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Background

Adventure Works Cycles is a high-end bicycle manufacturer in North America. Their standard model bicycles are available year-round. Limited-edition bicycle models are released several times a year to boutique retailers domestically.

Adventure Works has had the most success with their limited-edition bicycles. These bicycles have high margins, are in high demand, and have a strong following with the younger generation biking community.

Current environment

General

Adventure Works expects to triple their manufacturing capabilities in the next few years due to increasing demand. The company plans to invest in Dynamics 365 Finance, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, and the Power Platform products to migrate from a custom-built enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution and Microsoft Excel worksheets.

Adventure Works sells only to the United States and Canada. Despite their limited market, they cannot keep up with current demand. Over time, they want to expand their market to remain profitable.

Adventure Works has no capabilities or budget to undertake any development beyond Excel formula- level tasks.

Bicycle manufacturing

Bicycle models are measured and reported against how well a single model performs as a sum of all the variations of that model. For example, the Street Kid YOLO model sold 25,000 units in 2019 across all variations of the product, but the Purple Female frame made up 30 percent of that model's sales.

The Street Kid YOLO models sell in different volumes depending on the market.

The creation of production orders for bicycles occurs monthly and is based on historical sales.

Each part of a bicycle's assembly occurs at a different station in the Adventure Works production facility.

A piece of paper that has eight sections accompanies a bicycle throughout the manufacturing process. As each step is completed, the respective section is completed and signed off by a production worker.

The completed paper is used in the put-away process by the warehouse workers.

Financials

The standard model and limited-edition bicycle teams are separate operating units within the manufacturing division. Financials are tracked and reported separately even though they are produced and sold in the same sales channels.

Updates to the standard model bicycle models are created when a part for a bicycle becomes unavailable. This can change the cost of the product.

An updated model of a bicycle with new parts will be maintained as a new item and have a new price. However, it will look like the exact same product to retailers and distributors.

Manufacturing process

The bicycle manufacturing process is shown in the following graphic:



Limited-edition bicycle process

The limited-edition bicycles are made up of an Adventure Works custom frame with all other parts created by local artists and manufacturers.

Each bicycle has a unique set of new items that make up the bill of materials (BOM) because all parts are created to specification.

A single pilot limited-edition bicycle is created as a proof of concept.

Adventure Works occasionally reuses components from existing bicycles, but most limited-edition bicycles are made of handcrafted components designed to specifications.

Each limited-edition bicycle is built, and hand signed by a single Adventure Works artisan.

Sales price must be auto calculated after the cost price is derived.

Before creating the proof of concept limited-edition bicycle, the approximate sales price needs to be determined through a cost-plus 20 percent calculation.

All items except for the frame in the prototype process are considered finished items and can be sold individually.

The frame items require modifications in accordance with the manufacturing process as well as painting.

Each Adventure Works limited-edition bicycle artisan is scheduled to create a specific number of bicycles in a production run that must be completed by a certain date.

Limited-edition bicycle artisans work exclusively on a given run of limited-edition bicycles and are not able to work on other tasks.

Limited-edition bicycle BOM assembly process

The prototype process for the limited-edition bicycles is shown in the following graphic:

Requirements:
General

Adventure Works will consist of three legal entities: the primary legal entity of the United States (AWUS), sales in Canada (AWCA), and an international expansion (AWIN).

AWIN must be able to sell only standard model bicycles.

AWUS and AWCA must be able to sell both standard model and limited-edition bicycles.

Warehouse workers must use the Warehouse Management mobile application to manage all inventory inbound and outbound from the warehouse.

Bicycle manufacturing

The handlebars, back wheels, and front wheels must not change for any of the bicycle model configurations.

Standard model bicycle production scheduling must be configured to start as soon as possible.

Bicycle components must be automatically reserved when the item is released to the production floor.

Standard model bicycle production must be automatically created on a predefined schedule.

As soon as bicycles are completed, they must be available to fulfill the backlog of orders.

Limited-edition bicycle production must be configured to meet the end date for when the bicycles must be completed.

Production orders need to track financials by standard model or limited-edition bicycle manufacturing teams.

The system must log the immediate consumption of BOMs for traceability.

All inventory is warehouse enabled.

Finished goods are reported as finished by the warehouse worker who picks up the finished product from the packaging area.

Finished products must automatically have put-away work completed for them.

