Explore how to improve forecasting accuracy and inventory planning within Business Central. Understand key techniques for aligning supply decisions with actual demand and production needs.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central offers basic product configuration, but validating enclosure sizes and managing post-delivery expansions requires a rules engine. With the Product Configurator extension, businesses can enforce configuration rules, apply conditional logic, and support controlled post-delivery changes within standard Business Central workflows.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central natively supports Assembly BOMs, but creating Production BOMs and Routings from configurable products requires an extension. The Product Configurator app enables dynamic generation of Production BOMs, Routings, and Assembly BOMs during configuration, allowing customer-specific builds to flow directly into sales, planning, and production workflows.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central does not reuse item numbers when a new configuration matches an existing one. Each configuration typically creates a new item with a unique number, and the Product Configurator app follows the same approach—generating separate items, BOMs, and routings rather than detecting and reusing identical prior configurations.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central uses the existing cost on the item card when a sub-configured item already exists. Costs are not recalculated automatically based on new configurations unless the Product Configurator app is used, which can dynamically calculate or update costs during the configuration process based on selected options.
Explore strategies to simplify BOM creation and configuration management in Dynamics 365 Business Central. The topic addresses challenges in managing complex product structures and improving quote accuracy.