In Microsoft Dynamics NAV, inventory is kept for items in locations using Item Ledger Entries and Value Entries. On top of this, we can use Stock Keeping Units to have different inventory settings per item, location, and variant.
Let's start by looking at the design patterns of the inventory in Microsoft Dynamics NAV:
Keeping inventory can be extended with the use of warehouse management. This is designed to run on top of the Basic Item Inventory functionality.
The item table hosts the master data for inventory management like a G/L Account does for financial management.
In this table, we can do the set up for each individual item such as pricing, inventory and production strategies, and tracking options.
The location table defines which level of inventory management is done. A location can either be a physical warehouse somewhere or a part of a warehouse, if one warehouse uses different warehouse strategies.
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