New Supply Chain Management Features in BC 27.0

 Business Central 27.0 strengthens supply chain visibility and efficiency with new automation, reporting, and compliance features. From smarter inventory and order tracking to improved vendor analysis and logistics documentation, businesses can manage every stage of the supply chain with greater accuracy and less manual effort. Enhancements such as AI-driven insights, advanced reporting in Power BI, and expanded support for electronic shipment documents ensure that companies can respond quickly to changes in demand, maintain compliance across regions, and keep goods moving smoothly from supplier to customer. 

Every business has unique requirements, and every user benefits from having the right data at their fingertips. Business Central’s personalization tools let you add extra fields and columns to your pages, tailoring the workspace to your role and responsibilities. With the latest release, many new fields are available for personalization, giving you more flexibility and control over the information displayed. These enhancements are based on community feedback and help ensure users work more effectively with the data that matters most.

New personalization options include:

• Statistics Group field can now be added to:
  • Item Card
  • Item Template Card
  • Vendor Card
  • Vendor Template Card
  • Customer Card
  • Customer Template Card
• Allow Multiple Posting Groups and Price Calculation Method fields can now be added to:
  • Customer Template Card
• Customer “Name 2” fields (Sell-to, Bill-to) available on project documents:
  • Project Archive Card
  • Project Task Card
  • Available on sales documents:
  • Blanket Sales Order Archive
  • Sales Order Archive
  • Sales Quote Archive
  • Sales Return Order Archive
  • Blanket Sales Order
  • Sales Credit Memo
  • Sales Invoice
  • Sales Order
  • Sales Quote
  • Sales Return Order
  • Posted Return Receipt
  • Posted Sales Credit Memo
  • Posted Sales Invoice
  • Posted Sales Shipment
• Vendor “Name 2” fields (Buy-from, Pay-to) available on purchase documents:
  • Blanket Purchase Order Archive
  • Purchase Order Archive
  • Purchase Quote Archive 
  • Purchase Return Order Archive
  • Blanket Purchase Order
  • Purchase Credit Memo
  • Purchase Invoice
  • Purchase Order
  • Purchase Quote
  • Purchase Return Order
  • Posted Purchase Credit Memo
  • Posted Purchase Invoice
  • Posted Purchase Receipt
  • Posted Return Shipment
• Service document “Name 2” fields (Sell-to, Bill-to) available on service documents:
  • Service Order Archive
  • Service Quote Archive
  • Service Credit Memo
  • Service Invoice
  • Service Order
  • Service Quote
  • Posted Service Credit Memo
  • Posted Service Invoice
  • Posted Service Shipment
• Shipping details on Service Quotes you can now personalize and add:
  • Shipment Method Code
  • Shipping Agent Code 
  • Shipping Agent Service Code

With these additions, Business Central gives users much greater flexibility in shaping their workspace, making sure the right fields are always visible in the right context.

  Manufacturers often repeat the same steps when running the Calculate Consumption report, which can lead to wasted time and potential errors if adjustments are made manually. Business Central 27.0 streamlines this process by allowing you to set a default consumption calculation in Manufacturing Setup, so the report automatically follows your preferred method.

What this feature does:

• Adds a Default Consumption Calculation Based on field in Manufacturing Setup.
• You can set the calculation to either:
  • Expected Output
  • Actual Output
• The Calculate Consumption report and production journals will automatically use this default, though users can still override it if needed.

How it works in practice:

1. On the Manufacturing Setup page, select Expected Output or Actual Output in the Default Consumption Calculation Based on field.
2. Open the Consumption Journal and choose Calc. Consumption.
   • The Calculate Based On field will default to your setup selection but can be changed if necessary.

1. When calculating consumption lines on production journals (from the Released Production Order page), the system also applies your chosen default.

By eliminating manual changes and aligning reports with your standard process, this feature saves time, improves accuracy, and makes manufacturing operations more consistent.

 High transaction volumes can create bottlenecks or system conflicts when multiple users post sales or purchase documents at the same time. To address this, Business Central 27.0 introduces concurrent inventory posting, improving performance and reducing the risk of deadlocks.

What this feature does:

• Previously, Business Central processed document lines strictly by line number.
• With concurrent posting enabled, lines are processed by type and number, ensuring resources are locked in the same order across sessions.
• This reduces the chance of deadlocks when two or more sessions post at the same time.
• The posting process for sales and purchase documents remains unchanged for users, but…
• Developers should note: this change may impact extensions that rely on values from the next or previous line.

Business impact:

• More reliable posting when multiple users are active.
• Faster processing in high-volume environments.
• Lower risk of interruptions caused by deadlocks.

This enhancement ensures smoother, more scalable inventory operations without changing how users interact with posting.