Can Form 2220 Upgrade 2023-2024

Welcome to the MSDW podcast. I'm Jason Comfort, editor at MS Dynamics World.com. This is episode 3 of our upgrade journeys series, where Peter Jekyll of Turn-on Dynamics and I look at the key issues and considerations of moving from Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 for finance and operations. In this episode, we are joined by Kenny Malkin, the CIO of Paragon Films, a plastic manufacturer. Paragon Films is currently using AX 2012, but with its end of support approaching, a D365 upgrade is likely in their future. Kenny understands the implications of moving but still has a lot of questions to answer before proceeding with the upgrade. One of the main concerns is whether the cloud is the right fit for a manufacturing company with the financial and operational demands that they face. In this episode of the Dynamics AX - Dynamics 365 finance and operations upgrade journeys podcast series, I am joined by Kenny Malkin from Paragon Films. Kenny is the CIO of the company and has been using Dynamics AX as their ERP system for the past four years. Paragon Films is a plastics manufacturer in the packaging industry, specializing in stretch film. They sell around 150-200 million pounds of stretch film every year. Their AX 2012 implementation has been successful, covering various aspects of their business, including accounting, sales, production, production planning, shipping, and logistics. The implementation process took around 15 months, with the help of a dedicated team of consultants. Paragon Films has multiple sites, including their corporate headquarters in Oklahoma, and plants in Washington State and North Carolina. Peter Jekyll, a manufacturing expert and consultant, also joins us in this episode. Peter and Kenny connected through a chapter meeting and have been discussing their experiences with manufacturing in AX. Kenny, being the IT guy...