INDUSA successfully conducts Webinar on — Maximize your AX ROI: Leveraging Mobile Apps

Oakbrook Terrace, IL, August 3, 2011: INDUSA Technical Corp. presented an enlightening webinar about how one can integrate web applications with Dynamics AX and thus create mobile solutions exactly tailored to their business requirements. Manoj Nair, Project Manager, Dynamics AX Practice, INDUSA Technical Corp and a third-party Dynamics AX consultant talked about how Microsoft’s mobility solutions are perfect for field sales representatives and mobile employees who are always on the move.

The webinar stressed on the fact that midsize companies face a business environment that demands intimate customers and supplier interactions. A poll was conducted in between the webinar to assess the the top AX initiative

The webinar also outlined the Dynamics AX landscape and the mobile app strategy and its imperatives. All the business scenarios were taken into account wherein smart mobility could play a pivotal part, including warehouse scenarios and field sales scenarios. Mobile deployment options were presented at length which could extend Dynamics AX to the various smartphones available presently in the market. The ROI factor was also brought to light in the webinar.

Manoj Nair presented INDUSA's several successful engagements related to smart mobility and the salient features related to each and every engagement. Some participants even raised certain questions which were addressed to, by Manoj Nair. The Q&A session was as follows:

Participant: Aren’t there security issues with accessing an ERP through the smart phone?

Manoj Nair: Access to ERP is done through Business Connector & AIF. Two level authentication happens in this case 1) Authentication of smart phone user on Web server where BC/AIF exists and 2) Authentication of BC/AIF transaction on AX

Participant: How will the smart phone access our highly customized AX?

Manoj Nair: Interaction between smartphone & AX is through classes, methods or web services. Same would exists for the customization. For new functionality we can generate web services through the Basic & Administration module of AX

Participant: Isn’t the smartphone screen too small to work with ERPs?

Manoj Nair: Minimal information is generally displayed or required on smartphone screen Or we can see that information displayed on smartphone screen would be considering the size of the smartphone screen

The webinar was conducted by INDUSA along with Andrew Hall, a partner at Logan consulting.