Monthly Archives: November 2010

Most of the times, when a question arise about why NAV suggest such a planning proposal, it arises the question on how planning parameters are determined by the given company. When we talk about planning parameters, we refer to: reorder point, reorder …

Not sure if you are familiar with this. But, I believe it worths covering it …
Have you ever realized NAV Planning goes through different steps or phases of the planning? StartOver, MatchDates, MatchQty, CreateSupply, ReduceSupply, CloseDemand, …

This post is not for the reader to use the suggested code but to test it and enhance it as required. Yeap, this is a disclaimer so reader knows that testing should always be done. Also, the below code is not completed but might provide a good…

You can use links on your task pages to guide users to additional information. The links can be the URL addresses of web sites or links to documents on a computer.
In the following example, you can see how to add a link to a customer card task page. Th…

First, lets review the foundation here … lets review what the “Supply Planning White Paper” mentions:
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DEMAND AND SUPPLY:
Demand is the common term used for any kind of gross demand, such as sales order and component need from a prod…

Why focusing Codeunit 99000854? If you interested on what is the logic behind NAV planning, you should look into this codeunit.
 
This codeunit is the link between how NAV planning logic is written (= “NAV Supply Planning White Paper”) and how thi…

This is an unexpected setting for NAV. Think about this …
- If this is the “Inbound Production Bin Code”, NAV understands that stock on these are not available since is pending to be consumed in Manufacturing
- If this is the “Outbound Productio…

What are the inbound Production Bins in NAV? These are the bins defined in the Warehouse setup with the following names:
- “Open Shop Floor Bin Code”. This is the one used with Backflushing when Flushing Method is set to Backward/Forward
- “Inbound Pro…

Does Dynamics NAV provide MRP II tools?
 
I am not sure how much the reader is familiar with this terminology but just in case …
 
ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning. As its name describes, ERP’s are intented to provide …

Do you like that song? “Unforgettable”, Nat King Cole, 1954.  And yes, you are right: this is nothing to be with NAV. But, I was asked to start posting on this blog and wanted to explain what my posts would be about.
“Unforgettable” is w…