The Waterdeep Trading Company is more than a merchant house. It is a maker, a planner, a warehouse operator, and a shipper. From the distillery in Dock Ward where Wyrmsbreath Whiskey is crafted to the caravans that carry finished goods along the Sword Coast, the company's operations span the full make-and-move chain. This volume brings together the four guides that transform raw demand signals into manufactured products, warehouse those goods with system-directed precision, and ship them to customers across the Realms.

Manufacturing and Logistics unites the planning, production, warehousing, and transportation capabilities of Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management into a single operational flow. Demand forecasting feeds the MRP engine, which generates planned production and purchase orders. Production control turns raw materials into finished goods through bills of materials, routes, and shop floor execution. Warehouse management receives, stores, picks, and ships those goods through directed work and mobile devices. And transportation management calculates freight rates, assigns carriers, and tracks shipments to their final destination. Greta Ironfist expects every bottle of spirits to be traceable from grain to glass, every warehouse movement to follow system-directed rules, and every shipment to arrive on time and at the right cost. These guides deliver that level of operational control.

What This Volume Covers

Configuring Planning and Forecasting establishes the MRP engine. Planning parameters, coverage groups, forecast models, master plans, item coverage rules, and the full planning cycle from engine run through firming ensure that every demand signal generates a planned order and every supply gap is closed.

Configuring Production Control builds the manufacturing framework. Production setup, bills of materials, routes, job registration terminals, work instructions, and costing sheets ensure that every product is manufactured according to its blueprint and every production cost is captured with precision.

Configuring Warehouse Management transforms storage facilities into system-directed operations. Warehouse controls, physical structures, product configurations, work templates, location directives, handheld devices, worker logins, and end-to-end receiving and shipping processes ensure that every crate, barrel, and satchel is handled according to directed rules.

Configuring Transportation Management governs the movement of goods across Faerûn. Transportation controls, rate and mileage engines, rate structures, and shipping carrier configurations ensure that every shipment is planned against defined routes, priced through calibrated engines, and executed by configured carriers.

Reading Order

The guides in this volume follow the operational flow. Planning and Forecasting comes first because the MRP engine generates the demand that drives production and procurement. Production Control follows because manufacturing must be configured to execute the planned production orders that MRP creates. Warehouse Management comes next because goods must be received, stored, and picked before they can be shipped. Transportation Management completes the chain by moving those goods from warehouse to customer.

The forge is lit. The warehouse is open. Let us make and move.