Waris Khan

AX 2012 R3 Warehouse Work Template Configuration and Purpose A key step in the configuration of the new AX 2012 R3 Warehouse Management module is creating a Work template. Work templates are used to determine the “work” created in the system when processing Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Replenishment, etc. This ‘work’ is created for use in either the AX Client or the WHS Mobile Device. A warehouse user can pull up outstanding ‘work’ for direction on what needs to be done in the warehouse. This is out-of-the-box Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 functionality. All examples used in this blog post are derived from Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Contoso demo data. Figure 1 You can find work templates in the new Warehouse Management module. See: Warehouse Management -> Setup -> Work -> Work templates Figure 2 Work templates are a key component of AX 2012 R3 Warehouse Management. In this example we will look at a template created for a sales order, wh...

Location directive failures in Warehouse management module This is a quick post about ‘Location directive failure’ functionality in the Warehouse management module in AX 2012 R3. It’s not covered in the  Warehouse management implementation guide , and is not mentioned on the  TechNet pages either, and therefore worth writing about. The functionality can be configured in the Warehouse management parameters form, or using it’s own setup form at Warehouse management -> Setup -> Work -> Location directive failures. It doesn’t matter which one you use; you’re setting up the same thing. Setup Location Directive Failures It is possible to configure Location directives for several different Work order types. Location directive failure functionality can be enabled or disabled separately for each of these Work order types. Ticking the ‘Stop work on location directive failure’ tick box enables the functionality. Un-ticking it disables it, and is the s...

Microsoft Dynamics AX2012R3 Warehouse Management Inbound Logistics This blog post will cover the Microsoft Dynamics AX2012R3 Warehouse Management module, my focus will be on Inbound logistics. The process will be triggered by the Purchase order created by a Procurement specialist or a Merchandiser.  In order to use the Inbound logistics, we need to perform a couple of Prerequisite setups for Warehouse management module Setup and configuration list Storage dimension group Tracking dimension group(Optional) Produce dimension group(Optional) Setup a warehouse Setup reservation hierarchy Setup item master location type Location format Location profiles Location setup visit Storage dimension group In storage dimension group we need to select three things Use warehouse management process(mark check) Inventory status (Available/Not available) License plate: The license plate inventory dimension is designed to allow you to track and move material in the w...

Vendor return / Return purchase order in AX 2012 R3 Introduction In this post, we will walk you through return purchase order/ Vendor return in AX 2012. Many times company want to return goods which they have received from vendor due to various reasons such as damaged product, Expired product, Wrong product etc. In order to return goods to vendor, we create a return purchase order in AX 2012. There are two ways to create Vendor return in AX 2012: 1.  Create purchase order with negative quantity It is useful when there is no reference to specific purchase order or Return merchandise authorization is not required. In other word, company can return any item to vendor without any negotiation or notification. This process is same as normal purchase order process with negative quantity. 2.  Create a return purchase order.  Return order is created in reference to specific purchase order and it should be authorized by vendor i.e. vendor should provide R...