zu einem wunden Punkt“, sagt Raab. „Die künftigen Dienstleistungen und die Vernetzung mit Kundensystemen erfordern immer bessere Informationstechnologien. Eine integrierte IT-Plattform wird damit zu einem geschäftskritischen Faktor.“

Das Outsourcing von Logistikdienstleistungen funktioniert also nur dann gut, wenn danach die Prozess- und Bestandskosten niedrig sowie die Lieferzeiten kurz sind und die Liefertreue des Dienstleisters hoch ist. Bei der modernen Logistik geht es darum, kundenorientiert und kostenminimal das richtige Produkt zur richtigen Zeit zum richtigen Preis am richtigen Ort in der richtigen Menge und der richtigen Qualität bereitzustellen. Funktionieren kann dies heute nur noch, wenn die externen Logistikdienstleister eng an ein Unternehmen angebunden sind und die richtigen Daten zum richtigen Zeitpunkt schnell, einfach und zuverlässig ausgetauscht werden. Moderne Unternehmenssteuerungs- und Planungssysteme (Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP) bieten entsprechende Programmmodule und Schnittstellen. Microsoft Dynamics NAV und Microsoft Dynamics AX unterstützen Logistikprozesse und machen auch eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen Dienstleister und Kunden über Unternehmensgrenzen hinweg möglich. Microsoft Dynamics-Partner bieten zudem Branchenlösungen, die auf die besonderen Anforderungen von Logistikunternehmen ausgerichtet sind. Nicht zuletzt ermöglicht Microsoft BizTalk Server die Anbindung von Fremdsystemen für einen nahtlosen Daten- und Informationsaustausch.

Branchenlösungen für Transport und Logistik von Microsoft Dynamics: Referenzen im Überblick

Über 300.000 Kunden weltweit setzen auf Microsoft Dynamics. Mit den Branchenlösungen unserer zertifizierten Partner erhalten Sie ein maßgeschneidertes Komplettpaket, das Ihr Unternehmen in allen branchen- und unternehmensspezifischen Aspekten unterstützt. Hier finden Sie eine Auswahl von Kunden, die von ihren Erfolgen mit Microsoft Dynamics berichten.

Lesen Sie in den Referenzen, wie eine Branchenlösung zentrale Geschäftsprozesse optimieren und automatisieren kann und wie unsere Kunden vom Branchen-Know-how unserer Partner profitieren.

Referenzen in Transport und Logistik

Bantleon GmbH
Produkte: Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Partner: SIEVERS-SNC
Das mittelständische Mineralölunternehmen Hermann Bantleon GmbH hat sich in den letzten Jahren immer mehr vom Handelsunternehmen zum Systemanbieter und Logistikdienstleister entwickelt.
„Mit der Lagerlösung SNC/Logistics haben wir unsere Erwartungen und die unserer Kunden an mehr Flexibilität und Transparenz in der Auftragsabwicklung nicht nur erfüllt, sondern weit übertroffen.“ Heiner Krähling, IT-Leiter bei der Hermann Bantleon GmbH

Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG
Produkte: Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Partner: PRIM Management Consult GmbH
Die Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG ist 1992 aus der Fusion der Häfen Köln GmbH, der Köln-Bonner Eisenbahnen AG und der Köln-Frechen-Benzelrather Eisenbahn entstanden.
„Das Zusammenspiel zwischen Dynamics CRM und Outlook hat uns am besten gefallen. Die vielen gemeinsamen Abläufe halten den Einarbeitungsaufwand gering.“ Heinz Vitus, IT-Leiter, Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG

SCHMIDT-Gruppe
Produkte: Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Partner: SIEVERS-SNC
Die SCHMIDT- Gruppe zählt mit über 800 Mitarbeitern, 28 Niederlassungen in 9 Ländern, 800 Fahrzeugen, 1.110 Lagersilos, 111.500m² Lagerhallen und über 3.000 Containern zu Europas größten Logistikdienstleistern im Schüttgutbereich.
„Unsere Kunden sind begeistern, wie sicher, schnell und problemlos wir heute Prozessinformationen liefern – und das 24 Stunden am Tag ohne zusätzlichen Personaleinsatz.“ Michael Pütz, Niederlassungsleiter in Köln-Niehl