New limited-edition bicycle process

Adventure Works is creating a new, limited-edition bicycle to commemorate the company's tenth anniversary. The limited-edition bicycle will be designed for charity events and be produced for the summer season.

The bicycle must be available in men's, women's, and unisex frame styles. It will be painted in one of 50 hand-painted designs representing the charity of the customer's choosing.

A limited run of 100 bicycles must be created.

The limited-edition bicycles must use the same production process as the standard model bicycles.

The limited-edition bicycles must use the same parts used for previous limited-edition bicycles, except for the unique paint colors.

Frames must be painted in-house.

Five painting options are available only in the unisex frame style.

New limited-edition bicycle orders

Customers must be able to place sales orders for the item in the chosen frame configuration, including style and color.

When an order for the new limited-edition bicycle is created, payment must be provided.

An approval for an order must exist for the order to be processed.

Upon approval of an order, production must start immediately and not require re-entry of data.

Fabrikam, Inc. Is a discrete manufacturer of outdoor patio furniture. The company originated as a sole owner working from a home garage, then moved into a commercial storage space, and later into a full manufacturing facility. The company operates as two operating legal entities, one in the United States and the other in Mexico.

As the company grew, the existing software systems failed to grow with it. This meant that financial reporting was managed in an outdated accounting system; raw materials planning, production, and inventory control were managed in another system; and cost calculations were tracked in multiple spreadsheets managed by analysts.

Current environment

The Fabrikam. inc. engineering team uses a third-party computer-aided design (CAD) system for drawings. These drawings are later introduced into one or more companies for sale. A customer service center handles complaint calls and places orders for distributors.

The current system landscape creates a lack of controls and visibility across the systems, leading to overages of some raw materials, shortages on others, and large quantities of scrap. Heavy production volume provides little to no room for system downtime. The staff manually creates production orders, which leads to double work for system entry later. This delay has a ripple effect into the materials planning.

The company currently sources teakwood from India, making it a more expensive and high-end material. Cedar and redwood are both sourced from the Western US. Truck driver shortages across the nation have caused shipping costs to rise sharply.

Fabrikam, Inc. recently decided to expand into the gas firepit market. All products are currently being prototyped. The company decides that the firepit prototype should be initially available only in the United States. The firepits will be manufactured only in Nevada and Arizona. The firepits are produced as prototyping: this production line operates only on Mondays.

Fabrikam, Inc. has purchased new manufacturing equipment for the firepit metal fabrication. This purchase includes a warranty, which requires that the company perform routine maintenance.

Fabrikam, inc. elects to complete the maintenance in house on a quarterly schedule and maintain appropriate records for warranty purposes. The metal fabrication equipment consists of three separate machines used in a single production process.

Fabrikam. Inc. made the decision to move to Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management.

Application and environment
- Fabrikam, inc. must move systems and processing to software as a service (SaaS) whenever possible because the company does not have enough IT staff to support hardware.

Inventory and costing
- Finished goods fall into three categories:
- Wood furniture (teak, cedar, redwood) o Outdoor heating (firepits. gas heaters)
- Each outdoor heating item with slight variations, such as a chrome or steel finish, must have a unique item number, o Repair parts (nuts and bolts, ignitors. and other parts)
- The system must account for the fact that Fabrikam. inc. must take legal ownership of teakwood at the time of shipment, not at the time of receipt into the warehouse.
- The company must accrue for the costs of the teakwood materials as soon as the company takes ownership. The company takes ownership at the time of shipment, which is posted prior to physical receipt at the warehouse.

Engineering
- Engineers who specialize in gas consumer goods will design the firepits and ate the only users with authority to release the products for sale.
- Engineering must notify customer service of any open orders that may contain a released product version that may be discontinued or delayed.
- The change request workflow must route to the engineer.

Production
- The raw material and subcomponent goods for the firepit must be managed by the engineer. This means the engineer must oversee any new items, material changes, address problems, and so on.
- The metal fabrication equipment must be tracked at the locations where the firepits are produced.
- The production team must operate on an all-day/everyday model, with each team operating in a 12-hour shift. This is a recent change to keep up with high demand for products, as well as for planning a new product line.
- Raw material and subcomponent items for the firepit prototype must not be available for use until engineering is ready for the prototype product release.
- Due to the production staff schedule, all equipment must be planned according to the staffing.
- Maintenance for each of the three pieces of machinery must be scheduled at the same time so that only the local maintenance technician works on the equipment.
- When the firepits are ready for the test market they must made be available for sale.
- The United States operating company must review any engineering products before they are available for sales or production orders,
- The engineering team must release the engineering product into the United States operating company,
- The engineering BOM lines must not be removed by the United States operating company.

