Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Getting Your Business on Track Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Ahmed H. Maghraby CPIM, CSCP, PMP, CPF, MCT, APICS Recognized Instructor Operations Manager @ Trax Consulting

Organization/Institute Introductions Ahmed Maghraby, CPIM, CSCP, CPF, PMP, MCT Operations Manager @ Trax Consulting More than 16 Years in ERP Implementation, 9 Years in Microsoft Dynamics AX Credentials Organization/Institute  Certified in Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) APICS, The Association for Operations Management. Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) APICS Recognized Instructor Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF) IBF, Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning. Project Management Professional (PMP) PMI, Project Management Institute Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) for Microsoft Dynamics AX application Microsoft Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

Agenda SRM Overview Supplier Selection & Management Collaboration and Information Sharing Open Discussion (Q&A)

What’s SRM? As per APICS Dictionary 13th Ed. SRM is a comprehensive management approach To manage an enterprise’s interactions with the organizations that supply goods & services The goal of SRM is to streamline the processes bet. an enterprise and its suppliers Make them more effective for the benefit both parties SRM is often associated with three main components Vendor Selection & Management Collaboration & Information Sharing Vendor Performance Ecaluation

Vendor Management Selecting & Managing Suppliers

Traditional Relationship vs. Strategic Alliance. Thinking has evolved Short-term Transactions Long-term Agreements Lowest Purchase Price Total Cost of Ownership Buyers disregard supplier impact Win-Win Situation

Benefits of Strategic Alliances Add value to products / services Better Quality for purchases Enable Strategic growth Lower total cost of ownership Strengthen the operations Build an organizational skills Enhance financial strength

Vendor Onboarding Adding Vendors in AX 2012 Vendor Add Request Vendor extension req. Vendor category req. Vendor status change request Vendor Add Workflows Vendor category application User request

Vendor Control Embargoed and Disallowed Vendors You may have a company in your legal entity that because of its location may have to restrict trade with another country/region. This is known as an embargo. is a vendor that is identified as no longer authorized to supply products to one or more legal entities.

VENDOR COLLABORATION Vendor Collaboration in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Vendor Collaboration Techniques in Dynamics AX Portal Integration Print Mgmt. Notificat.

Vendor Notifications Enables you to send notifications to the vendor contacts Ex: used to inform the vendors about new procedures. Vendor Contacts should be indicated to receive notifications Vendors with access to the portal can view the notifications online System administrator must set up email parameters in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

Vendor Portal Centralized Automated procurement Management Fully customizable and extendable with built-in tools Multiple user accounts for the same vendors Provides vendors with an access to interactive data relevant to them

Print Management available in many different areas of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Used print management to route and manage the communication of key documents to vendors. Route documents such as POs & RFQs to the appropriate persons Useful for vendor that does not use the Vendor portal. To send an email through print management, your system administrator must configure the email parameters in the System administration module

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