Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

Production Training
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Contents
1. Introduction (Core Concepts in Production) ........................................................................................................ 3
Setting Up Materials Required for Product Creation (Product Structure) ........................................................... 4
Setting Up Resources Required for the Product Creation (Operations) .............................................................. 4
Accounting materials and resources required for production of a product ........................................................ 6
Training lesson summary...................................................................................................................................... 7
2. Bills of Material..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Creating Components........................................................................................................................................... 9
Creating BOM Item .............................................................................................................................................12
Creating Sub-BOM Items ....................................................................................................................................13
Creating BOM .....................................................................................................................................................14
Checking how it works........................................................................................................................................19
Creating BOMs for the Chair Arm and Substructure BOM Items .......................................................................24
Configuring the Chair Arm and Substructure BOM Items ..................................................................................27
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................28
3. Work Centers (Resources) ..................................................................................................................................29
Setting Up a Work Center...................................................................................................................................29
Working Time .................................................................................................................................................30
Input Location.................................................................................................................................................33
Ledger Posting ................................................................................................................................................34
Default Parameters for Operation .................................................................................................................35
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................37
4. Routes and Operations .......................................................................................................................................38
Route ..................................................................................................................................................................38
Operations ..........................................................................................................................................................40
Route Networks ..................................................................................................................................................43

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Route Operation Parameters .............................................................................................................................46

Times Consumed by Operation ......................................................................................................................47
Cost of Operation ...........................................................................................................................................55
How Operations are Treated in Microsoft Dynamics AX................................................................................60
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................65
5. Production life cycle ...........................................................................................................................................66
Prerequisite Setup ..............................................................................................................................................66
Creating a New BOM Item ..............................................................................................................................66
Creating a BOM ..............................................................................................................................................67
Creating a Route .............................................................................................................................................71
Purchasing BOM Components........................................................................................................................75
Creating a Production Order ..............................................................................................................................79
Estimating ...........................................................................................................................................................81
Scheduling ..........................................................................................................................................................83
Releasing ............................................................................................................................................................86
Shipping Components ........................................................................................................................................88
Starting ...............................................................................................................................................................91
Posting a Job in Shop Floor Control....................................................................................................................96
Posting a Job Manually .....................................................................................................................................101
Reporting as Finished .......................................................................................................................................104
Ending ...............................................................................................................................................................106
Summary ..........................................................................................................................................................113

This training is intended for professionals who are involved in the implementation and support of the
Production module at a customer site, as well as for those who need to advise customers, or make
modifications within the area. The paper offers an overview of the principles used within the Production
module of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.
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