Free Business Central Apps: Scheduling, Shipping, Barcodes, and Documents

Graphical Scheduler only works with Business Central, not Dynamics NAV. NAV users who want a visual scheduler can look at Shop Floor Insight for NAV, which has its own scheduler for released, firm planned, and planned production orders, with fewer capabilities than Graphical Scheduler.

WMS Express and Warehouse Insight do not support iOS, so they do not run on an iPad. They run on Android and Windows only. Android is the native platform because the handheld devices sold for warehouse work and proof of delivery are Android devices.

Vendors rarely print your item numbers on their products. The usual approach in Business Central is to get a list of the vendor’s UPC codes and map them to your own item numbers with item references, so a scan of the vendor barcode finds the right item.

Not everyone should see every invoice, HR file, or contract attached in Business Central. DocXtender accesses SharePoint with each user’s own ID by default, so SharePoint permissions decide who can store and view documents in each folder. That lets you separate HR, accounting, and sales documents.

Serial numbers can be assigned at receiving or created ahead of time, depending on your process. With WMS Express or Warehouse Insight, you scan serial numbers as items arrive or have the system create serial and lot numbers automatically, and they are in Business Central when the receipt posts.

Retailers and manufacturers often need shelf-ready labels that show the item number as a barcode next to a description and price. Barcode Generator PowerTool includes a sample item label you can modify, and because labels are standard Business Central reports, you can lay out whatever information you need.

Order Ship Express handles domestic parcel shipping, but only for the cloud version of Business Central. If you run Business Central on-premises, Dynamic Ship is available for on-premises installs and covers parcel, LTL, full truckload, multi-carrier rate shopping, and international shipments.

When an automated scheduler moves production, it is natural to ask whether the related sales order dates move too. MxAPS reschedules every date on the production order, but it typically does not change the sales order. Instead, it can keep the reservation and warn you that production ends after the ship date.

When a production order has reservations against it, planners want to know what happens if they drag it to a new time. Graphical Scheduler uses standard Business Central scheduling logic, so a drag and drop behaves exactly like changing the production order by hand, including any reservation errors.