4Wheels Service + Logistik GmbH
Produkte: Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Partner: SIEVERS-SNC
4Wheels Service + Logistik GmbH lagert bundesweit Sommer- und Winterreifen in 50 Niederlassungen ein. Der Service ist als Dienstleistung für Werkstätten und Autohäuser konzipiert, die für Privathaushalte und Firmen Räder wechseln.
„Im Vergleich zu einer Inhouselösung sparen wir rund 15 bis 20 Prozent der Gesamtkosten. Die gewonnene Liquidität investieren wir in unser Kerngeschäft.“ Robin Vogl, geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, 4Wheels Service + Logistik GmbH

REISSWOLF Köln GmbH
Produkte: Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Partner: tegos gmbh dortmund
Seit der Einführung der Branchenlösung mit Microsoft Dynamics NAV wissen die Mitarbeiter der REISSWOLF Köln GmbH jederzeit, wo sich die Fahrzeuge befinden. Die Zuladung wird bei der Abholung übermittelt, die Nacherfassung entfällt.

Truck24 AG
Produkte: Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Partner: k.section business solutions gmbh
Mit Microsoft Dynamics CRM ist es gelungen, die ungeordnete Abstimmung per E-Mail in strukturierte Prozesse zu überführen.
Audioreferenz

Kapasite İhtiyaç Planlama - MRP Nedir?

Kapasite Nedir?

1.Toplam iş yükü hacmi

2.Mevcut ürün karakteristikleri ve çeşitleri, tesis ve donanımla, belirli bir dönem içinde gerçekleştirilebilecek maksimum çıktı düzeyi

3.İşletmenin beklenen fonksiyonlarının gerçekleştirme ölçüsü

4.Elde bulunan üretim sistemi, ürün çeşitliliği, iş gücü, fabrika şartları ve ekipman ile ulaşılabilinen en yüksek üretim miktarı olarak tanımlanabilir.

İşletmenin kapasite kapsamına, insan ve üretim araçlarından başka arazi,yapı, besleme ve atık tesisleri ile birlikte işyerleri de girer.

Kapasite nicel ve nitel olarak iki bölüme ayrılır.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nitel Kapasite: İnsan veya üretim araçlarının sayıları, kullanım tarih ,kullanım süreleri ve kullanım yerleri ile tanımlanır.

Nicel Kapasite: İnsanın nitel kapasitesi, performansı , üretim araçlarının ve iş yerlerinin nicel kapasiteleri ise performans güçleri ile belirlenir.

Ayrıca kapasiteyi üç grupta da inceleyebiliriz:

Teorik Kapasite: Makinaların sürekli çalışmaları sonucu ulaşılacak çıktı düzeyi. Kullanılabilir Kapasite: Teorik kapasite miktarından hafta sonu ,tatil günleri, çeşitli revizyonlar nedeniyle meydana gelen duruşlar çıkarılarak bulunur. Geçmiş dönem elde edilen çıktı miktarı kullanılabilir kapasiteyi temsil eder.

Planlanan Kapasite: Hazırlanan üretim planlarının uygulanması sırasında gerekecek kapasite miktarını belirtir.

Gerçekleşen Kapasite: Üretim sonrası elde edilen çıktı düzeyini ifade eder.

Kapasite ölçümünde karşılaşılan temel zorluklar üretilen ürünlerin çeşitliliğinden kaynaklanmaktadır. Birçok üretim sisteminde kapasite zorlanılmadan belirlenebilir. Şeker üretiminde kapasite üretilen ton miktarıyla tanımlanır veya bir otomobil fabrikasının kapasitesi bir yıl içindeki üretilen otomobil sayısı ile belirlenir. Ürün çeşitliliğinin fazla olduğu işletmelerde ise kapasite tanımının hangi çeşide göre yapılacağı sorun çıkarır. Ürün veya sistem çıktıları benzerse kapasite tanımlanması ortak bir birimde yapılır. Diğer taraftan ürün yapısı karmaşık ise,ortak bir birim kullanmak verimli bir sonuç vermez. Bu gibi durumlarda,kapasite,üretimde kullanılan üretim cinsi girdilerle tanımlanır.

http://www.pargesoft.com Microsoft Dynamics ERP Çözüm Ortağı

Process manufacturer Sanimax is more productive with Microsoft Dynamics AX

Process manufacturer Sanimax describes how they have embraced Microsoft Dynamics AX and become more efficient and and productive.




