From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and AX Blogs: Inventory adjustment; Boxing logic; Label translator; Manage shifts

This week on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and AX blog roundup:

• Inventory adjustment options in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations
• Boxing logic in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations
• Label translator for AX2009/AX2012 (Bing Translate)
• Dynamics 365 Retail: working with the new ‘manage shifts’ functionality in POS

Inventory adjustment options in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations

On the Encore Business Solutions blog, Katalin Kegel stated that during a Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations implementation, you can group the functionalities in the system into two categories: The ones the users are familiar with, such as sales orders and purchase orders, and the entirely new functionalities.

Kegel stated that the movement journal fell into the second category.

It takes a while for users to get off the one-track mindset, that any inventory adjustments have to be a profit/loss. So what is the movement journal and why do we love it?

Kegel stated that Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations offers four distinct functionalities for adjusting inventory: Counting journals; adjustment journals; movement journals; and bill of materials.

You can find out more about the movement journal as well as the other functionalities for adjusting inventory here.

Boxing logic in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations

Also on the Encore Business Solutions blog, Ayo Fakankun stated that boxing logic is an automatic and efficient process for picking and grouping items on a pick route.

Although the feature dates back to Dynamics AX 2012 R3, in his post, Fakankun explains the feature as it pertains to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

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