ICMM - Inventory Master Maintenance

New features added, version 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 8.1, 8.5.1

Program ICMM, Inventory Master Maintenance, is used to add new item numbers to the system and to delete item numbers from it. You can also maintain certain pieces of information about each item. Item numbers must be entered into the system with this program before the item can be used by the system.

You can use other programs to maintain inventory data in the system, including sales, planning, and cost data. This information is optional, but it is necessary for integration with other modules, such as the Sales Order (SO) Module. These other programs are program ICSM, Inventory Sales Data Maintenance, program ICPM, Inventory Planning Data Maintenance, program ICCM, Inventory Cost Data Maintenance, and program ICEC, Engineering Change Level Maintenance.

Comments for items can be entered in this program with the comment types POR - purchase orders and receiving, RE - receiving, and PO - purchase orders only. When the item is used on a purchase order or a receiver, the comments will be displayed, depending upon the comment type.

Deleting Items

When items are deleted from this program, you have the option of deleting the item and all of its history or keeping the item history.

The system does not allow the addition of items that already exist. Similarly, it does not allow you to delete items that are being used elsewhere in the system, for example, in bills of material, routings, sales orders, scheduled receipts, material shortages, customer contracts, WIP material, and physical inventory cycle counts. An error message is displayed if either of these actions is attempted.

Before deleting an item, the program checks

Item master values:

qty_on_hand, qty_alloc_sales, qty_alloc_mfg, qty_on_order, qty_short, qty_in_receiving, qty_backordered, qty_in_inspection, qty_reserved, qty_in_shipping, qty_in_mrb, qty_in_transit, qty_planned

Bill of material:

Exists as a parent or component on any bill

Routing header:

A routing exists

Physical counts:

In any batch with status S

Material shortages:

A shortage exists

Sales orders:

Exists on any sales order line with any status (quotes, canceled, templates, shipped, invoice, won, lost, abandoned, open, etc).

Exists as a component of a kit or model on any sales order line with any status.

Work orders:

Exists as a parent or component on any work order with any status.

Contracts:

Exists on any customer contract.

Item plant quantity values:

qty_xfer_ord_in, qty_in_trans_in, qty_xfer_ord_out, qty_in_trans_out, qty_on_hand, qty_on_order, qty_alloc_sales

Modular bills:

Exists as a parent or component on any modular bill

Item Comments

Comments are accessed with the [Comments] $image\ebx_1202995823.gif$ button.

Item comments differ somewhat from the standard comment functionality in NDS. When customer comments are entered in this program, you can define a target comment type to be used when the comment is copied to the appropriate programs.

In order for comments to be copied to the sales order entry programs, OE must be entered in the Type field for the comments in this program.
In order for comments to be copied to the project management programs, PM must be entered in the Type field for the comments in this program.
In order for comments to be copied to the purchase order programs, PO or POR must be entered in the Type field for the comments in this program.
In order for comments to be copied to the receiving programs, RE must be entered in the Type field for the comments in this program.
In order for comments to be copied to the work order programs, WO must be entered in the Type field for the comments in this program.
Any desired comment type can be entered in the Target Type field, and when the comment is copied to the sales order, the target type will be copied to the Type field in the sales order entry program.
This is a user-defined function that can be used in ad-hoc and custom reporting.

Comments for items can be set up so that they are always displayed when a sales order line, a purchase order line, or a receiver line is entered for the item.

To have the comment displayed for sales orders, enter the comment with comment type OE.
To have a comment displayed for purchase orders, enter the comment with comment type PO or POR.
To have comment displayed for receivers, enter the comment with comment type RE.

On the comments page, there is a flag with three settings: Silent (Normal), Show Indicator, and User must read.

If the pop-list is set to Silent (Normal), the comment is written to the sales order, purchase order, or receiver as normal, but there is no indication to the user.
If the pop-list is set to Show Indicator, the comment is written to the sales order, purchase order, or receiver, and an indicator flag $image\ebx_-453272589.gif$ is displayed to the right of the [Comments] button to indicate that comments exist for the order.
For purchase order comments and receiver comments with the flag set to User must read, the comment is written to the purchase order or receiver, the indicator $image\ebx_-453272589.gif$ is displayed, and when the line item is committed, the program will display the comment page.
For sales order comments with the pop-list set to User must read, the comment is written to the sales order, and the indicator $image\ebx_-453272589.gif$ is displayed. However, comments will not be displayed automatically.

If the Item Comment Warning flag is set to on in program ARLM, Location Maintenance, for the sales location, a message will be displayed that there are mandatory comments for the item.
If the Item Comment Warning flag is set to off in program ARLM, Location Maintenance, for the sales location, only the indicator $image\ebx_-453272589.gif$ will be displayed.

