Supply Planning
The functionality enables comprehensive supply planning and inventory availability management. You can use it to optimize logistics processes and ensure adequate stock levels.
Demand Forecasting
Demand Forecasting in Dynamics 365 Business Central enables more precise production and order planning.
Sales and Inventory Forecasting
With this feature, you can forecast sales and inventory, manage deliveries and stock levels with greater accuracy.
Order Promising
Use this feature to calculate shipment and delivery dates of items ordered by customers, taking into account the current availability of items.
Calendars
The Calendars functionality enables users to adjust calendars to work schedules, which is important for planning delivery and production dates.
Drop Shipment
Dynamics 365 Business Central supports the drop shipment process, the delivery made directly to the customer from the vendor, which speeds up order processing and reduces inventory storage costs.
Order Planning
The functionality facilitates order planning, taking into account inventory availability and delivery times, improving customer service.
Planning Worksheet
The Planning Worksheet is used to run planning calculations (including MPS/MRP) and generate replenishment suggestions to balance supply with demand. Based on demand and supply data and item planning parameters, the system produces action messages, which you can then carry out to create the required supply orders.
Requisition Worksheet
The Requisition Worksheet in Business Central helps you automatically build a detailed replenishment plan for items that are supplied through purchase or transfer. Based on planning calculations, it generates action messages that you can carry out to create the required supply orders.
Reordering Policies
Reordering Policies in Dynamics 365 Business Central define the planning rules that determine when and how much to replenish for an item. The selected policy works together with planning parameters (such as reorder point, safety stock, and min/max quantities) and drives the replenishment suggestions produced by the planning system.
