Plastics Manufacturing – Intelligent Handling of Scrap in Dynamics AX

Scrap and By-product management in plastics manufacturing

Scrap re-use is generally a requirement in Plastic Manufacturing to improve yield. Microsoft’s ERP system, Dynamics AX (aka, Dynamics 365) has handled both discrete and process manufacturing for years (and, mixed mode manufacturing) which means that scrap can be accounted for, re-used, and costed accurately in the same production order. In a previous blog post…

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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 – Recycled By-Products in Production Orders

Overview In Cumulative Update 8 for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, functionality to reuse the same by-product that is in consumption has been added. This functionality is important for use in process manufacturing and allows an item that is used in consumption, to also be a by-product in the manufacturing process (specifically valuable for our…

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