1. K3 Logistics Extensions K3 Production Extensions
for AX2012
Presenter William Ball

2. K3 Logistics Extensions K3 Production Extensions
Despatch Pallet Builder & Load Builder
Pallet/Tray/Box management
Quality Data Capture on Mobile Devices
Production Manpower Planning
Graphical Production Planning Board
Real-time Production Data Capture
K3 Logistics Extensions
K3 Production Extensions

3. Despatch Pallet Builder & Load Builder
Proposes the build of individual pallets for destinations against a sales order
Proposes the build of loads of pallets for destinations independent of sales orders
This is a planning function

4. Despatch Pallet Builder & Load Builder
Sales order
Picking list
Picking list registration
Delivery note
Invoice
Picking list registration
Picking list
Sales order
Delivery note
Invoice
Load builder
Pallet builder
By load
Transport order
Purchase order

5. Picking list registration
Despatch Pallet Builder & Load Builder
Versus AX2012 Consolidated Picking
Ability to plan Pallet build and Load build
Algorithms to automate Pallet and Load build
Picking list registration
Picking list
Sales order
Delivery note
Invoice
Load builder
Pallet builder
By load
Transport order
Purchase order

6. Despatch Pallet Builder & Load Builder
Differentiates between In and On
Supports stacking product On containers
Default and alternate allowable pallet types per product
Pallet height and pallet spaces determined by Customer shipment type
Easily understood parameter driven algorithm for Pallet build and Load build
Pallets and loads handled in terms of from and to Haulage areas
Link to Transport orders with reference to Rate tables for Haulage areas
Transport orders create Purchase lines for simple standard Invoice matching

7. Despatch Pallet Builder & Load Builder
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8. Pallet/Tray/Box Control
Maintains levels of valuable/returnable packaging owed by customers to be returned to the business, and owed to suppliers to be returned by the business.
Processing is largely automatic as a consequence of despatching sales orders and receipting purchase orders.
Two styles of packaging have to be supported:
Integral packaging
Transport packaging

9. Pallet/Tray/Box Control Integral Packaging
Integral packaging is part of the product specification e.g. apples on trays.
Item number
Product name
Image
APP01
Apples
TRAY01
Green Tray
APPTRAY39
Tray of 39 Apples

10. Pallet/Tray/Box Control Integral Packaging
Loose apples
Trays
BOM/ Works order
Apples on trays
Apples on trays
Bags
Formula/ Batch order
Apples in bags
Trays

11. Pallet/Tray/Box Control Transport Packaging
Transport packaging is not part of the product specification, and the product is unchanged by its association with any Transport packaging. Transport packaging is therefore moved (and stocked) independently of the product.

12. Pallet/Tray/Box Control
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13. Quality data capture on Mobile devices
AX2012 delivers Quality Control functionality with user-defined tests
Test results can only be recorded through an option in the standard AX client
The client application is far too clunky to use for anything other than the simplest of results input; and creating a new Quality order is far too complex
K3 typically proposes the AX Anywhere solution to enable AX2012 on mobile devices
AX Anywhere includes all of the regular warehousing functions as standard...
but does not include Quality Control functionality.
K3 has developed a Quantity Control module within the AX Anywhere framework.

14. Quality data capture on Mobile devices
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15. Production Manpower Planning
Calculates and presents the number of workers required over time to fulfil a production schedule
Flexes the time on individual operations based on the number of workers actually planned 6 3
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16. Production Manpower Planning
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17. K3 Graphical Planning Board
Benefits of a visual scheduling tool taken-as-read...
Best of breed APS tools (e.g. Preactor):
Not tightly bound to AX2012 configuration
Require independent setup
Require training
...but offer rich functionality
AX2012 Gantt Chart
No-cost option
No setup required
...but busy / confusing presentation
No drag-and-drop automatic rescheduling
Certain functional issues...
Best of Breed APS
Functionality
K3 Graphical Planning Board
Minimum Level
AX2012 Gantt Chart

18. Graphical Planning Board
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19. Real-time Production Data Input
Estimate
Job Schedule
Release
Start
Picking list [journal]
Route card [journal]
Report as finished
End
Start
Picking list [journal]
Route card [journal]
Report as finished
End

20. Real-time Production Data Input

21. Real-time Production Data Input
The K3 solution envisages:
users unfamiliar with the Microsoft Windows/Office UI
so no ‘action pane’, toolbars, tabs or pop-up forms
users unfamiliar with Dynamics AX2012 terminology
so no references to registration, jobs, journals etc…
no keyboard present – touch-screen only
all controls suitable for simple touch-screen use, with alternatives to standard windows controls

22. Real-time Production Data Input

23. Real-time Production Data Input
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24. K3 Logistics Extensions K3 Production Extensions
for AX2012
Presenter William Ball