D365 questions, answered.
The questions that come up on every supply chain project, with where to look in D365 and what it means.
- Sales orders
Why is my sales order line not reserved in D365?
A D365 Finance & Operations sales order line stays "On order" instead of "Reserved physical". The six usual causes, and where to look for each.
- Warehouse
Why won’t my sales order release to the warehouse in D365?
Sales order won’t release to the warehouse in D365 F&O? The usual causes: holds, credit, reservation, address, setup and the batch job.
- Warehouse
Why is no work created for my wave in D365?
A D365 Finance & Operations wave is processed but creates no picking work, or fails with "No work was created for wave". Where to find the real error, and the usual causes.
- Setup
How to compare setup between two legal entities in D365
The same process works in one D365 Finance & Operations company and not in the other. Where setup usually differs, three ways to compare it by hand, and the traps that make the comparison lie.
- Warehouse
10 signs your warehouse is working around D365
Paper lists, extra scans, daily manual moves: ten signs that a warehouse on D365 Finance & Operations works around the system instead of with it, and what each one usually means in the setup.
- Finance
Month-end checklist for supply chain in D365
Month-end checklist for supply chain in D365 F&O: what to clean up before the inventory close, from received-not-invoiced to negative stock.
- Sales
How to measure customer OTIF in D365
How to measure customer OTIF (on time in full) in D365 Finance & Operations: which dates to compare, how to calculate it, and the traps.
- Purchasing
How to measure vendor performance in D365
Measure vendor delivery performance in D365 Finance & Operations: on time, in full, backorders and real lead times against what was promised, with the standard options and their limits.
- Security
How to lower your D365 F&O user licence costs
How security roles decide the licence each D365 F&O user needs, where licence money leaks, and a role-by-role method to lower licence costs.