1. Flexibility and Fixes to AX2012 R3 WHS
Ben Newberg, Warehouse Manager
Rick Trask, Director of IT
Roger Resley, VP of DSI
Helping Nonin Medical Achieve Best in Class

2. Nonin Medical
Nonin Medical invented finger pulse oximetry and is a global leader in developing noninvasive medical monitoring solutions that improve the quality of people's lives. Technology driven, Nonin provides pulse and cerebral oximeters, capnographs, sensors, OEM, and vet solutions that meet customers' needs today and tomorrow.
Nonin is based in Plymouth, Minnesota.

3. The case for Dynamics Ax
Better, more advanced business system needed for growing enterprise
Maintain highest level of customer service
Comply with strict regulatory requirements for medical device manufacturers
Nonin Medical selected Microsoft Dynamics AX® R3 early 2014
Replaced Exact MAX (MRP) and Dynamics GP

4. Nonin Medical ISVs / Custom Coded Tools with Dynamics AX
Advance TRAX – shipping
Avalara – tax
ADP – payroll
Bluestar PLM
Product data management (Vault-Documents, CAD integration Pro-E, AutoCAD, Solid works and Altium)
Product life cycle management (BOM integration)
ECN (Engineering Change Notification)
Fullscope-Dynamics AX/ CRM integrator
SANA Ecommerce – B2C & B2B
EDGE for AX (Medical Device Control Module)
Quality, CAPA, Compliance module
Release to distribution control
Approved customer list
Data Masons: EDI
Orders processing inbound / outbound
Shipment detail / acknowledgement
GHX, global health care exchange support
DSI ScanWorkX
Mobile device management
Asynchronous scanning
Exchange rate tool
Custom code integration with XE.com
UPS, FedEx and DHL Integration

5. ScanWorkX

6. DSI® ScanWorkX® Selected
“A comprehensive search and evaluation ensued for a certified 3rd party solution and only ScanWorkX was found to work with WHS. Product demonstrations and interviews with key personnel to test in-depth knowledge of WHS were an important part of the process.
The user interface, smart navigation, completeness of transactions, and the parameter-driven configuration was impressive. We were looking for a product which was easy to use, set-up, and tightly integrated with Dynamics AX.”
- Rick Trask, Director of Information Technology, Nonin

7. Business Case for AN Advanced Warehouse
Planning for implementation began in May 2014
Configuration and set up started in November 2014
“Go Live” was February 2016 with all applicable modules
Financial, Procurement, Orders, Production, Warehouse, Shipping and 3rd party ISV adds.
Complexity and volume of orders required AX 2012 R3 Advanced Warehouse Module-WHS.
WHS acquired from a third party; advanced features work directives, location directives, license plates and wave picking.
WMS2 which will be deprecated in future versions of AX.
Benefit would be built in RF bar code scanning (WMD), no investment required for add-on package.

8. An Implementation and Business Slowed by WHS
Complexity and problems associated with WHS consumed over 10 months of the 15-month project time line
Eight (8) months to configure WHS, two (2) months to setup native RF barcode scanning
Operating the warehouse in rudimentary fashion required another ten (10) weeks of custom coding was to fix bugs, attempt to fill functional gaps and improve scan gun response times. Unworkable with 5 minute delays on some scans
“While WHS has some really attractive features it lacked the flexibility and maturity for distribution operations. We clearly needed a better mobile data collection solution and related WHS fixes to run our business.”
- Ben Newberg, Warehouse Manager, Nonin

9. Solution Delivered Transactions
ScanWorkX® was deployed on customer’s RF Scanners from Honeywell/Intermec®. Scanners were Model CK71’s while label printers were Zebra and DataMax.
Solution Delivered
Transactions
Purchase Order Receipt*
Return Order
Start Production
Production Picking WHS
Production Pick List Adjustment
Report as Finished*
Item inquiry w/ Label Print
Movement Journal
Transfer Journal
Count (on-demand + directed)
Pick WHS*
Consolidate Shipment WHS
Change Password
Change Printer
Change Warehouse
*Async Processing Applied
15 transactions for 10 concurrent users
ScanWorkX Async FrameWorkX™ for batch processing
Async feature solve latency and performance issues within WHS (Not currently using)
Honeywell CK71 scanners
Zebra and DataMax printers

