AL Catch Weight Management

Native catch weight management, fully compliant with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central standards

🚀 Overview

AL Catch Weight Management extends Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to handle variable-weight products (catch weight management) - without changing the standard BC logic.

It introduces key concepts such as Accounting UOM, Accounting Quantity, and Accounting Price on each document line, allowing you to work with standard operational units (Handling UOM) while automatically calculating prices and costs based on the actual product weight (e.g., meat, cheese, fish, produce).

Weights can be recorded manually or automatically via scales, and are linked to the document line and traceability.
At posting, these weights automatically generate linked Weight Ledger Entries, fully associated with the corresponding inbound and outbound Item Ledger Entries for complete traceability and auditability.

🔑 Key Features

• Dual Unit of Measure: operate in pieces/packages while accounting in weight/volume (Accounting UOM).
• Smart Pricing: prices calculated using standard BC logic, based on actual weight, preserving all standard BC events.
• Full coverage: supports sales, purchases, transfers, and production using the concept of weights.
• Traceability integration: automatically assigns lot, serial, pallet, package and external lot using standard BC functionality.
• Scale integration: automatically capture weights via Web API.
• Advanced reporting: KPIs for yield, shrinkage, and cost based on actual weight.
• AL Tracking automation: full weight and traceability management without manual intervention.

💡 Smart Pricing

Prices are calculated using standard Business Central logic, based on actual weight (Accounting UOM).
All standard BC logic and events are fully preserved.

🌟 Business Benefits

• Maintain standard BC workflows: no disruptive changes to operational processes.
• Accurate invoicing and costing based on actual weight.
• Error reduction and improved operational efficiency thanks to direct weight capture from scales.
• Full traceability of products and weights.
• Advanced analytics: KPIs for yield, shrinkage, and actual costs.

🎯 Target Industries

• Food & Beverage: meat, fish, dairy, produce, beverages.
• Distribution & Logistics: variable-weight products throughout the supply chain.
• Manufacturing: companies with variable-weight or volume-based raw materials.

🛠️ Prerequisites

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central v20 or later
• AL Tracking app (required for technical integration; extended traceability features optional)

📊 Example Use Cases

Practical examples across different sectors:

• Fresh meat sales: invoice price automatically calculated from the actual net weight at shipment.
• Dairy production: yield analysis between milk intake and cheese output with efficiency KPIs.
• Fruit & vegetable distribution: inbound vs outbound weight comparison to monitor shrinkage and optimize margins.