MB 330 - NTT - Quiz

A company is implementing Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. They need to ensure that production orders are created automatically when sales orders are confirmed.

Question: Which feature should be enabled to automatically generate production orders from sales orders?

• Master planning

• Intercompany planning

• Demand forecasting

• Production control

Answer explanation

Justification: Master planning can automatically generate planned production orders based on demand, including confirmed sales orders, ensuring the availability of materials and resources.

A company manufactures custom furniture. They want to ensure that every raw material is checked for quality after it arrives in the warehouse before being used in production.

Question: Which feature should be enabled to ensure that quality control checks are performed on all incoming raw materials?

• Inventory blocking

• Quality management

• Vendor collaboration

• Work order scheduling

Answer explanation

Justification: Quality management in Dynamics 365 enables the setup of quality orders that trigger inspections based on predefined criteria for incoming materials, ensuring they meet the company’s quality standards.

Your company uses Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management to manage inventory. You are required to track raw materials across multiple warehouses, ensuring that no stock goes missing during transfers.

Question: Which module or feature should be used to track the transfer of stock between different warehouses?

• Transfer journal
  
  

• Sales orders

• Warehouse management

• Cost management

Answer explanation

Justification: The Warehouse management module allows for the tracking and management of stock transfers between warehouses, ensuring accurate inventory levels and accountability during movement.

Your company uses Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management for production planning. They need to generate forecasts based on past sales and consumption patterns to prepare for future demand.

Question: Which module should be configured to generate accurate forecasts for future demand?

• Demand forecasting

• Master planning

• Inventory management

• Purchase requisitions

Answer explanation

Justification: Demand forecasting allows businesses to predict future demand based on historical data, helping them to plan production and procurement accordingly.

A company needs to ensure that production is completed on time and within budget. They want to monitor the actual time and costs against the planned values for each production order.

Question: Which feature in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management allows monitoring of actual versus planned production costs?

• Work order scheduling

• Production control

• Cost management

• Resource scheduling

Answer explanation

Justification: Cost management provides visibility into production costs, allowing the company to compare actual costs to planned costs, ensuring efficient production processes.

Your company manufactures goods to meet specific customer orders. You need to ensure that the system is set up to reserve inventory and raw materials specifically for a customer’s order during production.

Question: Which feature helps ensure that inventory and raw materials are reserved for specific sales orders?

• Safety stock

• Production control

• Item reservations

• Warehouse work

Answer explanation

Justification: Item reservations allow for inventory and raw materials to be allocated or reserved for specific sales orders, ensuring they are available when needed for production.

A company wants to optimize its warehouse space and streamline picking processes. They want to use the system to suggest the best route for warehouse workers to pick items efficiently.

Question: Which feature would enable the system to suggest optimized picking routes?

• Work templates

• Wave processing

• Replenishment

• Location directives

Answer explanation

Justification: Location directives help optimize picking routes by guiding warehouse workers to the most efficient locations within the warehouse for picking items.

A company experiences frequent stockouts and overstock issues. They want to balance their inventory by defining minimum, maximum, and reorder levels for their key products.

Question: Which inventory management method should the company configure to maintain proper stock levels?

• Demand forecasting

• Safety stock

• Min/Max inventory management

• Cycle counting

Answer explanation

Min/Max inventory management allows companies to set minimum and maximum inventory levels, automatically triggering replenishment when stock falls below the minimum level to prevent stockouts.

A manufacturer wants to use a Kanban system to manage their lean production processes. They want to ensure that production is pulled based on customer demand and work in progress is minimized.

True/False: The Kanban scheduling feature in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management can be used to manage lean manufacturing and pull-based production processes.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Justification: Kanban scheduling in Dynamics 365 allows manufacturers to implement lean production practices by pulling work based on demand and reducing excess inventory and work in progress.

A company has multiple suppliers for a single product. They want to ensure that they always buy from the most cost-effective supplier based on current pricing and availability.

Question: Which feature should the company use to automatically select the best supplier for a purchase order?

• Vendor collaboration

• Vendor scorecards

• Trade agreements

• Purchase requisitions

Answer explanation

Justification: Trade agreements allow companies to define pricing and discounts for products from multiple suppliers, enabling the system to select the most cost-effective supplier based on current trade agreements.