Control Items

Controlled items can be optional control items, lot control items, or serial control items. Kit items cannot be controlled items.

Lot controlled items must have a control number for a specific number of units. The maximum lot quantity is defined per item in program ICEM, Item/Plant Maintenance.
Serial controlled items must have a serial number for each item.
Optional control items are defined as serial or lot controlled in program ICMM, Inventory Master Maintenance, and the control number generation and pick rules are entered in program ICEM, Item/Plant Maintenance, for the item just as if it were a normal lot or serial control number.
Optional control items are controlled items only if they are stocked in a controlled location. Otherwise, they are non-controlled items. In order for an item to be an optional control item, the Optional Control flag must be set to on for the item in program ICEM, Item/Plant Maintenance, and locations must be defined as controlled in program ILMM, Location Master Maintenance.
When an optional control item is moved from a non-controlled location to a controlled location, the item is assigned a control number according to the parameters entered in program ICEM, Item/Plant Maintenance. When an optional control item is moved from a controlled location to a non-controlled location, the control number is unassigned from the item. Whenever an optional control item is moved between controlled and non-controlled locations, an item transaction log transaction is written for transaction type Z.

Assigning Control Numbers to Controlled Items

Lot and Serial control numbers are defined in program ITCM, Item Control Number Maintenance, with specific details about the lot. They can also be automatically generated according to the control number generation rule entered for the item in program ICEM, Item/Plant Maintenance.

Control numbers for controlled items are assigned when goods are received. Once control numbers are assigned, they must be supplied whenever the associated inventory item is moved: transferred into stock, sold to a customer, transferred to another plant, or issued to a work order.

Stocking, Picking, and Backflushing Controlled Items

Controlled items that are not defined as optional control cannot be stocked in non-controlled locations. Non-control items can be stocked in both non-controlled and controlled locations.

Controlled items cannot be backflushed from non-controlled locations. Do not define the backflush location for a controlled item as a non-controlled location.

Controlled items must have a control number to be picked for sales order and work orders, regardless of the optional control flag in program ICEM, Item/Plant Maintenance. Controlled items cannot be shipped or staged from non-controlled locations.

Changing Item Control Types

You can change existing items from lot to serial control or serial to lot control. Controlled items can be changed to non-controlled items only if the following conditions are met:

1. The controlled item is defined as optional control in program ICEM, Item/Plant Maintenance.

2. All current inventory for the item exists in non-controlled locations.

3. The item is not a component of any open or closed work orders or production schedules.

4. The item is not a component of any open transfer orders.

If the controlled item is changed to a non-controlled item, any existing control numbers for the item will be moved to item control history. If any zero on hand quantities exist for control numbers for the item, they will be deleted.

You can change non-controlled items to controlled items only when all current inventory exists in non-controlled locations. If an item is changed from non-controlled to controlled, any zero on hand quantity locations for the non-controlled item will be deleted.

Changing the Stock Unit of Measure for Items

When the stock unit of measure is changed for an item, the following records are also updated with the new stock unit of measure.

For model items, the model unit of measure is updated in the model_header table and model_rel_header table - program MOTM, Modular Bill Maintenance, and program MOCF, Modular Bill Configuration.
The sales unit of measure is updated in the item_price_location table, item_price_matrix table, cust_contr_item table, and cust_contr_qtys table where the old stock unit of measure is the same as the sales unit of measure. Program ICSM, Inventory Sales Data Maintenance, program CMPC, Price Matrix Maintenance, program CMSP, Store Special Price Maintenance, program CMUP, Enterprise Special Price Maintenance, and program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance.
The price unit of measure conversion factor in the item_price table when changing the price unit of measure to match the new stock unit of measure. Program ICSM, Inventory Sales Data Maintenance.

Engineering Templates and Inventory Items

Engineering templates assigned to items are pulled into customer conformance specifications entered in program CSCM, Customer Conformance Maintenance. See the Conformance Specifications Module for more information.

Engineering templates can be added to items using the [Templates] button.

Engineering templates are groups of variables from program ESVM, Engineering Variable Maintenance. They can be assigned to work centers, routings, operations, items, and tools.
Variables are the basic elements of engineering specifications, and are tied to engineering templates to indicate the procedures that should be followed.
Changes made to templates assigned to items do not affect the same templates assigned to anything else.

Some variables that were assigned to the template in program ESTM, Engineering Template Maintenance, can be defined as verbose.

