Enter Manufactured Inventory Part, General Info

Explanation

The procedure below is the first of a number of procedures that might be needed in order to initiate and later on, complete the registration of a manufactured inventory part in the Inventory Part window. The header fields are mandatory, whereas not all the other information might be required on all occasions. Depending on the area of use of the inventory part, you might need to specify some values, but not all. Some of the other fields are optional, as outlined in the Procedures below.

Prerequisites

System Effects

The initial mandatory information for a manufactured inventory part is entered into the system.

When the inventory part is created, it inherits any default warranty types defined for the part catalog part.

It is now possible for you to make entries with this inventory part throughout the system.

Window

Inventory Part

Related Window Descriptions

Inventory Part
Inventory Part/General

Procedure

  1. In the header in the Inventory Part window, create a new record and enter the short code for the inventory part in the Inventory Part field.
  2. Enter a description of the part in the Part Description field. Open the Standard Name dialog window from the Operations menu if you want to apply a standard name at this stage. In this dialog box, select the appropriate Standard Name ID and cut and paste its description into the Part Description field.
  3. You have the option to select a site other than the one suggested with the List of Values, or enter the appropriate short code in the Site field.
    Note: When saving a new inventory part where a part catalog record does not exist, Settings for New Part in Part Catalog dialog box will be opened.
  4. Click the General tab and specify Manufactured or Manufactured Recipe by using the Part Type list box.
  5. Enter the planner in the Planner field by using the List of Values, or by entering the appropriate short code.
  6. Specify the unit of measure that should be used for the part. Use the List of Values or enter the appropriate short code in the U/M field. A particular part may exist on more than one site. You can define either the same or a different unit of measure for it on each site as long as they have the same base unit of measure.
  7. Save when completed, or continue with other optional steps.

Optional steps (remember to save your entries):