AX 2012 R3 Training & Quick Summary

Below is the link to download the recording of Ax 2012 R3 Training by Microsoft held on Feb 28 2014 in Microsoft Virtual Events:

http://msdynamics-admin.mscareerconference.com/Uploads/Downloadables/VF554_AXBlitz2_Complete_FINAL_640x360_50_0cff3183cb2e408db6b7511cb40b298e_7cf4ee5ad72144a4b11a1da51ffb9633.mp4

You may need to register yourself for downloading. 

A short summary of the functionality available in R3:

Application Lifecycle Management – Azure based set of tools, called Lifecycle Services (LCS), provided as the central point of engagement for customer and partner activities throughout the application lifecycle.  New LCS functions enable: creation and managing support cases with Microsoft, knowledge base issue search and install resolution updates. The LCS Business Process Modeller is improved, connecting business processes and design gaps with business goals and objectives, and requirements traceability.

Retail – a new “Modern Point-of-Sale” – metro-styled POS client designed for mobile clienteling activities.  A new set of functions for Call Centre sales and improved Catalogue features.  Loyalty Programs and Gift Card handling has been redesigned, enabling these to operate across all companies within the AX database, adding: earning loyalty points based on an activity and new redemption rules. Customer affiliations influencing price/discount.

Advanced Warehouse Management – a new module that improves operational excellence for warehouse processes, containing; license plate identification, wave picking, new inventory reservation hierarchy, transport load planning and rating, mobile/handheld support, and freight invoice matching. 

Demand Forecasting – a basic planning function to create an Item SKU level demand forecast, leveraging the broader Microsoft technology stack, SSAS time-series algorithms and Excel data visualisations.

Master Data Management – managing the synchronization (push and pull) of master data changes from multiple environments, with conflict resolution, and batch scheduling and automation.