Application and environment
- The operations manager is concerned that system downtime is so frequent that It is impacting efficiency due to the all-day/everyday production operation model.

Inventory and costing
- Fabrikam, inc. marketing campaigns in the desert states of Arizona- Nevada, and New Mexico have led to an increased demand for teakwood furniture to endure weather elements. Supply and demand for this wood lowered expected margins with increased shipping costs and price increases from the vendors.
- User1 reports that the inventory value of the teakwood is not on the financial reports, even though ownership of the product begins at the port of shipment,
- Upon receipt into the physical warehouse, User2 reports that the warehouse workers received less teakwood than the ordered amount on the purchase order.

Engineering and production
- As the firepits are produced and feedback received from the test market, records must be maintained of each revision to the firepit design.
- Firepits must have attributes associated with them to specify the type of gas line that is available for the firepit such as natural gas or propane.
- Customer service is receiving calls that the firepit ignition switch does not always work as expected. This issue was reported through an engineering change request.
- User3 reports resource issues on the production shop floor due to system maintenance issues and other delays. The company does not want User3 or the other workers to stop production.
- User4 reports that a bolt needed for cedar wood furniture is out of stock. A temporary substitution bolt was identified prior to starting the production order.
- User5 reports that a hinge for redwood furniture will be discontinued at the end of the year.
Production must reflect an updated part.
- A large order was placed for 1,500 pieces of teakwood furniture and production orders must start as soon as possible.
- Users reports the following:
- Only 100 pieces of furniture can be produced on the night shift due to resourcing. Enough raw materials are on hand to complete 100 pieces, but not enough to produce all 1.500 pieces.
- The production floor is organized into dedicated production lines, each with their own warehouse. The warehouse workers must pick the raw materials to the correct warehouse location.

Fabrikam, Inc. Is a discrete manufacturer of outdoor patio furniture. The company originated as a sole owner working from a home garage, then moved into a commercial storage space, and later into a full manufacturing facility. The company operates as two operating legal entities, one in the United States and the other in Mexico.

As the company grew, the existing software systems failed to grow with it. This meant that financial reporting was managed in an outdated accounting system; raw materials planning, production, and inventory control were managed in another system; and cost calculations were tracked in multiple spreadsheets managed by analysts.

Current environment

The Fabrikam. inc. engineering team uses a third-party computer-aided design (CAD) system for drawings. These drawings are later introduced into one or more companies for sale. A customer service center handles complaint calls and places orders for distributors.

The current system landscape creates a lack of controls and visibility across the systems, leading to overages of some raw materials, shortages on others, and large quantities of scrap. Heavy production volume provides little to no room for system downtime. The staff manually creates production orders, which leads to double work for system entry later. This delay has a ripple effect into the materials planning.

The company currently sources teakwood from India, making it a more expensive and high-end material. Cedar and redwood are both sourced from the Western US. Truck driver shortages across the nation have caused shipping costs to rise sharply.

Fabrikam, Inc. recently decided to expand into the gas firepit market. All products are currently being prototyped. The company decides that the firepit prototype should be initially available only in the United States. The firepits will be manufactured only in Nevada and Arizona. The firepits are produced as prototyping: this production line operates only on Mondays.

Fabrikam, Inc. has purchased new manufacturing equipment for the firepit metal fabrication. This purchase includes a warranty, which requires that the company perform routine maintenance.

Fabrikam, inc. elects to complete the maintenance in house on a quarterly schedule and maintain appropriate records for warranty purposes. The metal fabrication equipment consists of three separate machines used in a single production process.

Fabrikam. Inc. made the decision to move to Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management.

Application and environment
- Fabrikam, inc. must move systems and processing to software as a service (SaaS) whenever possible because the company does not have enough IT staff to support hardware.

Inventory and costing
- Finished goods fall into three categories:
- Wood furniture (teak, cedar, redwood) o Outdoor heating (firepits. gas heaters)
- Each outdoor heating item with slight variations, such as a chrome or steel finish, must have a unique item number, o Repair parts (nuts and bolts, ignitors. and other parts)
- The system must account for the fact that Fabrikam. inc. must take legal ownership of teakwood at the time of shipment, not at the time of receipt into the warehouse.
- The company must accrue for the costs of the teakwood materials as soon as the company takes ownership. The company takes ownership at the time of shipment, which is posted prior to physical receipt at the warehouse.

