Lot Accumulation Period vs Rescheduling Period for Dynamics NAV Manufacturing

Overview With the release of Dynamcis NAV 2013 and NAV 2013 R2 (Navision 7.0 and 7.1 respectively), there has been a few improvements in the existing functionality. One of the more notable ones that I’ve been meaning to write about is the enhancement to how NAV create the planning worksheet. Ordering for Manufacturing Most manufacturing companiesRead more

Warning About Enabling Directed Pick and Put-away in NAV

When you turn on Directed Pick and Put-away to enable Warehouse Management in Dynamics NAV and you use multiple units of measure (this applies to WHM users using only 1 unit of measure as well), there will be some instances where the Quantity and Quantity (Base) will not match. This will result in the quantitiesRead more

Recap of Directions 2013 – Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 is Official

Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 is Officially Released At the keynote session, Paul White officially announced that Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 is officially released. The main theme of this year’s Directions is the tight integration between Office 365, Windows Azure, and deploying Dynamics NAV2013 R2 in the cloud. What Does “tight” Integration Mean? You know theRead more

Why You Cannot Find a Good Service Based Solution Center

The Conversation Recently, I had a meeting with an owner of a company that I thought was going to ripe me a new hole. This company originally purchased NAV from another solution center and overpaid for subpar service. Problems steming from wrong advice given to unnecessary modifications causing them delays in their operations. Noting this,Read more

Planning for Dynamics NAV in Manufacturing Environment (2/2)

Overview On the previous article about Dynamics NAV Manufacturing planning, we discussed about setting up your items to calculate the MPS requirements based on the sales forecast. With the MPS, it allows us to create what raw materials we need to purchase for the months to come. As emphasized in the previous article, every companyRead more

Planning for Dynamics NAV in Manufacturing Environment (1/2)

Overview One of the most under-utilized and most important function is the planning functionalities. Within Dynamics NAV (Navision), there are multiple ways of setting up the items and the stockkeeping units to have Dynamics NAV calculate and combine the items that you need to make or buy. The setup is in itself is a challenge to most companiesRead more

Survive and Thrive using Dynamics NAV in Any Economy

Hypothesis Companies that bought Dynamics NAV and make continuous improvements in the system are less likely to go out of business or sold off. Informal Research This was the conclusion I had while I was speaking with my fellow Dynamics NAV (Navision) partners. The question I asked was this: Have any of your customers, whoRead more

Dynamics NAV 2013 is Here – Recap of Microsoft Directions 2012

It’s Microsoft Directions 2012 Yes. Microsoft Directions. The theme for this year’s Directions is Dynamics NAV 2013 is here! This is release is what 2009 should’ve been. Microsoft reiterated that with Dynamics NAV 2013, it’s ready and you will not need to wait for a service pack. From what I’ve seen on the early releaseRead more