ABS Affinity
ABS Affinity is an integrated, adaptable business management solution that helps you make business decisions with greater confidence. ABS Affinity is built on Microsoft Dynamics AX so it works like and with familiar Microsoft software. It automates and streamlines business processes and connects you with global customers, business partners and subsidiaries in a way that helps you drive business success.
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Key Features
ABS Affinity, built on Microsoft Dynamics AX, supports your entire Apparel/Footwear business and allows you to choose from comprehensive functionality, such as:
- Manufacturing
- Distribution
- Supply Chain Management
- Project Finance
- Financial Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Human Resource Management
- Business Analysis
- Enterprise Portal, with Microsoft® Windows® Sharepoint® Services integration
- Reporting Services with Microsoft SQL Server®
- Web services and .Net interoperability with Microsoft Visual Studio® Business document exchange. Integration framework with Microsoft BizTalk Server.
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BENEFITS
- Works like and with familiar Microsoft products
- Addresses the unique requirements of Apparel, Footwear & Sewn Products
- Easily customizable and highly scalable
- Advanced technology supports your growing business
- Supports connectivity with customers, vendors, business partners and employees
- Robust, comprehensive functionality, all-in-one source
- Supports operations across countries, sites, languages and currencies
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ABS Affinity is built on Microsoft Dynamics AX helping you hold down training costs and getting
your people working more effectively by using Microsoft-standard user interfaces
Features
| Dimensional Item Management |
- Manage complex item variables
- Item characteristics including collection and season groupings
- Style, color, color-way, size, width, length, decorations, finishing variants
- Multiple unit of measures and standard conversions
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| Manufacturing |
- Finite and infinite capacity and materials planning
- Job scheduling and sequencing
- Resource management
- Shop floor management
- Work order management with job costing
- Product configuration
- Flexible BOMs that allow production and materials by neutral style, size, color, color-way or any combination
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| Distribution |
- Multi-site warehouse management
- Inventory management with dimensions
- Order handling with trade agreements
- Order promising
- Item and lot number reservation and tracking
- Streamline order entry with multiple order types
- Blanket orders with truncated codes for later specifications and draw down
- Multiple shipment addresses
- Mass modifications of existing and blanket orders
- Define customer specific labelling and documents
- RFID enabled
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| Supply chain management |
- Demand forecasting
- Intercompany trade
- Procurement management
- Partner self-service Web sites
- Performance monitoring
- Electronic information exchange
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| Project management |
- Project types and hierarchies
- Project finance and invoicing
- Consultant self-service Web sites
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| Financial management |
- Financial management with dimensions
- Intercompany accounting and consolidation
- Complete audit trail
- Cost Accounting
- Fixed Assets
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| Customer relationship management |
- Sales force and marketing automation
- Telemarketing and questionnaires
- Sales management
- Customer self-service Web sites
- Computer telephone integration
- Document management
- Outlook synchronization
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| Human resource management |
- Organizational charts and employee registration
- Skills mapping and recruitment
- Employee self-service Web sites
- Business process management
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| Business analysis |
- Designer for multidimensional data cubes
- Integration with Microsoft Analysis Services
- Analysis views through embedded Pivot Tables
- Balanced scorecard with key performance indicators
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| Compliance |
- Compliance Center to manage policies, documents, audit trails
- Workflows to enforce and enhance controls
- BI tools to monitor internal changes
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