www.pargesoft.com Microsoft Dynamics ERP Global Çözüm Ortağı

Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta Balanced Scorecard

Microsoft® Business Solutions Axapta® Balanced Scorecard helps you monitor and optimize your business performance, by using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Key Benefits:

- Evaluate your overall business performance, according to your strategic plan

- Track performance and measure fulfillment of business goals

- Obtain real-time overviews of KPIs, allowing you to take immediate action

Reaching your goals requires constant attention and monitoring of your business. Microsoft Axapta Balanced Scorecard helps you keep your business on the right track by turning strategic goals into tangible targets based on KPIs. You can quickly and simply monitor progress towards your goals and react quickly to performance trends.

Microsoft Axapta is an all-in-one solution that gives you real-time connectivity across your business. Microsoft Axapta Balanced Scorecard exchanges information with other functional areas in the solution to deliver in-depth analyses of key areas of your business.

Evaluate overall business performance

Microsoft Axapta Balanced Scorecard helps you perform in-depth analyses by providing a number of functions for status reporting and statistical analysis. You can analyze your KPIs periodically, and you can determine the design of these analyses by your individual business goals and needs.

With a graphic analysis, whether your business is on track to meet your targets becomes obvious. Color schemes, measurement intervals and fluctuation interpretations are configured for each goal area and set up according to your preferred view.

Track your business performance

With Microsoft Axapta, your goals can be broken down into measurable targets for each organizational unit—right down to the individual employee. Once these targets are entered into Microsoft Axapta, progress towards achieving them is continually tracked using a range of data such as financial and operational measures, customer satisfaction data, and overall growth.

Tracking progress and performance is not only a management concern. Your employees can monitor their own targets and performance, as well as those of the organization as a whole. Navigation in Microsoft Axapta Balanced Scorecard is simple, and it is easy to highlight the relevant measures and results. The solution also provides cockpits that gather these measuring tools in one place, making it possible to target the information to your management team.

Get a real-time overview

Microsoft Axapta Balanced Scorecard helps you keep a reliable overview of your business because the functionalities are transaction-based. All automatic and manual measurements are recorded as transactions within periods. These periods coincide with the period profile of selected KPIs. As a result, your budget and the actual numbers in the form of transactions can be compared online and in real-time.

You can monitor KPIs through analyses that you design, and which you can evaluate using a number of views including postings, budgets, maximum, minimum, sums, averages and budget projections.

Support for external measurement

If you have data stored in several systems, how can you be sure that all the vital information is considered and included in your reports? The data link function makes it possible to measure data from a source other than Microsoft Axapta. It lets you work in a goal-oriented and balanced way with information from different IT systems used throughout your organization.

For more information about Microsoft Axapta

To learn more about Microsoft Axapta, contact your local Microsoft Business Solutions office, a Microsoft Certified Business Solutions reselling partner, and/or visit http://www.dvision.com.tr/

Microsoft seeks to leverage midmarket ERP (NEWS)

IDG News Service - Microsoft can't boast the ERP (enterprise resource planning) application revenue earned by giants SAP and Oracle, nor equal their breadth of technological capabilities, but its tight focus on small and medium-sized businesses gives it an edge, according to observers and company officials..

While Microsoft does not release specific figures for its Dynamics ERP product line, annual revenues have been estimated at between US$1.1 billion and $1.2 billion, according to Ray Wang, a partner with the analyst firm Altimeter Group.

There is plenty of room for that number to grow, as midsized companies look to replace legacy systems or small ones seek out ERP applications as they grow larger in size.

"[The midmarket is] our sweet spot, and where our partners are geared up to sell," according to Phil Battersby, a director in ERP field marketing and management for Microsoft Dynamics EMEA. "We're not interested in the enterprise space. SAP and Oracle have been dominant in that part of the market for a long time."

Dynamics is sold exclusively through partners, who fine-tune and customize the products for specific industries, such as retail, manufacturing and services.

The partner-centric approach is crucial given the vast size of the SMB market and the fact that those customers typically like to deal with a local face,

Wang said.
And those partners can help Microsoft reach out to ever more vertical markets -- an approach Battersby said will be important to its competitive success.

http://www.pargesoft.com/ Microsoft Dynamics ERP Global Partner

Gıda ve içecek dağıtımı için neden Microsoft Dynamics?

