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Wayne Shulz of Shulz Consulting found this very informative video on Credit Card Industry security requirements and how it applies to Sage MAS90 and MAS200. It really applies to any application that electronically process credit cards however.
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Credit Card Security Standards- An Overview Video
Monday, February 8th, 2010Dynamics AX 2009 Technology Enables User Experience Customization
Monday, October 5th, 2009Dynamics AX 2009’ technology provides the capability for users to modify screens easily in Dynamics AX 2009 to meet their requirements and make their jobs easier to perform and data entry much more efficient.
Here is a screenshot of a standard Dynamics AX 2009 customer record screen, showing the general tab:
The user may find that many of the fields are not needed in this form and that navigating between the needed fields is time-consuming.
This is not a problem because Dynamics AX 2009’s technology makes is a simple matter to change the look of this form (and any other forms) to meet the user’s needs.
The user can right click on an unneeded field, or field group, and one of the options includes “hide” as shown below. Now the user can go through the form and hide any fields or groups that the user does not need.
Here is the same form, after the user has spent some time re-organizing it:
Notice that numerous fields been hidden and that the landscape that the hidden fields used to take up has been automatically rearranged as well. By the way, this change took less than 2 minutes to make. Now the user only sees what needs to be seen, thus speeding up data entry.
Keep in mind that access to this functionality is permissions-controlled and that changes made can be done for individual users or system wide.
Contact us through our website or by calling 888-222-8827 to learn how Dynamics AX 2009’s technology can help to make the user experience more efficient and productive. Ask us also about other features and benefits that Dynamics AX 2009 delivers.
Dynamics AX 2009 Audit Trails Enable Tight Control
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Companies often times experience the need to figure out what changed in one of their records, who changed it and when. This can be a laborious, even impossible, task in many systems. Dynamics AX 2009 , through its audit trail capability, enables companies to automatically track changes made in the system and quickly identify who did it and when.
Setting up the audit trails is straightforward. The company simply needs to determine which records – item master, general ledger, sales order, etc., to track in the database log. Then it is a matter of deciding what types of changes to track – additions, deletions, numerical changes – and the company is all setup and ready to track.
Dynamics AX 2009 Workflows Automate Business Processes
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 features a powerful workflow capability that allows companies to mirror their business processes in the system and then automate those processes.
Here are a few examples of workflow templates that come with Dynamics AX (Formerlly Axapta) 2009 and how you can use them to automate and control your processes.
Purchase Requisition Approval
Tom works in the quality department of his company and needs a new test instrument. His user role in Dynamics AX 2009 does not allow him to create purchase orders but he can create requisitions. So, he creates a requisition for the test instrument that he needs. (more…)
Dynamics AX 2009 Role Centers Improve User Productivity
Friday, September 11th, 2009Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems contain a wealth of data and information that decision makers in the organization need to access in order to be as informed as possible about their company’s current state and to enable a proactive approach to managing the business.
Many ERP systems require individuals to navigate through various modules and menus to get to the data in the system relevant to the information they need or tasks they need to perform. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 provides users with a Role center to streamline and enhance the user experience.