License Plating in Business Central: The Smarter Way to Move, Track, and Ship Inventory

For many Business Central users, scanning every item one by one works fine—until it doesn’t.

As order volumes grow and pallets get more complex, what used to feel efficient quickly turns into a bottleneck. Scanning dozens—or hundreds—of items to record a single movement eats up time and invites errors. And while Business Central excels at tracking lots, serials, and bins, it doesn’t make it easy to move groups of items together.

That’s where License Plating changes the game.

When Business Central’s Built-In Process Hits Its Limits

Out of the box, Business Central manages inventory through individual records—each item, lot, or serial number tracked meticulously across receipts, picks, put-aways, and shipments. That level of detail is perfect for traceability, but painfully slow when you’re dealing with full pallets or mixed containers.

Even with advanced warehousing enabled, you still don’t get an accurate “container-level” view. Each scan tells you what moved—but not necessarily as part of what it moved.

A single License Plate Number (LPN) links multiple items and quantities, simplifying warehouse transactions to one scan per container.

Laying the Foundation with Warehouse Insight

Before you can optimize movement, you need visibility.

That’s what Warehouse Insight delivers. Fully integrated with Business Central, it brings mobile barcode scanning directly into your warehouse processes. It eliminates paper pick lists and manual data entry, ensuring that every transaction is accurately recorded in real-time.

Once that foundation is in place, the next question becomes: how do we make it faster?

Introducing License Plating

The License Plating app from Insight Works builds on Warehouse Insight to introduce License Plate Numbers (LPNs)—unique IDs that represent a pallet, box, or container holding one or more items.

Instead of scanning each item individually, users can scan a single LPN and instantly record all items, lots, and serials linked to that plate. One scan. One transaction. Full traceability.

License Plating doesn’t replace Warehouse Insight—it extends it, unlocking a new level of efficiency for warehouses that are ready to scale.

A Day in the Life of License Plating

Picture a busy morning on the dock:

• Receiving: A pallet arrives. One scan of its LPN registers updates every item in Business Central.
• Put-Away: Instead of scanning each item, the entire pallet moves with a single scan.
• Picking: A picker scans one LPN and instantly picks all items for a shipment.
• Shipping: A license plate label prints automatically, complete with barcode, ready for carrier scanning and tracking.
• Audits or Returns: Need to trace where something came from? Search by LPN to view all linked items, orders, and transactions.

That’s the power of container-level intelligence—fewer scans, less room for error, and total control over every movement.

Why It Matters

• Speed: One scan replaces dozens.
• Accuracy: Every item is linked to the correct transaction.
• Visibility: Know precisely what’s in each pallet or shipment.
• Traceability: Audit trails from dock to delivery.
• Flexibility: Works across receiving, movements, picking, and shipping.

The Bigger Picture

License Plating represents the next step in warehouse maturity for Business Central users.

When combined with Warehouse Insight, it creates a foundation for scalable, high-velocity operations. And because LPNs persist throughout the supply chain, they can be extended into other Insight Works apps, such as Dynamic Ship for carrier integration or Proof of Delivery for last-mile confirmation.

This isn’t just better scanning—it’s the evolution of warehouse control inside Business Central.

A Reality Check

License Plating isn’t a plug-and-play barcode label—it’s a structured enhancement for operations that already have disciplined warehouse processes in place. If your warehouse runs on Warehouse Insight and you’re ready to take speed and accuracy to the next level, License Plating delivers precisely that.

Wrap-Up

Scanning shouldn’t be the bottleneck in your warehouse.

With License Plating, it becomes your competitive edge.

Learn more at LPforDynamics.com or contact your Microsoft partner to discover how License Plating can enhance your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central environment.

If your warehouse teams are still scanning every item one by one, it’s time to give them a more innovative way to move.