Gıda ve içecek dağıtımı için neden Microsoft Dynamics?

Gıda ve içecek dağıtımı sektörü, zorlu uyumluluk standartları, düşük kar marjları, yoğun rekabet ve yüksek müşteri beklentileriyle tanımlanır. Müşteri gereksinimlerinin hızlı bir şekilde anlaşılmasını ve karşılanmasını sağlamak için hızlı ve etkili sipariş süreçleri gerekmektedir. Ayrıca değişen müşteri talepleri ve pazar trendlerini karşılama esnekliği de gerekir.

Microsoft Dynamics, gıda ve içecek dağıtımı sektöründeki şirketler için güçlü, entegre yönetim çözümleri sağlamaktadır. Bu çözümler, tedarikçiden mağaza rafına ürün hareketini hızlandırarak, işlemlerdeki israfı azaltarak ve müşterilerinizin taleplerini karşılayarak başarılı olmanızı sağlayabilir.

Gıda güvenliğini izleyin

- Tedarikçiden perakendeciye ürün takibini otomatikleştirin.

- Ayrı depolar ve departmanlar için ölçümler ve takip uygulayın.

- Satış ve perakendecilerden satın almaya talep sinyalleri sağlayarak gıda israfını azaltın ve envanter maliyetlerini düşürün.

İş süreçlerini kolaylaştırın

- Sipariş almadan envanter yenilemeye ve gereksiz işlemleri azaltmaya kadar kritik iş süreçlerini otomatikleştirin. 

- Yönetim ve müşterilere iş durumu hakkında gerçek zamanlı kurumsal zeka ve uyarılar sağlayın. 

- Güçlü, entegre Otomatik Veri Toplama (ADC) çözümleriyle sipariş alımını iki-altı kat hızlandırın.

Hızı geliştirin

- Yönetim ve perakendeciler için gerçek zamanlı raporlar ve uyarılar oluşturun.

- Değişen müşteri taleplerini takip edin ve bunlara kolayca ayak uydurun.

- Birçok çalışan birden fazla kanalda bir müşteriyle etkileşime girdiğinde iletişimleri koordine edin.

- Web portalları üzerinden müşteri self servis özelliği sağlayın.

www.pargesoft.com Microsoft Dynamics Çözüm Ortağı

Microsoft Dynamics - ERP-MRP

Microsoft Dynamics enables confident decision-making

Business needs change. To initiate and respond to these changes, you need an integrated business management solution that provides a comprehensive, real-time view of critical information. Microsoft Dynamics provides the information you need, allowing you to effectively address the evolving demands of your business. Here are some of the ways Microsoft Dynamics can help you make informed decisions that you feel confident about and help your business thrive.

Empower your people to do their jobs

Give your people the information they need to do their jobs. RoleTailored information empowers your staff to quickly access the specific information they need perform their daily duties and to make changes that affect the broader organization.

Reduce the learning curve. Microsoft Dynamics integrates with familiar software, such as Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel. This enables your staff to build on the skills they already have.

Gain business insight with access to relevant, mission-critical information

Align with business goals. Key performance indicators (KPIs) help you analyze specific projects and tasks against the high-level business goal. When you're off course, business alerts help you stay on track.

Increase reporting capabilities. By integrating with Microsoft SQL Server you gain optimal access to business intelligence information. You can generate reports with SQL Server Reporting Services, build and analyze data warehouses, and organize and use data efficiently.

Control access to sensitive information. Managers grant permissions to help ensure that specific information is available only to those who need it.

Enhance decision-making. By gaining business critical insight across the organization, you can access and analyze the business critical information to help you make informed decisions and affect change quickly.

Comply with regulations

Implement consistent, structured processes. Microsoft Dynamics can help you put these processes in place. This helps to guarantee accountability and reliability throughout your organization.

Help ensure the integrity of your processes. Microsoft Dynamics can help ensure the integrity of your information and communications, and keep the right stakeholders informed—all in a timely manner.

 

http://www.pargesoft.com/

Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Consumer Packaged Goods

Why Microsoft Dynamics for CPG manufacturers?

The global consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing business serves customers ranging from small shops and convenience stores to megastore chains and warehouse clubs. Margins are slim and competition is fierce. And there are hundreds of product categories.

