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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook

By : Mark Polino, Ian Grieve
Book Image

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook

By: Mark Polino, Ian Grieve

Overview of this book

The latest release of Dynamics GP 2016 offers a powerful, adaptable, and cloud enabled enterprise accounting software solution. The new version has experienced changes in serviced-based architecture, workflow, existing functionalities, and the introduction of plenty of new features. This book will help you get the most out of Dynamics GP quickly and effectively. This book picks up where implementation training leaves off. Whether you are new or experienced, you will find useful recipes to improve the way you use and work with Dynamics GP. The book starts with recipes designed to enhance the usefulness of Microsoft Dynamics GP by personalizing the look and feel of the application. Most of the recipes are designed to give you tips for a typical installation of Dynamics GP, including core financials and distribution modules. The book then moves through recipes that include automating Dynamics GP to allow users or administrators to focus on value adding tasks, connecting Dynamics GP to Microsoft Office, exposing hidden features in Dynamics GP, PowerBI, and much more!
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Tracking serial and lot numbers on drop ship POs


Dynamics GP has long supported the tracking of serial and lot numbers for Sales Inventory items that are brought into the inventory system; Dynamics GP 2013 introduced the ability to track serial and lot numbers for drop ship purchase orders where the goods will be delivered direct to the customer and never enter the inventory system.

Getting ready

Purchase Order Processing and Inventory Control will need to be configured and items created. We also need a drop ship purchase order to receive, but as the sample company does not include one by default we will need to create one, as follows:

  1. Open the Purchase Order Entry window in Dynamics GP by selecting Purchasing from the Navigation pane and clicking on Purchase Order Entry in the Transactions section.

  2. Change the Type option to Drop Ship.

  3. Tab or click away from the PO Number field to create a new purchase order.

  4. Enter, or perform a lookup to select Vendor ID ADVANCED0001.

  5. Enter, or perform a lookup...