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One of the best ERPs for mid-sized companies
April 22, 2020

One of the best ERPs for mid-sized companies

Janis Cehovs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Service Management
  • Project Management and Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accounts Payable
  • Product Information Management
  • System Administration
  • Sales and Marketing

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (Dynamics AX)

Microsoft Dynamics AX (the new version--Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations--is being implemented now) is our main ERP system used for monthly billing, accounting, payment management, and more.
  • ERP
  • Accounting
  • Product management
  • Service agreement / service order management
  • Warehousing
  • Large data volume processing
  • Mobile sites / apps
  • Complicated deployment
  • Fast mass billing for thousands of customers with invoice issuing
  • Advanced accounting with intercompany capabilities
  • Problematic processing for large data volumes
Dynamics AX is one of the most advanced ERPs out there. When your business needs grow, many other smaller ERPs struggle to cover them.
Dynamics AX is certainly a good fit for mid-sized companies that ideally could use the standard functionality out-of-the-box as much as possible.

It is not very good when processing a large volume of transactions, but presumably, it is also not made for that.

The latest version of Dynamics AX--Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations--has proven to be more complicated in terms of customization.

Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued Feature Ratings

8.1
Accounts payable
9
Accounts receivable
9
Global Financial Support
9
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
8
Journals and Reconciliations
8
Configurable Accounting
7
Standardized Processes
7
7.4
Billing Management
6
Cash and Asset Management
8
Travel & Expense Management
8
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
7
Period Close
8
8.0
Inventory tracking
8
Automatic reordering
8
Location management
8
7.3
Pricing
8
Order entry
7
Credit card processing
Not Rated
Cost of goods sold
7
Order Orchestration
Not Rated
8.0
Pay calculation
8
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
7.7
Dashboards
7
Standard reports
8
Custom reports
8
7.0
API for custom integration
7
Plug-ins
7
9.0
Role-based user permissions
9
Single sign-on capability
9
Not Rated
Award Lifecycle Management
Not Rated
7.5
Budgeting and Forecasting
8
Project Costing
8
Cost Capture
7
Capital Project Management
Not Rated
Customer Contract Compliance
Not Rated
Project Revenue Recognition
7
7.0
Project Planning and Scheduling
7
Task Insight for Project Managers
Not Rated
Project Mobile Functionality
Not Rated
Definable Resource Pools
Not Rated
Not Rated
Bids Analyzed and Compared
Not Rated
Contract Authoring
Not Rated
Contract Repository
Not Rated
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
Not Rated
Supplier Management
Not Rated
Not Rated
Risk Repository
Not Rated
Control Management
Not Rated
Control Efficiency Assessments
Not Rated
Issue Detection
Not Rated
Remediation and Certification
Not Rated
7.5
Transportation Planning and Optimization
8
Transportation Execution Management
Not Rated
Trade and Customs Management
7
Fulfillment Management
Not Rated
Warehouse Workforce Management
Not Rated
7.3
Production Process Design
7
Production Management
8
Configuration Management
Not Rated
Work Execution
7
Manufacturing Costs
Not Rated
8.0
Forecasting
8
Inventory Planning
Not Rated
Performance Monitoring
Not Rated
Not Rated
Proposal Management
Not Rated
Product Master Data Management
Not Rated