Microsoft Dynamics solutions provide leading-edge business applications for CPG manufacturers. These integrated applications can help you speed products from concept to the store shelf, remove waste from operations, and meet the demands of your retail customers and consumers.

Meet retailer demands

• Respond quickly to real-time demands from your customers
  
• Support a Demand Driven Supply Network (DDSN)
  
• Enhance the efficiency of your supply chain
  
• Integrate RFID and other technologies with your internal systems
  
• Monitor the flow of products to your customers
  
• Support promotional pricing changes
  
• Optimize inventory levels and create perfect orders
  
• Build customer satisfaction and loyalty
  

Anticipate consumer trends

• Predict what is going to sell and be prepared to deliver it
  
• Make effective decisions by diving deep into market data
  
• Gather information and get approvals quickly
  
• Evaluate, redesign, and improve existing products
  
• Manage finished-goods shelf life and packaging changes
  
• Promote effective brand management
  

Streamline operations

• Deliver a single, real-time view of data from multiple departments
  
• Enhance communications within and between departments
  
• Simplify pick, pack, and ship operations
  
• Efficiently manage your assets using planning, forecasting, and business analytics
  
•  Collaborate more effectively with partners and suppliers

www.pargesoft.com   Microsoft Dynamics Global Partner

ERP - Microsoft Dynamics Family

Head Gear

Popular Fashion Brand Automates Operations to Accommodate 125% Growth, Bigger Retailers

