Exam MB-330 topic 1 question 31 discussion

Actual exam question from Microsoft's MB-330

Question #: 31
Topic #: 1

SIMULATION -
You work for a manufacturing firm that makes use of a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management system.
You have been tasked with making sure that inventory of certain finished good items never reaches critically low levels. You also want production orders to be created automatically when inventory reaches a specific level.
Access the Dynamics 365 portal to achieve this goal.

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Suggested Answer: See explanation below.
Create a new safety stock journal name
1. In the Navigation pane, go to Master planning > Setup > Safety stock journal names.
2. Click New.
3. In the Name field, type 'Material'.
4. In the Description field, type 'Material'.
5. Close the page.

Create a safety stock journal -
1. In the Navigation pane, go to Master planning > Master planning > Run > Safety stock calculation.
2. Click New.
3. In the Name field, enter or select a value. Select the safety stock journal name that you created, for example, Material.
4. Click Create lines.
5. In the From date field, enter a date.
6. In the To date field, enter a date.
7. Click OK. This will create lines for the dimensions that have inventory transactions.

Calculate proposal -
1. Click Calculate proposal.
2. Select the Use average issue during lead time option.
3. Set Multiplication factor to '10'. The Multiply factor is used to adjust the proposal. Because demo data only has a few transactions, you will need to set the factor to get a realistic proposal.
4. Click OK. Scroll down to find M0002 and M0003. View the Calculated minimum quantity column.

Update minimum quantity -
1. In the New minimum quantity field, enter a number. Update the New minimum quantity to match the value in the Calculated minimum quantity. If the
Calculated minimum is zero, you can enter the desired future value. For example, you can enter the Calculated minimum quantity in this field for M0002 that has warehouse 12.
2. In the list, find and select the desired record. For example, you can select M0002 that has warehouse 12.
3. In the New minimum quantity field, enter a number. Update the New minimum quantity to match the value in the Calculated minimum quantity. If the
Calculated minimum is zero you can enter the desired future value.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/production-control/tasks/use-safety-stock-journal-update-minimum-coverage

by Beluda at Jan. 12, 2023, 10:43 a.m.

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Beluda

1 year ago

After updating minimum quantity, the following step is missing Post the new minimum quantity and validate the result 1. Click Post. 2. Click OK. 3. In Released products, find material with New minimum quantity. 4. On the Action Pane, click Plan. 5. Click Item coverage. Notice that the Minimum quantity has been updated with the new minimum quantity from the safety stock journal. Also the answer to 2nd question "You also want production orders to be created automatically when inventory reaches a specific level." is missing

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