This describes how to ship components to a subcontractor as part of a subcontracting process in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It is a frequently asked question, so I thought it deserved its own blog post. As the title indicates, this is a second post in a series of posts related to subcontracting. It might make sense to read part 1 first since this kind of built on top of it (using the same items, etc.). The key to shipping components to a subcontractor is to create a location that represent the vendor location and use transfer orders to ship the components....
The production lead time if you are using routings in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the sum of the lead times for the operations that each can have 5 different time components; queue time, setup time, run time, wait time and move time. In addition to the production lead time is the safety lead time defined on the item or stockkeeping unit card of the product being produced; this adds a slack time between the scheduled ending time for the last operation and the due date of the production order. The below illustrates the different times and how they together makes up...
In the manufacturing part of Microsoft Dynamics NAV there are two Lot Size fields; one is on the item or stockkeeping unit card and the other one is on the routing line. Do you know what they are used for? Here is an explanation for both of them and a trick how one of them can be applied to a common requirement. (more…)