Engineering
- Engineers who specialize in gas consumer goods will design the firepits and ate the only users with authority to release the products for sale.
- Engineering must notify customer service of any open orders that may contain a released product version that may be discontinued or delayed.
- The change request workflow must route to the engineer.

Production
- The raw material and subcomponent goods for the firepit must be managed by the engineer. This means the engineer must oversee any new items, material changes, address problems, and so on.
- The metal fabrication equipment must be tracked at the locations where the firepits are produced.
- The production team must operate on an all-day/everyday model, with each team operating in a 12-hour shift. This is a recent change to keep up with high demand for products, as well as for planning a new product line.
- Raw material and subcomponent items for the firepit prototype must not be available for use until engineering is ready for the prototype product release.
- Due to the production staff schedule, all equipment must be planned according to the staffing.
- Maintenance for each of the three pieces of machinery must be scheduled at the same time so that only the local maintenance technician works on the equipment.
- When the firepits are ready for the test market they must made be available for sale.
- The United States operating company must review any engineering products before they are available for sales or production orders,
- The engineering team must release the engineering product into the United States operating company,
- The engineering BOM lines must not be removed by the United States operating company.

Application and environment
- The operations manager is concerned that system downtime is so frequent that It is impacting efficiency due to the all-day/everyday production operation model.

Inventory and costing
- Fabrikam, inc. marketing campaigns in the desert states of Arizona- Nevada, and New Mexico have led to an increased demand for teakwood furniture to endure weather elements. Supply and demand for this wood lowered expected margins with increased shipping costs and price increases from the vendors.
- User1 reports that the inventory value of the teakwood is not on the financial reports, even though ownership of the product begins at the port of shipment,
- Upon receipt into the physical warehouse, User2 reports that the warehouse workers received less teakwood than the ordered amount on the purchase order.

Engineering and production
- As the firepits are produced and feedback received from the test market, records must be maintained of each revision to the firepit design.
- Firepits must have attributes associated with them to specify the type of gas line that is available for the firepit such as natural gas or propane.
- Customer service is receiving calls that the firepit ignition switch does not always work as expected. This issue was reported through an engineering change request.
- User3 reports resource issues on the production shop floor due to system maintenance issues and other delays. The company does not want User3 or the other workers to stop production.
- User4 reports that a bolt needed for cedar wood furniture is out of stock. A temporary substitution bolt was identified prior to starting the production order.
- User5 reports that a hinge for redwood furniture will be discontinued at the end of the year.
Production must reflect an updated part.
- A large order was placed for 1,500 pieces of teakwood furniture and production orders must start as soon as possible.
- Users reports the following:
- Only 100 pieces of furniture can be produced on the night shift due to resourcing. Enough raw materials are on hand to complete 100 pieces, but not enough to produce all 1.500 pieces.
- The production floor is organized into dedicated production lines, each with their own warehouse. The warehouse workers must pick the raw materials to the correct warehouse location.

Fabrikam, Inc. Is a discrete manufacturer of outdoor patio furniture. The company originated as a sole owner working from a home garage, then moved into a commercial storage space, and later into a full manufacturing facility. The company operates as two operating legal entities, one in the United States and the other in Mexico.

As the company grew, the existing software systems failed to grow with it. This meant that financial reporting was managed in an outdated accounting system; raw materials planning, production, and inventory control were managed in another system; and cost calculations were tracked in multiple spreadsheets managed by analysts.

Current environment

The Fabrikam. inc. engineering team uses a third-party computer-aided design (CAD) system for drawings. These drawings are later introduced into one or more companies for sale. A customer service center handles complaint calls and places orders for distributors.

The current system landscape creates a lack of controls and visibility across the systems, leading to overages of some raw materials, shortages on others, and large quantities of scrap. Heavy production volume provides little to no room for system downtime. The staff manually creates production orders, which leads to double work for system entry later. This delay has a ripple effect into the materials planning.

The company currently sources teakwood from India, making it a more expensive and high-end material. Cedar and redwood are both sourced from the Western US. Truck driver shortages across the nation have caused shipping costs to rise sharply.

