Long term GP users still do not always understand the differences in GP inventory quantities. It is very easy for a user to look at the Quantity on Hand that shows thousands of items in stock while the Quantity Available is showing less than a quarter of that. Many people are trained to think of their warehouse inventory as a single number of widgets available. This can quickly lead to…
If your business requires that you put together a predetermined assortment of items for shipment to a customer, there are two pieces of functionality in Microsoft Dynamics® GP you should consider. Both the Kitting feature and Assembly transaction will accomplish this; however, depending on the circumstances, one may be more appropriate than the other. Panatrack understands that every company has different needs; as such, our Inventory Solution has been built to…
The term Warehouse Management System (WMS) is broad and can have different meanings in different environments. In today's market, most WMS offerings fall into three categories: Data Collection—provides limited capture of barcoded inventory data for the ERP system Independent WMS—a completely separate system with optional integration points back to your ERP "Embedded" WMS—adds more robust inventory management logic, but maintains the ERP system as the single database Before we identify…
<Dynamics Geek Mode On> The eConnect feature of Dynamics GP has great extensibility that allows administrators to customize how data is handled. It offers the capability to "hook" into other systems/tables. This is done through the eConnect "pre" or "post" procedures that exist in your GP company database. These procedures allow the administrator to craft custom code that has access to the eConnect message data. More information about these capabilities can…