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From the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Blogs: Standard cost worksheet; Manufacturing planning; .NET interop; Excel Buffer; HTML on reports

by Linda Rosencrance
Contributing Writer, MSDW

Rolling Up Standard Costs in Microsoft Dynamics NAV with the Standard Cost Worksheet: On the ArcherPoint blog, Bob Bergman says there may be times when you want to establish or reestablish Standard Cost for Items:

  • For all new items
  • When you find a significant mistake in the purchased item cost, the Production BOM, and/or the Routing and want to make a correction
  • When there has been a significant change in the cost of raw materials
  • When there is a significant change in the Production BOM
  • When there are significant changes in the Production Process
  • Fiscal Year End Rollup and Revaluation

Bergman says there are two ways to roll up Standard Costs in Dynamics NAV. You can find out what they are here.

Planning for Dynamics NAV in Manufacturing Environment (1/2): In hs blog, Alex Chow notes that one of the most under-utilized and most important function in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the planning functionality. There are a number of ways to set up the items and the stockkeeping units so that Dynamics NAV will calculate and combine the items that you need to make or buy.

The problem is that setup is a challenge since the planning methods that come with NAV out-of-the-box aren't used correctly by companies in a manufacturing environment, according to Chow. Another challenge is they have to figure out how to run the planning (MRP/MPS) and how to incorporate the planning process to improve ...

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About Linda Rosencrance

Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing about information technology for the past 16 years.

She has covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, mobile security issues such as data loss prevention, network management, secure mobile app development, privacy, cloud computing, BI, big data, analytics, HR, CRM, ERP, and enterprise IT.

Rosencrance is the author of six true crime books for Kensington Publishing Corp.