What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Retail

An abstract of the new retail functionality:

Multi-Channel Management | Store Operations | Merchandising:

Multi-Channel Management	· Cross-channel scenarios such as “buy online/pick up in store” enhance customer convenience. · Retail channel integration with online marketplaces and stores creates new opportunities for sales, customer interaction and feedback. · Sites enable product/service quotations, recruiting, ad promotion and more in the cloud. · Integrate assortment and category management with online channels.
Centralized Store Management	· Centralized POS terminal management includes visual and functional profiles, user interface layouts, and employee permissions. · Enhanced store connect performance, extensibility · Manage staff at the store, regional, and global levels leveraging powerful Dynamics AX HR capabilities
Flexible POS	· Create orders and quotations without leaving the customer’s side using POS-based order support capabilities. · New POS store database offering central point of consolidation for store data offering in greater extensibility. · Powerful new capabilities for end of day like blind close, and floating till.
Powerful Merchandising	· New store-specific pricing and New discounting flexibility including exclusive, best price, and compounded · New option to specify a discount - coupon · Take advantage of powerful assortment management including creation, scheduling, tracking, leveraging n-level deep item hierarchies and category management.

And in general:

• Leverage of AX 2012 sales cube for merchandising, retail channel and store analytics
• Inventory enhancements – including flexible, filtered add products form and mass update sheet
• Role-based security leveraging AX 2012 security model
• Sales Tax on Shipping

We expect the new version to be available February 1st, 2012.

Looking forward to it!