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Work Centers vs. Machine Centers

Feb 2, 2015

A topic that is discussed on all manufacturing implementations is Work Centers vs. Machine Centers. Questions like ‘should we be using machine centers?’ and ‘what are the differences?’ are always raised and discussed. It is very important to understand the differences and how to apply the functionality in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. I have seen several installations where the setup has been much more complicated than it needed to be and therefor the system became hard to work with. I have also seen cases where standard functionality that could have added lots of value was not utilized and even modifications being...

Scrap in Production

Jul 16, 2014

Microsoft Dynamics NAV has multiple ways in which you can handle scrap in the production. There are scrap related to an operation in the routing, there are scrap related to individual components and there are scrap related to the product being produced. Just like any other functionality, it is important to know all the options when configuring and implementing Dynamics NAV. The scrap related setup has an impact on both the material and capacity planning. If you are using the standard costing method to value your inventory then the scrap related setup also has an impact on the cost roll-up....

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