10. Making WHS Better PO Receipt
Nonin’s ScanWorkX transactions and feature/function performance of items NOT found/working in WHS native.
PO Receipt
Posting the Product Receipt: Before implementation this was a 2 step process.
Label Printing: This was integrated into the product receipt as we label all incoming product. This was a 2 step process prior to ScanWorkx which operators had to go from scanner to a bartender program times a day. Label setup in ScanWorkx offered big savings for the warehouse team selecting the labels right from the receipt.
Cancel/Correct the Product Receipt: (Bypassing warehouse management processes) With the old process we had to put a negative line on a PO, pick the product back and create another PO line to receipt again.
LOV’s to Lookup PO’s: The ability to have this information on the handheld prevents us from needing to use the PC for PO line lookup.
Serialized receipts: Could not be done in native scanning system. Input Serial number ranges instantaneously. Benchmark 720 S/N < 1 sec. with ScanWorkX asynchronous mode. No alternative to create serial number ranges in WHS scanning. Serial number ranges must be created in the AX client when using the WHS scanning solution.
Post Each Journal When Counting: This ensures that the count variance is correct at the time of counting.

11. Making WHS Better Change Warehouse Change Printer Production Pick WHS
Nonin’s ScanWorkX transactions and feature/function performance of items NOT found/working in WHS native.
Change Warehouse
Temporarily Change Warehouses: WHS does not have this functionality. It is typical for users to forget to change their warehouse back in WHS. This leads to transacting in the wrong warehouse the next day.
Change Printer
Temporarily Change Printers: Label printing is not configured in WHS, so printing with ScanWorkX is a major benefit.
Production Pick WHS
Pick Any Line in the Work: WHS can only skip work lines one at a time. With ScanWorkX, they can use the item LOV to navigate to any work line.
Report Finished
End the Production Order When Reporting Finished the Last Item: The WHS Report Finished transaction does not end production orders, which requires user action to manually end production orders.
Pick
Unpick (Reduce Picked Quantity) From ScanWorkX: When using the standard WHS scanning solution, unpicking can only be completed from the AX client and not from the mobile device.

12. Making WHS Better Movement / Transfer Journal Return Order
Nonin’s ScanWorkX transactions and feature/function performance of items NOT found/working in WHS native.
Movement / Transfer Journal
Journal: Not available in the WHS mobile device, so doing this from ScanWorkX great benefit. The flexibility to utilize functions outside warehouse management provides a better solution for our business. Inventory management journals for transfers and movement journals for internal orders (especially for serial transfers and moves) is a significant time saver for our business.
Return Order
Return Order Posting: Post/print the packing slip from ScanWorkX. (In process with auto printing)
Other Key Functions
Ease in creating new users and menu items by user
Cloning transactions (Transfer journals, movement journals only allowing negative issue)
Paging console
Starting production orders from the handheld
Item inquiry (the ability to look up a part from a description)
No getting stuck in-between transactions PC
Handheld transaction inquiry to eventually track employee performance
List of Values in all functions

13. Power bi dashboard – direct query

14. DSI ScanWorkX for WHS simplifies setup and enhances core functionality
Highlights:
Support for all versions of on-premise and cloud/Azure-hosted Dynamics AX, from 2009 through Dynamics 365
Graphical interface with user guidance improves your mobile device and worker efficiency
Accelerated transaction design to maximize productivity
Attain peak performance with more transactions and faster response times
Adapt to business challenges in real time and easily deploy updates
Presentation: A comprehensively enriched interface
Productivity: Functionality extensions
Performance: Enhanced mobile capabilities
Parameterization: Complete control of all devices
Printing: Powerful and integrated engine

15. THANK YOU
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