Choosing a Reordering Policy in Business Central
Reading Time: 11 minutesThis is the one that ties the other three together. Over the last few weeks I wrote about Safety Stock […]
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Reorder Point in Business Central: When to Trigger Replenishment, for Make-to-Stock and Make-to-Order
Reading Time: 11 minutesA free, MIT-licensed Business Central extension that calculates the Reorder Point — (Average Daily Demand × Lead Time) + Safety Stock — from real Item Ledger Entries, purchase-receipt history and the item’s safety stock, then writes it into the Reorder Point field so MPS/MRP triggers correctly. The post covers the formula, where the inputs come from in BC, and the crucial make-to-stock vs make-to-order distinction that decides which items should have a reorder point at all.
Safety Stock in Business Central: From Theory to a Free Extension You Can Install Today
Reading Time: 7 minutesMost BC implementations have a problem with safety stock — either the value is zero, or it’s a number someone wrote during training three years ago. This post walks through the statistical theory (Z-score method, demand variability, lead time variability), then shows you a free open-source BC extension that does the calculation properly using actual Item Ledger Entries and Purchase Receipts.
EOQ in Business Central: From the Wilson Formula to a Free Extension That Writes the Number Into Your Planning Worksheet
Reading Time: 9 minutesA free, MIT-licensed Business Central extension that computes the Wilson Economic Order Quantity from real Item Ledger Entries and writes the result into Reorder Quantity (or Order Multiple), so the Planning Worksheet uses the economic batch size directly in MPS and MRP runs. The post covers the formula, the three inputs and where they come from in BC, full MPS/MRP integration, and practical setup guidance.
How to Use AI and MCP to Automate Your Shop Floor in Business Central
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Introduction Business Central have a lot of data about manufacturing operations – production orders, capacity, routings, quality, everything is there. The problem is that to get useful information out of it, you need to know exactly where to look. Which page, which filter, which report. For users that are not BC experts this is […]
Controlling Field Visibility on Master Pages Using User Setup in Business Central
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Overview In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, permissions alone are often insufficient when the requirement is to allow users to work with master data while hiding sensitive financial information such as balances, net changes, or internal values. Typical examples include: Users posting journals but not seeing G/L balances Users selecting bank accounts without seeing […]
Business Central v27: The Real Deal with Locking, Blocking, and the Database Locks Page
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If you’ve seen “The record is locked by another user” in a busy system, you know how painful blocking can be. This post explains locking vs. blocking in Dynamics 365 Business Central v27, what’s improved in recent versions to reduce contention, how to read and act on the Database Locks page, and the AL […]
BC Performance: The “Hidden” Page That Solved My Biggest Headaches
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When I first started working with Business Central, the word “indexes” felt too technical for me — like something only developers or database admins cared about. But then I discovered the Database Missing Indexes page. At first, I thought it listed all the indexes that exist in the database. Later, I realized it’s even more […]
How to Find Who Installed an App in Business Central and When
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Many time admin ask same question: “Who upload this extension, and when it was install?” Answer is not same for all, because depend if you run Business Central SaaS (cloud) or On-Premise. 🔹 Business Central SaaS (Cloud) In cloud version, the old page Deployment Status (2000000206) not exist anymore. Now you must use Admin Center […]