Fabrikam, Inc. recently decided to expand into the gas firepit market. All products are currently being prototyped. The company decides that the firepit prototype should be initially available only in the United States. The firepits will be manufactured only in Nevada and Arizona. The firepits are produced as prototyping: this production line operates only on Mondays.

Fabrikam, Inc. has purchased new manufacturing equipment for the firepit metal fabrication. This purchase includes a warranty, which requires that the company perform routine maintenance.

Fabrikam, inc. elects to complete the maintenance in house on a quarterly schedule and maintain appropriate records for warranty purposes. The metal fabrication equipment consists of three separate machines used in a single production process.

Fabrikam. Inc. made the decision to move to Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management.

Application and environment
- Fabrikam, inc. must move systems and processing to software as a service (SaaS) whenever possible because the company does not have enough IT staff to support hardware.

Inventory and costing
- Finished goods fall into three categories:
- Wood furniture (teak, cedar, redwood) o Outdoor heating (firepits. gas heaters)
- Each outdoor heating item with slight variations, such as a chrome or steel finish, must have a unique item number, o Repair parts (nuts and bolts, ignitors. and other parts)
- The system must account for the fact that Fabrikam. inc. must take legal ownership of teakwood at the time of shipment, not at the time of receipt into the warehouse.
- The company must accrue for the costs of the teakwood materials as soon as the company takes ownership. The company takes ownership at the time of shipment, which is posted prior to physical receipt at the warehouse.

Engineering
- Engineers who specialize in gas consumer goods will design the firepits and ate the only users with authority to release the products for sale.
- Engineering must notify customer service of any open orders that may contain a released product version that may be discontinued or delayed.
- The change request workflow must route to the engineer.

Production
- The raw material and subcomponent goods for the firepit must be managed by the engineer. This means the engineer must oversee any new items, material changes, address problems, and so on.
- The metal fabrication equipment must be tracked at the locations where the firepits are produced.
- The production team must operate on an all-day/everyday model, with each team operating in a 12-hour shift. This is a recent change to keep up with high demand for products, as well as for planning a new product line.
- Raw material and subcomponent items for the firepit prototype must not be available for use until engineering is ready for the prototype product release.
- Due to the production staff schedule, all equipment must be planned according to the staffing.
- Maintenance for each of the three pieces of machinery must be scheduled at the same time so that only the local maintenance technician works on the equipment.
- When the firepits are ready for the test market they must made be available for sale.
- The United States operating company must review any engineering products before they are available for sales or production orders,
- The engineering team must release the engineering product into the United States operating company,
- The engineering BOM lines must not be removed by the United States operating company.

Application and environment
- The operations manager is concerned that system downtime is so frequent that It is impacting efficiency due to the all-day/everyday production operation model.

Inventory and costing
- Fabrikam, inc. marketing campaigns in the desert states of Arizona- Nevada, and New Mexico have led to an increased demand for teakwood furniture to endure weather elements. Supply and demand for this wood lowered expected margins with increased shipping costs and price increases from the vendors.
- User1 reports that the inventory value of the teakwood is not on the financial reports, even though ownership of the product begins at the port of shipment,
- Upon receipt into the physical warehouse, User2 reports that the warehouse workers received less teakwood than the ordered amount on the purchase order.

Engineering and production
- As the firepits are produced and feedback received from the test market, records must be maintained of each revision to the firepit design.
- Firepits must have attributes associated with them to specify the type of gas line that is available for the firepit such as natural gas or propane.
- Customer service is receiving calls that the firepit ignition switch does not always work as expected. This issue was reported through an engineering change request.
- User3 reports resource issues on the production shop floor due to system maintenance issues and other delays. The company does not want User3 or the other workers to stop production.
- User4 reports that a bolt needed for cedar wood furniture is out of stock. A temporary substitution bolt was identified prior to starting the production order.
- User5 reports that a hinge for redwood furniture will be discontinued at the end of the year.
Production must reflect an updated part.
- A large order was placed for 1,500 pieces of teakwood furniture and production orders must start as soon as possible.
- Users reports the following:
- Only 100 pieces of furniture can be produced on the night shift due to resourcing. Enough raw materials are on hand to complete 100 pieces, but not enough to produce all 1.500 pieces.
- The production floor is organized into dedicated production lines, each with their own warehouse. The warehouse workers must pick the raw materials to the correct warehouse location.