AX2012 Master Data Management

Scenario: Your business has grown, and you’re moving to a rich ERP system that may include industry-specific ISV solutions. That’s very good news. But you know growth is more complex than it was even 5 years ago, and if you’re a manufacturer, you may be looking at an issue that the best industry ERP system can’t resolve for you: managing product information that’s grown along with your product portfolio. In the past, adding items for new products might include an item number, pricing, description, and a handful of other requirements. Not so in a sprawling, virtual marketplace where suppliers come from all over the world, systems are integrated all over the world, and the technology used for products requires entry of granular data that’s simply impossible to handle through ERP alone or with a workaround spreadsheet solution. Growth is not good news if your people are managing thousands of items, and every item includes or is associated with volumes of specific information.

If you want to know how a manufacturer is using a configurator to provide an automated workflow and user interface that transforms the process of adding product items into ERP, download the e-Con Solutions paper “AX2012 Master Data Management: Keep it simple by adding items with e-Con”.