Olof Simren - Microsoft Dynamics NAV & 365 Business Central Blog

This blog post describes how you activate the ‘Directed Put-away and Pick’ functionality (also known as WMS or advanced warehousing) for an existing location in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It could for example be that you have been using Dynamics NAV for a couple of years and your business has grown or changed and you want […]

In one of my previous blog posts about processing shipments I mentioned a batch job I developed many years ago to automatically create warehouse shipments. I have since that post received many requests and questions about this batch job, so here it is! The objects themselves are available in the downloads section and the details about the functionality […]

There are four ways to process shipments of inventory in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Which way to choose depends on the business requirements and what processes that are most suitable. I typically discuss the different options early in the analysis phase of an implementation to establish the preferred method as soon as possible (if it is […]

This is the fourth post related to subcontracting in Dynamics NAV. The topic is how to use warehouse receipts together with subcontracting purchase orders (previous parts are here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). It is a quite common requirement to be able to use the warehouse receipts to process receipts of subcontracting purchase orders. […]

In 2005 I developed a simple barcode system that allowed you to put barcodes on printouts for displaying the documents in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Initially the system was called ‘Document Lookup’ because it was exactly what it did; you scanned the barcode and Dynamics NAV displayed the form in the client. This barcode system turned […]

From time to time I see users struggling with a list of warehouse receipts, the question is then ‘how can I find the warehouse receipt I am looking for?’. Well, you make it too complicated. A warehouse receipt should be created at the time of receiving not before that. If you create your warehouse receipts […]