What's New in Manufacturing: Order Processing (2025 release wave 1)
Business Central 2025 release wave 1 usability changes in manufacturing production order handling: bulk status change, safety lead time buffer, attachments, default posting group, routing link code updates, item tracking in consumption and output journals, and barcode labels for tracked items.
- Introduction to usability improvements in production order handling
- Bulk status changes and production order movement
- Scheduling, safety lead time, and attachments in production orders
- Business posting groups, component availability, and routing enhancements
- Item tracking in consumption and output journals with Excel support
- Barcode label printing for tracked items and summary
Overview
This 3-minute video from the Business Central channel (published 2025-04-01) walks through usability improvements in production order handling for the 2025 release wave 1. It covers status changes, scheduling, attachments, posting groups, component availability, routings, journals and label printing.
Most items are demoed. Production orders can be moved between statuses in bulk, and rescheduling no longer has to change the due date. Consumption and output journals gain item tracking and lines like the item journal, with Edit in Excel support. Barcode labels can be printed for tracked items from released and finished production orders.
Key points
- Production order handling gains the ability to block output transactions, plus attachments and edit in Excel support.
- Production orders can be bulk moved between statuses: select all and use change status. Orders that do not convert need analysis and action.
- Production orders show a buffer between due date and end date based on safety lead time, set on the manufacturing setup or the item card. The manual scheduling field must be activated on the manufacturing setup page.
- Orders can be rescheduled without changing the due date. Moving the end date beyond the due date prompts a confirmation.
- Attachments are now available in production order headers and lines, which are populated with information about items, bills of material and routing.
- The business posting group code in a production order can default from the default general business posting group field on the manufacturing setup page.
- Routing link code can be updated within routings, which affects the start date of connected components. The overview of activities and routings is also enhanced.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Ability to block output transactions | status not stated | 0:05 |
| Bulk status change for production orders | status not stated, demoed | 0:37 |
| Safety lead time buffer in production orders | status not stated | 0:57 |
| Rescheduling production orders without changing due date | status not stated, demoed | 0:57 |
| Attachments in production order headers and lines | status not stated, demoed | 1:21 |
| Default business posting group in production orders | status not stated, demoed | 1:31 |
| Improved component availability information | status not stated, demoed | 1:43 |
| Enhanced routing overview and link code updates | status not stated, demoed | 2:00 |
| Item tracking in consumption and output journals | status not stated, demoed | 2:13 |
| Barcode label printing for tracked items | status not stated, demoed | 2:43 |
AL objects mentioned
As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.
- page 99000852 “Planning Worksheet” at 0:16
- page 99000768 “Manufacturing Setup” at 1:09
- page “manufacturing setup page” at 1:31
- table “item card” at 0:57
- other “item journal” at 2:13
Not found in BC28-30: page “manufacturing setup page”, table “item card”.
Quotes
- 0:05 “Productivity increases when processes are easy. So we improved usability in the different areas within production order handling.”
- 0:37 “Production orders can be bulk moved between statuses. Select all and use change status.”
- 0:57 “The production order includes a buffer between the due date and end date based on safety lead time in a manufacturing setup or item”
- 1:21 “Attachments are now included in headers and production order lines automatically populated with information about items, bills of material, and routing.”
- 2:00 “Routing link code can also be updated within routings affecting the start date for connected components.”
- 2:13 “Consumption and output journals now feature tracking and lines like the item journal.”