Month: July 2016

Unexpectedly High New Standard Cost in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

There are times when you are using the Dynamics NAV Standard Cost Method and rolling up a Standard Cost for a Produced Item you get an unexpectedly high Standard Cost. A probable cause is that you have selected “Cost Includes Setup” in the Manufacturing Setup and that you have a setup time in a Routing… Continue reading Unexpectedly High New Standard Cost in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Ensuring All Items are Posted When Using a Nightly Batch Job

  Running Adjust Cost-Item Entries and Posting Cost to G/L in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Whether you use the Dynamics NAV automatic features to run the Adjust Cost-Item Entries and Post Cost to G/L processes during nightly batches or run them manually, nearly all of the time these processes work correctly and produce the correct results.… Continue reading Ensuring All Items are Posted When Using a Nightly Batch Job

Attention Lanham E-Ship Clients: What the August 1, 2016 UPS Changes mean to You

As of August 1, 2016 Lanham E-Ship customers will need to be on E-Ship Version SE0.60.03 or higher to commission UPSLink accounts.  This will impact your ability to add new UPS accounts (shipping locations) as well as new NAV servers.  This will not impact your ability to continue shipping with your existing Lanham software; this… Continue reading Attention Lanham E-Ship Clients: What the August 1, 2016 UPS Changes mean to You

Getting the Most Out of Your Dynamics NAV Setup: Part Number Revision Levels

What do you hope to achieve? For whatever reason, in the past six months, I’ve found myself having the “Revision” conversation more than ever. Usually the engineering group will recognize or comment on the fact that NAV does not have such a field designated on the Item Card. As I do in many conversations regarding… Continue reading Getting the Most Out of Your Dynamics NAV Setup: Part Number Revision Levels

Reducing the Quantity of Inventory Sub-Ledger Entries

We often hear the comment that Dynamics NAV posts too many Inventory Sub-Ledger entries to the General Ledger. There is a way in Dynamics NAV to reduce the number of General Ledger entries when running the batch report “Post Inventory Cost to G/L”. When running the batch report, select “Per Posting Group” and the system… Continue reading Reducing the Quantity of Inventory Sub-Ledger Entries

Hints on Navigating on an Item Ledger Entry in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

We frequently use the Dynamics NAV Navigate tool and Microsoft Excel to verify Item Ledger Entry postings to the General Ledger. When Navigating on an Item Ledger Entry that involves both a purchase receipt and a purchase invoice, you must do two Navigations to see all of the General Ledger postings. We start our scenario… Continue reading Hints on Navigating on an Item Ledger Entry in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

ArcherPoint Dynamics Developer Digest – vol 105

The NAV community, including the ArcherPoint technical staff—is made up of developers, project managers, and consultants who are constantly communicating, with the common goal of sharing helpful information with one another to help customers be more successful. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them on… Continue reading ArcherPoint Dynamics Developer Digest – vol 105

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Tracking Non-Conforming Material in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

We am often asked how to track non-conforming material in Dynamics NAV. There is no formal NCMR (Non-conforming Material Report) functionality in Dynamics NAV, but we have handled non-conforming material by creating a location named MRB (Material Review Board) and moving material in and out of that location. Some people would name this location “Quarantine”,… Continue reading Tracking Non-Conforming Material in Microsoft Dynamics NAV