Posted: 10/9/2009

To accommodate sales growth of 125 percent in one year, clothing designer and distributor Head Gear needed to automate and streamline its warehouse operation. The company’s existing Activant Eclipse ERP system, however, lacked the functionality needed to take on new business requirements. For example, the system did not support EDI, which became a necessity as Head Gear penetrated new markets. To meet this need and others, the company deployed Microsoft Dynamics® NAV and add-ons for shipping and the fashion industry. Since then, Head Gear has automated operations and increased responsiveness to customers through EDI. The company has also driven significant improvements in productivity, resulting in a savings of more than U.S.$250,000 a year, and reduced its turnaround time for orders from three days to only one—all while handling a sales volume as large as $1 million a day. We chose Microsoft Dynamics NAV because we discovered that it could grow into what we needed as our business changed.... Guy Stello, CFO, Head Gear Situation Headquartered in Virginia Beach and with a show room in New York City, Head Gear has 80 employees. The company designs and distributes urban fashion lines, including the popular Blac Label. Over 2,500 different retailers—from large department stores to small boutiques—sell Head Gear’s clothing lines. In 2008, Head Gear announced record sales of U.S.$47 million, up 125 percent from $21 million the year before. With the growing popularity of its brands, Head Gear began to penetrate new markets, including leading department store chains. This rapid growth brought about new business requirements. Guy Stello, CFO of Head Gear, notes, “To compete effectively against the more established wholesalers that dominate this market, we needed to provide advanced shipping notices to let retailers prepare for new shipments and get merchandise to the floor faster.” However, the company’s Activant Eclipse enterprise resource planning system lacked the fundamental electronic data interchange (EDI) capabilities that would enable Head Gear to automate delivery of the advanced shipping notices (ASNs). “If we can’t provide ASNs, then when our goods arrive—even if perfectly—they get put aside,” says Stello. “Someone has to receive it manually; it gets to the store floor slower and we receive payment later.” Looking at its current popularity and future company growth, Head Gear also needed a system that would grow with them, specifically, to support Web sales and retail point of sale as the company expanded. Head Gear’s rapid growth also put a strain on operations. The limitations of Eclipse—and the processes that the company could once rely on—became increasingly cumbersome. For example, because the system lacked functionality for creating UPC codes, Head Gear devoted four employees to this process. In addition, the company’s field sales team could not view inventory levels or place sales orders remotely. Instead, internal Head Gear staff would receive the orders via phone, fax, or e-mail, and then enter the orders into the system. Because field sales could not see the inventory levels, and the related information was not updated in real time, sales staff could unknowingly oversell a SKU or collection—the majority of which were already presold given the nature of the business. “Customers might not get what they ordered because we promised things that were already sold,” says Stello. “And, some customers would cancel an entire order because a few SKUs were unavailable.” Warehouse operations were also manual. Containers would show up from the port, and then warehouse staff would manually enter each item into the system from packing lists. Warehouse staff would then do their best to organize the warehouse by keeping collections together to aid in picking. Over time, however, the collections were moved around and SKUs were broken up. To aid in picking, Head Gear hired 30 temporary staff members on top of its 15-person picking team. “We had people literally walking around the warehouse looking for products,” says Stello. “With as much as $1 million a day in orders, there was no way we could manage our order volume with the existing system.” As a result, it took as many as three days after a customer placed an order to ship it out the door. The manual warehouse operation also had a large impact on accounts receivable. “If a system doesn’t support the process we need, what we end up with are islands of data,” says Stello. “It’s hard to manage a business with information that is not accurate. If we were going to get a handle on our growth and play with some of the big players, we were going to need a new system.” We went to the Magic trade show in Las Vegas for the first time with our inventory up and live in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and we had great success. Guy Stello, CFO, Head Gear Solution Head Gear engaged Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner ITA Corporation for its expertise in apparel distribution and deployed Microsoft Dynamics® NAV. Taking advantage of the extensibility of the system, ITA Corporation also helped Head Gear deploy two fully integrated add-ons: Pebblestone Fashion for fashion-specific functionality and Lanham E-Ship together with Intermec barcode scanners to handle shipping, barcoding, and item location. Says Stello, “We chose Microsoft Dynamics NAV because we discovered that it could grow into what we needed as our business changed, helping us first establish an automated warehouse, and then move to Web sales and retail point of sale down the road.” Warehouse Management To streamline warehouse management, Head Gear first tackled its inventory visibility issue at the source by requiring its manufacturers to provide UPC codes on all garments. Now, by using E-Ship on barcode scanners, the warehouse team scans incoming items as the goods come down the warehouse conveyor system. When scanning the item, E-Ship performs a direct putaway in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Because all inventory is centrally accounted for in the underlying system, pickers only need to use item locator functionality on their barcode scanners to locate merchandise. Pickers can then scan the bin barcode and then the garment barcode to ensure that the bin contains the right item. If the item is incorrect, the picker can perform a dynamic move, enabling them to move the item to the correct bin. “The job is a higher-level job now,” says Stello. “People aren’t just wandering around and going through racks to fulfill orders. Now, there is a taste of technology behind their jobs and they can do new tasks, such as cycle counting and dynamic moves.” Head Gear is also using the system to track inbound containers. As a result, the accounting team can now figure freight costs and customs duties into inventory costs, rather than just expensing them. Sales Field sales staff can now view inventory information and place orders in Microsoft Dynamics NAV from the Web by using Terminal Services. Based on the specification that the salesperson creates, Microsoft Dynamics NAV generates the UPC codes and purchase orders. And now, the system locks out-of-stock items, so when a salesperson tries to offer an out-of-stock item, the system suggests a list of alternatives, such as garments of a different color. With the system only recently deployed, Head Gear was quick to test it at a trade show. “We went to the Magic trade show in Las Vegas for the first time with our inventory up and live in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and we had great success,” says Stello. “Our salespeople had visibility into inventory and were able to enter orders right there.” Supply Chain Management with EDI With its new system, the company can exchange transactional data with suppliers and retailers by using EDI, which has played a fundamental role in sustaining the company’s continued growth, especially with larger department stores. When Head Gear ships orders from its warehouse, not only do retailers receive alerts from the system, but they also know exactly what merchandise the orders contain when they scan the packages. Says Stello, “By using EDI, we can send retailers an ASN noting that the goods have left the dock. A retailer can scan the box and know exactly what is in it.” The level of detail that Head Gear can provide to retailers also means that these retailers are tracking Head Gear merchandise at the garment level instead of the SKU level, enabling them to understand just how well items are selling. As a result, retailers can get items on and off the floor quicker and increase inventory turnover. Benefits With Microsoft Dynamics NAV in place, Head Gear has gained control over its warehouse, accommodating rapid growth and building a foundation for the future. Since implementation, the company has seen significant improvement in warehouse productivity, gained valuable business insight, and matured its relationships with retailers. Microsoft Dynamics NAV gives me the ability to sleep at night because I have faith in the numbers. Guy Stello, CFO, Head Gear Drive Productivity, Save More Than $250,000 a Year By automating its warehouse and improving inventory visibility, Head Gear has been able to reduce its workforce of pickers from 45 to only 15 employees, for a savings of more than $250,000 a year—all while handling a sales volume reaching upwards of $1 million a day. And, now that employees benefit from a locator system and can enter all items into the system as items arrive, Head Gear has reduced the time to ship new orders from three days to only one. Says Stello, "With $800,000 to $1,000,000 in orders a day, there is no way we could handle this kind of volume without a system like Microsoft Dynamics NAV." Helping Head Gear to continually improve productivity, particularly if any issues arise in the warehouse, an audit trail of all actions that took place lets managers pinpoint and resolve problems. Says Stello, “When we run into an issue, we are able to find out what had happened, and then determine if it was a training issue or something else. All that log history is there.” Improve Supply Chain Management and Customer Service Although the implementation is still relatively new, Head Gear’s ability to provide ASNs to its retailers will greatly increase inventory turns, reduce reorders due to merchandise getting to the retail floor slower, and streamline the payment process, enabling the company to gain control over cash flow. Perhaps more importantly, this also means greater customer satisfaction through improved responsiveness. Says Stello, “At one point, we had one of our biggest customers reading us the riot act because our system didn’t support EDI. Now, the customer is much happier.” Centralize Business Information for Enhanced Insight Because sales, inventory, and other key business information is now stored in one system and updated in real time, Head Gear has complete insight into operations and can make better-informed decisions to guide the future of the company. Says Stello, “We can make more intelligent purchases because we can see the histories of sizes and colors, and determine our sell-throughs. Adds Stello, “Microsoft Dynamics NAV gives me the ability to sleep at night because I have faith in the numbers.”

