1. Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Getting Your Business on Track
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Ahmed H. Maghraby
CPIM, CSCP, PMP, CPF, MCT, APICS Recognized Instructor
Operations Trax Consulting

2. Organization/Institute
Introductions
Ahmed Maghraby, CPIM, CSCP, CPF, PMP, MCT
Operations Trax Consulting
More than 16 Years in ERP Implementation, 9 Years in Microsoft Dynamics AX
Credentials
Organization/Institute 
Certified in Production & Inventory Management (CPIM)
APICS, The Association for Operations Management.
Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
APICS Recognized Instructor
Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF)
IBF, Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning.
Project Management Professional (PMP)
PMI, Project Management Institute
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) for Microsoft Dynamics AX application
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

3. Agenda SRM Overview Supplier Selection & Management
Collaboration and Information Sharing
Open Discussion (Q&A)

4. What’s SRM? As per APICS Dictionary 13th Ed.
SRM is a comprehensive management approach
To manage an enterprise’s interactions with the organizations that supply goods & services
The goal of SRM is to streamline the processes bet. an enterprise and its suppliers
Make them more effective for the benefit both parties
SRM is often associated with three main components
Vendor Selection & Management
Collaboration & Information Sharing
Vendor Performance Ecaluation

5. Vendor Management
Selecting & Managing Suppliers

6. Traditional Relationship vs. Strategic Alliance. Thinking has evolved
Short-term Transactions
Long-term Agreements
Lowest Purchase Price
Total Cost of Ownership
Buyers disregard supplier impact
Win-Win Situation

7. Benefits of Strategic Alliances
Add value to products / services
Better Quality for purchases
Enable Strategic growth
Lower total cost of ownership
Strengthen the operations
Build an organizational skills
Enhance financial strength

8. Vendor Onboarding Adding Vendors in AX 2012
Vendor Add Request
Vendor extension req.
Vendor category req.
Vendor status change request
Vendor Add Workflows
Vendor category application
User request

12. Vendor Control Embargoed and Disallowed Vendors
You may have a company in your legal entity that because of its location may have to restrict trade with another country/region. This is known as an embargo.
is a vendor that is identified as no longer authorized to supply products to one or more legal entities.

13. VENDOR COLLABORATION
Vendor Collaboration in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

14. Vendor Collaboration Techniques in Dynamics AX
Portal
Integration
Print Mgmt.
Notificat.

15. Vendor Notifications
Enables you to send notifications to the vendor contacts
Ex: used to inform the vendors about new procedures.
Vendor Contacts should be indicated to receive notifications
Vendors with access to the portal can view the notifications online
System administrator must set up parameters in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

16. Vendor Portal Centralized Automated procurement Management
Fully customizable and extendable with built-in tools
Multiple user accounts for the same vendors
Provides vendors with an access to interactive data relevant to them

17. Print Management
available in many different areas of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
Used print management to route and manage the communication of key documents to vendors.
Route documents such as POs & RFQs to the appropriate persons
Useful for vendor that does not use the Vendor portal.
To send an through print management, your system
administrator must configure the parameters in the System administration module

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Ahmed H. Maghraby
CPIM, CSCP, PMP, CPF, MCT
Operations Manager
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