Managing inventory efficiently in a modern warehouse often means working with multiple units of measure — buying in cases, storing in pallets, and picking in individual pieces or boxes. If your ERP can’t handle those conversions cleanly, it quickly leads to errors, inefficiencies, and issues with inventory accuracy. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central includes powerful,… Continue reading Mastering Put-Away and Pick Operations Using Multiple Units of Measure in Business Central
Category: Inventory Management
Business Central: Leveraging the Cost Shares Action for Better Item Management
Cost transparency and accurate pricing decisions are fundamental to profitable business operations. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s Cost Shares action provides powerful insights into item cost structures, enabling businesses to make informed decisions about pricing, profitability, and cost management. What the Cost Shares report does The Cost Shares action is a powerful analytical tool accessible… Continue reading Business Central: Leveraging the Cost Shares Action for Better Item Management
Supply Planning in Business Central for Modern Manufacturers, Distributors, and Retailers
Maintaining the delicate balance between supply and demand is a challenge. Overstocking ties up capital and warehouse space; understocking leads to missed sales, unhappy customers, and strained supplier relationships. Whether you’re a manufacturer managing raw materials, a distributor coordinating product movement, or a retailer planning seasonal inventory, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s supply planning tools… Continue reading Supply Planning in Business Central for Modern Manufacturers, Distributors, and Retailers
Using Business Central to Solve the Inventory Puzzle for Manufacturers
For many manufacturers, inventory is both the lifeblood of the operation and one of its biggest headaches. Balancing supply with demand, avoiding costly stockouts or overages, and tracking fast-moving items across multiple locations can feel like solving a puzzle with missing pieces. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central can help. As a comprehensive, cloud-based ERP solution,… Continue reading Using Business Central to Solve the Inventory Puzzle for Manufacturers
Is Business Central a Good Fit for a Supply Chain Company Running GP?
If you are a supply chain company of any size still running Microsoft Dynamics GP, you are likely considering modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. GP was and still is a powerful ERP solution. Unfortunately, it was not built for the web, and Microsoft is phasing it out in favor of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central — GP support and updates end December 31,… Continue reading Is Business Central a Good Fit for a Supply Chain Company Running GP?
ArcherPoint’s Ten Most Popular Blogs of 2024
As a leading Microsoft partner specializing in implementing and upgrading Dynamics 365 Business Central, we try to support the community with blog content that informs and explains. This year, ArcherPoint team members have been super busy with content covering topics such as security, reporting, upgrades, and much more. We close out the year with our… Continue reading ArcherPoint’s Ten Most Popular Blogs of 2024
Understanding the Planning Parameters in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Additional Settings
Previously, we discussed Business Central’s reordering options (Order, Lot-for-Lot, Fixed Reorder Quantity, and Max Reorder Quantity). We also discussed several general planning parameters in Business Central that apply to your reordering policies. Business Central offers additional settings that apply to specific planning and reordering situations: Lot-for-Lot Parameters Lot-for-lot is a reordering policy that replaces the… Continue reading Understanding the Planning Parameters in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Additional Settings
Understanding the Planning Parameters in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: General Settings
In our previous blog, Understanding the Reordering Options in Business Central and When to Use Them, we discussed the four reordering policies available in Business Central – Order, Lot-for-Lot, Fixed Reorder Quantity, and Max Reorder Quantity – and the circumstances when each policy is typically used. Going deeper, we see that there are Reordering Policy… Continue reading Understanding the Planning Parameters in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: General Settings
Understanding the Reordering Options in Business Central and When to Use Them
Our clients frequently ask, “Which reordering option should I use?” Since every business is different, there is no single correct answer. But there are situations where one option is better than another. Let’s outline Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s reordering options and when they are typically used in manufacturing. To dive deeper into Business Central’s… Continue reading Understanding the Reordering Options in Business Central and When to Use Them
Using Phantom BOMs in Business Central to Streamline Manufacturing
In manufacturing, the Bill of Materials (BOM) defines the items, parts, assemblies, and sub-assemblies required to create a finished product. These components are often discrete items and sub-assemblies purchased or manufactured and placed in inventory for later use. A phantom BOM represents the elements that are used to create a sub-assembly that is an essential… Continue reading Using Phantom BOMs in Business Central to Streamline Manufacturing