The experiences from a TAP customer on AX2012

1. Theuma and AX2012
Rudi America
ICT Manager
Theuma
Rudi.america@theuma.com
24-11-2011 Dynamics AX2012 Connection Day 1

2. Agenda outline
 Theuma Presentation
 Journey to AX2012
 TAP experiences
 Roll out
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3. At a glance The reference for inside door solutions
 Industrial manufacturer of inside doors and frames
offering solutions for the professional construction
market
 Wooden inside doors & wooden and steel frames
 Tailor-made market concepts
 Total service concepts
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4. Facts & figures Overview
 About 300 people
 Yearly production >1.000.000 doors and frames
 Consolidated turnover of 60 million euro
 2 Production sites ( Bekkevoort – Bunschoten)
 Plant surface > 70.000 m² (BE) + 20.000 m² (NL)
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5. Quality & performance Emphasis
 Quality ISO – KOMO (NL)
 Environment waste recycling - Val-i-pac - CSS
 Measurement KPI’s - instruments
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6. Standard doors Product overview
 Door specifics according to country
requirements
 Filling materials: honey comb, tubular or plane
plywood
 Multiple choice of top layers
 Plane, design or with glass opening
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7. Functional and Technical doors Product overview
 Double doors, doors combined with panels
 High resistance for intensive use
 Fire resistant doors up to 60 minutes
 Acoustic doors
 Anti intruder doors
 Anti radiation doors
 According to country specific norms and to the EN
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8. Frames Product overview
 Wooden frames
 Steel frames
 Perfect fit with the doors
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9. Geographical regions Sales areas
Netherlands Luxemburg
Belgium Denmark
UK Germany
France Switzerland
Italy Greece
Export
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10. Market segments Residential market
 Single and multiple family houses
 Apartments
 Social housing projects
IVT Brussels Longtin Brussels C.W. Leuven
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11. Market segments Non residential market
 Office buildings
 Hospitals
 Hotels
 Care homes
 Schools, school accommodations
PSV
Football
Eindhove
n Covent Finance
Garden Towers
Brussels Brussels
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12. Olympic Games Londen 2012
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13. The way to AX2012
 From the past to the future :
 Theuma NV implemented ERP for the first time in 1995
(MacPac AS400)
 second generation of ERP introduced in 2004
(Microsoft AX 3.0 Intel/MS SQL)
 now on our way to third generation ERP
(Microsoft AX 2012 )
 1998 – 2008 lots of acquisitions/mergers
 Ending up in running 2 ERP systems in the group
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14. The way to AX2012
 2 ERP systems
 BE entities : AX 3
 NL entities : Baan/Ln
 4 (2) possibilities
 Keeping 2 systems
 Converting all to Baan/Ln
 Converting all to AX new
 Converting all to another system
 -> 1 system for the group
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15. The way to AX2012
 Axapta 2009 or 2012 ?
 Evaluation first half 2010
 Decision mid 2010
 Task ahead will take considerable time
 ‘Good’ and stable business support from current systems
 Theuma cycle renewing ERP around 7 à 8 years
 AX 2009 would be outdated by the time it is implemented
 Balance between
 Risk of early adaptor
 AX 2012 stable
 Time pressure
 Platform full of new opportunities for years after
 Managing cost
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16. The way to AX2012
 Axapta 2009 or 2012 ?
 AX 2012 is really a new generation of ERP
 Huge number of new features and modules
 Hence processes are still recognizable
 Complete reshape
 Trendsetting
 Closely working together between MS – Ad-Ultima – Theuma
 Opportunity to enroll in the TAP program
 => AX 2012
 Functional re-implementation
 Data migration
 Phase 1 Belgium
 Phase 2 Netherlands
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17. TAP experiences
 TAP – Technology Adaptation Program
 Working directly with the ‘programmers’
 Having the opportunity to influence functionality
 Commitment of all parties
 Needs to be a WIN-WIN for all parties
 Huge number of events – documents – enquiries - …
 Program started early 2009
 Theuma got opportunity to enroll sept 2010
 Hard to cope and catch-up
 Learning process for all involved
 Takes time and effort
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18. TAP experiences
 TAP – Technology Adaptation Program
 Important release schedule of intermediate versions
 M1 / M2 / M3 / M4 / CTP / Go-live / RTM
 Lots of things changes along the way
 Between versions huge number of changes and new futures, even modules
 Own developments needs to be adjusted and aligned
 Closely working together around Product Configurator
 Direct support channels
=> Exciting journey !
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19. Roll out
 Phase 1 : Belgium entities
 Going live mid 2012
 Learn from the mistakes in AX3 and correct them
 Join with new functionalities for a quick win
 Modifications down to 30%
 Phase 2 : Netherland entities
 Going live mid 2013 or earlier
 Migrating from Baan/Ln
=> Platform to build on for the years to come
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20. Thanks to
 Diamond Sponsors
 Gold Sponsors

21. Questions
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