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Manufacturing capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

With Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you can boost operational efficiency and effectively manage production, including production orders, bills of material, supply planning, and capacity requirements planning. Flexible processes and integrated information equip you to make accurate promises to customers, respond quickly to last-minute requests and changes, and take advantage of new business opportunities to help your business stay ahead of the competition.

  • Improve business performance from the shop floor to your bottom line. Streamline your operations by automating manufacturing processes and gain greater visibility into all aspects of your operations from order entry to production, warehouse management, and delivery.

  • Provide customers with information they can count on. Increase the accuracy of promised orders and respond quickly to customer queries about order status and delivery.

  • Respond quickly to changing customer demands with agile manufacturing. Plan rush orders, make exceptions, and handle last-minute changes to your manufacturing processes with multiple planning options, tracking, and interactive action messages.

  • Open your business to trading partners around the clock. Using a Web browser, vendors can manage catalogs, enter drop shipment orders, and maintain delivery dates.

Manufacturing capabilities by edition

Feature

Business Essentials

Advanced Management

Additional components

Production Orders

Available

Production Bill of Materials

Available

Basic Capacity Planning

Available

Production Schedule

Available

Version Management

Available

Agile Manufacturing

Available

Basic Supply Planning

Available

Demand Forecasting

Available

Machine Centers

Available

Finite Loading

Available

Key

Feature included

= Feature included

Feature available with Advanced Management Enterprise options

= Feature available with Advanced Management Enterprise options. You must have the Advanced Management edition to get features marked Advanced Management Enterprise only.

Feature available to add on to either edition

= Feature available to add on to either edition

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