Microsoft Dynamics AX News & Highlights

Announcing the release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

shanekv — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:28:00 GMT

New ERP solution helps businesses thrive in a competitive global marketplace by controlling costs, managing risk, and increasing employee productivity. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, an adaptable business management solution that offers powerful new capabilities to help growing multisite organizations streamline processes, reduce operational costs, manage compliance and drive informed decision-making.

As businesses expand globally, so does the complexity of managing accurate business insights and standardizing operations across multiple locations. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 offers new multisite and shared services capabilities, enabling customers to manage complex financial and supply chain processes more easily. For example, the new software can run multiple legal entities on a central installation and provide a single, integrated view of financial and supply chain information from facilities around the world, helping organizations simplify global planning. Advanced planning and reporting scenarios, such as consolidation and budgeting, are offered through integration with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server.

“With its innovative role-based user experience, improved reporting and BI capabilities, and improving platform harmonization, Microsoft Dynamics products should be on ERP selection shortlists for a variety of SMBs, particularly those that use Microsoft’s server-based products,” wrote R “Ray” Wang of Forrester Research Inc. in the firm’s report “Microsoft Dynamics Gets Renewed Focus” in April 2008. “Multisite companies should consider Dynamics AX.”

Another business challenge that growing companies face is the increasing pressure to meet global and local regulatory compliance, a complex and costly problem that has been a top priority for chief executive officers and chief financial officers. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 delivers core features to help companies limit these risks and lower total cost of compliance, including the following:

A compliance center that provides one central, integrated view of internal controls, key performance indicators (KPIs) and other compliance data
Embedded workflows that automate business processes, enforcing standard operating procedures to limit organizational risks while still enabling organizations to quickly respond to changing market needs
Country-specific functionality to help customers more easily comply with local regulations in 36 countries

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shanekv — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:07:00 GMT

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Join AXUG

shanekv — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Microsoft has teamed up with the Dynamics AX User Group (AXUG), an independent association of companies sharing the common interest of optimizing their usage of Microsoft Dynamics AX. Users get together to share knowledge and best practices to more effectively use their Microsoft Dynamics AX business solution.

The Dynamics AX User Group (AXUG) is an association of companies sharing the common interest of optimizing their usage of Microsoft Dynamics AX. This independent community of users gets together (remotely and face-to-face) through a myriad of conferences, virtual tools, and programs to share knowledge and best practices. Membership and active participation in AXUG can make all the difference in the effective use of your Dynamics AX software.
Serving individuals and companies with the commonality of Microsoft Dynamics AX, AXUG:

Is a forum for learning and professional development
Provides collaboration, networking, and knowledge sharing
Is a source for unbiased information
Is an advocate for member needs and priorities
Serves as a collective voice ("pipeline") to MBS and Dynamics AX Partners and Vendors
Promotes awareness of Dynamics AX functionality, products, and services, as well as ancillary/partner products and services

Vist the AX UG site to learn more