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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.

Add Order Lines to Navigation Pane

Apr 7, 2014

From time to time I run into situations where users want to view a filtered list of order lines; it could for example be a list of shipped not invoiced items or a shipping queue showing outstanding items to ship. Most of the menu items in Microsoft Dynamics NAV refer to the order headers and not the lines, but adding a page to the navigation pane that shows the order lines can be done by the users themselves with a few simple tricks without having to modify any objects. The key is to use the ‘Save View As’ feature on...

Dimensions on Production Orders

Apr 4, 2014

The dimensions involved in posting production orders are a bit interesting. It is interesting since there is a slight difference between on how they behave compared to other parts of Microsoft Dynamics NAV (like the sales and purchase orders). It can be argued what is right and wrong, but knowing how it works in standard Dynamics NAV is requirement for setting a system that is easy to work with and provides correct reportable and understandable data. As an example; if you have default dimensions on the items and set them up with the ‘Value Posting’ equal to ‘Same Code’ and...

Things to Know About Item Charges

Apr 2, 2014

The item charge functionality in Dynamics NAV gives you the option to include additional costs such as freight, insurance, fuel charges, etc. in the unit cost or unit price of an item transaction. Item charges are something that most companies that handles any type of inventory would benefit from using. When implementing item charges there are a couple of things to be aware of. (more…)

Accept Action Message in Planning Worksheet

Apr 2, 2014

The MPS/MRP suggestions in the Planning Worksheet has an ‘Accept Action Message’ field that determines if the suggestion should be accepted or not. The value of this field is by default set to TRUE if there are no warnings. This sounds great, by my experience is that most planners would like this to default to FALSE and activity accept each message when reviewing the suggestions. (more…)

Additional Outputs on Production Orders

Mar 24, 2014

Having additional outputs on production orders (sometimes refereed to as by-products or reclaimed material) is a common requirement. It could be scrap that should go back into inventory for further processing (melting it down, regrinding it, etc…) or it could be multiple products that are produced at the same time in a process. (more…)

Inventory With Zero Value

Mar 20, 2014

Dynamics NAV has an ‘Inventory Value Zero’ field in the item table that is not visible on the page (for some unknown reason). Adding it to the page allows you to have items with no inventory values, this is useful if you managing inventory on the behalf of someone else or if you want to keep track of material that you have expensed (like packaging materials, etc..). (more…)

Number Series for Production Orders

Mar 12, 2014

In the demo company from Microsoft (also known as Cronus) the Manufacturing Setup has been configured to use different number series for the different production order statuses. Configuring it this way make Dynamics NAV to assign a new production order number each time the status is changed (except when it is changed to finished). I have never understood why you would setup the system this way, and I have never meet a customer that wants the system to behave this way either. But, I have seen it being implement this way several times. It may makes sense to use a different...

How Many Companies are Using Dynamics NAV

Mar 8, 2014

At Convergence 2014 Microsoft presented the official number of companies using each of their Dynamics products. I thought I would share the numbers on my blog since this tells a lot about how widely used Dynamics NAV is. Have a look at the numbers below, quite impressive. (more…)

Debugger Break Rules – Break on Records Changes

Mar 5, 2014

I was debugging something today and I noticed the ‘Break on Records Changes’ break rule, sweet… 🙂 I didn’t know this. In the older versions of Dynamics NAV I always used the code coverage to find where in the code records are modified, but this is much better. (more…)

Revalue Closed Item Ledger Entries

Feb 25, 2014

I have meet many experience Dynamics NAV consultants and end users that did not know that it was possible to revalue closed item ledger entries in Dynamics NAV. Most of them had used the ‘Calculate Inventory Value’ function in the Revaluation Journal and since it only brings in open transactions the assumption was that it was not possible to revalue closed transactions, so if a transaction has the wrong cost and it is closed you have no good options. This is wrong… (more…)

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