The Best Techniques for Handling Multisite Operations with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
PUBLISHED: February 23, 2009
How do users best go about modeling multisite operations in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009? The solution approach depends on the need for transfers between sites, the grouping of sites into companies, and the number of AX instances. Differences in the use of AX sites and AX warehouses also affect the solution approach. With these factors in mind, the wide variety of multisite operations can be distilled into several basic variations. This article draws on a recently published book, Managing Your Supply Chain using Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.
There are many variations in multisite operations, where firms using Dynamics AX have inventory at multiple physical sites.
The simplest variation involves autonomous sites within a single company and AX instance, and no need for transfers between sites.
Other variations require transfers between sites or companies within a single AX instance, which can be handled by transfer orders and intercompany orders respectively. A distribution network,for example, may involve a vertically integrated supply chain with transfers between manufacturing...
