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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.

Simple Production with Generic Backflush Routing

May 1, 2014

You can run production in Microsoft Dynamics NAV with only production BOMs and without any routings. A reason for this is typically that you don’t have a requirement to capture capacity costs (labor and overhead) and you don’t want to do any scheduling of work centers or machine centers. This kind of makes sense because you don’t want to make the configuration in Dynamics NAV more complicated than it needs to be. But one thing that most people forget is that you can only back-flush the output if you use routings in Dynamics NAV. More information about flushing is in one of...

Display Symbols and Different Fonts in Dynamics NAV 2013 R2

Apr 29, 2014

Some weeks ago I came across a requirement to be able to display GD&T symbols in the windows client of NAV 2013 R2 (as part of a quality control system). It sounded easy since the symbols was generated by a string of regular characters displayed with a special font. In the classic client it would just have been to change the font of the text box and it would probably have worked, but it is not that easy in the 2013 version of Dynamics NAV (and I believe the same applies to the NAV 2009 RTC client). But as always, most of...

Equisys ZetaDocs with Tectura Document Configurator

Apr 27, 2014

How do I get the Equisys ZetaDocs add-on to work with the Tectura Document Configurator? There are some tricks to know, but once you know them it is actually easier then making it work with the standard Microsoft Dynamics NAV reports (and less object changes required). ZetaDocs is a document management add-on that among other things provides functionality to e-mail and apply templates (stationery and attachments) to documents printed from Dynamics NAV. The Document Configurator is an add-on that controls the content and layout of the documents through a configuration in Dynamics NAV (and therefor eliminates the hassle of Visual...

View Change Log from Ribbon

Apr 25, 2014

The Change Log in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is used to log inserts, modifications and deletions of records. This is very useful and can be an option for the users to see who created the record, what was the value of a field before, when was the last modification made, etc… If it is going to be used this way (and not only for auditing once a month) then you probably want to add an action in the Ribbon to display the Change Log Entries for the record that the user is looking at. There are two ways to do this;...

Production Lot Sizes

Apr 24, 2014

In the manufacturing part of Microsoft Dynamics NAV there are two Lot Size fields; one is on the item or stockkeeping unit card and the other one is on the routing line. Do you know what they are used for? Here is an explanation for both of them and a trick how one of them can be applied to a common requirement. (more…)

Create Production Order from Sales Order for Partial Quantity

Apr 21, 2014

Most of us know that you can create production orders from sales orders in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. When doing this the production orders are reserved against the sales order lines and they also inherits the dimensions from the sales order lines. The quantity on the production orders equals the base quantity on the sales order lines and the due dates of the production orders becomes the shipment dates backdated by the default safety lead time defined in the manufacturing setup. For make-to-order environments this is great and creating the production orders from the sales orders quite often becomes the handover...

Bill-to vs. Sell-to Customer

Apr 17, 2014

This is an old but still relevant topic; on sales documents (quotes, orders, invoices, return orders, etc.) in Microsoft Dynamics NAV you have the option to specify a separate bill-to customer. The bill-to customer is obviously who gets the invoice and where the accounts receivables end up, while the sell-to customer is who you are selling to. Having a separate bill-to for some customers is a quite common requirement. In addition to the sell-to and bill-to customer there is also a ship-to address that is used to specify where the shipment is going. There are some things that you need...

NAV 2013 R2 Help Server Host Name

Apr 13, 2014

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 has a web based help system; this is great since it is now much easier to modify the help to include company specific instructions (gone are the old .chm help files) and users can use their web browser to bookmark the help, etc.. If you want to change the host name for the help server on an existing NAV client installation you can do this by changing the ClientUserSettings.config file. (more…)

Multiple Item Unit of Measures

Apr 11, 2014

Items in Microsoft Dynamics NAV can have multiple units of measures, you can for example sell in one unit of measure and purchase in another unit of measure. This is great, but there are some things to be aware of when setting an item up with different unit of measures. An item must have a base unit of measure. The base unit of measure is how the inventory quantities are displayed and how the inventory is valued. It is also how it is produced (you can have a Production BOM in a different unit of measure, but the Routing and...

Shop Floor Barcode System

Apr 10, 2014

In 2005 I developed a simple barcode system that allowed you to put barcodes on printouts for displaying the documents in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Initially the system was called ‘Document Lookup’ because it was exactly what it did; you scanned the barcode and Dynamics NAV displayed the form in the client. This barcode system turned out to be a big success and it was extended to perform different functions as well (such as creating picks, finishing production orders, etc.). Since then I have used it in most places where I implemented Dynamics NAV and it now goes under the name...

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