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    Warehouse mobile app prompt before delete connection button

    Suggested by Deepak Kadajji New  0 Comments

    For warehouse mobile applications, sometimes users accidentally click on 'Edit connection' (because of the slowness of internet connection or device itself), and then when they try to click cancel button, again because of same slowness, click on delete button. This delete button , without prompt, deletes the connection causing warehouse operations to lose time.


    The suggestion is to add prompt after delete button is clicked and before delete is performed to confirm with the user if delete should be performed or not. This would help in the situations explain above.




  • 13

    Resource calendar per master plan for load-capacity simulation

    Suggested by Matthieu Beghin New  1 Comments

    Objective : simulate changes on resources capacities, and get results through MRP calculation => capacity reservations, planned dates, calculated delays...

    Proposed feature : on top of existing resources/calendars relationships (including resources groups calendar deviation), provide new tables/forms to specify master plan dedicated values.

    Datamodel : it would be possible to specify calendar value for each record based on key : Resource x Date x Masterplan.

    Example : on master plan MP1, apply 7h/day calendar. For the same resource, on master plan MP2, apply a different calendar like 14h/day. (for same resource and same date).


  • 13

    Prepayment Invoice attachments - ability to not have invoice attachment deleted by the system

    Suggested by Jacqy George New  0 Comments

    After posting purchase order prepayment invoices, the attachment (usually the invoice PDF) is automatically deleted from the system. I am opening this 'idea' as an attempt to gain traction to fix this regression.


    Although a workaround was provided, Auditors are concerned and questioning as to why there is a difference in functionality.


    Refer: LCS Issue 830633


    Microsoft does not have a plan to fix this at this time, but this is a highly auditable area and very concerning, not to mention confusing to users. Please upvote to get Microsoft to fix this confirmed bug.


  • 13

    Landed cost voyage ID as financial dimension or financial tag

    Suggested by Dennis Desmet New  0 Comments

    Currently using ledger settlements to control the open amounts on the landed cost clearing accounts is very difficult.

    It would be helpful if we could create an entity backed dimension based on the list of voyage numbers and have the voyage ID included automatically in all voyage related postings.

    Alternatively using the voyage ID as an available list to create a financial tag could also be helpful. At this moment neither dimension nor tag can be created from the existing list of voyages.



  • 13

    System should allow Job type default forecast creation when the check "Enable validation to check if Activity is in closed state" is Yes

    Suggested by Layla Luong New  0 Comments

    Currently, when the check "Enable validation to check if Activity is in closed state" parameter is set to Yes, users are not able to create the Maintenace job type forecast with error message "Cannot set the activity number to XXX as it is already closed."

    In some business process, when the Activity is in closed state" parameter is set to Yes (they don't want to post transaction in the Closed activity), users need to create Maintenance Job Type Default forecast and the system should be able to create the forecast.



  • 13

    Schedule Batch Order/Production order should match to User time zone

    Suggested by Elise Nguyen New  0 Comments

    The idea involves an issue where the Production Batch order Gantt Chart displays the wrong date and time when drilled down.

    After investigation, it was found that the display difference is due to the 'Job schedule display' parameter set to use the 'User's preferred time zone.'

    Two current options were provided to address this:

    1. Setting the parameter to UTC time for standardization
    2. Or customizing the All Production Orders form to display dates and times in the user's time zone. 

    However, this behavior creates an inconvenience for users in different time zones, as they have to set the parameter to use UTC time which may not align with their actual time zone.

    It is necessary to add a modification and make it more user-friendly solution.



  • 13

    Sort Production Pick List for variable weight pallets, where the pallet that will not be fully picked is placed at the bottom of the pick list.

    Suggested by Ana Wertheimer New  0 Comments

    My customer receives frozen raw meat in variable weights pallets, these are stored in a freezer location (each pallet in an individual d365 location). These products are consumed in a production process where pick lists are generated (advanced warehouse- A batch order is created and released to the warehouse a pick list is created). To facilitate their physical process, the customer has requested that the pallet that will NOT be fully consumed, is 'placed' at the bottom of the pick list..


    Here is an example: Imagine that D365 has calculated 4300 LB requirement of frozen meat for a given batch order. In this example, it will create 6 work IDs to fulfill the requirement. All work IDs will be FULLY consumed into this batch other, EXCEPT the one for LOC FZ1-C0210, which only 619 of 1000 Lbs will be consumed and remaining qty (381) will be returned to the freezer. The requirement is that the work ID for this location is "placed" at the bottom of the pick list.


