The Manufacturing module requires only a few simple setup steps.
This chapter explains the manufacturing setup and production schedule. You can access the manufacturing setup either through the RoleTailored client or the Classic client in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009.

Lessons:

• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Setup
• Production Schedule
• Inventory
• Manufacturing-Related Fields on the Item Card
• Replenishment Tab
• Planning Tab
• Manufacturing Related Fields on the Stockkeeping Unit Card

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Be able to set up the Manufacturing module in Microsoft Dynamics®NAV 2009.
• Be able to set up inventory in relation to Manufacturing.
• Understand the purpose of a Stockkeeping Unit Card.

The Sales Order Planning Window is used in the sales order planning process and was developed especially for small manufacturers in the make-to-order (MTO) and assemble-to-order (ATO) businesses to help them plan more efficiently.
The chapter also covers how to make changes to sales orders and how the order planning process works from start to finish.

Lessons

• Sales Order Planning Window
• Generate a Production Order from a Sales Order
• Soft Commit
• Hard Commit - Order Reservation
• Order Tracking
• Update Shipment Dates
• Changes to Production and Sales Orders
• Order Planning
• Overview of Order Planning
• The Role of the Production Planner

The objectives are:

• Be able to use the Sales Order Planning Window.
• Make Changes to Production and Sales Orders.
• Define the Order Planning process.

To fulfill the customer's needs, companies must foresee the future demand and plan in advance accordingly.

Lessons:

• Production Forecast
• Long Term Planning
• Looking at Demand and Forecasts
• Forecast Types and Considerations
• Enter Data in the Forecast Form
• Netting Actual Demand against the Forecast
• Planning Approach
• Forecasting Sales Items and Components
• MPS Output Provides Input to MRP

Lab: Forecast and MPS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain what the Production Forecast involves.
• Define Netting Actual Demand and Forecast.
• Examine the Planning Approach .
• Explain forecasting sales items and components.
• Describe how MPS output provides input to MRP.

This chapter provides an overview of Planning in Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2009. It explains regenerative planning and net change planning of Material Requirements Planning (MRP).

The course also defines the Order tracking and action messaging functionality, which are important parts of MRP planning.

Lessons

• Planning Overview
  • Driving and steering the planning engine
  • Methods for Generating a Plan
  • Reorder Point
  • Setting Planning Parameters
  • Demand Stream
• Regenerative Planning
  • Planning parameters for items X & Y
  • Moving the Planning Horizon
• Net Change Planning
• Order Tracking an Action Messaging
• Implementing Actions
• Dynamic Order Tracking and Action Messaging
• Order Tracking Policy
• Get Action Messages
• Setting Dampeners
• Logging Planning Errors
• Calculate Plan - Plan Worksheet
• Carry Out Action Message - Plan
• Red Font Indicates Critical Planning Lines

After completing this module, students will be able to

• Obtain a general understanding of Planning.
• Use Regenerative Planning.
• Use Net Change Planning.
• Define Order Tracking and Action Messaging.

Lessons

• Item Variants
• Item Variants in Planning
• Item Variants in Production BOMs
• Locations
• Inventory Locations in Production
• Single Location in Planning
• Multiple Locations in Planning
• Using Stock Keeping Units in Planning
• Adjusting for a change in Demand of Parent Item
• Inventory Transfers in Planning
• Planning with Manual Transfer Orders
• Blanket Sales Orders
• Multi-level Production Orders
• Planning Tools
• Chang Replenishment System
• Filtering in the Planning Worksheet Objective
• Refresh Planning Line Function
• Planning Reports

After completing this module, students will be able to

• Discuss Item Variants
• Use Locations in Planning
• Conduct Transfers between Locations
• Use Blanket Sales Orders in Planning
• Use Multi-level Production Orders
• Provide an Overview of Planning Tools
• Be able to filter the Planning Worksheet
• Be able to refresh the planning line function
• Use Planning Reports

Lessons

• Subcontracting
• Subcontract Work Centers
• Unit Cost Calculation Field
• Specific Unit Cost Field
• Routings that use Subcontract Work Centers
• Subcontracting Worksheet
• Posting Charges to Production Orders for Subcontract Purchase Orders
• Reports
  • Subcontractor - Dispatch List

Lab: Subcontracting
Lab: Add Subcontractor to a Routing
Lab: Start the Subcontractor Worksheet
Lab: Create PO and Post Receipt for Subcontractor

After completing this module, students will be able to

• Set up a Subcontractor.
• Set up Subcontractor Cost by Subcontractor or by Process.
• Set up a Routing with a Subcontractor.
• Process a Production Order with a Subcontractor.
• Determine when a Purchase Order is related to a Production Order.
• Determine the status of Subcontractor Operations on Released
  Production Orders.

Advanced Capacity examines the capacity setup needed to run production planning with constrained resources. Planning with constrained resources is needed when bottlenecks appear in the production environment.

Lessons

• Capacity Resources
• Calendar Calculation
• General Fast Tab
• Posting Fast Tab
• Scheduling Fast Tab
• Work Center Setup
• Machine Centers
• Work Center and Machine Center Calendars
• Shift Codes and Shop Calendar Codes
• Review Absences
• Capacity Journals

Lab: Capacity
Lab: Add Machine Center to a Routing
Lab: Establish a Shop Calendar
Lab: Calculate Calendar
Lab: Register an Absence

After completing this module, students will be able to

• Define Capacity Resources
• Set up Work Centers and Machine Center Calendars
• Use Capacity Journals for Planning

This chapter provides an overview of how shop loading is carried out in Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2009.
It shows how to perform loading of capacities using the traditional work center or machine center load windows, and how to execute finite loading for constrained resources.
 Additionally, the chapter examines other reports available for capacity scheduling.

Lessons

• Shop Loading Overview
• Loading Capacities
• Finite Loading
• Reports

Lab: Shop Loading -view load on Work and Machine Centers
Lab: Shop Loading - Find Overloaded Facilities
Lab: Use Move Function to adjust Load

After completing this module, students will be able to

• Provide an Overview of Shop Loading
• Perform Loading of Capacities
• Execute Finite Loading
• Recognize the Reports Available

This chapter contains additional manufacturing topics that are only used in some companies. The first lesson contains a description of the standard task codes feature, which can be used to display additional information on the printed routings on the production floor.
Some companies need to report scrap and define planned non-productive operation time; other companies need to reduce lead time by scheduling parallel routings or operate in a multi-level production environment; others again, for example in the pharmaceutical business, need to set up serial and lot numbers to track goods from raw material to end customers.

In response to differing needs, Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2009 provides the tools necessary to support these advanced supply chain planning topics.
Additionally, this course explains the business notifications that can be used to send messages to other people in the supply chain.

lessons

• Standard Task Codes
• Stop Codes
• Scrap Codes
• Bom Scrap and Routing Scrap
• Non-Productive Time
• Move time
• Wait Time
• Queue Time
• Methods to Reduce Lead - Time
• Send-Ahead Quantity
• Concurrent Capacity
• Multi-Level Manufacturing
• Consumption Journal for Multi-Level Manufacturing
• Business Notification
• Families

Lab: Create Standard Task
Lab: Scrap Code
Lab: Scrap in Production BOM
Lab: Send Ahead Quantity

After completing this module, students will be able to

• Use Standard Task Codes
• Create Stop Codes
• Create and use Scrap Codes
• Define BOM Scrap and Routing Scrap
• Define Non-Productive Time
• Methods to reduce lead-time
• Using Multi-Level Manufacturing
• Using Business Notification
• List additional features