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Order Planning - Planning demand for Items in a BOM which is within another BOM-

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Hi all,

I have this article which contains a BOM within its BOM. This article is anticoolant. The main BOM is a bottle ,a  lit a label and the mixing, the mixing is also a BOM , a BOM made of water , parfum and alcohol.

So when I start the order planning, the system will obviously tell me in case any item is missing that I need to order it ( that is for the lit, bottle and label) or to produce it ( this is for the mixing) .

In case I dont have the mixing in stock , Navision will let me know that I have to produce it , then I´ll have to start a production order for producing the mixing , and the system will check again -in order planning-  if all materials that make up this mixing ( water, alcohol and parfume) are in stock.


My question is: in case I want to produce a bottle of anticoolant and the only item missing is alcohol, can the system tell me right away that I need first to order alcohol in order to produce the mixing? instead of telling me that I need to produce the mixing, and then telling me that in order to do so I need to order alcohol?

Thanks in advance

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  • keoma Profile Picture
    keoma 32,675 on at
    RE: Order Planning - Planning demand for Items in a BOM which is within another BOM-

    @raokman: as tharanga says dynamics nav is a framework, means a couple of very nice modules are provided, useable for many, many people. these modules can be extended and customized. especially the project and service module are both quite small and in most cases need customizations. but that is the business of the nav partners. many of them have developed ready-to-use extension modules.

    and it's true, that some important functions are missing.

    for that follow connect.microsoft.com/dynamicssuggestions

    feel free to suggest your topic or support a already existing suggestion.

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    Tharanga Chandrasekara Profile Picture
    Tharanga Chandrasekara 23,116 on at
    RE: Order Planning - Planning demand for Items in a BOM which is within another BOM-

    Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a framework product which cater base requirements of most of the business. It is true that it does not cover almost all the functionalities required for a business. Keep that in mind and since Microsoft care about its customers (NAV Users) Microsoft have allow partners to customize or build their own solution on top of NAV.

    By doing that Microsoft has created many business opportunities as well as flexibility for the customers to modify and fine tune Dynamics NAV according to their exact requirement.

    In linking with other Microsoft products, I have met enough number of people who are in love with Dynamics NAV just because it is totally linked with Microsoft office package and PowerBI.  Most of the Dynamics NAV users are using Windows and Microsoft base products, therefore having a direct link with the other application will ease the life of users and that is why (I think) Microsoft is focusing more on integrating Dynamics NAV with other Microsoft applications. 

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    Community Member on at
    RE: Order Planning - Planning demand for Items in a BOM which is within another BOM-

    I read post after post about canned solutions various developers have ready to go...

    My question is:  WHEN IS MICROSOFT GOING TO INCORPORATE THESE OBVIOUSLY USEFUL ENHANCEMENTS INTO THE BASE NAV PRODUCT?

    Does Microsoft even care about producing a better product, without resorting to 3rd party add-on's?

     

     

    What really has Microsoft added to the base product other than linking it to other Microsoft products and services?

    Is there any actual development work being done on the root product by Microsoft, or any plans to do more than just update it for the most recent release of Windows and keeping tax rates up-to-date?

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    Tharanga Chandrasekara Profile Picture
    Tharanga Chandrasekara 23,116 on at
    RE: Order Planning - Planning demand for Items in a BOM which is within another BOM-

    If the Phantom BOM does not cater your exact requirement then with a simple customization you can achieve this (As Jonathan said). We already have a developed solution on this and if you need support on the modification please let me know.

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    Tharanga Chandrasekara Profile Picture
    Tharanga Chandrasekara 23,116 on at
    RE: Order Planning - Planning demand for Items in a BOM which is within another BOM-

    It will depend on how you have define the BOM. Dynamics NAV allow you to have BOM within BOM (50 levels).

    Phantom BOM will cater your requirement.

    Phantom and Regular BOM

    If you have Item A made out of Item B, Item C and Item D. Assume Item D is made out of Item E and Item F.

    If you have define Item D as a Regular BOM then during the manufacturing process system will take Item D assuming it will be taking items from the stock. Separate Manufacturing order is required to manufacture Item D calling Item E and Item F. 

    In that case Phantom BOM comes to play. If you have define Item D as a phantom BOM and when Manufacturing Order is been issued to manufacture Item A then Manufacturing Order calls for Item B, Item C, Item E and Item F.

    Refer the link for more info : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwfFV-ALOA

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    Nareshwar Raju Vaneshwar Profile Picture
    Nareshwar Raju Vane... 5,596 on at
    RE: Order Planning - Planning demand for Items in a BOM which is within another BOM-

    Hi,

    Have you tried using Phantom BOM for the mixing in your scenario?

    Please follow this link: http://www.archerpoint.com/blog/Posts/phantom-bills-material-microsoft-dynamics-nav if you have not.

    Let us know if this works for you.

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    keoma Profile Picture
    keoma 32,675 on at
    RE: Order Planning - Planning demand for Items in a BOM which is within another BOM-

    that needs a customization.

    the needed functioanlity: when setting the quantity value in the sales line, the complete item's BOM tree has to be checked, if there is enough qty for each component.

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