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Options like Saturday Delivery and Signature Required are additional options that can be applied to a main Shipping Agent Service in Lanham’s E-Ship. However, the Shipping Agent Options are specific to the carrier, so FedEx options are different than those for UPS. This blog gives an example of how to set optional services for FedEx.… Continue reading How to Set Optional Services in Lanham E-Ship

There are companies that desire to break out Material, Labor, and Overhead for their Balance Sheet and for COGS. Unfortunately, Microsoft Dynamics NAV only has a single number available for Inventory for the Balance Sheet and COGS. Dynamics NAV has a report that will break down these numbers for all costing methods. It is called… Continue reading Breaking out Material, Labor, and Overhead for the Balance Sheet

NOTE: This blog is part one of a two-part series. Be sure to read Part 2, Options for Entering Package Dimensions Using Lanham E-Ship. Beginning January of 2015, UPS and FedEx will be requiring package dimensions for 100% of packages shipped.  Previously, the dimensions were only required on Air shipments; however, the requirement is being… Continue reading Package Dimension Requirements when Shipping with Lanham E-Ship

NOTE: This blog is part two of a two-part series. Be sure to read Part 1, Package Dimension Requirements when Shipping with Lanham E-Ship. If you are using E-Ship by Lanham Associates, there are existing setup and processing options available to assist in entering dimensional information during shipment preparation.  This blog discusses the options available for specifying… Continue reading Options for Entering Package Dimensions Using Lanham E-Ship

As most of us go through all of our preparation for the holidays, we often forget several things, work wise. I would like to jot them down to remind all Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) users, so you can make sure that you are aware of them as you prepare for the new year: Pay particular… Continue reading Happy New Year…Well, at Least Prepare for a Happy New Year

The cue stack is the area on your role center that indicates the number of documents that need to be addressed by the user. There is a new feature in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 that allows a user to identify what is good, bad, and simply OK on the cue stacks. In the picture below,… Continue reading The Good, the Bad, and the Cue Stack

or When Running Adjust Cost-Item Entries, why does the Microsoft Dynamics NAV need to know the Item Low-Level Code? The scenario: Your company is a manufacturing company and has a Bill of Material that has several levels. Your company has not started to use the Dynamics NAV MRP (Planning Worksheet) functionality yet. You are running… Continue reading Understanding Low-Level Code When Running Adjust Cost-Item Entries

We often get the question from clients using the Dynamics NAV Average Cost Method, “Why is there a dollar value when there is zero on hand in a location, but when I run the report for all locations combined, it has a correct value?” First, we should look at the Inventory Setup. We can see… Continue reading Why Does Inventory Valuation show Zero on Hand but has a Value?

Do you know what it means to be PCI Compliant? By becoming compliant, you help make sure that your customer’s payments are secure. As we’ve seen recently, all retailers need to be aware of how to make sure they are staying PCI compliant, as many large retailers have had a breach in their customer’s payment… Continue reading What It Means to be PCI Compliant