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Item Substitutions in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Item Substitutions in Microsoft Dynamics NAVThere 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....
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Using Send-Ahead Quantity in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Routings
Using Send-Ahead Quantity in Microsoft Dynamics NAV RoutingsFrom a production scheduling point of view, it may be advantageous to ‘overlap’ production steps to reduce the elapsed time to produce a lot...
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A Brief Definition of Time in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Manufacturing
A Brief Definition of Time in Microsoft Dynamics NAV ManufacturingIn order to set up Routings in Dynamics NAV and understand their Cost Accounting effects, one needs to know how time is defined.In a...
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Purchasing Lead Time in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Purchasing Lead Time in Microsoft Dynamics NAVThere are actually two Purchasing Lead times in Dynamics NAV.If we look at the Replenishment and Planning Tabs of a Dynamics NAV Item Card or SKU Card, we...
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Which GL Account Will Purchase Receipts and Invoices Post to?
Determining Which GL Accounts Purchase Receipts and Invoices will Post to in Microsoft Dynamics NAVThe other day, the question came up about how to determine which Dynamics NAV General Ledger...
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Unit and Standard Cost Not Equal on NAV Inventory Valuation Report
When the Unit Cost and Standard Cost Are Not Equal on NAV Inventory Valuation ReportI got a call the other day from a client who said when they run the Dynamics NAV Inventory Valuation Report that the...
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Setting Up Production Lead Time in Dynamics NAV if Not Using Routings
Setting Up Production Lead Time in Microsoft Dynamics NAV if You’re Not Using RoutingsThere are manufacturing companies using Dynamics NAV that want to offset the start time on production orders to...
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Advice on Setting up Item Base Unit of Measure in Dynamics NAV
Some Advice on Setting up the Item Base Unit of Measure in Microsoft Dynamics NAVIn Dynamics NAV, it is vitally important that you set up the Item Base Unit of Measure correctly because if it is set...
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Using Master Templates in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Using Master Templates in Microsoft Dynamics NAVThe other day a client asked me if there was a way to copy Item Cards when setting up new items in Dynamics NAV 2013. I replied that I did not think so,...
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Lot-for-Lot versus Reorder Point in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Lot-for-Lot versus Reorder Point in Microsoft Dynamics NAVWhen we are talking about Replenishment Planning in either a manufacturing or distribution environment, there are two fundamental...
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How Average Cost is Calculated in Microsoft Dynamics NAVI often get questions on how Dynamics NAV calculates Average Cost. I have created a simple example below to illustrate.I copied this explanation...
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Unexpected Manufacturing WIP Balances in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Unexpected Manufacturing WIP Balances in Microsoft Dynamics NAVI frequently encounter clients with an unexpected Manufacturing WIP Balance. In some cases, the WIP balance is below zero. In the screen...
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How to Block a Location in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
How to Block a Location in Microsoft Dynamics NAVI have seen some questions on the various Dynamics NAV Forums about how to ‘Block’ a location in Dynamics NAV. Unfortunately there isn’t a current...
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New Feature in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013: Item Availability by Event
New Feature in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013: Item Availability by EventThere is a nice new feature in Dynamics NAV 2013: ‘Item Availability by Event’.From an Item Card or the Item List you can select...
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Item Category and Product Group Code in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Item Category and Product Group Code in Microsoft Dynamics NAVI saw a question the other day on a Dynamics NAV Forum asking, “What is the Product Group Code on the Item Card used for?”If we look at an...
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Considerations for Setting Up Base Unit of Measure in Dynamics NAV
Things to Consider when Setting UP Base Unit of Measure for Item in Microsoft Dynamics NAVMicrosoft Dynamics NAV is very flexible when it comes to setting up Units of Measure for items. But careful...
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Inventory to General Ledger Reconciliation in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
The Inventory to General Ledger Reconciliation Report in Microsoft Dynamics NAVThe Inventory to G/L reconciliation effort in some companies can be challenging. The Inventory to G/L Reconciliation...
View ArticlePurchases and Direct Cost Applied Accounts Do Not Net to Zero in NAV
When Purchases and Direct Cost Applied Accounts Don’t Net to Zero in Microsoft Dynamics NAVIn an earlier blog, Purchases and Direct Cost Applied Accounts in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, I explained that...
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Circular Reference in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Production BOM
Circular Reference in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Production Bill of MaterialsA client called the other day and said that they were getting an error, “Max Levels in BOM Structure on 50 is too high”, when...
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Understanding the Order Reordering Policy in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Understanding the “Order” Reordering Policy in Microsoft Dynamics NAVWe are given the following choices for Item Reordering Policy in Dynamics NAV. The choice affects how the Planning Worksheet (MRP)...
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By-Product Costing for Process Manufacturing in Dynamics NAV
Negative Consumption to Account for By-Product Production in Microsoft Dynamics NAVIt is quite common in Process Manufacturing for a By-Product to be produced at the same time the primary product is...
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Why Do New NAV Production Orders Have an Ending Date of December 31
Why do all new Microsoft Dynamics NAV Production Orders have an Ending Date of 12/31/XX?Around the middle of January every year, I can count on getting questions on why all of the new Dynamics NAV...
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Avoid a Common Mistake when Posting a Positive Adjustment in NAV
Avoid a Common Mistake when Posting a Positive Adjustment in Microsoft Dynamics NAV When posting a positive adjustment in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, be careful to select Entry Type ‘Positive Adjustment,’...
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Saving a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Report in HTML and Opening in Excel
Saving a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Report in HTML and Opening in ExcelI know that most of you would like to be able to save a Dynamics NAV report in HTML and then open it in Excel. A client of mine...
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Reversing a PPV for a Purchase Return Credit Memo in Dynamics NAV
PPV is not reversed when issuing a Purchase Return Credit Memo in Dynamics NAVI received a question the other day from a client who said that they received a ‘Standard Cost’ item, and when invoiced,...
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Reversing the Output of a Dynamics NAV Released Production Order
Reversing the Output of a Dynamics NAV Released Production OrderI am asked from time to time how to reverse the output of a Dynamics NAV-released Production Order. The need to do this probably was...
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Tooling Amortization in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Tooling Amortization in Microsoft Dynamics NAVManufacturing companies will often build or purchase production tooling. In most cases the manufacturing company would like to amortize the cost of the...
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Connecting GL Entries to Value Entries in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Connecting GL Entries to Value Entries in Microsoft Dynamics NAVWhen trying to figure out what caused a posting to the Dynamics NAV General Ledger, there is a handy tool in Dynamics NAV you can use.If...
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Using search engines to find Information about Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Using search engines to find Information about Microsoft Dynamics NAVLately, when I am trying to find information about Microsoft Dynamics NAV features, I usually go to my favorite search engine. In...
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General Ledger Postings for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Subcontracting
General Ledger Postings for Microsoft Dynamics NAV SubcontractingIn an earlier blog, I explained the setup for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Subcontracting, and now I will explain the General Ledger Postings...
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