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Raw Materials

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The Raw Material option allows you to manage Series (i.e. parent items) and Items (i.e. child items) of Raw Materials in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

parent items

Select the desired No from the list and enter the Parent Item Card

General Fast tab

The General Fast tab contains the specific raw material information fields that will be transferred to the related child items once the creation or update process is generated.

  1. No.:  The serial number
  2. No.2: An additional number can be generated on the basis of the information of description, size and color
  3. Item Category Code: Type of material according to the use
  4. Quality: according to physical or chemical characteristics
  5. Description: Main description of the component
  6. Base Unit of Measure: The basic unit of the component
  7. Composition: Detail of the % of each component
  8. Blocked: Cannot generate nor update child items
  9. Item Type: Raw Material

Colour and Sizes Fast tab

Choose the group of colors and sizes in order to create all the possible combinations when creating the child products.

You will be able to add new colors or sizes once the process is activated, but never delete or change the previously created.

In the sizes list, you can change the order of the sizes or create new ones.

Menu Options

Serie

  1. Items: List of child items related to the Serial No.
  2. Units of Measure: different units of measure that will inherid child items
  3. Translations: Transalations for the description of child items

Planning

  1. Planning: With this options child item planned needs can be generated
  1. Vendors: Define default vendors and lead time for child items.

Prices and Invoicing

  1. Prices: You can define default selling or purchasing price for child items from this option
  2. Financial Details: Define the posting conditions of the child items

Sales

  1. Set Special Prices: To define special price list conditions use this option

Purchases

  1. Set Special Prices: To define special price list purchasing conditions use this option

Additional information in the Series card

You can define additional information in the different fast tabs of the Series Card; this information will be transmitted to the child items. When changing the initial values, the updating process for specific fields such as Costing Method or Item Tracking will not work, and the update will have to be done manually on an item basis.