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09 Nov

Record Permissions in NAV 2016

Posted by Olof Simren General, Miscellaneous 9 Comments

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 […]

01 Oct

Processing of Receipts

Posted by Olof Simren General, Inventory, Miscellaneous, Warehouse 27 Comments

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 […]

25 Aug

Posting of Actual and Expected Production Time

Posted by Olof Simren Manufacturing 8 Comments

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 […]

20 Jul

Assembly Order Posting to General Ledger

Posted by Olof Simren Assembly, Finance, Inventory 3 Comments

I have previously described how production orders are posting into the general ledger which I have received a lot of positive feedback on. This time I will described how assembly orders are posting into the general ledger in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (which is a lot simpler). The assembly orders in Microsoft Dynamics NAV was introduced in the 2013 version and they are a great compliment to the production orders, you can read one of my previous blog posts about assembly vs. production orders to get a feeling about what to use when. The only thing on assembly orders that creates entries […]

14 Jun

Alternative Production BOMs and Routings

Posted by Olof Simren Development, Manufacturing 22 Comments

Using alternative production BOMs or routings is quite common in a manufacturing environment. It could for example be that larger orders are run in higher capacity machines, versions of products are produced with slight variations in components (like different colors), or you might produce the same item in two different locations and therefor need two different routings. These are just some examples, there are many more scenarios like that where you might need to change the production BOM or routing based on different factors. Microsoft Dynamics NAV allows you to manually change both the routing and production BOM used on […]

20 May

Assemble to Order with Inventory Picks and Movements

Posted by Olof Simren Assembly, Inventory, Sales 10 Comments

One of the nicer things about the assembly functionality in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the option to assemble to order. What this means is that you can stock the components and not assemble them until it is time to ship the order (very useful if you sell kits of products for example). In this blog post I will describe how this works together with the inventory picks and movements. This is in my mind a setup that works well and supports scenarios where the personnel that are picking the products also assembling/bundling them at the same time. I have previously […]

10 May

Batch Creation of Warehouse Shipments

Posted by Olof Simren Development, Warehouse No Comments

In one of my previous blog posts about processing shipments I mentioned a batch job I developed many years ago to automatically create warehouse shipments. I have since that post received many requests and questions about this batch job, so here it is! The objects themselves are available in the downloads section and the details about the functionality is described below. I hope you will find this useful.

26 Apr

Consignment Inventory

Posted by Olof Simren Finance, Inventory 21 Comments

Being able to handle consignment inventory in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a common requirement. There are four scenarios of consignment inventory that I frequently bump into; 1. Inventory at a Customer 2. Inventory at a Vendor 3. Customer Owned Inventory 4. Vendor Owned Inventory Some may argue that case 2 and 3 is not consignment, and they might be right, but nevertheless they are cases that needs to be handled and to me the overall concept is closely related to consignment inventory and therefor I included them here. Case 2 and 3 are typically found in relation to subcontracting or […]

16 Apr

Autofill Variable Name in NAV 2015

Posted by Olof Simren Development 3 Comments

By accident I discovered something quite interesting last week and I thought it was worth sharing it through a blog post. When you create an object type variable in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 and you leave out the name then NAV will automatically suggest the name based on the subtype. So, when creating variables that are forms, records, reports, xmlports, etc. then there is no need to enter a variable name anymore. Nice! 🙂 Here is how it works;

24 Mar

Maintenance Production Orders

Posted by Olof Simren Manufacturing 4 Comments

A way to handle maintenance on machines in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is to create production orders with operations that represent the maintenance. The beauty of this is that you can then include the maintenance when scheduling the production orders, you also maintain history about when the maintenance was done and you have the option to capture the labor cost related to maintenance. Below is an example of how it can be done.

Olof Simren - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blog

Record Permissions in NAV 2016

Processing of Receipts

Posting of Actual and Expected Production Time

Assembly Order Posting to General Ledger

Alternative Production BOMs and Routings

Assemble to Order with Inventory Picks and Movements

Batch Creation of Warehouse Shipments

Consignment Inventory

Autofill Variable Name in NAV 2015

Maintenance Production Orders

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