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March 18-21, 2013New Orleans

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Manufacturing solutions for Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012 R2: Product configurator enhancements for sales and production Lars Fleckenstein, Senior Engineering LeadSverre Thune, Senior Program ManagerMicrosoft®

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Application programming interface (API)

PCAdaptor

PCAdaptorProductConfigurationModel

PCAdaptorComponent

PCAdaptorAttribute

PCAdaptorBOMLine

PCAdaptorRouteOperation

PCAdaptorSourceDocumentLine

PCAdaptorSubComponent

A business example Product configurator capabilities

R2 enhancements

Agenda

A business example

CompanySelling and producing loudspeakers

Business challengeDifferentiationCost effectiveness

SolutionConfigure-to-orderPersonalizationPhysical mockup

Demo

Configure to quote

Product configurator capabilitiesBuilding a product configuration model

Components – root or sub componentAttributes with attribute typesConstraints – expressions or tablesUser requirements (phantom BOMs)BOM lines with conditionsRoute operations with conditions

Preparing for releaseValidating the syntaxModifying the configuration user interfaceTesting the configuration experienceCreating configuration templatesTranslating names and descriptionsExporting a model to other environmentsCreate, approve, and activate version

R2 enhancementsProduct modeling

Reuse configurationsSet on component level, deciding attributes

Include deep table constraintsMap to attributes on all subcomponent levels

Make attributes read-onlyConsolidated attribute modifiers

Hide sub-components and user requirements

Configuring a productNew X++ based configuration formRich API

Demo

Product modeling

Integration

Integration / interoperabilityConfigurator CAD system

(Autodesk inventor)Programmable machines (robot, CNC)

CAM code generation(printrun/Slic3r)

Configured grap SalesQuotation form

Configured 3D model

Manufactured itemsPrograms (Gcode)

X++ application programming interface

PCAdaptor

PCAdaptorProductConfigurationModel

PCAdaptorComponent PCAdaptorAttribute

PCAdaptorBOMLine

PCAdaptorSourceDocumentLine

PCAdaptorRouteOperation

PCAdaptorSubComponent

Application programming interface – dynamic structure

User selectionBuild

datastructureGenerate BOM

and route

Execute extension

Check for extensionAccept configuration

Demo

Integration

Other sources of information

Manufacturing Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/axmfg/

Adaptor on MSDNhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/pcadaptor.aspx

User documentation on Technethttp://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/hh278334.aspx

Migration Whitepaperhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29695

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