After completing this course, students should understand:

How to set up Work Centers and Routes and Operations.

The Production Order concept and cycle and states.

How to perform scheduling of Production Orders.

How to End Production Orders.

Which options you have for changing your setup using the different parameters.

Which reporting and Inquiries options you have.

Axapta Introduction and Working with BOM’s is recommended

Production Series I eCourse

As well as having a fair understanding of the Trade and Logistics functionality of Microsoft Dynamics AX

Understand the overall interconnectivity of the Production module with other modules in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Describe the main building blocks of the Production module.

Gain an overview of the Production life cycle together with the changes in status to the production order as it passes through this cycle.

Be able to discuss Production as a part of a workflow in a hypothetical company.

Overview of Production module setup and interconnectivity

Production core elements: BOM, Work centers, Routes and Operations

Production orders

Production workflow

Create Bill of Materials (BOMs)

Perform production related setup of BOMs

Calculate BOMs

Work with configurable BOMs, including setup of configuration routes and configuration rules

Create and use BOM scrap types

Create and use measurements

Round up consumption in specific quantities

Work with standard production reports

Create a BOM with a version

Create and use configuration groups

Create configuration routes

Create a calculation group

Desribe the main elements in a BOM structure: Levels, Lines, Versions

Create a BOM and BOM Lines

Use the BOM Designer

Detailed look at creating BOMs, including setup of configuration groups, routes and rules

Set up and use BOM calculations

Create and use measurements

Understand BOM scrap

Locate and create desired reports

Create relevant Working time templates and Calendars

Set up Work center groups and distinguish between Work center types

Attach Work centers to appropriate work center groups

Understand settings in Work centers having to do with Operation scheduling and Efficiency percentages

Determine when to set Work centers as exclusive

Determine the Costing set up in Work center groups and Work centers

Use the Inquiries and Reports available to show information about the Work centers or Work center groups

Use Gantt tables to display capacity or load information on Work centers

Create a Working Time Template

Create a Calendar

Create Work Center Groups and Work Centers

Understand the workflow for setting up Calendars and Work centers

Create Working Time Templates and Calendars

Set up and define Work center groups and Work centers

Operation Scheduling Percentage and Efficiency Percentage for Work Center Groups and Work Centers

Know when and how to use Exclusivity

Set up Costing for Work Center Groups and Work Centers

Configure Work Center Groups and Work Centers for Finite Capacity and set Capacity Planning options

Access the Work Center Inquiries, Reports, and Gantt Charts

Set up and configure production Operations

Define Operation Relations

Create and maintain routes

Create routing groups and attach routing groups to operations in the route

Manage scrap in production routes

Manage cost categories in production routes

Manage routes using route networks

Configure and use attachment types in routes

Configure the Route Network parameter and understand Route Networks in complex routing

Create an Operation

Create a Simple Route

Setup a Network Route and Simultaneous Operations

Edit a Route

Understand the workflow in setting up Operations and Routes

Define Cost categories

Create and Maintain Routing Groups

Create Operations

Create Routes

Manage scrap in production routes

Manage cost categories in production routes

Manage routes using route networks

Configure and use attachment types in routes

Configure the Route Network parameter

Configure the use of Route Networks for complex routing

Understand the impact of production parameters

Gain an understanding of the main activities that occur in the life cycle of a Production Order

Create a Production Order from the Production Order Form

Create a Production Order from a Sales Order Line

Check the status of a Production Order

Explain how the Production Order status is used in working with the production process.

Configure advanced settings including Production Groups and Production Pools

Work through the Estimation process

Manually Create a Production Order

Sales Activity

Configure a production pool and

Production Scheduling

Explain the Production Life Cycle and Order Status

Set Production Order Parameters

Create Production Orders

Understand how to use advanced settings on Production groups and pools

Estimate Production Orders

Use Explosion to show requirements for a Production Order

Distinguish between the various scheduling methods

Explain the difference between operations and job scheduling

Work with Gantt charts in Job scheduling

Gain an overview of how subcontracting is used for outsourcing

Adjust BOMs in connection with subcontractor work

Set up operations and routes to be performed by a vendor

Run an Operation schedule

Have an understanding of scheduling methods: backward, forward, finite, infinite

Explain additional scheduling concepts such as; Work Center efficiency, Finite Material, and schedule references

Explain the difference between Operations and Job scheduling

Understand using Gantt chart with Job scheduling

Understand the role of Master planning and planned orders in production

Explain locking of planned orders and dispatching

Understand basic subcontracting processes

Release Production Orders

Start Production Orders

Explain the use of Production journals

Register consumption for work centers and materials

End a production order

Start a production order

Run production estimation and scheduling

Release production orders

Start production orders

Understand consumption and journals

End a production order

Generate inquiries to obtain various types of information

Generate different reports and statistics

Production Inquiry (Operation List)

Production Reporting (Operation Use)

Determine where to locate the specific inquiries

Use the inquiries to quickly examine production data

Provide answers to frequently requested production related questions

Find the location to create the desired Reports

Case Study

Research and Development

Sales Activities

Production Planning

Purchasing Activities

Production Activity Control

Delivery and Invoicing

Work through all phases of the Case Study

Complete the Research and Development phase

Complete the Sales Activities phase

Complete the Production Planning phase

Complete the Purchasing Activities phase

Complete the Production Activity Control phase

Complete the Delivery and Invoicing phase