Waris Khan

Production Order Reservation in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 September 23, 2015 Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 (AX 2012 R3) has newly added features that can be used to automate Production order reservation process. The automated reservation process ensures that materials will be set aside for use in the ‘Made to Order’ environment and preventing material shortages during a production run.  In addition, a new feature has been added to the Warehouse management to allow a release production order to require full reservation of materials needed or to allow a partial reservation. Below is the description of the setup for the two newly added AX 2012 R3 reservation features. Automatic Material Reservations Production Control Parameters A new option has also been added to Production control parameters, Production Control > Setup > Production Control Parameters, General tab to allow the Production creation reservation, to be selected as Release, allowing material...

In an earlier blog post,  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/axmfg/archive/2012/12/05/what-s-new-in-microsoft-dynamics-ax-2012-r2-potency-management.aspx#10421522 , we introduced the new capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 that support potency management business processes for process industries. This blog provides more information about the four ingredient types that were introduced, None, Active, Compensating, and Filler, and the impact that they have on how quantities are calculated for batch orders. There are many examples of the use of potency; in chemical industry the percentage of caustic can be characterized as an active ingredient in Pottassium Hydroxide, alcohol can be an active ingredient is liqueurs or fat can be an active ingredient in foods. The amout of active ingredient will often vary around a target value for these products, and the purchase price and the amount to consume in further production will often be affect...

I’ve recently worked with customers whom are attempting to create Bulk item conversions into the Formula configuration for a Packed Item and have MRP have the capability to generate Planned Orders for both the Pack and the Bulk Item. As a result of this, I’ve documented the overall setup\configuration, as an example, in order to accomplish this scenario. Please take a look at the following example\scenario assumed from a Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU11 environment: 1.  Login to USMF. 2. Create a new bulk item called BULK01 by taking the following steps: a. Go to Product information management | Common | Released products. b. From the Released products list page, click New | Product. c. In the Create product form, enter the following: Product type = Item Product subtype = Product Product number = BULK01 Product name = BULK01 Search name = BULK01 Item number = BULK01 Search name = BULK01 Item model group = FIFO Item group = Audio Storage dimension group = SiteWH Trac...

Sep 20 Batch Attribute Inheritance in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 posted on September 20, 2016 by Jarrod Kraemer Authored by: Rosey McAdams Depending on your  manufacturing  processes you could have a number of reasons why you would require a formula item or formula coproducts to inherit attributes or a shelf life from a formula ingredient(s).  In poultry processing, for example, if you were to break down a whole chicken down into various components you may want the various components to have the same attributes and shelf lives as the whole chicken.  In another manufacturing example, you may want to break down a bulk pack of a batch of materials into smaller packs, in which case you would want all of the smaller packs to have all of the same attributes as the bulk pack.  A final example could be in a process manufacturing environment where several ingredients are mixed together to yield an end product, you may want this end product to inherit cer...