Lattice Semiconductor selects Microsoft Dynamics AX to improve supply-chain efficiency

REDMOND, USA: Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has chosen Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 for high-tech industries to accelerate business decision-making by replacing the production and financial capabilities of a dozen legacy and older enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications over time with Microsoft's single, integrated platform.

Microsoft Dynamics AX is a comprehensive business management solution for midsize and larger organizations that helps improve efficiency, allows for better visibility into the entire organization, and reduces IT complexity.

Lattice, headquartered in Hillsboro, Ore., is a $200 million fabless semiconductor company that makes programmable logic devices for everything from high-end digital cameras to major communications infrastructures. Lattice outsources its production to contract manufacturers around the world. The company operates six facilities in three countries, as well as in 20 sales offices globally.

Lattice plans to integrate all its contractors and company sites with Microsoft Dynamics AX technology. Distributor and channel network representatives around the globe also will be able to view data and pull reports from Microsoft Dynamics AX, which incorporates the Microsoft Dynamics suite of applications.

"After evaluating three different ERP systems, we found that Microsoft Dynamics AX was the best fit for our international business model because it provides the improved functionality we need, the single platform architecture we were looking for, and a familiar business interface for all our global offices," said Clay Miller, corporate vice president of Shared Services and CIO at Lattice. "With 85 percent of our customers and 100 percent of our supply chain outside the United States, we needed a unified system that would more tightly control costs globally and that would easily grow as our company grows."

Through an enterprise agreement, Lattice will integrate its Microsoft Dynamics AX solution within all facets of its existing Microsoft framework. The company will augment its Microsoft Dynamics AX solution with high-tech modules developed by its IT services partner, Fullscope Inc., the 2009 Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing Partner of the Year. Fullscope has implemented modules in a number of fabless semiconductor companies, and is tailoring the solution to meet the needs of Lattice to provide much-needed connectivity with its contract manufacturers.