Dynamics 365 Enterprise – Operations

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Dynamics 365 Enterprise – Operations2016-11-29T19:03:51+00:00

Keep Up With the Ever Increasing Demands of the Modern Global Economy

Dynamics 365 Enterprise, formerly known as Microsoft Dynamics AX or AX7, is the next generation of business applications in the cloud. Infusing the robust functionality of Dynamics AX financials and operations with CRM, Microsoft’s intelligent cloud and Office 365, Dynamics 365 Enterprise brings together everything you need to thoughtfully run your business from the cloud.

Dynamics 365 Enterprise Modules

Built from the operations functionality found in the new Dynamics AX, Dynamics 365 allows large companies with 250+ users to mix and match modules to select the right fit their current needs and incorporate additional modules as their business needs grow.

Operations

Operations

The robust features and functionality delivered in the new Dynamics AX (AX7) powers the finanicals and operations of Dynamics 365 Enterprise.

Field Service

Field Service

A complete field service managment solution, this module allows you to optimize your service schedule with efficient routing, resource skill matching, and reduced travel time.

Project Service

Project Service

Project service automation helps you create project quotes and contracts, and create and manage projects for your clients after you’ve won the contract.

Customer Service

Customer Service

Make customer service effortless. Earn loyalty and stay agile with a single, unified customer experience empowers your agents to provide seamless end-to-end service.

Sales

Sales

Close more deals. Automate your sales processes to increase revenue, boost productivity, gain key insights, and reduce costs.

Marketing

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Power Apps

Power Apps

Connecting to your Dynamics 365 data, social, SaaS and enterprise services, PowerApps allows you to publish custom-built apps to your organization across devices without writing a single line of code.

Take a Quick Look at Dynamics 365 Enterprise

Formerly Dynamics AX/ AX7

See Dynamics 365 Enterprise in action. Watch these short solution demonstrations and encounter the new user experience, see real world examples of how Dynamics 365 handles day-to-day processes, and meet our solution experts.

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How Dynamics 365 Impacts Three Key Pillars of Business

Finance

Drive Business Performance

Information Technology

The Speed of Doing Business

Operations

Smarter, Connected Operations

7 emerging trends that are changing finance

Dynamics 365 Enterprise is empowering finance leaders to transform their organizations by increasing the speed of doing business, driving success today and into the future.

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Dynamics 365 Enterprise Operations

Workspaces
General ledger
Budget planning and control
Business intelligence
Cash and bank management
Accounts payable
Fixed assets
Intercompany support
Accounts receivable
Cost accounting
Environmental sustainability
Financial reporting
Country specific
Compliance and internal controls

Project management
Project resource
Schedule management
Project time and expense
Work breakdown structures
Project accounting and invoicing
Project quotations
Project budgeting and cost control
Grant management
Revenue Recognition and WIP
Interoperability with MS Project
Reporting

Inventory management
Multi-site warehouse management
Tracking and tracing
Demand forecasting
Shipping carrier interface
Returns management
Material handling
Quality management
Master planning
Product management goods and services
Intercompany

Organizational and workforce management
Recruitment and selection
Development, training, and performance management
Employee self-service portal
Expense management

eProcurement
Indirect procurement
Category management
Purchasing policies and signing limits
Direct procurement
Trade agreements
Vendor management
Vendor self-service portal
Vendor rebate management
Broker and royalty management
Workspaces
Procurement reporting
Procurement workflows

Workspaces
Material and capacity planning
Production scheduling and sequencing
Resource management
Subcontracting
Production BOM
Product configuration
Routing
Production orders
Production reporting
Inventory dimensions for process
Potency management
Lean manufacturing
Production costing
Job card device page
Product change management
Shop floor control

Distribution
Service
Sales
Marketing

Standard, impromptu, and analytical reports
Role tailored, pre-defined, multidimensional cubes
Dashboard views of KPIs

Industry-Specific Capabilities

Manufacturing

Lean, process, and discrete manufacturing.

Manufacturing

Dynamics 365 Enterprise provides a manufacturing MRP and CRM solution that is architected with flexibility and change in mind, built with operational excellence at its core, and focused on allowing you to drive innovation and be the market leader.

Public Sector

Grants management, commitment accounting, and fund accounting.

Public Sector

Specific Public Sector capabilities include grants management and multi-year CIP project accounting capabilities, budgetary control, fund-based accounting and encumbrance and pre-encumbrance accounting.

Distribution

Wholesale, warehouse management and distribution.

Distribution

Support rapidly changing conditions in a business with global complexity. Dynamics 365 Enterprise offers key capabilities such as supply chain management and multi-site to allow you to scale your business quickly.

Retail

Merchandising, point of sale, and store management.

Retail

Drive retail across channels, locally or globally, with a single solution for store operations and back office ERP, including point-of-sales, multi-channel management, store operations and merchandising.

Services

Project and resources operations; talent and skills management.

Services

Dynamics 365 helps services companies balance client relationships, global resources, service delivery, and financial results. Manage client projects better than ever by ensuring that your teams are on the same page.

