Order Fulfillment in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 

Order fulfillment can be challenging for any business. When orders cannot be filled accurately and efficiently the potential consequences are serious:   The Answer: Optimize Order Fulfillment with Technology   To avoid these issues and reduce a serious threat to your business, you need to optimize your order fulfillment process. One way to do this is… Continue reading Order Fulfillment in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 

Production Planning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Production planning is an important part of inventory planning. In this video, ArcherPoint’s Robert Grainger discusses production planning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, including a high-level overview of the master data for production planning, and some advice on the strategy around the planning process—like advising users to hold on releasing production orders early because… Continue reading Production Planning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

How To Set Up and Use Order Promising In Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Dynamics 365 Business Central

Order Promising in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a very helpful feature, especially for industries like manufacturing in which customers place orders and customer service reps or salespeople need to provide the customer with a promised delivery date. In the scenario where the customer wants a promise date, typically they… Continue reading How To Set Up and Use Order Promising In Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Dynamics 365 Business Central

Item Substitutions in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

There are times in a manufacturing company where substitute items that are not on the Bill of Material are OK to use if the preferred item is not available. Often this substitution has to be approved by an engineer and is usually in the form of a ‘Usage Variance’. If substitutions are a common event,… Continue reading Item Substitutions in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Setting Up Production Lead Time in Dynamics NAV if Not Using Routings

There are manufacturing companies using Dynamics NAV that want to offset the start time on production orders to accommodate production time even though they are not using Routings. To illustrate, we set up a test item. Note that the item has a BOM, but not a Routing. Figure 1 – To offset start time on… Continue reading Setting Up Production Lead Time in Dynamics NAV if Not Using Routings

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

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

Saving Dollars through Data Automation in Manufacturing and Distribution

When trying to reduce costs, manufacturers and distributors often find that there is no one-size-fits-all solution. In order to successfully reduce costs, you must create a strategy based on several economic and infrastructural factors, including the industry, location, and business model of the company. Even when the economy is in full bloom, some industries struggle… Continue reading Saving Dollars through Data Automation in Manufacturing and Distribution