These are the variables that have the verbosity flag in program ESVM, Engineering Variable Maintenance, set to on.
In order to view those variables that are defined as verbose, you must set the verbose flag to on in the bottom left corner of the screen. When this flag is set to on, both those variables that are verbose and those that are not displayed.

The [Specifications] button is used to view and maintain the variables that have been assigned to the item.

This button displays the variables in line order number, separate from the engineering templates to which they have been assigned.
The variable value can be changed on this screen by entering the variable value in the value field.

Entering Inventory Items

In the Item Number and Desc fields, enter the item number and description.

Item numbers can be assigned by the user, or they can be created by the system according to the auto-numbering rule in program SPAN, Auto Number Control.
This can include a United States standard twelve-digit UPC code. The first six digits are the company, the next five are the product code, and the twelfth digit is a check digit that is calculated to UPC rules.
A custom solution to auto create the item number numbering scheme based on custom rules has been added in version 85R1. The custom rules must be entered in procuser1.sql in the cfunc17 code. If custom rules exist, they will supersede GTIN and SPAN settings for item numbering scheme. Contact NDS Professional Services for assistance.

In the Product Group field, if the item is assigned to be a product group, enter the product group.

Product groups can be used individually or in conjunction with product codes, product lines, or inventory codes 1-9.

In the Unit of Measure field, enter the default unit of measure for the item.
In the Current ECL field, enter the engineering change level for the item, if a bill of material exists for the item.
In the Current Rtg Rev field, enter the current routing revision level for the item, if a routing was entered for the item in program RTMM, Routing Master Maintenance.
Set the Control Type pop-list to the desired setting. The choices are None, Lot, and Serial.

Lot controlled items must have a control number for a defined number of units.
Serial controlled items must have a serial number for each item.
Lot and Serial numbers are defined in program ITCM, Item Control Number Maintenance, with specific details about the lot.
The default control type is set up in program SPMM, System Parameters/Default Maintenance.
You can change existing items from lot to serial control or serial to lot control. However, you cannot change non-controlled items to controlled items or controlled items to non-controlled items if the item has been assigned a location in programs such as program ICIA, Inventory Adjustments, and program REMD, Move to Destination.
Control numbers for controlled items are assigned when goods are received and can be automatically generated by the system based on algorithms that can be customized. (See program ICEM, Item/Plant Maintenance, for a discussion of the system standard generation methods.)
Once control numbers are assigned, they must be supplied whenever the associated inventory item is moved: transferred into stock, sold to a customer, transferred to another plant, or issued to a work order.
Kit items cannot be controlled items.

The Item Category pop-list indicates the type of item displayed.

An item can be one of the following categories:
Inventory Item
Category Item
Configurable Item
Kit
Proxy Item
The default in program ICMM, Inventory Master Maintenance, is Inventory Item. If the item is categorized as any other type, the item cannot be maintained in program ICMM, Inventory Master Maintenance.
Items not categorized as Inventory Item or Proxy Item are maintained automatically by other programs.
Model items can be converted to inventory items here. In order to be converted, the item cannot be the parent or child of any other model item in program MOTM, Modular Bill Maintenance. Change the pop-list from Model Item to Inventory Item, and press [Commit].

Set the Maintain On Hand flag to on to indicate that this item can be maintained as on hand inventory.
Set the Fast Receipt flag to the desired setting. This flag determines whether fast receipts can be entered for this item in program REFS, Miscellaneous Receipts.

When this flag is set to on, fast receipts can be entered for the item in program REFS, Miscellaneous Receipts.
When this flag is set to off, fast receipts cannot be entered for the items in program REFS, Miscellaneous Receipts.

Set the Backflush flag to on if this item can be backflushed.

When bills of material are entered with component items with this flag set to on, the backflush flag for the component item will default to on.

Set the Drop Ship Only flag to on if ALL sales order lines entered for the item will be shipped from the vendor as a drop ship purchase order. You must have the Maintain On-Hand flag set to off if this flag is set to on.

When sales order lines are entered for this item, the Direct flag will be set to on automatically for the sales order line. A notification will be displayed to the sales order entry operator. The Direct flag cannot be set to off on the sales order if the item has the flag set to on here.

Set the Phantom flag to on if the item will be identified as a phantom in bills of material.

Items with this flag set to on will be treated as phantoms. The phantom item's bill of material will be included with the parent bill of material when work orders or production schedules are generated.

Set the Hazardous Matl flag to the desired setting. The setting of this flag is used when shipping orders with the Connectship / WorldEase Interface. Set this flag to on if the item is considered a hazardous material for shipping purposes.

