1. EDI Made Simple®
AXUG - Boston

2. Dennis Bruce Data Masons Your Presenter Director, Business Development
EDI Integration: Powerful, Reliable, Scalable
Established market leader since 1996
Leader in Microsoft Dynamics EDI Integration
Active support for latest versions of Dynamics AX/Dynamics 365 for Operations
1,500+ Customers
1,800+ Trading Partners
Global Trading Partner Support
EDI and Dynamics Expert
Certified for Dynamics AX
Microsoft Gold ERP
Dennis Bruce
Director, Business Development
9 years of EDI Experience
22 years of ERP Platform Experience
Your Presenter

3. Agenda Vantage Point EDI Key Relationships & Industries Flow of Data
Demonstration
Changes with D365
Q&A

4. Vantage Point EDI for Dynamics AX
Focused On Dynamics AX
Certified for Dynamics AX
AX2009 & AX2012
Supports
AX 2.5 – D365
Automates your EDI Process
Management By Exception
Advanced
Audit Reporting
EDI Integration & Compliance
Over 60 Integrated Documents
9,800 Trading Partner Documents Available
EDI, XML & ACSII

5. Key Differentiators for Data Masons’ EDI Solution for AX
No AX Customization
100% Focus on EDI
AX ERP/EDI Consultants on Staff
Global Standards Support
Flexible Business Model
Setup Process vs. Development Process 5

6. Supported Trading Partner Relationships
Banks/Factors
Carriers
Suppliers
3PL’s
Brokers/Trading
Networks
Customers
Government
Customs Agencies

7. Vertical EDI Expertise
Food & Beverage
Retailers
Apparel & Footwear
Furniture
Oil & Gas
Electronics
Automotive
Pharma

8. Quote to Cash
PUSH
RFQ
PULL
RESP
PURCHASE
ORDER PO
ACK
CHG
STATUS
SHIPMENT
ASN
INVOICE
VAN | AS | SFTP | SPS COMMERCE | ARIBA | TRADING NETWORK | MAGENTO | AMAZON WEB SERVICES | SHOPIFY |
VANTAGE POINT EDI VANTAGE POINT EDI VANTAGE POINT EDI VANTAGE POINT EDI VANTAGE POINT EDI
PAYMENT
ADVICE
Payment
Advice
Dynamics AX

9. Demonstration

10. WHAT’S CHANGED WITH DYNAMICS 365
DEPRECATED
Application Integration Framework
.NET Business Connector (AxBC)
INTRODUCED
Data Entity Based Integration Framework
EXPANDED the DIXF

11. DATA ENTITY TYPES IN DYNAMICS 365
DATA ENTITIES = Views of a Single or Several Tables in Dynamics 365 that Support CRUD Operations (can be used via OData and DIXF)
EXTENDED ENTITIES (Supports AX Customizations – Table Extensions – supports OData and DIXF)
COMPOSITE ENTITIES (Asynchronous Multiple Related Entities – DIXF only)
AGGREGATE ENTITIES – Read Only for use with BI and Reporting Systems (OData accessible)
DMS uses Data Entities and Extended Entities for integration. Extended Entities support customizations – new tables and new fields. Best practices is to NOT modify or overlay Entities but rather extend them using Extended Entities
Aggregate entity is for Power BI and other reporting solutions
Composite is for bulk loading of data but without usable validation for ongoing transaction style integrations – good for loading product master data as an example
We do not modify core D3FO.  We perform all CRUD operations via REST/ODATA utilizing standard entities and when necessary may utilize EDI specific entities that we have created for CRUD.  We deploy our EDI entities via a Model File that they will incorporate into their environment as an extension.
Other than the entities we have no footprint in D3F0 either as an extension or overlay.

12. NET RESULT? RESTful Web Services - Superior to SOAP
OAuth is More Secure
JSON is More Efficient (compact) than XML
Accessing AX Business Objects is Easier
OData Provides Timely Feedback and Flexibility
Performance is Strong
Advantages of OData web services vs SOAP
We avoided SOAP because it is brittle – breaks if the AX 2012 schema is changed without regenerating the web service.

13. Dennis Bruce Director, Business Development
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