Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) - An analysis of how Microsoft could implement VMI functionality in the ERP system Microsoft Dynamics AX.
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- Abstract
- Title: ?Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) ? An analysis of how
Microsoft could implement VMI functionality in the ERP
system Microsoft Dynamics AX.?
Authors: Peter Gurenius
Johanna Wicander
Supervisors: Ola Johansson, Department of Packaging Logistics, Lund
University
Per Lykke Lynnerup, Microsoft Development Center,
Copenhagen
Background issues:
VMI is being increasingly implemented in companies and therefore Microsoft
wants to have this functionality in the ERP system Microsoft Dynamics AX.
Today, in version 4.0 of AX, there is no VMI functionality and customers
have to buy add on VMI solutions from Microsoft's partners. However, these
solutions are customer specific and do not lead to competitiveness for
Microsoft in the... (More) - Title: ?Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) ? An analysis of how
Microsoft could implement VMI functionality in the ERP
system Microsoft Dynamics AX.?
Authors: Peter Gurenius
Johanna Wicander
Supervisors: Ola Johansson, Department of Packaging Logistics, Lund
University
Per Lykke Lynnerup, Microsoft Development Center,
Copenhagen
Background issues:
VMI is being increasingly implemented in companies and therefore Microsoft
wants to have this functionality in the ERP system Microsoft Dynamics AX.
Today, in version 4.0 of AX, there is no VMI functionality and customers
have to buy add on VMI solutions from Microsoft's partners. However, these
solutions are customer specific and do not lead to competitiveness for
Microsoft in the long run. Microsoft wants to have generic VMI functionality
build into AX, why Microsoft has started a large project for implementing
advanced trading functionality in AX, including VMI.
Purpose:
The purpose of this master's thesis is to ?investigate how Microsoft could
implement VMI functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX?. To achieve this,
three research questions will be answered regarding purposes of starting VMI
relationships, information needed in VMI collaborations and communication
methods.
Method:
Since little prior research is done on VMI implementations into ERP systems
the authors have conducted benchmarking case studies at six companies, both
suppliers and customers working with different VMI solutions. The
conclusions and recommendations are to a large extent based on the findings
from the case studies.
Conclusions:
In summary, the case companies have reported overall positive results after
implementing VMI and want to develop the collaborations further. The
findings from the study indicate that more or less the same information is
VI
needed irrespective of how the information is sent. However, differences in
how the information is sent are found.
Recommendations to Microsoft:
The authors believe after having conducted literature and case studies that it is
necessary for Microsoft to have VMI functionality in AX to be able to
compete successfully in the future. The authors present a generic solution for
VMI in AX, in which configurations can be made easily to suit different
methods of communication. (Less)
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- author
- Gurenius, Peter and Wicander, Johanna
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- VMI, ERP, Microsoft Dynamics AX, supply chain collaboration, information sharing, Technological sciences, Teknik
- language
- English
- id
- 1316831
- date added to LUP
- 2008-05-15 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2010-02-01 14:40:03
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Microsoft could implement VMI functionality in the ERP
system Microsoft Dynamics AX.?
Authors: Peter Gurenius
Johanna Wicander
Supervisors: Ola Johansson, Department of Packaging Logistics, Lund
University
Per Lykke Lynnerup, Microsoft Development Center,
Copenhagen
Background issues:
VMI is being increasingly implemented in companies and therefore Microsoft
wants to have this functionality in the ERP system Microsoft Dynamics AX.
Today, in version 4.0 of AX, there is no VMI functionality and customers
have to buy add on VMI solutions from Microsoft's partners. However, these
solutions are customer specific and do not lead to competitiveness for
Microsoft in the long run. Microsoft wants to have generic VMI functionality
build into AX, why Microsoft has started a large project for implementing
advanced trading functionality in AX, including VMI.
Purpose:
The purpose of this master's thesis is to ?investigate how Microsoft could
implement VMI functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX?. To achieve this,
three research questions will be answered regarding purposes of starting VMI
relationships, information needed in VMI collaborations and communication
methods.
Method:
Since little prior research is done on VMI implementations into ERP systems
the authors have conducted benchmarking case studies at six companies, both
suppliers and customers working with different VMI solutions. The
conclusions and recommendations are to a large extent based on the findings
from the case studies.
Conclusions:
In summary, the case companies have reported overall positive results after
implementing VMI and want to develop the collaborations further. The
findings from the study indicate that more or less the same information is
VI
needed irrespective of how the information is sent. However, differences in
how the information is sent are found.
Recommendations to Microsoft:
The authors believe after having conducted literature and case studies that it is
necessary for Microsoft to have VMI functionality in AX to be able to
compete successfully in the future. The authors present a generic solution for
VMI in AX, in which configurations can be made easily to suit different
methods of communication.}},
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