MB-335 Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Study Guide

Exam Overview

The Microsoft MB-335 exam validates the skills required to design and configure advanced supply chain management solutions in Dynamics 365. It is intended for experienced functional consultants, solution architects, and implementation leads who translate complex business requirements into scalable production, inventory, warehouse, procurement, and planning processes. Passing this exam contributes to the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification.

Exam Domains

• Product information and inventory management: product masters, variants, inventory dimensions, reservations, and inventory valuation.
• Procurement and sourcing: purchase requisitions, purchase agreements, vendor collaboration, and trade agreements.
• Master planning: coverage groups, planning optimization, planned orders, and intercompany planning.
• Production control: bills of materials, routes, production orders, lean manufacturing, and kanban.
• Warehouse management: warehouse setup, location directives, work templates, wave processing, and mobile device flows.
• Cost accounting: costing sheets, indirect costs, inventory close, and variance analysis.
• Transportation management: shipping, freight, rate engines, and load planning.
• Quality management: quality associations, test groups, nonconformance, and quality orders.

Key Concepts & Common Difficulties

• Master planning coverage and planning optimization: Candidates often confuse coverage codes, negative days, and lead time fences, leading to incorrect planned orders. Correct approach: map each item's replenishment strategy to a coverage group and test with planning optimization in a sandbox before go-live.
• Warehouse management work flows: Many miss how location directives, work templates, and work policies interact to create inbound and outbound work. Correct approach: configure end-to-end receive-to-put-away and pick-to-ship scenarios, then trace the generated work.
• Production BOM and route versions: Difficulty arises with active versions, route operations, and cost estimation. Correct approach: always activate the correct BOM and route version, validate line details, and run cost estimation before releasing production orders.
• Inventory dimensions and reservation hierarchy: Candidates struggle with storage versus tracking dimensions and how reservation hierarchy affects allocation. Correct approach: define dimension groups carefully and test reservations across sites and warehouses.
• Cost accounting and inventory valuation: Confusion between standard cost, moving average, and FIFO, plus indirect cost calculation. Correct approach: practice inventory close, recalculation, and costing sheet setup with realistic transactions.

Study Strategy

• Prerequisites: Solid experience with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management core modules, ideally MB-330 knowledge, and a working understanding of manufacturing, warehousing, and procurement processes.
• Study order: Start with product information and inventory dimensions, then procurement, master planning, production control, warehouse management, cost accounting, transportation, and quality management.
• Hands-on practice: Use a Dynamics 365 SCM trial or sandbox to configure order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and plan-to-produce scenarios. Microsoft Learn labs are essential for reinforcing theory.
• Practice tests: Take official practice assessments to identify weak domains. Review each wrong answer and trace it back to the relevant configuration or business process.
• Exam-day tips: Read each scenario carefully, eliminate clearly wrong options, and flag difficult questions for review. Focus on 'what should you do' rather than 'what is possible.'
• Community learning: Join study groups or forums to discuss real-world configurations, but always validate answers against Microsoft Learn documentation.