Study guide for Exam MB-320: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing

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This exam will retire on June 30, 2023, at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time.

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This study guide should help you understand what to expect on the exam and includes a summary of the topics the exam might cover and links to additional resources. The information and materials in this document should help you focus your studies as you prepare for the exam.

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Objective domain: skills the exam measures

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Skills measured

Audience profile

Candidates for this exam are functional consultants who analyze business requirements and translates those requirements into fully realized business processes and solutions that implement industry best practices. Candidates serve as a key resource in implementing and configuring applications to meet business requirements.

Candidates for this exam have a fundamental understanding of accounting principles and financial operations of businesses, customer service, field service, manufacturing, retail, and supply chain management concepts.

Candidates for this exam typically specialize in one or more feature sets of Finance and Operations, including finance, manufacturing, and supply chain management.

Candidates must have some knowledge of manufacturing practices.

  • Configure Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing (35–40%)

  • Manage Manufacturing Processes (20–25%)

  • Implement Master Planning for Production (10–15%)

  • Implement Other Manufacturing Features (15–20%)

Configure Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing (35–40%)

Configure and manage the production control module

  • Manage product compliance

  • Configure commodity pricing

  • Configure scrap and waste

  • Differentiate and configure production parameters and statuses

  • Configure substitute items

  • Implement subcontracting

  • Configure production groups, production units, and production pools

Configure and manage resources for production processes

  • Implement and manage work calendars and working time

  • Configure inventory, product, storage, and tracking dimensions in production

  • Create and configure resource capabilities

  • Implement and manage resources and resource groups

  • Create and manage operations and routes

Configure process manufacturing

  • Configure batch reservations and expiration dates

  • Identify and configure batch attributes

  • Configure batch balancing

  • Configure co-products and by-products for batch orders

  • Configure planning items

  • Configure formulas by using scalable and percentage-based calculations

  • Configure formulas by using active ingredient-based calculations

  • Configure catch weight items

Configure discrete manufacturing

  • Create bill of materials (BOM) and item configurations

  • Create and release a dimension-based product master

  • Define configuration groups and routes for dimension-based product

Configure lean manufacturing

  • Create value streams and production flows

  • Configure production flow costing

  • Create Kanban rules

Manage manufacturing processes (20-25%)

Manage batch orders

  • Create and process batch orders

  • Implement lot and batch control processes

  • Configure consolidated batch order processes

  • Create and process report as finished co-product journals

  • Manage batch order sequencing

  • Create and process a rework batch order

Manage production orders

  • Creating and process production orders

  • Create and process picking journals

  • Create and process job card journals

  • Create and process report as finished journals

  • Reset the status of a production order

Manage Kanban orders

  • Process Kanban orders by using Kanban boards

  • Create and manage fixed, scheduled, and event Kanbans

  • Implement activity-based subcontracting

Implement master planning for production (10-15%)

Configure and manage master planning

  • Set up coverage groups and item coverage

  • Differentiate between action messages, delay messages, time fences, and negative days

  • Process and view planned orders

Plan, schedule, and perform production capacity planning

  • Define scheduling parameters

  • View, monitor, and update production schedules

  • Configure capacity for production resources including machines, labor, and tooling

Implement other manufacturing features (15-20%)

Configure manufacturing execution

  • Configure time and attendance prerequisites and parameters

  • Identify the capabilities of Manufacturing Execution

  • Process production and batch orders by using manufacturing execution processes

  • Configure job card devices and terminals

  • Register a worker for a job card device or terminal

Configure costing policies

  • Configure and manage costing sheets

  • Configure and use cost groups

  • Configure indirect costs

  • Configure and manage costing versions and cost categories

  • Configure and perform BOM/formula calculations

Design product configuration models by using Product Configurator

  • Create and build a product configuration model that includes components and subcomponents

  • Create and manage product configuration model components

  • Create calculations for product configuration models

  • Differentiate between table and expression constraints

  • Describe use cases for BOM lines and route operations

  • Configure and manage pricing for production configuration models

  • Describe the purpose and capabilities of the product configuration models

Study resources

We recommend that you train and get hands-on experience before you take the exam. We offer self-study options and classroom training as well as links to documentation, community sites, and videos.

Study resources Links to learning and documentation
Get trained Choose from self-paced learning paths and modules or take an instructor led course
Find documentation Dynamics 365 documentation and learning modules
Supply Chain Management documentation
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