Work with Inventory Visibility in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

Intermediate
Business User
Functional Consultant
Dynamics 365
Supply Chain Management

The Inventory Visibility Add-in for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management allows for improved tracking of inventory and transactions across multiple systems, and includes features to manage inventory such as soft reservations and allocations to prevent overselling and manage customer expectations. The platform is highly extensible and scalable, and can interact with external services through REST APIs. Setting up Inventory Visibility involves changes in Dynamics 365 Lifecycle Services and Supply Chain Management, as well as configurations in the Inventory Visibility app from Power Apps based on business needs.

Prerequisites

  • General knowledge of Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
  • General knowledge of the production and procurement life cycle
  • General knowledge of Dynamics 365 Inventory Management
  • General knowledge of inventory management processes

Modules in this learning path

Note

You may experience partial outages in labs that use the finance and operations apps virtual machine. We are working on fixing it and ask for your patience.

With the Inventory Visibility Add-in for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, you can better track your inventory and transactions across multiple systems. The add-in also includes features that can help you manage inventory, such as soft reservations or allocations that you can use to prevent overselling, and manage customer expectations. The Inventory Visibility Add-in (also known as Inventory Visibility service) is a highly extensible and scalable platform that can interact with your external services through REST APIs.

Note

You may experience partial outages in labs that use the finance and operations apps virtual machine. We are working on fixing it and ask for your patience.

Setting up Inventory Visibility involves several aspects. You'll need to make changes in Dynamics 365 Lifecycle Services and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. Additionally, you'll need to make some configurations in the Inventory Visibility app from Power Apps based on your business needs. This module provides an in-depth description of the setup process.

Note

You may experience partial outages in labs that use the finance and operations apps virtual machine. We are working on fixing it and ask for your patience.

Inventory Visibility includes many different features and functionalities. From visibility options that provide insight across multiple platforms to more sophisticated allocation and available-to-promise features, Inventory Visibility provides several options to help you optimize your supply chain management.