This article is the next installment in our series documenting some of the major new functionality enhancements that Microsoft has made for professional services firms in the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 CU7 release. A previous blog in this series detailed the new Work Breakdown Structure paradigm. This blog will discuss new functionality in the area of inter-company project management.
The ability to effectively manage and schedule project resources is one of the most critical operational success factors within our Professional Services industry clientele. This includes having visibility of future capacity requirements in order to accurately plan workforce staffing requirements, as well as ensuring that resources achieve optimal utilization levels, meaning they’re neither under or over utilized.
SAGlobal is proud to announce another customer go-live on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. This client is a global leader in providing technology-driven legal solutions and services such as eDiscovery, document review, research, and law firm support to the world’s leading law firms and corporate legal departments at Fortune 500 organizations.
The ability to effectively manage and schedule project resources is one of the most critical operational success factors within our Professional Services industry clientele. This includes having visibility of future capacity requirements in order to accurately plan workforce staffing requirements, as well as ensuring that resources achieve optimal utilization levels, meaning they’re neither under or over utilized.
As a Microsoft Dynamics AX partner focused in serving the Professional Services industries, SAG has worked with a variety of different types of project-driven organizations. It’s interesting to note the variations in how these organizations view the process of scheduling their projects and resources. Luckily, in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 we have four different approaches for this, each having its own merits depending on the general paradigm of your organization and the intricacies of the projects that you’re managing. We thought we’d highlight these options at a high level to shine some light on the pros and cons of each approach.
