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title: "Project logistics"
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published: 2026-06-25T09:59:17Z
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# Project logistics

One of the typical functions for projects in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is to collect all costs related to the project. **Material** is one of the main components of those costs.

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the project planning line is considered demand, and that demand can generate several types of supply orders: purchase, production, assembly, or transfer. With large, multiple projects, it is important that ordered material is clearly earmarked per project.

With Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, manufacturers can manage and enforce all material requirements for projects from within a project. As part of work preparation, planners can create purchase, production, assembly, and transfer orders directly from project planning lines, or calculate a project-specific material requirements plan.

Material requirements integrate with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central reservation system so supply orders are clearly pegged to the project.

| To | See |
| --- | --- |
| Learn about the different item types and their settings | [Item types](/business-central/docs/bc-item-types) |
| Learn about how the planning date drives the planning | [Planning date](/business-central/docs/bc-planning-date) |
| Learn how items are reserved for and posted to a project | [Order planning](/business-central/docs/bc-order-planning) |
| Learn about the Control Supply from Project setting | [Control supply from project](/business-central/docs/bc-control-supply-from-project) |
| Learn about the location settings for a project | [Locations](/business-central/docs/bc-locations) |
| Learn about the application types for a project | [Consume and deliver](/business-central/docs/bc-consume-and-deliver) |
| Learn about the color codes in project planning lines | [Planning line colors](/business-central/docs/bc-planning-line-colors) |
| Learn about the BOM actions in the project planning line | [Project planning line BOM actions](/business-central/docs/bc-project-planning-line-bom-actions) |
| Learn how to order items of the type Inventory with Order Planning | [Supply orders for a project](/business-central/docs/bc-supply-orders-for-a-project) |
| Learn how to order items of the type Inventory with the Planning Worksheet | [Planning Worksheet](/business-central/docs/bc-planning-worksheet) |
| Learn how to use purchase quotes and orders for all planning line types except items of the type Inventory | [Purchase quotes and orders](/business-central/docs/bc-purchase-quotes-and-orders) |
| Learn how to use assembly orders as light manufacturing | [Resource planning for assembly](/business-central/docs/bc-resource-planning-for-assembly) |
| Learn how to transfer inventory reserved for a project between locations | [Transfer inventory](/business-central/docs/bc-transfer-inventory) |
| Learn about project deliverables | [Project deliverables](/business-central/docs/bc-project-deliverable) |
| Learn about deliveries from a project | [Project deliveries](/business-central/docs/bc-project-deliveries) |
| Learn about resource planning from a project | [Project resource planning](/business-central/docs/bc-project-resource-planning) |
| Learn about project returns | [Project returns](/business-central/docs/bc-project-returns) |

## Related

- [Business functionality](/bc-business-functionality-pcs.md)
- [Project Control Suite](/bc-project-control-suite.md)