With your existing investment in Microsoft Dynamics, improving your order turnaround times and cutting manufacturing costs has never been easier. You can easily improve your planning and scheduling process by “plugging in” Galaxy, the leading production planning and scheduling tool for Microsoft Dynamics. Built from the bottom up in the .NET Framework, Microsoft’s flagship architecture, Galaxy is the best choice for a complete, integrated Microsoft-based planning and scheduling solution. But the questions are sure to be asked: how do I know that I’m ready for a Galaxy APS implementation? What sort of information does the APS require from NAV? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered there too. Below is a list of fields that are typically brought over from NAV into APS
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Compatible Versions of NAV
NAV 2009 R2
*Earlier versions can be retrofitted
Job Manager by Cost Control
Data Flows
Import data from NAV to Galaxy:
Work Center Groups and Work Centers
Machines, Items and Inventory
Bills of Material
Sales, Purchase and Production Orders
Routing Lines and Production Order Components
Publish Schedule from Galaxy to NAV:
Start and End dates at the task level
Reported Quantities
Reported Time
Job Statuses
Field Level Details
Import Fields
Production Orders
| Property | NAV Table | Field |
| Production Order Number | ProdOrder | No_ |
| Quantity | ProdOrderLine | Quantity |
| Due Date | ProdOrder | Due Date |
Routing
| Property | NAV Table | Field |
| Production Order Number | ProdOrder | No_ |
| Routing Line | ProdOrderRoutingLine | No_ |
| Required Quantity | ProdOrderRoutingLine | Input Quantity |
Bills of Material
| Property | NAV Table | Field |
| Production Order Number | ProdOrder | No_ |
| Routing Line | ProdOrderRouringLine | No_ |
| Item Name | Item | No_ |
Resources
| Property | NAV Table | Field |
| Plant Name | WCGroup | Code |
| Workcenter | WorkCenter | No_ |
| Machine | WorkCenter & MachineCenter | No_ |
Capabilities
| Property | NAV Table | Field |
| Machine Abilities | WorkCenter | No_ |
| Name | WorkCenter | Name |
Sales Orders
| Property | NAV Table | Field |
| Sales Order Number | SalesLine | Document No_ |
| Line Number | SalesLine | Line No_ |
| Warehouse Location | SalesLine | [Location Code] |
| Outstanding Quantity | SalesLine | Outstanding Quantity |
| Delivery Date | SalesLine | Planned Delivery Date |
Publish Fields
| Property | NAV Table | Field |
| Production Number | ProdOrder | No_ |
| Start Date | ProdOrder | [Starting Date] |
| Start Time | ProdOrder | [Starting Time] |
| End Date | ProdOrder | [End Date] |
| End Time | ProdOrder | [End Time] |
Planning Functionality Features
Galaxy has unparalleled planning functionality features. The chart below compares Galaxy with NAV’s product. As you can see, Galaxy packs a powerful one-two punch: rapid implementation combined with unmatched functionality to solve the toughest scheduling challenges.
The following table compares in greater detail the user interface features of Galaxy and NAV.
