Add-on flexibility

The add-on we have created in this chapter is definitely not ready to be used by a real company but it demonstrates how to create a flexible solution that can be easily expanded by others.

Most modern logistic service providers offer other services to customers, such as value-added logistics, item tracking, and third- and fourth-party logistics.

Value-added logistics

When a company offers value-added logistics services, they not only keep products on inventory but they also offer services around this, such as display packaging.

This can be best compared with manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. A list of items called a bill of materials is combined into a new product. This new product is then shipped to the customer.

When the displays are no longer necessary, for example, when a marketing campaign is finished, the displays need to be picked up from the customer and disassembled into the original products.

In our solution, this could be implemented...