9A Advanced Manufacturing

9A Advanced Manufacturing tackles the most recognizable discrete and project-based manufacturing challenges by extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management. It delivers real-time insights into material availability, project financials, and production processes, while automating key workflows to improve delivery reliability and project margins. Built for manufacturers seeking to optimize operations, this suite combines process mining and agentic AI to drive continuous improvement.

Key Capabilities

• Centralized planner cockpit — provides production planners with immediate insights into material availability and fosters close collaboration between buyers and planners.
• Advanced project management — offers real-time visibility into project progress, supply chain, and financials, with project dimensions that track transactions and cost sheets for committed and consumed costs.
• Process mining integration — connects Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management with Microsoft Power Platform Process Mining to generate real-time insights into manufacturing processes, guided by Copilot.
• Stock reallocation agent — autonomously redistributes leftover stock or pre-allocated inventory across projects, replacing manual determination of optimal stock allocation.
• Field Service connector — synchronizes master data between Supply Chain and Field Service, enables shared resource planning, and extends warranty management with full cost control.
• PTC Windchill connector — provides out-of-the-box integration with PTC Windchill for efficient collaboration between engineering and operations, ensuring a single source of truth for product designs.

Integration & Compatibility

This solution integrates natively with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (manufacturing, warehousing, logistics), Dynamics 365 Finance (enterprise financial management), and Dynamics 365 Field Service (mobile workforce, work orders). It leverages Microsoft Power Platform Process Mining and Copilot, embedding agentic AI capabilities. As a SaaS solution listed on Microsoft AppSource, it follows the deployment model of Dynamics 365 cloud services. Supported editions are not specified.

Who It's For

Ideal for discrete and discrete project-based manufacturers managing complex, engineer-to-order or make-to-order production. It suits production planners, project managers, financial controllers, and supply chain leaders in mid-size to large enterprises seeking to improve material availability, project cost control, and cross-department collaboration. Companies facing long lead times, design changes, and contractual invoicing challenges will find this suite particularly valuable.