Your Trusted Microsoft Dynamics 365 Partner of Choice

As a Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) and Partner familiar with Microsoft Volume Licensing, we are no stranger to supporting Microsoft’s cloud solutions. We have hundreds of clients currently leveraging Microsoft’s cloud solutions today, including Office 365, Azure, and CRM Online. With a 97% client satisfaction rating with Microsoft Dynamics implementations, Sikich has a proven track record of helping companies use the full potential of their ERP system.

Sikich is a Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle Partner and Top 25 professional services firm focused on delivering technology solutions for tangible business improvement and organizational excellence. Our team is comprised of senior ERP consultants and multidisciplinary business advisors who have helped leading companies in the United States and across the globe.

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Customers

We have helped hundreds of leading companies in the United States and across the globe, implement and support their Microsoft Dynamics solutions.

Our Team

Our team is comprised of senior ERP consultants and multidisciplinary business advisors who have helped leading companies in the United States and across the globe.

Our Services

We offer end-to-end services for your Dynamics 365 solution, from implementation, to customization and support, we’re with you every step of the way. Learn more.

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Did You Know

Did you know Sikich was the first Microsoft Dynamics partner to take a manufacturing company live on Dynamics 365, formerly AX7.
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The Best Way to Practice Best Practices

Improve Financial Control Over Operating Margins While Increasing Customer Satisfaction.

  • Improve Operational Visibility Across the Supply Chain

  • Increase Project and Process Control

  • Promote Expansion into New Markets

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Sikich Dynamics 365 Industry Solutions

Configure-to-Order

Fulfill on the promise that a Configure-to-Order business model offers with Sikich. Our solution for equipment manufacturers leverages the industry-leading enterprise management capabilities of Dynamics 365 in conjunction with the award winning Product Configurator and Guided Selling Solutions of our strategic partners. Plus, you also receive the real-world expertise and best practices of consultants experienced in both CTO and technology. Working with this fully integrated solution approach, we are able to address many of the key challenges faced by Configure-to-Order equipment manufacturers today.

Engineer-to-Order

Our end-to-end business management solution, based on the industry-leading enterprise management capabilities of Dynamics 365, allows Sikich to address many of the key challenges faced by Engineer-to-Order based equipment manufacturers today. Learn more.

Make-to-Order

Address the key challenges faced by Make-to-Order equipment manufacturers by deploying our innovative solution built on Dynamics 365. It is the perfect business software solution for the project-centric Make-to-Order equipment manufacturing environment.

You can build on and extend your Lean initiatives with the Lean manufacturing capabilities of Dynamics 365. Sikich provides solutions to streamline Lean operations, both on the shop floor and in the context of the broader Lean enterprise.
Discrete, ETO and project-centric manufacturers can utilize Cost Connect to explore the transactional MLO details lost in standard AX. Cost Connect uses its solid costing foundation while it provides users with multiple ways to view and extract more detailed or multi-layered data. With Cost Connect you can also leverage Microsoft Excel and Power BI tools and even generate standard dashboard views within Dynamics 365.
Sikich is a recognized leader in Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (IEM) implementations for Dynamics 365. We’ve been helping IEM companies implement Microsoft Enterprise solutions like AX since 2004 and deliver predictable, repeatable implementations using a Dynamics Lean implementation methodology, saving time and ensuring proper configurations for better results. Learn more.
With Sikich’s Energy Suite, you can run your business more efficiently and gain greater insight on a real time basis. Our solution is specifically designed to work with Energy companies to provide their field personnel with the tools they need and to provide their back office personnel with the information they require. All of this is included in a comprehensive, easy to use solution. Learn more.
Sikich Warehouse Management with 3PL software solution allows businesses to automate and integrate their warehouse, 3PL transactions and activities allowing them to operate their supply chain business more efficiently and profitably. Learn more.

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Dynamics 365 Licensing

appbasedTo date, software has been licensed by application – traditionally designed around departmental needs. Dynamics 365 application based licensing supports this traditional model.

Considerations:

Users only have access to the functionality of the applications they have the license for and will not be able to access functionality in additional apps.

Application licenses are considered “Full Use” and comes with embedded business intelligence, workflows and application extensibility, specific to the licensed app.

rolebasedPlan-based licensing is designed to help customers to support their employees and the real world roles they fill. For example, Account Managers do a better job when they can see the latest Customer Service tickets and outstanding invoices.

Plan-based licensing provides users with full usage rights to PowerApps and Microsoft Flow to compose new apps and easily extend and modify existing ones.

Plan based licensing improves ROI as companies pay once for access to the capability they need regardless of which application it resides in. This is unique as other Enterprise cloud applications require customers to buy licenses for multiple different apps – resulting in 2-3x increased cost.

*Power Apps extensibility is limited to the apps covered under Plan 1, meaning users will only be able to create custom business applications that span the apps covered under Plan 1.

teamDynamics 365 licensing is designed to be inclusive – to meet the needs of employees who may not need to be full users of any business application. On a day-to-day basis, these employees need to book travel, change their personnel information, update a customer record, or review sales data. Dynamics 365 offers a self service option to enable these employees to perform these tasks vs relying on others and impacting productivity.

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