Here is a super simple, but very useful modification for displaying the rolled-up costs on the item card in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The item table has 10 standard fields that contain the rolled-up costs that are calculated during a regular standard cost roll-up. Those fields are not by default added to the item card; just adding them is quick and adds lots of values to the users that are looking at the costs shares of items. (more…)
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...