For more information, see the Clippership Interface and Connectship / WorldEase Interface section

Set the Inspection Req'd flag to on if you wish the Inspect flag to default to on for this item in program POEM, P.O. Entry/Maintenance.

You can reset this flag in program POEM, P.O. Entry/Maintenance.
Items with this flag set to on must be inspected with program REIE, Inspection Entry. Items with this flag set to off cannot be inspected with program REIE, Inspection Entry.

Set the Discontinued flag to on if the item has been discontinued.

Discontinued items cannot be purchased or manufactured. Identifying an item as discontinued is a good way to isolate obsolete inventory. Discontinued items can be shipped.

Set the Common Item flag to the desired setting. This flag is only used with the Fulfillment Management feature in the fulfillment house database master instance.

If this flag is set to on, the item is designated as a common item and the item information is copied from the fulfillment house database master to the fulfillment house customers. You can only set this flag to on in the fulfillment house database master instance, and the item can only be maintained in the fulfillment house database master instance.
If this flag is set to off, this item is private to the NDS instance and will not be copied to the fulfillment house customer instances.
For more information, see the Common Items section of the NDS Help.

Set the Inactive flag to on if the item is inactive.

Inactive items cannot be ordered, manufactured, or shipped.

Set the Expiration Date Req'd flag to the desired setting. Set this flag to on if when control numbers for this item are created, an expiration date must be entered.
Set the Allow Est Freight flag to the desired setting. Set this flag to on to allow custom calculation of estimated freight if this item is on an order.
Set the ROHS Flag pop-list to the desired setting. The setting of the pop-list indicated whether the item is in compliance with European Union rules.

Choices are:
Unknown: the status of compliance is unknown.
Yes: the item is in compliance with European Union rules.
No: the item is not incompliance with European Union rules.
This pop-list is only for companies that are selling products in Europe and those item records that are being sold in Europe.

In the Product Code field, if the item is assigned to a product code, enter the product code.
In the Product Line field, if the item is assigned to a product line, enter the product line.
In the Acct Class field, if the item is to be assigned to an account class, enter the account class.

Accounts classes are user-defined.

In the Commodity/HS Tariff field, enter the US commodity code or world class organizations harmonized code for the item.

The Commodity Code/HS Tariff field is 8 characters long to handle US commodity codes and harmonized codes.
NDS Applications provides both harmonized code fields so that those who wish to use both versions for different purposes can. These fields are not used in the standard system and are entirely user-defined.

In the WCO HS Code field, enter the international commodity code or world class organizations harmonized code for this item, if desired.

The WCO HS Code field handles the WCO harmonized codes which are international codes and consist of the harmonized code plus a 2 digit suffix.
NDS Applications provides both harmonized code fields so that those who wish to use both versions for different purposes can. These fields are not used in the standard system and are entirely user-defined.
The entries in this field can be validated against the values entered in program SPHM, WCO Harmonized Code Maintenance, if desired.

When the VALIDATE_WCO_HS_CODE parameter in program MURM, Initialization Parameter Maintenance, is set to YES, the values will be validated.

When the parameter is set to NO, the values will not be validated.

If this item will be used in Item Specific allocation types, in the Alloc Qty field, enter the quantity that the customers assigned to Item Specific allocation types will be able to order when this item reaches its low stock allocation level.

For more information, see Sales Restrictions by Low Stock Allocation.

If you are using allocation types to restrict sales, enter the low allocation stock level in the Trig Lvl field, if appropriate.

When the on hand quantity for this item reaches this amount, and a customer assigned an allocation type tries to order the item, the customer will only be able to order the allocation quantity.
For more information, see Sales Restrictions by Low Stock Allocation.

In the ABC Class field, enter the ABC class for the item.

ABC class is calculated by program PHAM, ABC Classification Maintenance.
The ABC system classified inventory by dollar value or other criteria and is used by physical inventory and material requirements planning (MRP) for sorting.

In the Count Cycle field, enter the number of days between cycle counts for this item.

This number is utilized in program PHCP, Cycle Count Preparation, if "Item Due" is selected as the parameter for a cycle count. It will be considered due if the cycle count date specified is the same as or greater than the number of days since this item's cycle count was updated.

In the Country of Origin field, enter the country of origin for the item, if desired.
If the item is to be used in Point of Sale transactions, enter the description for the item for point of sale.

The point of sale descriptions are used for point of sale retail generation in the fast look up table in program PSMX, Point of Sale Search Table Regeneration.
The POS Description2 field is also used for MSDS Sheet printing with program OESX, Shipping Director. In the POS Description 2 field, for items for which you are printing MSDS sheets, enter the exact filename for the MSDS sheet. The entry here will be attached to the end of the MSDS_FILES_ROOT value entered in program MURM, Initialization Parameter Maintenance. You can enter subdirectories here.

