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I am a Microsoft Dynamics NAV and 365 Business Central Expert, I started implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV in 2002, back then it was called Navision Attain. Throughout the years there has been many exciting implementations in different parts of the world, all of them with different challenges but with one common theme; manufacturing. As a consultant, I bring over 20 years of experience in implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV and 365 Business Central within manufacturing and distribution companies. The services I offer includes project management, consultation, development and training. Feel free to contact me if you need help with anything related to Microsoft Dynamics NAV or 365 Business Central. I work through my company Naviona where I team up with other skilled Microsoft Dynamics NAV and 365 Business Central Experts.

Sales Quote without Customer

Jul 11, 2016

Do you know that you can create sales quotes without having a customer created in Microsoft Dynamics NAV? It’s been like that as long as I can remember but surprisingly many users and also consultants don’t know this and I have seen lots to workarounds with generic ‘quote customers’, etc. This is a quick blog post describing how you can create sales quotes in Dynamics NAV without having a customer record. This is especially useful for companies that are doing a lot of quotes to prospects that might not turn into customers. With this method you then don’t ‘muddy’ the...

Parallel Routings

Jun 30, 2016

My last post about adding a field to the item tracking lines turned out to be very technical, so this time I am doing a post that is completely without any programming or changes to the application. The topic is parallel routings in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, it is nothing new but something that I get a fair amount of questions about and someone once suggested that I should write a blog post about it. So, here it is! 🙂 Parallel routings (sometimes also referred to as parallel sequences) are used when multiple manufacturing operations/processes can or is need to be...

Add Fields to the Item Tracking Lines

Jun 7, 2016

This blog post is to describe how fields can be added to the Item Tracking Lines in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Adding additional fields to this page is a common requirement; it could for example be to add a vendor lot number, some quality measurements, a manufacturing date or any other type of property that should be stored against an inventory lot or serial number. When you first look at it seems like a simple modification but it is actually a bit (or a lot) more involved than just adding the field to the table and the page. The Item Tracking...

Field Level Security using Events in Dynamics NAV 2016

Mar 11, 2016

One of the cool new features in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 is the options to use Events. Through events you can create functions that are published and subscribe to them in other objects. The great part here is that Microsoft have incorporated a long list of published functions as part of the standard application which can be subscribed to in custom code. This will simplify maintaining and upgrading the objects since modifications can be done completely separated from the standard objects. To demonstrate this new feature I have programmed a simple field level security add-on (maybe add-on is the wrong...

Schedule MRP

Jan 7, 2016

If you have a relative large number of items to plan it could take a while to run the MRP calculations in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, an hour to do a full calculation is not uncommon, especially if you have been using the system for a while. In order to not have the MRP calculations to interrupt with the daily operations (such as posting orders) you typically want the calculations to take place during the night. This is a very common requirement and in fact a lot of people I talk to are surprised that this is not something Dynamics NAV...

Activate WMS Functionality for Existing Location

Dec 2, 2015

This blog post describes how you activate the ‘Directed Put-away and Pick’ functionality (also known as WMS or advanced warehousing) for an existing location in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It could for example be that you have been using Dynamics NAV for a couple of years and your business has grown or changed and you want to start using the WMS functionality for an existing location (or at least check the functionality out in a test environment). Below is the process to do this, step by step. The screenshots are done by converting the ‘BLUE’ location in a Cronus company (the...

C/AL Editor in Dynamics NAV 2016

Nov 25, 2015

The 2016 version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV comes with a new C/AL editor. This is a big step forward for people that are writing code within Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The C/AL editor have, in my mind, always been much behind other code editors in terms of usability, but with the 2016 version Dynamics NAV catches up a bit. This blog post is about the new features you will find when you start writing code in Dynamics NAV 2016. The first thing that you will notice when you open the C/AL editor is how the functions looks with their colors etc. and that there...

Record Permissions in NAV 2016

Nov 9, 2015

One of the new super useful features in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 is the capability to record table data permissions by simply going through the process in the application. For those of you that have been implementing NAV/Navision when the classic client was around are probably familiar with this process since the classic client came with a client monitor which results you could turn into permissions quite easily. I did this all the time in the ‘old days’, but since the replacement of the classic client I have not found a good way of recording permissions until now. So, for...

Processing of Receipts

Oct 1, 2015

Just like with processing of shipments, there are four ways to process receipts of inventory in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Choosing the most suitable method is important in order to get the software to support the business as efficient as possible. Below is a description of each of the four methods together with some of the pros and cons. If you have read the previous blog post describing processing of shipments then you will notice that there are lots of similarities between the options on the receiving and shipping side, in fact a lot of the functionality just ‘mirrors’ each other. On the...

Posting of Actual and Expected Production Time

Aug 25, 2015

When implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV in a manufacturing environment this question is always discussed; should the time posted against production orders be according to the expected values (e.g. the setup and run times in the routings, sometimes also referred to as nominal values) or should it be according to the actual time (entered by a user)? In my mind the answer to this should be driven by business requirements and should not be determined by the functionality available in a software (just like many other things when it comes to implementing an ERP system). My experience is that 3 out...

Olof Simren - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blog

About Olof Simren

Sales Quote without Customer

Parallel Routings

Add Fields to the Item Tracking Lines

Field Level Security using Events in Dynamics NAV 2016

Schedule MRP

Activate WMS Functionality for Existing Location

C/AL Editor in Dynamics NAV 2016

Record Permissions in NAV 2016

Processing of Receipts

Posting of Actual and Expected Production Time

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