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Using Inventory Periods in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013
Using Inventory Periods in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013Inventory Periods are used in Dynamics NAV for a variety of purposes: They preclude inventory Value Changes in a Closed Inventory Period They are...
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Reducing the Quantity of Inventory Sub-Ledger Entries
Reducing the Quantity of Inventory Sub-Ledger Entries Posted to the General Ledger in Microsoft Dynamics NAVI often hear the comment that Dynamics NAV posts too many Inventory Sub-Ledger entries to...
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Ensuring All Items are Posted When Using a Nightly Batch Job
Ensuring All Items are Posted When Using a Nightly Batch Job Running Adjust Cost-Item Entries and Posting Cost to G/L in Microsoft Dynamics NAVWhether you use the Dynamics NAV automatic features to...
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Unexpectedly High New Standard Cost in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Unexpectedly High New Standard Cost in Microsoft Dynamics NAVThere are times when you are using the Dynamics NAV Standard Cost Method and rolling up a Standard Cost for a Produced Item you get an...
View ArticleWhat are Rounding Value Entries in Microsoft Dynamics NAV?
What are Rounding Value Entries in Microsoft Dynamics NAV?I received a question the other day from a client about an unexpected and unexplained Rounding Value Entry that was created by the Adjust Cost...
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Lot and Serial Tracking in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Clarified
Lot and Serial Tracking in Microsoft Dynamics NAV ClarifiedDynamics NAV provides for very robust Serial Number and Lot Number Tracking.When I advise clients about Serial and Lot Tracking, I say, “Only...
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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...
View ArticleHow Average Cost is Calculated in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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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