Day: August 28, 2024

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.

The 4th of the new functionality in the Legislation section is navigate the sustainability manager role center with ease.

The Sustainability manager role center enhances operational efficiency by providing quick access to key environmental metrics and compliance data. The streamlined access enables managers to monitor sustainability initiatives in real-time, ensuring timely adjustments to meet regulatory standards and corporate sustainability goals. By reducing the time spent on data retrieval and analysis, this feature allows sustainability managers to focus on strategic decision-making and continuous improvement, ultimately driving more sustainable business practices and enhancing overall organizational performance.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Oct 2024

Feature Details

In the future, sustainability experts within the company can establish a dedicated role center – Sustainability Manager, where they can access all crucial data concerning greenhouse gas emissions within their organizations.

Users will have specific menu, with sustainability-related information provided in the headline, as well as charts, and cues for all important information about emissions, as well as purchase document featuring emission-related lines and goals.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.

The 3rd of the new functionality in the Legislation section is achieve sustainability scorecards and goals.

Achieving sustainability scorecards and goals enhances a company’s reputation, operational efficiency, and compliance, leading to cost savings and risk mitigation. It attracts investors, customers, and talent while fostering innovation and ensuring long term viability. Sustainability efforts align with regulatory incentives and market demand, creating a competitive advantage and driving growth through responsible resource management and positive stakeholder engagement.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Oct 2024

Feature Details

Users have the ability to set up specific scorecards with owner information to track sustainability and add goals for each of them.

Goals will have starting and ending dates, baselines, current and target values for all tracked emissions, so users can easily track their progress in achieving their sustainability plans.

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.

The 2nd of the new functionality in the Legislation section is use multiple VAT numbers for a customer.

Customers that have warehouses in multiple EU countries probably have a different VAT number for each country. Business Central makes it easy to accommodate that situation. You can set up alternate ship-to addresses for the customers and specify the VAT number to use for those addresses on your sales documents.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Oct 2024

Feature Details

Customers that have warehouses in different EU countries must register a new VAT number in each country, which means they have more than one VAT number.

You can add the VAT Number, the VAT Business Posting Group, and the General Business Posting Group to the alternate address for a customer if the address has a different Country/Region Code. When you want to send goods to another address and you select an Alternate Ship-to Address, Business Central shows the appropriate VAT number. You also have the option to use different posting groups.

This feature is available on the following sales documents:

• Sales invoices
• Sales orders
• Sales credit memos
• Sales return orders

My Opinion

This has been a requirement which has come up with a few clients recently, so it is good to see it being introduced into Business Central. It seems odd that it isn’t also available on sales quotes; what will the VAT number be on the order when the quote is converted and an alternative address has been selected?