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Overview of Supply Chain Module

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Supply chain management (SCM) is an integral part of any product-based business.

SCM allows you to plan, control, and execute the flow of goods and services. SCM
encompasses everything from product development to production and sales.
Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management uses a well-organized modular approach to
support and coordinate these activities. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
includes the following features:

Asset management
Asset management is an advanced module for managing assets and maintenance
jobs in Supply Chain Management. Asset management integrates seamlessly with
modules in other finance and operations apps.

Cost management
Cost management lets you work with the valuation and accounting of raw materials,
semi-finished goods, finished goods, and work-in-progress assets. It's the process of
defining, managing, and reporting Inventory accounting and Manufacturing
accounting.

Inventory management
Inventory management performs tasks to manage movement of the inventory, which
includes:

Inbound operations

Outbound operations

Quality assurance
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 Inventory activities

Inventory control

IoT Intelligence
IoT Intelligence is an add-in for Supply Chain Management. This add-in integrates
Internet of Things (IoT) signals with data in Supply Chain Management to produce
actionable insights.

Master planning
Master planning allows companies to decide and balance the future need for raw
materials with capacity to meet company goals. Master planning uses information
gathered to calculate requirements and generate planned orders.

Procurement and sourcing

Procurement and sourcing cover all the steps from identifying a need for product and
services through procuring the product, receipt, invoicing, and processing of
payment with vendors. You can configure procurement processes for specific
business needs by defining purchasing policies and workflows.

Product information management

Product information is the backbone of supply chain applications across all industries.
It works with a shared product definition, categorization, and identifiers across all
legal entities, and specific configurations of a product, to fit into the business
processes.

Production control
Production processes include control of the various stages of production orders,
batch orders, and Kanbans, from order creation to closing of the financial period.
There are three major manufacturing processes: Discrete, Process, and Lean.
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 Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management describes all of them with the required
sub-processes and other manufacturing components.

Sales and marketing

Sales and marketing cover the original sales initiative, future follow-up action, and
added sales. You use the sales functionality to create quotations, up-sell, and cross-
sell to new and existing customers, create sales orders, and create sales invoices for
customers.

Service management
Service management describes service agreements and service subscriptions, how to
manage service orders and customer inquiries, and how to manage and analyze the
delivery of services to customers.

Transportation management
Transportation management lets you use your company’s transportation, and lets you
identify vendor and routing solutions for inbound and outbound orders.

Warehouse management
The Warehouse management system in Supply Chain Management gives you flexible
ways to define your warehouse layout to meet changing needs, so you can optimize
warehouse efficiency.

When you integrate all the preceding modules, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain
Management can build an adaptable supply chain process that automatically reacts
to challenges by using real-time visibility, agile planning, and business continuity.

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