Category: How To NAV

When it comes to tracking absences at a company, there are multiple solutions to make this happen. You could use Excel, a third party payroll system, or one of many other tools. Today I am going to go over using the Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) RoleTailored Client for tracking absences. Some reasons to track absences:… Continue reading Tracking Employee Absences in the NAV RoleTailored Client

There are Dynamics NAV clients that would like to separate Variable and Fixed Overhead. If we look at a Dynamics NAV Work Center Card, we see that we can put in a Direct Unit Cost and an Indirect Cost % or Overhead Rate. However, there is no place to indicate if this cost is Variable… Continue reading Variable and Fixed Overhead Absorption in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

As with most if not all manufacturing companies, product engineers will make changes to the product Bills of Material (BOM). One possible reason for an Engineering Change Notice (ECN) change is to use up the existing inventory of component parts before switching to the new component part. Another possibility would be the introduction of new… Continue reading Phasing in ECN for Bill of Material Changes in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

When you are rolling up Standard Costs at the beginning or end of a Fiscal Period, it is often desirable to keep a copy of the “Frozen BOM” for reference purposes. This will help answer the question, “What was the composition of the BOM when the Standard Costs were rolled up?” To do this, create… Continue reading Using a Frozen BOM to Roll up Standard Cost in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

When setting up Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision), the main focus is around the use in the company, from Finance to Operations to Manufacturing to Warehouse. One of the areas that tends not to be a focal point is around employees. In NAV, you also have the full Human Resource section, and you may say to… Continue reading How to Track which Employees Have Company Items Using Dynamics NAV

Using Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) for electronic payments to your vendors is an excellent way to save time and money. With this feature, you can reduce the hassle of printing checks, stuffing them into envelopes, and save on postage costs as well. Additionally, many vendors prefer electronic funds transfers, as they speed up the process… Continue reading Using Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Electronic Payment (ACH) Transactions

We frequently get questions about how the Dynamics NAV Account should be set up. If we look at the General Posting Setup in Dynamics NAV, we see that there are two setup columns: COGS COGS Interim The COGS Interim Account is for items that have been shipped, but not invoiced to the customer. Figure 1 –… Continue reading Interim COGS Account Set Up in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

We had a question from a client recently regarding Production Order Variances. The client was seeing Variances being posted to the General Ledger and wanted to know what was causing them. Keep in mind that this analysis is only for those items that have a Costing Method of Standard Cost. Also keep in mind that there will… Continue reading Tracking Production Order Variances in Microsoft Dynamics NAV