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GSAX01 Business & Microsoft Dynamics AX: Today, Tomorrow, Together
Sunday, April 25 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session Type: General Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 000 - Keynote & General Session
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Speaker(s): Kees Hertogh
Session Description: Aligning IT with business is crucial for the success of your Microsoft Dynamics AX implementation and success of your organization. Hear what cutting-edge solutions are available to support your business now and in the near future. We’ll spotlight how customers added value to their business by extending the Microsoft Dynamics AX footprint. And most of all, learn how business and IT made this happen together.
CSAX01 Financial Management in Microsoft Dynamics AX
Monday, April 26 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Kevin Magarian, Kim Nelson, Mike Falkner
Session Description: Attend this session to get an overview of the financial management and reporting capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics AX. Learn how Microsoft Dynamics AX can help improve the efficiency of your financial operations, manage your cash flow effectively, and provide greater insight into your finances. Increase your knowledge on financial management features so that you can improve your ability to make the right decisions quickly.
Key Learning Objective #1: Gather tips on how Microsoft Dynamics AX helps you improve financial efficiency and helps manage your cash flow
Key Learning Objective #2: Learn about financial reporting options in Microsoft Dynamics AX
Key Learning Objective #3: Explore the financial enhancements in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
CSAX02 Environmental Sustainability & Product Compliance with Microsoft Dynamics AX
Tuesday, April 27 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Frank Arcadi, Neil Huizenga, Rudy Dillenseger
Session Description: As regulatory demands are increasing and the need to understand your company’s environmental impact is becoming mainstream, how you handle these issues is critical to the operation of your business. In this session, learn how Microsoft Dynamics AX can help comply with regulations like CFR 21 Part 11 and REACH, while helping you develop a proactive approach to environmental sustainability.
Key Learning Objective #1: Learn how to meet product compliance and environment sustainabilty requirements with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Key Learning Objective #2: Explore how Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 offers cost saving opportunities through environment impact awareness
Key Learning Objective #3: Find out how Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 helps drive your product compliance policy to meet regulatory requirements such as REACH, GHS, and ROHS, with Atrion integration
CSAX03 Microsoft Dynamics AX: Helping Distribution Companies Optimize Business & Adapt to New Trends
Monday, April 26 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry: Wholesale & Distribution
Speaker(s): Dave Bent, Dilip Popat, Michael Shoemaker, Ric Davidson, Rudy Dillenseger
Session Description: New trends in the distribution industry are driving wholesalers and distributors to reinvent their businesses to benefit their customers--manufacturers and retailers--while maintaining tight operation costs and preserving operating margins. In this session, we'll explore the latest challenges and trends facing distribution companies in today’s environment and review how Microsoft Dynamics AX helps you lower your costs, improve efficiency, and increase your customer response.
Key Learning Objective #1: Learn about the latest trends in the distribution industry
Key Learning Objective #2: Find out how Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 helps you streamline your supply chain
Key Learning Objective #3: Identify partner solutions that help provide that 'last mile' functionality
CSAX04 Microsoft Dynamics AX for the Public Sector
Monday, April 26 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry: Education, Government, Healthcare
Speaker(s): Charlie Johnson
Session Description: Highlighting Microsoft’s focus on developing public sector industry ERP capabilities, attend this session to learn about the new features planned for Microsoft Dynamics AX. Gain insight into the “Hot Topics” for public sector organizations and how the planned improvements in the next release of Microsoft Dynamics AX can be leveraged to address the challenges and needs of government, education, health and not-for-profit organizations.
Key Learning Objective #1: See an overview of financial and procurement enhancements that address the unique needs of public sector organizations
Key Learning Objective #2: Catch a sneek peak of new system capabilites for fund acccounting, budgetary control, encumbrance accounting, and projects & grants management
Key Learning Objective #3: Learn about the planned improvements for public sector features in Human Capital Management
CSAX06 Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009: Data & Code Upgrade
Monday, April 26 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 200 - Intermediate
Audience: Technical Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Deepak Kumar, Satish Thomas
Session Description: Experience the end-to-end flow of upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics AX 3.0 or 4.0 to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 by attending this session. We'll overview the overall upgrade process, including a bit of code upgrade as well as the data upgrade process, and share recommended best practices and tips on performing the upgrade more efficiently. You'll find out the extra upgrade steps needed if you've extended your solution, along with the resources needed to jumpstart your upgrade project.
Key Learning Objective #1: Experience the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 upgrade process
Key Learning Objective #2: Understand the code and data upgrade flow
Key Learning Objective #3: Gather tips and tricks to help optimize your upgrade
CSAX07 Preparing Microsoft Dynamics AX for External Audits
Sunday, April 25 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
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Speaker(s): Heidi Minzner, Raphael Bres
Session Description: Learn about the Microsoft Dynamics AX financial and foundation features that address the compliance and external audit needs. With the guidance of a real-life auditor, we'll identify how to be prepared for a smooth audit.
