This will be the first article in a series, discussing the benefits of Microsoft Dynamics AX versus SAP All-in-One. Today, we will start with our first benefit: Microsoft Dynamics AX works like and with Microsoft Office. Microsoft Dynamics AX has been designed to provide a seamless user experience for...

I remember my student days in the late 90's and during the start of the new millenium when innovation was one of those buzz words that just came up everywhere you looked: text books, lectures, you name it. Now it is all about environmental innovation: how to be more environmentally friendly; how...

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009's collaboration features can increase the efficiency and productivity of your company. Rather than users having to manually notify each other or look themselves for tasks requiring their attention, they will be notified automatically whenever a certain task requires some...

It is almost as if India, USA and the UK are battling it out for the country with the most Microsoft Dynamics ERP wins. Back to my homeland today and news that leading Microsoft Dynamics AX partner Hitachi Consulting recently implemented Microsoft Dynamics AX at a recently launched online TV service...

[Scope] When I open Report Libraries in AOT, right click one library file and choose Edit in Visual Studio, I got the error that .dynamicsproj cannot be opened because its project type is not supported by this version of the application. [Possible issue] It may be because the Visual Studio 2008 Professional...

Back to my favorite topic: new customer wins. Tribridge recently won a deal with SpectraWatt, a manufacturer and distributor of photovoltaic solar cells, to provide software and services to deploy an ERP system for the start-up company’s new production facility and administrative offices in Fishkill...

I will start the day off here on The Edge with a nice bit of easy reading that continues one of last weeks themes - Partner Collaboration . As I was working through a coming piece on the successes of Hub and Spoke Implementations with Microsoft Dynamics ERP I came across the following story and thought...

[Scope] Change the Welcome Page to our favourite logo when we start Dynamics AX 2009. [Action] Install the 3rd party application (e.g. PE Explorer) to modify the .exe file. After that, use the application to open the AX32.exe file in Dynamics AX Client Bin folder. And then, Click the Resource Viewer...

It's funny how oftentimes a specific topic or area is the focus of attention for while or just keeps coming up again and again. As I mentioned in my earlier post a lot seems to be happening with our industry strategy - partners hosting more industry-focused webinars and more new marketing materials...

A lot of good industry-focused content is coming out right out now. Our US Manufacturing Industry Marketing Manager David Weger tweeted this one yesterday - a nice white paper that talks about lean manufacturing. The quote below should set it up nicely: "Lean initiatives need to be implemented in...