A company uses Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and has two legal entities that distribute the same items. One of the legal entities uses advanced warehouse management. New items that are created

Question

Options

• ACreate the product record and release to each company where setup variations are completed.
• BUse Common Data Management to create the item templates for both legal entities.
• CCreate an item in each company with different item numbers.
• DUse an advanced warehouse setup for the product and release to both companies.
• ECreate an item in each company with the same item number.

• A
  79% (33)
• B
  7% (3)
• C
  12% (5)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

In Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, products are managed through a shared product catalog at the global level and then released to individual legal entities. Option A correctly describes this standard approach: create one product record (the shared master), then release it to each company, where company-specific configurations (such as advanced warehouse settings for the entity using AWM) are completed. This single product record enables consolidated analytics across both entities while allowing per-company setup variations. Option C and E (creating separate items per company) break the shared catalog model and complicate cross-entity reporting. Option B (Common Data Management templates) does not leverage D365's native product release process. Option D (advanced warehouse setup) addresses only one company's specific configuration, not the overall master data strategy.

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