From the Microsoft Dynamics AX blogs: Project indirect cost components; Manual packing and containerization; Security configuration; Project quotation revisions

A selection of the latest insight from the Dynamics AX blogs:

• Project Indirect Cost Components in AX 2012;
• Combined Use of Manual Packing and Containerization Functionalities in an Outbound Process;
• Security Configuration in AX 2012 MDM;
• Track Revisions on a Project Quotation During the Negotiation with Prospects/Customer in AX 2012 R3

Project Indirect Cost Components in AX 2012

Dynamics AX Senior Support Engineer Tyler Lewin from the Microsoft Dynamics AX Support Team, explains that in AX 2012, companies have the ability to add indirect costs to a project. These types of costs could be expenses such as rent, office supplies, phone charges, and per diem expenses. Here is the first step to setting up the indirect cost components in AX, as well as what the financial voucher looks like:

First, we'll need to set up the indirect cost shared category. Go to Project management and accounting | Setup | Categories | Shared categories. Click "New," and enter a "Category ID" and "Category" name. Check the box for "Can be used in Project." Close the form.  

You can find out what steps 2-6 are here.

Combined Use of Manual Packing and Containerization Functionalities in an Outbound Process

On the Microsoft Dynamics Supply Chain Management in Dynamics AX blog, Jilong Zhang has written about the new manual packing and containerization functionalities in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3. These two feature areas are meant to support two different packing workflows, and the containers created ...