Dynamics NAV
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A new flavor to my feed
I have a humble request to all of you subscribing to my blog’s feed. I’ve just configured a Feedburner feed for this blog, which will allow me track the blog…
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Not-so-elementary costing: The Change
They say the only constant is change. I’d say that the only other constant is error. We humans tend to err. Give a repeatable task to a human, and they’ll mess…
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Purchasing Services: Inventory Value Zero
I’ve stumbled recently upon a support request, where a partner asked if there was a possibility to register purchases of services in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.…
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Output journal confusion
A few days ago, I’ve got a question from a customer, about an alleged bug in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. According to online help, when you are posting output in…
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Scrap doesn’t just happen
In reality, if you need 1,000 of whatever product, the manufacturing process is rarely going to yield exactly 1,000 of it, even if you feed into the first…
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Scrap the crap
Scrap happens. So does sh*t. In my last blog post about scrap I gave a crappy explanation of how forward calculation of fixed scrap works. So instead of…
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Cut the (s)crap
[I had to edit this post on April 01, 2008. And no, it’s not April Fool’s Prank] Have you ever wondered how manufacturing scrap works? Or what it really is?…
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Elementary costing 3: FIFO, LIFO, UFO…
Due to fluctuations in market prices, purchase cost of goods may vary from one purchase to another. Also, you rarely just purchase goods and immediately sell…
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Elementary costing 2: Know your costs
When you buy a sheep, how much is it worth to you, what is its value? For starters, its value is at least what you paid for it, but that’s not quite it. Say…
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Elementary costing 1: Sheep and bricks
Unless you are a non-profit, the point of the business is making money. It is surprising how many different ways of making money there are out there, but if…