Do I need a production BOM for production orders?
No, you can use production orders without production BOMs (with only the routing).
How do I cancel a production order?
If you have not posted any transactions against the production order then you can just delete it. If you have posted something against the production order then you cannot delete it and you have to finish it. To finish it you have to post some output on the last operation. The best way is to post an output of something like 0.01 pcs on the last operation, then reverse all consumption and capacity that has been posted before changing the status to finished. Once finished you will do a negative adjustment of the 0.01 pcs you got into inventory.
Do I need machine centers?
No, you do not need machine centers. In fact most Dynamics NAV manufacturing implementations only use the work centers. I have written a blog about this that you can read here.
Can an item be both manufactured and purchased?
Yes, an item can be both produced and purchased (quite common actually), the replenishment method you set on the item/SKU is used as a default method by MRP but you can always manually create an order independent of the replenishment method.
How do NAV post production related activities into the general ledger?
The posting into the general ledger is done through posting groups that you tag the items and work centers with. There are then setups where you define the g/l accounts for the different combination of posting groups/locations. For more information see my blog post related to production posting into general ledger.
Can Dynamics NAV handle versions of production BOMs and routings?
Yes, Dynamics NAV can handle routings and production BOMs in different versions. This way you can keep a history of how the previous versions looked like. Only one version is the active version at a given date. Using versions of production BOMs and routings are optional.
How do I reverse posted output?
You can reverse an output by posting a negative output (e.g. enter a negative number in the quantity field) through the production or output journal. If you have posted more than one output and you want to reveres one you will have to enter the Applies-to Entry field in the journal to define what output transaction you want to reveres.
Do I need a routing for production orders?
No, you can use production orders without routings.
How do I reverse posted consumption?
You can reverse a consumption by posting a negative consumption (e.g. enter a negative number in the quantity field) through the production or consumption journal.
What is the low-level code?
See blog post: The Low-Level Code
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