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- [Narrator] Supply chain is the dark horse
in the race to your customer.
Originally something that really didn't impact your ranking,
it's now the reason why some companies win every race.
What are they doing differently?
Their day-to-day supply chain operations
are efficient and uncomplicated,
they have clear visibility of risks,
overcoming them long before they become problems,
and they're resilient.
How are they doing this?
They're embracing the power of our supply chain technology.
Let's check out the latest capabilities
we're releasing in the 2023 Release Wave 1
to help you win the race.
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Meet Adatum, a leading tool manufacturer
selling to customers across the globe.
Their customers have high expectations.
New features in Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management
help them to meet them.
Let's begin our journey at the eCommerce checkout.
When a customer places an order, they want the freedom
to choose from faster or cheaper delivery options.
Using our new carting APIs,
Adatum can give them that choice.
They connect their eCommerce
and warehouse management solutions
to our Intelligent Order Management solution,
and realtime delivery options for that specific order
are then communicated straight to the customer
on the e-commerce site.
How are delivery options set up?
Every organization has different rules.
Adatum may want to fulfill next-day delivery orders
from certain warehouses or the closest store,
or manage high-value orders
or high-importance customers in a certain way.
Using our new enhanced distributed
order management capabilities, they can set up
delivery options to meet their specific rules.
With orders constantly coming in, it's crucial
that they have enough stock.
When a PO is created, they want it to be actioned fast.
Using our new purchase order for B2B interaction
capabilities, they can create custom actions
that are automatically triggered when a PO is created,
getting that stock into their warehouse fast.
With our advanced warehousing module,
we're solving a common problem.
Day-to-day, Adatum's employees view rich insights
in the two separate Dynamics 365 Intelligent
Order Management and Supply Chain Management
Advanced Warehouse Management solutions,
so they jump between the two systems.
We are removing the need to jump by presenting
the intricate view about an order
from Advanced Warehouse Management
right where they want it in Intelligent Order Management.
Has the order been packed, picked up, delivered?
No need for slow context switching,
all of the information they need is right there.
Operating across multiple countries
and channels is complex.
Let's see how our new features in Dynamics 365
Supply Chain Management address the common challenges.
First, as Adatum began selling across more channels,
managing prices across different systems was complicated.
With our new attribute-based omnichannel pricing feature,
there's no need to jump between systems.
They can maintain prices and pricing rules
for products across all channels in one place.
Manufacturing items across many countries
presents Adatum with intricate rules for ensuring
their accounting was compliant.
We've made this far easier.
By applying appropriate valuation methods
and selected currencies, they can now account inventories,
inventory and work in progress in multiple representations,
meaning they're complying with local GAAP,
internal management accounting, and IFRS principles
as an international organization.
This includes cases where they might have
to manage conflicting requirements.
For example, they can now account inventory costings
using both a local and fluctuating currency,
and a solid second currency.
They can also use the standard cost valuation method
for internal management accounting and use
other valuation methods like FIFO or average
required by each country.
These new capabilities significantly lighten the load
of navigating complex international accounting requirements
for their manufacturing.
With hundreds of orders being processed hourly,
it's crucial that their production equipment
operates smoothly.
Large teams of employees move between onsite
and remote locations ensuring that's happening.
To optimize their experience, we've developed
a brand-new power app-based asset management mobile app.
From one app, the team can manage every element
of the process, quickly creating new maintenance requests,
tracking and updating work orders,
and accessing key information.
The app makes their job fast and simple.
Adatum always wants to improve their warehouse management.
With our new integration with Minit,
Microsoft's process mining solution,
customers like Adatum who have a Minit license
can feed their end-to-end warehouse processes
from Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
straight into Minit.
Minit then helps them to quickly identify
areas in the processes that can be improved.
Applying those changes makes
their warehouse management processes faster,
more efficient, and more reliable.
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Alongside improving their processes,
Adatum also wants far greater clarity
into what's happening in real time
across their entire supply chain.
They're not alone.
65% of executives say lack of access
to realtime supply chain data is an obstacle
to their operations.
Using a collection of siloed solutions
means they don't spot risks and they quickly
become big problems.
We're helping Adatum to truly tackle this
by releasing the Microsoft Supply Chain Center.
It takes the data from all of their supply chain tools,
systems, and processes, and presents
the supply chain team with a central application.
Think of it as a command center for the Adatum team,
where market-leading solutions come together
into a single user experience.
Data can be ingested from Dynamics 365
or their other ERP systems,
solutions from partners can be brought
seamlessly into the workflow
via out-of-the-box connectors,
and they're presented with information
from external sources like news that's relevant
to their specific supply chain network
and will impact their procurement and supplier sourcing.
The Supply Chain Center has its own best-in-class
operational modules which identify risks
across Adatum's supply chain, and then provide them
with clear guidance on how to address them.
What's more, they can collaborate in context
both internally and with external customers
and suppliers using Microsoft Teams.
Finally, the composable approach to adopting
the apps in Microsoft Supply Chain Center
means Adatum can target their most urgent pain points first.
We're releasing some incredible solutions
and capabilities in this latest wave,
and in this video, we've seen just a small portion of them.
To learn more about how you can build
an efficient, uncomplicated, and resilient supply chain,
please check out the full release wave notes, thank you.
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