Key Learning Objective #1: Understand the objectives of an external auditor and the importance of the accounting system during the audit assessment and control phases
Key Learning Objective #2: Examine the external audit needs, objectives, techniques and key information sought and how Microsoft Dynamics AX features are addressing the compliance needs
Key Learning Objective #3: See real time demos of key compliance features in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
CSAX08 Cost Management in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Sunday, April 25 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 200 - Intermediate
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Anders Even Girke
Session Description: Several new costing features have been introduced in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, and existing features have been re-designed. Join this session to learn about inventory valuation, inventory value reporting and inventory and general ledger reconciliation.
Key Learning Objective #1: Learn more about inventory value and work in progress reporting options in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Key Learning Objective #2: Investigate the cost calculation enhancements in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Key Learning Objective #3: Gather tips on inventory and work in progress reconciliation with the general ledger
CSAX09 Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009: Experience the Value of Upgrading
Sunday, April 25 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Lachlan Cash, Raphael Bres
Session Description: You made a significant investment in Microsoft Dynamics AX with your initial deployment, so how can you motivate additional investments to upgrade to a new release? As we show you an overview of the technical and functional enhancements based on real life customer upgrade scenarios, you can evaluate the value of this release to your organization and start building the business case.
Key Learning Objective #1: Evaluate the most common scenarios and benefits of a technical upgrade
Key Learning Objective #2: Understand the most common scenarios and benefits of a functional upgrade
Key Learning Objective #3: Gather ideas on building the business case for upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
CSAX10 Lean Manufacturing for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Monday, April 26 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry: Manufacturing
Speaker(s): Charlotte McCormick, Darren Hogg, Thomas Vest
Session Description: Lean manufacturing has been released for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. Join this session to understand the functionality that has been updated in this release. Learn more about the best-in-class implementation guidelines for lean manufacturing for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 from industry experts.
Key Learning Objective #1: Explore how lean manufacturing for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 can support your lean initiatives
Key Learning Objective #2: Understand the most common lean scenarios that customers automate
Key Learning Objective #3: Gather tips and tricks on how to optimize the implementation of lean manufacturing
CSAX11 Process Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Sunday, April 25 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry: Manufacturing
Speaker(s): Akshey Gupta, David Weger, Jeff Kadlec
Session Description: To meet the changing demands of customers, process manufacturers need to be innovative and flexible. To compete in an successful way, you need to streamline your workflows and have a system that is easy to modify. In this session you will learn how process manufacturing for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 will enable process manufacturers to meet the changing market demands, and attain regulatory compliance.
Key Learning Objective #1: Hear an overview of process industries for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Key Learning Objective #2: Understand the functionality included in process industries for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Key Learning Objective #3: Gather tips and tricks on how to optimize the implementation of process industries for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
CSAX12 Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail
Monday, April 26 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry: Retail
Speaker(s): Balaji Balasubramanian , Dilip Popat, Michael Griffiths
Session Description: Retailers face unprecedented challenges in a highly competitive market, and customers are empowered with more choices than ever to drive their purchasing decisions. Find out how Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail uniquely enables retailers to turn these challenges into advantage. Learn how this solution, offering point of sale, store management, and merchandising, can help lower total cost of ownership and empower your employees to provide a higher level of customer service.
Key Learning Objective #1: Learn about Microsoft Dynamics' commitment to retail and how Microsoft helps solve key pain points faced by retailers today
Key Learning Objective #2: Evaluate the unique retail value of Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail, and how it helps retailers more effectively compete and make their key resource –people--be more productive
Key Learning Objective #3: Find out more about the go-to-market plans and strategy of Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail
CSAX13 Microsoft Dynamics AX for Professional Services & Architectural Engineering
Monday, April 26 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Gary Bonuso, Ramesh Gururaja, Raymond Rebello, Salim Faroukh
Session Description: Explore how Microsoft Dynamics AX can help you manage your professional services firm with greater business intelligence and insight. Attend this session to gain a perspective into the unique capabilities that Microsoft Dynamics AX has in terms of enabling you to effectively manage your services value chain.
CSAX14 Human Capital Management in Microsoft Dynamics AX
Monday, April 26 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Salim Faroukh, Shawna Mikes, Sherry Olson
Session Description: Having sound human resource practices focused on recruiting, retaining, and developing talent is critical for your organization’s health. The Human Capital Management (HCM) solution for Microsoft Dynamics AX provides you with the ability to manage your operational and strategic processes in alignment with your organizational goals. Join us as we demonstrate the capabilities of the Human Capital Management solution to enable you to more effectively manage your processes.
