The ArcherPoint technical staff—made up of developers, project managers, and consultants – is constantly communicating internally, with the goal of sharing helpful information with one another. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them companywide on Yammer for everyone’s benefit. We in Marketing watch these interactions… Continue reading ArcherPoint Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 27
Using Alternate Production BOM Versions for Production Orders
The scenario: Your company produces bicycles and uses Dynamics NAV Production Orders. The Production Orders feature automatically uses the “Current Version” of the Production BOM, but in this instance we want to use an “Alternate Version” of the Production BOM. First, we set up the Versions of the Production BOM. When we open up the… Continue reading Using Alternate Production BOM Versions for Production Orders
Tracking Employee Absences in the NAV RoleTailored Client
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
The Good, the Bad, and the Cue Stack
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
ArcherPoint Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 26
The ArcherPoint technical staff—made up of developers, project managers, and consultants – is constantly communicating internally, with the goal of sharing helpful information with one another. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them companywide on Yammer for everyone’s benefit. We in Marketing watch these interactions… Continue reading ArcherPoint Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 26
Tricks for Removing Page Elements to Preserve the Upgrade Path in NAV
I’ve been doing a lot of work for a customer recently where they’ve wanted multiple fields taken off their Sales Order page in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision). The idea seems to be that the unused fields on the page will confuse the users, who won’t know quite what to fill in for the Opportunity No.… Continue reading Tricks for Removing Page Elements to Preserve the Upgrade Path in NAV
What is NAV, Part 2: A Brief History of Microsoft Dynamics NAV
In this 2-part blog, ArcherPoint’s Dara Daly provides some background on Microsoft Dynamics NAV for others who might be new to NAV or just curious about its history—and the evolution of the name. Click here to read Part 1. Did you know Microsoft Dynamics NAV was originally called Navision and was invented in Denmark? And… Continue reading What is NAV, Part 2: A Brief History of Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Variable and Fixed Overhead Absorption in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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
Phasing in ECN for Bill of Material Changes 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
ArcherPoint Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 25
The ArcherPoint technical staff—made up of developers, project managers, and consultants – is constantly communicating internally, with the goal of sharing helpful information with one another. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them companywide on Yammer for everyone’s benefit. We in Marketing watch these interactions… Continue reading ArcherPoint Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 25