Fuel business productivity with Microsoft Dynamics

Fuel business productivity with Microsoft Dynamics

Take your people and processes to the next level of performance
Microsoft Dynamics for business management promotes a people-focused approach to productivity. By empowering your people to accomplish their best, you can heighten the productivity of collaborating teams, workflows and processes, key relationships with suppliers and customers, and technology—across your organization.

Capitalize on productivity opportunities
Microsoft Dynamics business management solutions can provide an infrastructure to help you reach your specific productivity goals. The technology can follow your vision. Important Microsoft Dynamics capabilities include helpful automation, actionable information, and effective collaboration. For example, you can:

Automate business processes. Reduce the cost of doing business by helping your people concentrate more on productive tasks and less on repetitive busywork. From the first sales conversation through manufacturing, shipping, and servicing, automation helps streamline your entire business and move processes along productively and economically.

Use technology to get accurate information. Set the best course of action. And act on it. Reporting and business analysis tools help your people gain a deep understanding of business performance, customer preferences, and market trends. Executives can receive business performance, financial, and competitive intelligence. Line-of-business directors can assess and drive departmental productivity and operational efficiency. And employees can manage business areas within their responsibility equipped with all the information and capabilities they need.

Enrich teams within the company. Employee portals and team sites help people to work together productively across the organization, no matter where they are. Customers and business partners can engage with your company in mutually beneficial, collaborative relationships. Employees, vendors, and customers gain direct access to the information, documents, and capabilities they need. And executives and business managers can access performance metrics and analytical reports and work together to set strategy.

Implement technology that works the way your people do
Microsoft and its partners work with you to help ensure that you generate the productivity benefits you are striving for from a business management solution.

Put people at the center of business processes. Microsoft Dynamics works with and like the software your people use every day. Each team member can adjust preferences, views, and report types. And RoleTailored access to intranet employee portals helps everyone in your organization get to mission-critical tasks first and keep sensitive information protected.

Increase productivity. Microsoft Dynamics solutions work like and with other Microsoft technologies you might already use in your business. With the low support requirements and easy user adoption of Microsoft Dynamics solutions, your IT team can play a more strategic role in advancing your business interests.

Get industry-specific functionality. Microsoft partners provide industry-specific customizations that help boost the value of Microsoft Dynamics with their own software products. Microsoft is committed to giving partners everything they need to help you gain the full benefits potential from Microsoft Dynamics software and other Microsoft products and technologies.

http://www.pargesoft.com/ Microsoft Dynamics Global Partner

Compare Oracle with Microsoft Dynamics

Three reasons to switch from Oracle to Microsoft Dynamics

Making the decision to change your company's business management system is a process that requires research and foresight. Here are three top reasons why businesses using Oracle applications, including PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and E-Business Suite solutions, have decided to make the switch to Microsoft Dynamics.

