MVPs — Most Valuable Professionals. Microsoft awards MVPs for their commitment to learning and making the most of Microsoft technologies as well as sharing their knowledge and technical expertise. This prestigious award has no set benchmarks, but instead evaluates nominees on a variety of criteria, highlighting in particular how they interact with online forums, conferences,… Continue reading Microsoft Announces MVP Award Recipients
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Tooling Amortization in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Manufacturing companies will often build or purchase production tooling. In most cases the manufacturing company would like to amortize the cost of the tooling by adding the cost to the items produced. There is no direct way to do this in Dynamics NAV, but we have accomplished this using Dynamics NAV Item Numbers and Bills… Continue reading Tooling Amortization in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Reversing the Output of a Dynamics NAV Released Production Order
We are asked from time to time how to reverse the output of a Dynamics NAV-released Production Order. The need to do this probably was caused by a mistake made when posting the original output. To illustrate the issue, we created a Dynamics NAV-released Production Order: Figure 1 – Screenshot of a NAV-released Production Order… Continue reading Reversing the Output of a Dynamics NAV Released Production Order
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Upgrade Checklist
Getting Started There are so many things to consider when planning your Microsoft Dynamics NAV upgrade – and so many factors that will impact your list of things to consider. This blog will attempt to streamline what you should consider when planning your Dynamics NAV upgrade so you can get started. What do you hope to… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Upgrade Checklist
Why Do New NAV Production Orders Have an Ending Date of December 31
Around the middle of January every year, we can count on getting questions on why all of the new Dynamics NAV Production Orders that are created have an Ending date of 12/31/XX. The answer is quite straightforward: The Work/Machine Center Calendars need to be calculated for the upcoming year. Figure 1 – Remember to update… Continue reading Why Do New NAV Production Orders Have an Ending Date of December 31
Manufacturing Process Software
Negative Consumption to Account for By-Product Production It is quite common in Process Manufacturing for a By-Product to be produced at the same time the primary product is produced. A good way to handle that in Dynamics NAV is to set up an item for the By-Product and give it a costing method of Standard.… Continue reading Manufacturing Process Software
Understanding the Order Reordering Policy in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
We are given the following choices for Item Reordering Policy in Dynamics NAV. The choice affects how the Planning Worksheet (MRP) plans for replenishment of the item. Blank Fixed Order Quantity Maximum Quantity Order Lot-for-Lot Figure 1 – List of choices defining how the Planning Worksheet (MRP) plans for replenishment of an item If we… Continue reading Understanding the Order Reordering Policy in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Circular Reference in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Production BOM
A client called the other day and said that they were getting an error, “Max Levels in BOM Structure on 50 is too high”, when trying to ‘Certify a Dynamics NAV Production BOM’. This is caused by what is known as a circular reference or an item used on itself. Figure 1 – Error displayed… Continue reading Circular Reference in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Production BOM
When Do You Need to Upgrade Microsoft Dynamics NAV?
As time passes by, everything gets upgraded. Do you remember the old computers running Windows 98, with 256 MB of Ram and 10 GB of hard disk space? The only way to share information back then was by using unreliable floppy disks. But as we progressed through the years, we have had to keep pace… Continue reading When Do You Need to Upgrade Microsoft Dynamics NAV?
Item Category and Product Group Code in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
There was a question recently on a Dynamics NAV Forum asking, “What is the Product Group Code on the Item Card used for?” If we look at an Item Card in Dynamics NAV, we see the field for Product Group Code. Above it, there is a field for Item Category Code. Figure 1 – Item… Continue reading Item Category and Product Group Code in Microsoft Dynamics NAV