Category: How To NAV

Dynamics NAV allows us to choose between FIFO, LIFO, Specific, Average, or Standard Costing Methods (see the related blog, Which Microsoft Dynamics NAV Costing Method Should Manufacturers Choose?) We have not encountered many companies using the Specific Costing Method, but there seems to be some misunderstanding of how the Specific Costing Method requires Serial Number… Continue reading Specific Costing Method and Serial Number Tracking in Dynamics NAV

For consultants who are not a developers, it is frustrating not to be able to “Run Tables” as we used to do from the Dynamics NAV Classic Client Object Designer. We frequently need to Run Tables for diagnostic and analysis purposes. There is a very simple solution. Example: You want to make a list of… Continue reading How to Run Tables in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 RTC or NAV 2013

There are times when you may want to establish or reestablish Standard Cost for Items: For all new items When you find a significant mistake in the purchased item cost, the Production BOM, and/or the Routing and want to make a correction When there has been a significant change in the cost of raw materials… Continue reading Rolling Up Standard Costs in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Dynamics NAV gives us the option to run Regenerative or Net Change MRP Planning (NAV Planning Worksheet). The question is: Which one should you use? From the APICS Dictionary: Regenerative MRP: An MRP processing approach where the master production schedule is totally re-exploded down through all bills of material, to maintain valid priorities. New requirements… Continue reading Regenerative versus Net Change MRP Planning in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Fast Tabs in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 allow users to “roll up” information pertinent to the screen being viewed at the time. Users can customize the fields in a Fast Tab so that the information is: Promoted – Viewed even when the tab is collapsed, used for access to information at all times (in previous… Continue reading How to Customize a Fast Tab in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2

In the early stages of a Dynamics NAV implementation, it is essential to verify your Posting Group Setup through testing. Excel Pivot Tables are ideal for this analysis. We will use a Dynamics NAV Finished Production Order to illustrate this concept. What we want to find out is: Did postings go to the correct General Ledger Accounts?… Continue reading Using Pivot Tables to Verify Posting Group Setup in Dynamics NAV

There are times in manufacturing, particularly process manufacturing, where the quality of the output doesn’t meet specifications and needs to be returned to manufacturing for rework. To accomplish this in Dynamics NAV, you will need to manually create a production order that consumes the batch of output plus any other needed material. In the example… Continue reading Rework Production Orders in Microsoft Dynamics NAV