Transform IT, Drive More Value:How Leading CIOs Are Doing It Right

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AgendaIntroductionWho is zedIT?What is AX?The impact of Microsoft Dynamics AXLessons and Experiences – AGTSolution OverviewQ&A

Introduction

Crystal Kanazawa GM Enterprise Solutions

zedIT Solutions

Patricia Meta Partner Sales Executive

Microsoft Canada

Terry Nette GM Enterprise Sales

zedIT Solutions

Who is zedIT?A leading one stop complete IT solution provider, zedIT Solutions has been providing both Strategy and Execution for Large Enterprise clients in the public and private sector for more than 20 years.

• 20+ year partnering with LE customers around the globe• Microsoft Gold Partner• Consultative approach• Proven implementation methodology• Strategy and execution

Unleash Your Business Potential with AX

Retail Manufacturing Public sector

Distribution

Industry operational workloads

HCM Project Budget foundation

Expense SRM Sales forceautomation

Customercare

Marketingautomation

Horizontal operational workloads

Finance HR

Administrative core workloads

The Impact of Microsoft Dynamics AX• Best-in-class ERP system• Business alignment• Consistency in process, information, and results• Enable your systems to grow with your business• Facilitate information to drive your decisions• Integration across all parts of your organization• Central source of data

Who is AGT?• AGT Food and Ingredients • Regina, Saskatchewan • Pulses, staple foods and ingredients, retail packaged and canned

foods • Staple food buying/processing, value-added servicing

The AGT Experience…

Real time reporting

Challenge• Required enhanced tools to report timely business information to various

stakeholders including management reporting and operationally• When it came to currency, freight, logistics, and the financial aspect of the

business, it was difficult to make important business decisions on the buying, selling, and market conditions

Benefits of AX : • Achieve faster, better operational insight• Timely information, real-time reporting• Better decision making

Manage commodity riskChallenge:• Needed to better tools to manage commodity buying and selling –

while more effectively managing risk. 

Benefits of AX: • Integrate and transform processes to reflect current best practices

and market conditions• Can now manage the increasing regulatory oversight and corporate

governance• Enhanced risk management through access to real-time information

IntegrationChallenge • Integrate global operations into a unified global platform • Build upon existing, mature business processes that worked successfully in the

domestic market while seamlessly integrating its global operations with a single unified business solution.

Benefits of AX : • Ability to consolidate data from each market to ensure that the business didn’t

have any silos of information. • Flexible platform that can easily scale and integrate with operations in

international markets that are not yet using the platform.• High adoption rate across organization with widely recognized Microsoft brand

Create morepersonal computing

Reinvent productivity& business processes

Build theintelligent cloud

IT is at the intersection

Anatomy of Microsoft Dynamics ‘AX 7’Increase the speed of doing business

Lifecycle services

The power of Microsoft CloudRetail

Procurement

Supply chain mgt

ProductionFinance

HR

Extensions

Make decisions quicker

Transform fast

Grow at your pace

ERP Value Matrics 2H 2015

Source: Nucleus Research, 2015

Usab

ility

Functionality

Facilitator

Core provider

Leader

Expert

Microsoft Dynamics NAV

SAP BusinessBy Design

SAP Business One

Sage ERP X3

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Qualiac

FinancialForce ERP

Acumatica

Plex

Aptean ERP

VAIIFS

IQMS EnterpriseIQ

QAD

Oracle PeopleSoft

Oracle E-Business Suite

Oracle JD Edwards

SAP

Infor Syteline

Infor M3

SYSPRO

Deltek

NetSuite

Epicor

Infor LN Microsoft

Dynamics AX

UNIT4

Oracle ERP Cloud

Roadmap

Q3’15

Q4Q1’16

Q2Q3

Q4Q1’17

Q2Q3

Q4

R3 CU8 Update Update UpdateAX 2012

‘AX 7’

Deployment

Preview GA Update Update Update

Upgrade

Language

Localization

UI in 40+ languages at launch

Public cloud

On-premise/private cloud

Code upgrade

Data upgrade

*Roadmap is subject to change without prior notice.

One Microsoft

Build. Deploy. Operate.

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Thank You!Questions or Complimentary 2 hour evaluation session

Terry Nette, zedIT Solutions(587) 316-6338, Ext. 602Terry.Nette@zedIT.com