Month: December 2014

Dynamics NAV allows us to choose between FIFO, LIFO, Specific, Average, or Standard Costing Methods (see the related blog, Which Microsoft Dynamics NAV Costing Method Should Manufacturers Choose?) We have not encountered many companies using the Specific Costing Method, but there seems to be some misunderstanding of how the Specific Costing Method requires Serial Number… Continue reading Specific Costing Method and Serial Number Tracking in Dynamics NAV

There are times when you may want to establish or reestablish Standard Cost for Items: For all new items When you find a significant mistake in the purchased item cost, the Production BOM, and/or the Routing and want to make a correction When there has been a significant change in the cost of raw materials… Continue reading Rolling Up Standard Costs in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

For consultants who are not a developers, it is frustrating not to be able to “Run Tables” as we used to do from the Dynamics NAV Classic Client Object Designer. We frequently need to Run Tables for diagnostic and analysis purposes. There is a very simple solution. Example: You want to make a list of… Continue reading How to Run Tables in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 RTC or NAV 2013

Dynamics NAV gives us the option to run Regenerative or Net Change MRP Planning (NAV Planning Worksheet). The question is: Which one should you use? From the APICS Dictionary: Regenerative MRP: An MRP processing approach where the master production schedule is totally re-exploded down through all bills of material, to maintain valid priorities. New requirements… Continue reading Regenerative versus Net Change MRP Planning in Microsoft Dynamics NAV