PlanetTogether partners with Arbela Technologies, a firm that implements ERP, SCM, & CRM solutions, offers clients the Microsoft Dynamics AX system.
We're impressed with Arbela Technologies. They implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) solutions, work on Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and have extensive experience with both multi-site and single location manufacturing operations.
In fact, the original developers of Microsoft Dynamics AX (and current AX partner board members) are part of the Arbela team. Furthermore, the company is a premier Microsoft Gold Partner for ERP and a Microsoft Silver Partner for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Azure.
Arbela's vertical-focused strategy has enabled them to gain best-in-class knowledge within a few key industries. While their product provides solutions for any industry, they've developed a keen interest in the following industries: building materials, life sciences, aerospace, high-tech, and multi-level marketing.
Their primary initiative is to work with customers that focus on the future desired state of operations, rather than dwelling on what procedures are in place currently. Arbela's approach enables their clients to see a return on their investment quickly. As AX is an IT-intensive product, Arbela minimizes customization of the product and emphasizes, instead, the education of the customer's IT super-users in driving system adoption.
Arbela begins their “knowledge transfer” with a thorough look at the client's industry and its unique characteristics. After looking at the industry as a whole, they review the current client's operation as well as their legacy systems. Requirements, staff capabilities, goals, and constraints are also factored into their objective client assessment.
Arbela's agile approach involves early training and hands-on use of the system. System design workshops educate the client's core team about the AX application and its functionalities. They also hold gap analysis workshops, design and configuration workshops, and systems testing workshops as supplemental training. Conference room pilot sessions are conducted where clients try out transactions in order to get experience with system operations.
There are a number of tools and templates that streamline the implementation process: pre-build test scripts, pre-build process maps, configuration checklists, and best practices documentation templates. The familiarization process is all followed up with a structured formal training. Training and systems education, utilizing Microsoft Sure Step tools and techniques, are offered before, during, and after implementation.
An expanding global supply chain prompted Arbela to develop and implement enhanced supply chain management systems in conjunction with Microsoft Dynamics AX. Work completed across multiple sites often results in complexities in terms of individual components and estimated completion deadlines. Arbela incorporates functionalities that enable superior visibility for multi-site processes. With today's changing supply, demand, regulation, and sourcing challenges, Arbela's automated technologies enable enterprises to streamline business decisions in product development, traceability, financial and inventory management, and more.
PlanetTogether is proud to partner with Arbela Technologies in providing service beyond the functional scope of the ERP and SCM systems they offer.
See how PlanetTogether APS supports multi-plant and multi-site manufacturing on top of ERP and SCM systems. This video explains how Multi-Plant 101 works: using a single planning and scheduling environment to coordinate production across multiple locations, balance capacity, manage inter-plant transfers, and respond quickly to changes in supply and demand. It’s an ideal next step if you’re using Microsoft Dynamics or other ERP/SCM platforms and want to add advanced, multi-site scheduling without replacing your existing systems.
In this article, you’ve seen how Arbela Technologies helps manufacturers implement ERP, SCM, and CRM solutions like Microsoft Dynamics AX, and how PlanetTogether APS extends those systems with advanced planning and scheduling—especially for multi-site operations. Arbela’s experience with global supply chains, multi-site processes, and Microsoft’s ERP stack gives manufacturers a strong transactional backbone.
Our white paper, “Why ERP Alone Is Not the Answer,” explains exactly where ERP systems stop and where Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) must take over. It shows how adding APS on top of ERP and SCM gives you the multi-site planning and scheduling capabilities needed to fully capitalize on implementations led by partners like Arbela.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to:
Move beyond tribal knowledge and simple dispatch lists to data-driven, constraint-aware capacity decisions
Quote and keep realistic delivery dates across multiple plants instead of relying on padded lead times or expediting
Minimize labor and inventory costs while still meeting customer demand across regions
Build optimized production schedules that reflect real-world constraints—machines, labor, changeovers, and inter-plant dependencies
Use ERP, SCM, and APS together to support complex, multi-site manufacturing networks and global supply chains
If you’re working with ERP/SCM experts like Arbela—or already running Microsoft Dynamics AX or similar platforms—and want to unlock the next level of multi-site scheduling performance, this white paper is your next step.
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