Product Builder I

Product configuration

§  Integrated with Microsoft Axapta sales orders, purchase orders and production

§  User dialog automatically generated from variable setup on product model

§  Immediate item configuration based on customer input

§  Generates production of specific bills of material for each configured item

§  Can model all complex products

§  Default values for variables depending on customers and/or inventory items

§  User profiles on variables to only allow specific users to specify this variable

§  Reuse of data from previous configurations if needed

§  Generation of item numbers based on the model variables

§  Configuration details can be printed on order documents using the standard Axapta document handling feature

§  Price calculations based on customers’ choice of variables from product models

§  Price calculations can be fixed amount, percentage or even programmed per variable

§  Language texts offering user dialogs in preferred languages

§  Export/import of product models

§  Possibility of using sub models with inheritance of variables from top to bottom and visa versa

Product Builder II

Validation Rules

§  Create validation rules for variables, groups of variables and a complete configuration

§  Create rules that govern the allowed content of variables

§  Add or remove values from enumerated text variables

§  Assign values to specific variables based on the content of other variables

§  Validate values and display an error message build from the condition

§  Add or remove variables from the user interface based on customer choices

§  Enable product models to deal with divergent national standards

§  Validation rules can be made in  X++ code

§  Create rules that govern the allowed content of variables (each variable, for a group of variables, or for all variables in a complete product model)

§  Assign values to specific variables based on the content of other variables

§  Add or remove variables from the user interface based on customer choices

Product Builder III

Routing integration

§  Allows the creation of production specific routes and job cards for each configured item

§  Default routes, as templates for the routes created in the product model

§  Inserts complete default route in product model

Product Builder IV

Advanced Configurations

§  Provides access to all of the tables and classes in your Microsoft Axapta installation

§  Makes it possible to create complex formulas for tasks such as the calculation of raw material consumption

§  Incorporates facts from any Microsoft Axapta table into your product models

§  Enables product models to deal with divergent national standards

§  Allows you to create advanced calculations using X++ programming language. Variables can be declared as any table, class or data type in Microsoft Axapta.

§  Unlimited calculations

Product Builder for Enterprise Portal

Product Builder for Enterprise Portal

§  Enables configuration of products via the Internet using existing product models

§  Available as an add-on to the Microsoft Business Solutions–Axapta Enterprise Portal – Customer Role.

§  Same user-dialog as when configuring the item via the sales order line from the Windows version of Microsoft Axapta