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Becoming a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate

By : Juan Bravo Vargas, Mariano Martínez Melo
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Book Image

Becoming a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate

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By: Juan Bravo Vargas, Mariano Martínez Melo

Overview of this book

Meeting delivery commitments has become increasingly challenging due to evolving demands and fluctuating material availability. As a result, establishing robust systems and processes that can adapt to this dynamic environment has become a necessity. With Becoming a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate, you’ll understand how to initiate and implement effective supply chain management processes. This book begins with an overview of the processes and modules within Dynamics 365 and then delves into real-life case studies involving procurement, sales, and quality assurance. You’ll explore more advanced tools and core processes, such as warehouse and transportation management, which allows you to define storage flows and shipping controls. You’ll also learn about the various tools available to define solutions and discover how to work within the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management platform. The last set of chapters will take you through the planning techniques and considerations to schedule and control all supply process flows seamlessly. By the end of this book, you’ll not only be well-prepared to obtain your certification as a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate but also be equipped to solidify your expertise and pursue exciting career opportunities.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Warehouse management concepts and configuration

The warehouse management module is an extension of the inventory module we saw in Chapter 3. Every inventory process on the inventory module has flows and steps that could be extended using WMSs. We’re going to review these concepts and setups in this section.

To begin using warehouse management, we must set it up. We will need several configurations, all of which we explained in earlier chapters, but we need to tune them.

Storage dimension groups

First, we need to create a storage dimension group. As we reviewed in Chapter 2, the storage dimension group controls how many dimensions will control our inventory. If we choose a site and warehouse, our inventory will only be able to work at the warehouse level, and we cannot control in which locations it will be stored.

Let’s go to Product Information Management > Setup > Dimension and variant groups > Storage dimension group. Here, we’ll find the...