Navision
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Mystery laptop
I had no clue how good my laptop was. Seriously. Today it kicked ass of an 8-processor server. Tomorrow we have a go-live of a Microsoft Dynamics NAV…
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Standard enemy
The biggest jeopardies often lurk where we least expect them. When implementing an ERP system such as Microsoft Dynamics NAV, what should be one of our best…
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Microsoft WinDays 2008
No, it is not a new piece of software; although I admit that to anyone not knowing exactly what it is it might just seem so. Microsoft WinDays is the largest…
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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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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…