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
- A planner must be entered in the
Inventory
Basic Data/Planners
window.
- The unit of measure must be defined in the
ISO Code Usage
window.
- If the part should be entered on a site other than the default one, this site must
be connected to your user ID. This is done in the
Sites per User
window.
- If commodity groups are to be used, they must be defined in the
Commodity Groups tab
in the Inventory Basic Data window.
- Asset classes must be defined in the
Asset Class tab
in the Inventory Basic Data window.
- Part Status must be defined in
the
Part
Status tab in the
Inventory Basic Data window.
- ABC-Code must be defined in
the
ABC
Classes tab in the
Inventory Basic Data window.
- Safety Code, if applicable, must be defined in the
Safety Codes
tab in the Inventory Basic Data window.
- Accounting Group, if applicable, must be defined in the
Accounting Groups tab
in the Inventory Basic Data window.
- Product Code, if applicable, must be defined in the
Product Codes
tab in the Inventory Basic Data window.
- Product Family, if applicable, must be defined in the
Product Families
tab in the Inventory Basic Data window.
- For the inventory part to inherit warranty data, the warranty data must
first be entered for the part.
- The unit must exist in
Maintenance
Basic Data window.
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
- 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.
- Enter a description of the part in the Part Description in Use field. Open the
Standard Name
dialog box 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 in Use field.
- 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.
- Click the
General tab and specify Manufactured or Manufactured Recipe by using the
Part Type list box.
- Enter the planner in the Planner field by using the List of Values, or by entering the
appropriate short code.
- 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 UoM 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.
- Save when completed, or continue with other optional steps.
Optional steps (remember to save your entries):
- If you have entered commodity groups in the Commodity
Groups tab of the
Inventory Basic Data window, you can specify commodity group 1 and/or 2 by using the List of
Values or by entering the appropriate short code.
- If you have entered corresponding data in the
Inventory Basic Data window,
you can enter or update the asset class, part status, safety code, accounting
group, product code and/or product family by using the List of Values or by entering the
appropriate short code.
- You can enter any applicable information in the Type
Designation and/or Dimension/Quality fields.