Microsoft Dynamics can scale with your business. Microsoft Dynamics provides affordable scalability for your growing businesses. With benchmarked performance up to 1,000 users and beyond and rich functionality across financials, supply chain management, and customer relationship management, you can be confident in the ability of Microsoft Dynamics to meet the needs of your growing business. Integrate your Microsoft Dynamics business management solution with Microsoft SQL Server and enjoy enterprise-level reporting, flexible decision-making support, and timely, relevant business insight at a low cost with significantly high usability and flexibility.

Microsoft Dynamics provides a low cost of ownership. Microsoft Dynamics is engineered to cost-effectively support the changing requirements that are frequently necessary for customers to adapt, grow, and maintain a competitive edge in their business. Independent research has demonstrated that, on the whole, Microsoft Dynamics offers a higher return on investment (ROI) and lower overall costs than other major competitive offerings. Microsoft Dynamics licensing is designed to be cost-effective. It is based on concurrent users versus named users and has no imposed user minimum or maximum, so it evolves with you for the life of your business.

Microsoft offers an industry-leading vertical partner ecosystem. Microsoft is in a position to deliver vertical solutions to hundreds of different industries on a local basis; it can bring these solutions to market on a local level. Microsoft's Certified for Microsoft Dynamics program offers solutions designed to meet the needs of specific industries. It can provide customers with the benefits of a rich portfolio of tested, reference supported solutions developed by ISVs that have met Microsoft’s highest solution and organizational certification standards.

Customer evidence: Learn how switching to Microsoft Dynamics benefited other companies

See how companies using Oracle products solved real business problems and benefited from switching to Microsoft Dynamics.

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Network solutions leader projects $1.5 million savings with switch to Microsoft Dynamics

Based in Fremont, California, Network Equipment Technologies (NET) develops, distributes, and supports voice and data communications equipment for multiservice networks. Because the company’s Oracle system did not enable flexible product configuration, NET maintained as many as 37,000 derivative part numbers in its system. In 2006, NET decided to implement Microsoft Dynamics instead of upgrading its Oracle ERP system. Using the built-in product configuration capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics, NET reduced the number of parts in its system by more than 85 percent. The company anticipates a total estimated savings of U.S.$1.5 million in the first year.

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Floral goods manufacturer gains time-saving insight with business software

Established in 1946, family-owned Syndicate Sales leads the floral hard goods industry. Syndicate Sales had used JD Edwards from Oracle, but found that employees relied heavily on IT staff to generate routine reports and extract information in response to queries. After evaluating a number of alternatives, Syndicate Sales chose to switch to Microsoft Dynamics. Now employees quickly and easily access the business information that they need, and have confidence that their information is accurate and up to date.

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Tactical gear maker meets growth demands with business management solution

BlackHawk Products Group, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, produces high-end military, law enforcement, and outdoor gear products. Struggling to keep track of inventory and manufacturing costs with their existing system, BlackHawk decided it needed a more robust business management solution. After evaluating SAP and Oracle, the company chose to implement Microsoft Dynamics due to the flexibility and low cost of ownership.

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Branded drug maker solves complex budgeting and reporting challenges—affordably

Teva Neuroscience Inc. needed to upgrade to a new system that could handle a greater volume of transactions through a short accounting cycle. After opening a branch in Montreal, Canada, the Kansas City, Missouri-based company also needed a more complete business management solution to meet its increasingly complex reporting needs, as well as a system that made it simple to drill down into financial data for better budgeting and forecasting. After testing Microsoft Dynamics in its business environment, Teva found it made little economic sense to deploy Oracle when a less complex, more affordable solution met its needs.

Questions to ask when evaluating an Oracle solution

- What does a typical Oracle support team look like? How many administrators are there? How many developers? How many support personnel?

- Does your proposal include the use of an Oracle Accelerator for streamlined implementation? What specifics actually govern this offer? How will the cost and time of implementation be affected if I want the solution modified to meet my unique business practices?

- Will I have to conform my business to match Oracle's ideas of how to run a business in order to get the benefits of the rapid implementation? How am I able to realize a competitive edge in my business processes if I am just taking what is given?

- Do I have to license named users instead of concurrent users or user sessions? What is the difference, and what do you see as the pros and cons of each?

http://www.pargesoft.com/ Microsoft Dynamics Global Partner