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1 Integrated EDI for Microsoft Dynamics® AX AXUG Partner Showcase

2 Today’s Agenda  Introduction to Accellos  Why is EDI Strategic  Decomposing EDI Solutions  Best Practices Implementing EDI  Key Trends  Accellos’ Approach to EDI  Solution Overview  Q&A

3 Accellos is a global provider of Supply Chain Execution Solutions – Founded company with a singular vision to build a complete end-to-end suite of SCE solutions – Centered around three pillars of supply chain execution: Warehousing Transportation Electronic communication and collaboration (EDI) – Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO with 7 offices located throughout North America – 225 Employees – 4,000 customers globally Introduction to Accellos

4 Accellos’ Focus on Dynamics AX Experienced and Focused on Dynamics  Over 20 years experience delivering EDI solutions to the Dynamics market – Performed over 1,000 Dynamics EDI implementations – Over 400 existing EDI customers  Our strategy has been to deliver depth in integration and focus completely on Dynamics  Accellos offers a complete SCE suite for Dynamics AX including EDI, WMS and TMS  Microsoft certified partner  ISV TAP participant

5 Key Benefits of EDI EDI is a compliance requirement within retail community and other industries Enabler for automating business processes Unlocks process efficiencies / drives out costs Collapses order-to-cash cycle time Reduces / Eliminates data-entry errors Tightens supply chain relationships Competitive necessity in today’s high velocity business climate Why is EDI Strategic

6 Decomposing EDI Solutions Communications Translation Integration  VAN  Direct  Managed Network  Human Readable  Formatted  Managed Network  Proprietary  Hand-keyed  Custom  Embedded

7  Identify transaction processing cost components – Labor – Mistakes (i.e. data-entry, shipping, pricing, chargebacks, etc.) – Exposure to peak volumes  Evaluate which business partners are EDI capable  Seek to address high volume, high value and high complexity business relationships  Automate business processes linked to EDI document workflows  Embed business rules into EDI integration workflows to identify exceptional scenarios  Manage by exception with alerts being driven to business users Best Practices- Implementing EDI

8  Wide adoption of direct connection options (i.e. AS2)  Maturity of cloud technology  Emergence of new requirements for multi- channel fulfillment  Leveraging industry hubs for enablement of wider % of business partners  XML and other formats extend enablement  Wider adoption of standards outside NA / EU Key Trends

9 Built exclusively for Dynamics AX:  Embedded solution provides familiar user experience for AX business users  Tight integration layer maximizes usage of native AX functionality  Exception management follows AX business processes  Configurable business rules eliminates custom coding for unique trading partner requirements  Automated workflows provides for true management by exception Accellos’ Approach to EDI for AX

10 What Makes Accellos Different  Unlimited Trading Partner Library  Caps initial and ongoing expenses (one-time investment rather than pay-per-partner)  Includes 1,000’s of preconfigured maps, labels and reports built to specification  Enables rapid onboarding of new business partners  Direct communication options eliminate transaction fees  Mapping changes included as retailers dictate  Flexible delivery model provides options for management of translation & communications – On-premise or hosted  Accellos extends beyond EDI into other areas of SCE

11  Depth and flexibility of AX integration layer  Embedded user experience vs. operating in an external interface  Exception management enables business users to address issues vs. impacting IT  Leverage an industry standard translation tool vs. a proprietary data mapping tool  Optimized integrations for high volume throughput What Makes Accellos Different

12 Solution Overview – EDI for AX

13 Questions?

14 For follow-up questions: Mike Gross Vice President, EDI & Supply Chain Essentials Group 720-282-8502 Michael.Gross@accellos.com Thank you for Attending Today’s Presentation


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