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Multiple Item Unit of Measures

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 […]

By Olof Simren April 11, 2014 Inventory 10 Comments

Shop Floor Barcode System

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 […]

By Olof Simren April 10, 2014 Development, Manufacturing, Warehouse 14 Comments

Add Order Lines to Navigation Pane

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 […]

By Olof Simren April 7, 2014 General, Sales 12 Comments

Dimensions on Production Orders

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 […]

By Olof Simren April 4, 2014 Finance, Manufacturing 9 Comments

Things to Know About Item Charges

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.

By Olof Simren April 2, 2014 Finance, Inventory 3 Comments

Accept Action Message in Planning Worksheet

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.

By Olof Simren April 2, 2014 Development, Manufacturing 2 Comments

Additional Outputs on Production Orders

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.

By Olof Simren March 24, 2014 Inventory, Manufacturing 17 Comments

Inventory With Zero Value

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..).

By Olof Simren March 20, 2014 Finance, Inventory 8 Comments

Number Series for Production Orders

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 […]

By Olof Simren March 12, 2014 Manufacturing 2 Comments

How Many Companies are Using Dynamics NAV

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.

By Olof Simren March 8, 2014 General 2 Comments

Olof Simren - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blog

Multiple Item Unit of Measures

Shop Floor Barcode System

Add Order Lines to Navigation Pane

Dimensions on Production Orders

Things to Know About Item Charges

Accept Action Message in Planning Worksheet

Additional Outputs on Production Orders

Inventory With Zero Value

Number Series for Production Orders

How Many Companies are Using Dynamics NAV

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