Supply Chain Inventory Management in Business Central
Supply Chain Inventory Management in Business Central focuses on reducing inventory costs without compromising service levels
The warehouse – the central hub
For many companies, the warehouse is a central hub and an efficient and well-functioning Business Central inventory management is therefore essential.
In our experience, many of a company’s needs can be covered by the standard features of Business Central.
Business Central takes you a long way.
If you need extended features for your warehouse management, you may want to consider Tasklet Mobile WMS. An app that gives you more advanced inventory management with barcodes, physical locations, warehouse locations, hand scanners and more.
Inventory management for both daily tasks, control and optimization
Standard Business Central warehouse management gives you both a concrete tool for solving daily tasks and a tool for managing and optimizing your warehouse processes.
Daily life in a warehouse
With standard inventory management, you can gain control and overview in your daily work:
- Turnover
- Cost of goods sold
- Inventory count
- Order expedition
- Goods receipt
- Parts lists
- Creating purchase and sales documents
- Receiving goods for both complaints and returns (RMA)
- Detection of spills and damaged goods
- Product texts and assembly guides
Management, optimization and further development
With Business Central Inventory Management, you also get a tool that allows you to dive into the numbers to analyze and find reasons for deviations. You can view sales trends, analyze inventory turnover, evaluate customer buying behavior, identify trends, assess prices and suppliers. By analyzing the numbers you have access to, you can optimize your inventory – and thereby create a better and more profitable business.
To present data in a clear way, you can use Jet Report’s reporting tool, which retrieves data directly from Business Central and presents the result/report in a clear form in Excel.
With Business Central inventory management, you get:
Reduce costs by simplifying and streamlining workflows
Increase inventory turnover – with the same number of employees
Minimize errors – part of the workflow is automatic
Increases traceability with serial number, lot number and date
Make better use of space in the warehouse
Faster registration and labeling – registration takes place where the item is
Provide a better and faster service to your customers
Frequently Asked Questions about inventory management in Business Central
When companies work with inventory management in Business Central, a number of questions often arise: How do we gain better visibility? How can we reduce inventory costs without compromising service levels? And what options do we have if the standard functionality is not sufficient?
Below, we have gathered answers to some of the questions we most often discuss with customers at Vektus.
1. How can inventory management in Business Central support our business?
Inventory management in Business Central helps companies gain real-time visibility into items, movements, and stock levels. It supports both day-to-day warehouse operations and ongoing optimization of inventory processes. The goal is to reduce inventory costs while maintaining a high level of customer service.
2. Which inventory tasks can be handled with standard Business Central functionality?
Standard Business Central covers many core warehouse tasks such as goods receipt, picking and packing, inventory counts, bills of materials, order handling, and returns management. For many companies, these features are sufficient to support efficient warehouse operations without the need for additional systems.
3. How does Business Central provide better control and insight into inventory?
Business Central consolidates all inventory data in one place and makes it possible to analyze turnover, consumption, and inventory turnover rates. By actively using these insights, companies can identify deviations, reduce tied-up capital, and make better decisions based on data rather than assumptions.
4. Does inventory management in Business Central support traceability and fewer errors?
Yes, Business Central supports traceability through serial numbers, lot numbers, and dates, which increases control and reduces errors. At the same time, parts of the workflows are automated, minimizing manual registrations and lowering the risk of mistakes in warehouse operations.
5. When does it make sense to supplement with Tasklet Mobile WMS?
Tasklet Mobile WMS is relevant when there is a need for more advanced warehouse functionality than standard Business Central provides. With barcodes, handheld scanners, warehouse locations, and bins, registrations become faster and more accurate. This is especially valuable in warehouses with high volume, many items, or complex workflows.
6. How does Vektus help with inventory management in Business Central?
At Vektus, we start with your business and warehouse processes. We help assess whether standard Business Central is sufficient or if extensions such as Tasklet WMS are needed. The objective is a solution that delivers transparency, efficiency, and a more profitable warehouse operation – both now and in the long term.
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