    I haven't found a way to configure the work template or location directive to achieve the result above.

    I was able to achieve the need for standard weight products, where my location directive would be ROUNDING UP per unit (CS) and that would create excess inventory qty on the work line (which is a field that i can sort by on the work template).


    I could configure similarly and use the location directive to round up to LB as well, but that would create a different problem. The issue is when you LP qty is insufficient to round up, it will force the work qty to round down. Example, an LP with 1318.81, cannot round up to 1319, so it will round down to 1318, leaving 0.81 OUT of the work. I could use Consume full LP to guarantee that all LP qty is consumed, but that would create another 'exception' scenario for the floor user, which is not ideal.




  • 13

    Landed Cost - Auto costs must be enhanced to accurately calculate customs duty payments

    Suggested by David Fielder New  0 Comments

    When goods are imported through customs, the payable duty amount is typically calculated using purchase price + transport costs. Other costs could also be taken into consideration such as insurance, royalties, brokerage fees etc. The costs that are taken into consideration will be determined by the country/region the goods are being imported to.


    In the UK, customs will calculate the payable duty amount using the CIF (cost, insurance, freight) value of the goods and the duty % determined by the exporting country and commodity code for the item. The duty calculation must also be completed in the local currency, therefore exchange rates must be applied if the transactions are in a foreign currency.


    The calculation would be as follows:

    • Payable duty = (cost of goods + cost of insurance + cost of freight) x duty %.
    • For example: (£9000 + £200 + £800) x 2 % = £200


    It is not possible to configure auto costs in the landed cost module to perform this calculation. Functionality does exist to link auto costs together, but you can only link auto costs within the same auto cost record. For example, you cannot link the duty cost on the item cost area to the freight cost on the shipping container cost area.


    Microsoft has previously suggested a workaround by configuring a duty cost on the item cost area and a second duty cost on the shipping container cost area that is linked to the freight cost. However, this is not realistic as a shipping container could have a mixture of items with different duty % rates. The duty cost estimate on POs/Voyages would be inaccurate.


    In addition to duty there will be other costs such as anti-dumping duty that also need to be linked to other costs to accurately calculate the cost estimate. Auto costs must be enhanced with new functionality that can create accurate cost estimates per PO/Voyage for these scenarios. The system has the data to complete the calculations but lacks the functionality/logic to do so.


  • 13

    Production Floor Execution - reflect ajdusted material reservation in open picking list

    Suggested by Tony Budor New  0 Comments

    When updating material reservation before reporting progress on a job in production floor execution, open BOM transactions are correctly updated but the picking list is not which leads to display incomplete information on the ajdust material screen.


    At the same time, as soon as "reserve material" button is pressed, the dimensions are removed from the picking list for the selected line which throws a message to the user saying reservation still exist


    Proposal is

    • to regenerate the open picking list according to the new reservations so it reflects correctly on production flloor execution screen
    • to update the picking list only when the reservation are actually updated




  • 13

    Cluster Put Away

    Suggested by Christoph GALLOP New  0 Comments

    It is possible to freely define a cluster in the inbound process. The whole cluster can then also be stored together via put-away work.

    In practice, several problems arise:

    •  If several items (which are booked on different works) on the cluster find the same target location:


    You can only see which items are affected by looking at the position number. This is very complicated in practice because, for example: due to the supplier's sufficient labeling (GS1 2D barcode), we do not carry out any extra labeling in the inbound process.


    • only the entire target location can be overwritten for all multiple items

     

    •  It is generally not possible to put away partial quantities when the location is full (split put in purchase receive and put away is here not possible)


    A significant process improvement would be if:


    • During the putaway work, the cluster's works are automatically sorted according to various criteria. e.g. according to target location per License Plate/Work
    • If the cluster is accepted or executed then, the put away is now processed work by work and so item by item.
    •  You can use the usual functions such as: Split Quantity and override location per work


    It would be ideal if you could control this via the Mobile Device Menu Item:

    • Cluster Put Away Work by Work (Yes/No)


    If Yes then Split Quantity and Override Location should be possible. You accept the cluster, and then work through work for work in the correct order and all the options for “normal” put away work (split, override location) are available. Also,a prior labeling (position number) would not be necessary.