webinar: egger’s journey to the new microsoft dynamics ax
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WebinarEgger’s Journeyto the new MicrosoftDynamics AX
Raphael Tagliani
Egger’s CIO
April 12, 2016
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Introduction
Bernd Weidenmüller
Vice President Dynamics ERP Europe
April 12, 2016
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Avanade by the numbers in FY15
• Created in 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft – today majority owned by Accenture
• Sales: > $2.4B
• Direct Sales: >$550M
• Revenue growth: 11%
• 28,000 professionals
• 1,200+ client partners
worldwide – typically mid to
large scale enterprises and
government agencies
• 43% of Global 500
companies as clients
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Microsoft Dynamics AXIncrease the speed of doing business
Retail
Procurement
Supply chain mgt
Production
Finance
HR
Extensions
Make decisions quicker
Transform fast
Grow at your pace
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Microsoft Dynamics AX Investments
Web BasedClient
HTML5 Web ExperienceAny Device, Any BrowserEmbedded Guided Experiences
ApplicationLifecycle Exp.LCS Based ALMPartner Led Guided TrialAutomated DeploymentOperate, Support & Upgrade ExperienceDiagnostics Experience
Azure CloudEnabled
Azure Native PlatformScale up, Scale out on Compute / SQL Azure
ImmersiveExperience
Role DashboardsTask WorkspacesEmbedded Real-time PowerBI Office 365 Experiences
Global Industries
AX 2012 R3 CU9 functionalityComprehensive ERP Business Processes
Developer Experience
VS 2015 Enabled ExperienceProductive tools for Web developmentIntegrated Dev ALM
Continuous update
Platform Components continually updatedEnhanced Update Experience for CustomizationsCustomer Managed ALM
Integration Platform
Azure App Service Enabled IntegrationHigh Volume Data Import/Export Integrated Office 365Data Management ServicesData Quality Services
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Data Governance
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Overview of the New Microsoft Dynamics AX
Lachlan Cash
Principal Solution Architect
April 12, 2016
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Egger’s Journeyto the new MicrosoftDynamics AX
Raphael Tagliani
Egger’s CIO
April 12, 2016
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• Swiss company
• 400 employees
• 12 Countries
• EU, US, China, India
• Founded in 1947
Emile Egger & Cie SA
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Challenges
• Evolve to a group
• Paper-based processes
• Low bandwidth
• Tight budget
• Younger IT staff
• Complex and small
• Perfect early adopter: the complexity of larger corporation at small scale
Emile Egger & Cie SA
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Business VS Tech
• Good analysts leave
• Old ERPs functional, but coded by non-IT staff, bad performance
• Elders do not reject new tech, think about Facebook!
ERP and Staff
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Business VS Tech
• Techies don’t like old soft, but don’t know business rules
• Other ERPs in the market :
• Either no plan for further developments (cash-cow)
• Or old-fashioned, COBOL-like code and fake SQL
• Or not represented worldwide
• Or scary hidden costs
New IT Generation
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Software architecture
• Terminal server out
• Full Visual studio dev
• Mostly C#.Net or very close
• Clean web services
The Dynamics AX TAP Program
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• 50 Enterprise subscriptions
• ...AX 2012 SA + SKU 1Y
• Cloud only
• ...but on-prem with Full Azure stack will be available
• Deutsche Telecom data center
• Russian + Indian localization will be available much later
Attention points
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• Large integrator : easy sourcing, great experts
• Privileged access to Microsoft : invest a lot in training
• Hands-on expertise
• Very capable project managers, budget under control
• International resources available
• Will be there even during tough times
• A blend of consultants, not just techies : industry experts
Why Avanade?
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• AX7 is more stable and responsive than expected
• Strong foundations, AX7 is an evolution, not a revolution
• Cloud first
• High acceptance rate by Seniors and Juniors
• Easy to recruit, motivate and retain a younger IT staff
Key take-aways
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Go to : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/erp-ax-overview.aspx
Want to discover the new AX in 10 minutes?
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• We wanted one of the key players in ERP : training material available, investment in development and feedback from a large community of customers.
• Microsoft is a good bet : users all have experience with MS products, usually these products are more user-friendly than other editors.
• Agility for the industry : able to manage our standard production as well as our discrete / project-based requirements.
Why AX?
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An ERP project is about the most difficult IT project an organization can be faced with : on top of a complex software, you have to deal with infrastructure, heavy change management and a large budget.
Prepare all you can beforehand :
- People must be used to collaborate together
- Prepare a strong team, define steering committee
- Find a strong project manager
- Solve infra issues that are on the way (servers, network, domain…)
Are we ready for the ERP project?
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Cloud better if
• People on the road
• Bad network (WAN)
• Low business predictability
• Cash flow is good, not capital
• Unsure of the solution
• IT staff developers, not admins
On-premise better if
• Employees work at the office
• Few very-well connected offices
• Business is stable
• Company prefers to buy
• Long-term view, solution known
• Cloud not permitted by law
Cloud or On-premise?
Both solution have good and bad sides. Do not forget network and staff requirements.