Crowe Metals Accelerator for Microsoft Dynamics 365

Nesting

Dynamics 365 and CMA provide a comprehensive suite of nesting solutions that are particularly beneficial for the metals industry. Optimizing plate and coil nesting and managing long product optimization can lead to significant improvements in material management. By monitoring key financial aspects such as manufacturing costs and inventory value and adapting to market changes, businesses can enhance their operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. 

Asset Leasing

The Dynamics 365 Asset Leasing module offers a range of features to manage and automate financial transactions for leased assets, ensuring compliance with international accounting standards. 

Here are some key features:

• Lease Agreement Management: Manages the legal contract between lessor and lessee, including terms like renewal options and transfer or ownership.
• Lease Calculation and Classification: Identifies the accounting standard for initial and subsequent measurement and classifies leases as finance, operating, short-term, or low value.
• Automated Lease Transactions: Supports initial recognition of right-of-use assets on the balance sheet and subsequent measurement for on-balance sheet or off-balance sheet leases.
• Holistic Monitoring and Analytics: Provides Comprehensive monitoring and analytics for leases, including net present value, lease interest, and future cash payment requirements.

Asset Management

The Dynamics 365 Asset Management module is designed to help companies maintain their resources effectively. Here is a brief overview of its capabilities:

• Maintenance Requests: Users can manually create maintenance requests for resources, which can then be converted into work orders.
• Work Orders: These can be automatically generated based on time intervals or usage counters, allowing service managers to schedule maintenance tasks efficiently.
• Capacity Constraints: Asset Management considers the capacity constraints of resources, which means that maintenance activities are factored into the overall resource planning.
• Impact on Master Planning: If a machine is down for maintenance, Asset Management will reflect this in the master planning process, ensuring that production schedules are adjusted accordingly.

This integration of maintenance and resource planning helps ensure that equipment downtime is minimized and that maintenance activities are carried out without disrupting the production process.