Built-in ABC (Pareto) Inventory Classification with Scheduler & Reports
Summary
Add native, automated ABC inventory classification to Dynamics 365 Business Central, based on the Pareto principle (80/20). Let planners classify items by value (cost or sales) or quantity, recalculate on a schedule
Calculate safety stock, reorder point and EOQ from demand history — the planning engine's extension points already support it
### The gap
Business Central's reordering policies consume Safety Stock Quantity, Reorder Point,
Reorder Quantity and Maximum Inventory as static numbers typed onto the Item or SKU card.
The planning engine executes them faithfully. Nothing in the product calculate...
Calculate Safety Stock, Reorder Point and EOQ from actual demand history
Business Central asks planners to fill in Safety Stock Quantity, Reorder Point, Reorder Quantity and Maximum Inventory on the Item or SKU card, and the planning engine uses these numbers faithfully. But nothing in the product calculates them. The planner is expected to know them.