CSAX15 Microsoft Dynamics AX for Media & Entertainment Management
Monday, April 26 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 100 - Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Gabriele Di Piazza, Matthew Visco , Robert Blatt, Salim Faroukh
Session Description: In this session, we'll show how media businesses can utilize a business application to manage the media supply chain from production(development) to distribution. Capitalizing on production best practices through MRP, we'll demonstrate how effectively Microsoft Dynamics AX delivers value by bridging the gap between human resources and business processes, giving the media service organization complete control over work orders and jobs profitability.
CSAX16 Shop Floor Control Capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics AX
Sunday, April 25 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 200 - Intermediate
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Industry: Manufacturing
Speaker(s): Bo Schroeder, Bob Aronson
Session Description: Take a walk through Discrete Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 as we spotlight the features that help you improve your operational efficiency. We'll explore the untapped business value of plant floor visibility, democratizing information and empowering more efficient decision making. Explore wow your employees can more easily interact with the system through areas including time & attendance, job scheduling, work instructions and business intelligence.
Key Learning Objective #1: See how you can execute your production in a paperless environment using the Shop Floor Control module
Key Learning Objective #2: Explore how workers register attendance, absence, work time, paid time and breaks using the Shop Floor Control module
Key Learning Objective #3: Discover how to adjust preventive maintenance to increase equipment uptime using the Dynaway MRO/EAM module
CSAX17 Streamlining Processes & Enhancing Productivity: Workflow in Microsoft Dynamics AX
Monday, April 26 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 300 - Experienced
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Speaker(s): Karl Tolgu
Session Description: Explore the new workflow infrastructure in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and investigate how automating workflow results in streamlined business processes and enhanced productivity. Key components of this session are the workflow architecture, scenarios that lend themselves to be workflow-enabled, and how to build your own workflows.
Key Learning Objective #1: Gain insight into the workflow architecture in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
Key Learning Objective #2: Evaluate which scenarios lend themselves to be workflow enabled
Key Learning Objective #3: Learn how to build your own workflows
CSAX18 Data Management & Archiving in Microsoft Dynamics AX
Sunday, April 25 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 300 - Experienced
Audience: Technical Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Rif Kiamil, Sri Srinivasan
Session Description: Learn about our latest offering, Microsoft Intelligent Data Management Framework for Microsoft Dynamics AX. With the future provision of intelligently managing data layouts from both a SQL and business perspective, we'll discuss the framework that allows for purging and archiving data, leading to lower total cost of ownership and higher efficiency. We'll analyze and discuss the opportunities, so that you can plan your implementation of this powerful framework.
Key Learning Objective #1: Learn how to understand the layout of your production Microsoft Dynamics AX database
Key Learning Objective #2: Build expertise on how to create a purge and archive plan for your installation
Key Learning Objective #3: Gain an understanding of new data management concepts that Microsoft is introducing
CSAX19 How to Manage Performance & Scale for Your Microsoft Dynamics AX Installation
Monday, April 26 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Skill Level: 300 - Experienced
Audience: Technical Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Sri Srinivasan, Tao Wang
Session Description: Participate in this session to gather tips and techniques to better manage performance with Microsoft Dynamics AX. We'll evaluate your troubleshooting options, explore how to diagnose performance problems, and share best practices for managing your pre-installation performance. You'll discover how to effectively execute performance management while in production, and how to manage upgrades within a window. This information-packed session will leave you with an briefcase full of how-to's.
Key Learning Objective #1: Learn how to create a plan for managing performance on your implementation, pre-production and post-production
Key Learning Objective #2: Align with the latest findings of the product performance team on how to scale your implementation
Key Learning Objective #3: Walk away with the top ten optimizations
CSAX20 Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Server
Monday, April 26 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Server and Tools
Skill Level: 200 - Intermediate
Audience: Technical Decision Maker
Industry:
Speaker(s): Vijay Kurup
Session Description: Explore the many aspects of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 server, including the server-based batch framework and its support for multiple time zones, 64-bit, Hyper-V and advanced clustering. We'll overview various server features like security, load balancing, AD integration, and various deployment options. Evaluate it's support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and find out about the SCOM management pack for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, which provides easy administration of your system.
Key Learning Objective #1: Learn about the advanced new AOS features in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, including server based batch framework, multiple time zone support, 64-bit support, clustering support and a redesigned AD Import Wizard
Key Learning Objective #2: Investigate the advanced new data access features like Cross company support, Sync Enhancements, X++ SQL support and Query & View extensions
Key Learning Objective #3: Find out more about Microsoft Dynamics AX administration, security and deployment
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