For example, if the root from program MURM, Initialization Parameter Maintenance, was C:\msds\, and the file index.pdf was in that directory, you would enter index.pdf in this POS Description2 field. If the file was in a subdirectory of the root directory, you would enter msds_sub\index.pdf, and the system would look in C:\msds\msds_sub\index.pdf for the file.
If you are using a Unix system, the slashes go the opposite direction, so the root might be /msds/ and the subdirectory and file might be msds_sub/index.pdf.

In the Drawing Ref field, enter the drawing reference, if desired.

The drawing reference is user-defined and used only for reference.

In the CAD Code field, enter the CAD code, if desired.

The CAD code is user-defined and used only for reference.

In the Item Type field, enter the item type for the item.

The item type is a user-defined field.

In the Item Code field, enter the item type code, if desired.

Item type codes are set up in program IPAM, Allowed Item Type Code Maintenance.
Item type codes are used to restrict the items that a customer can purchase. For more information on item type codes, see the Restricting Customer/Item Purchases section.

In the Ship Temp field, if the item has a specific temperature that cannot be exceeded during shipping, enter the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.

This field is used for the Shipping Temperature Comments feature.

In the Project Class field, if this item will be used on projects in the project management module, enter the project class for the item. When a sales order with this item is converted to a project with program PMSM, Convert Order/Quote to Project, this information is copied to the project line code.

Inventory Items can be assigned any project class with a project line type other than Sub-Tier Project.
Kit and Model Items can be assigned only project classes with the project line type of Sub tier Project.
Prompts cannot be assigned a project class.

In the Project Group Code field, if this item will be used on projects in the project management module, enter the project group code for the item. When a sales order with this item is converted to a project with program PMSM, Convert Order/Quote to Project, this information is copied to the project line code.
In the Cust field, enter the fulfillment customer number for which this item is a common item. If the item is a common item for all fulfillment customers, leave this field blank. This field is only used with the Fulfillment Management feature in the fulfillment house database master instance.

When a fulfillment customer is entered in this field, the item quantities will remain synchronized for this item in the fulfillment house database master instance and only the fulfillment house customer instance for the entered fulfillment customer.
For more information, see the Common Items section of the NDS Help.

In the BO Notify Pct field, enter the percentage of the item's safety stock for which backorder notifications will be sent.

When an item has an on hand quantity that is more than this percentage of the item's safety stock quantity, the item can be selected for backorder notification in program BONO, Backorder Notify.
If no percentage is entered, the item cannot be considered for backorder notification in program BONO, Backorder Notify.
The default value for this field for new items is determined by the DEF_BO_NOTIFY_PCT parameter in program MURM, Initialization Parameter Maintenance.

In the BO Notify Days field, enter the number of days for which a sales order will be considered for backorder notification if one of the sales order lines is for this item.

Program BONO, Backorder Notify, considers the system date and the sales order date. If the sales order date is within this many days of the system date, and this item is on one of the sales order lines, it can be selected for backorder notification.
If no days are entered, the item cannot be considered for backorder notification in program BONO, Backorder Notify.
The default value for this field for new items is determined by the DEF_BO_NOTIFY_DAYS parameter in program MURM, Initialization Parameter Maintenance.

In the Blank Weight field, if you are using Customer/Item Surcharges, enter the weight in pounds for this item's surcharge calculation in this field. A weight must be entered for surcharges to be calculated.
Set the Add Surcharge flag to the desired setting.

When this flag is set to on, and the item is entered on a sales order, the surcharges will be calculated for the item. The customer on the sales order also must have the Add Surcharges flag set to on in the customer record.
When this flag is set to off, no surcharges will be calculated.
For more information, see the Customer/Item Surcharges section.

In the Surcharge Per Lb field, enter the default surcharge amount per pound for this item.

When there is no customer/item surcharge record, and the customer's surcharge amount is 0.000, this amount will be used.
For more information, see the Customer/Item Surcharges section.

In the GTIN field, enter the GTIN code for this item. The code must match the GTIN Format selected in program ILPM, Plant Code Maintenance. Depending on the setting of the GTIN Generation pop-list in program ILPM, Plant Code Maintenance, this value may have already been generated.

If the pop-list is set to Manual, then all GTIN codes must be manually entered.
If the pop-list is set to On Demand, then the [Generate GTIN] button can be used to generate the value from the GTIN_XX record in program SPAN, Auto Number Control, where XX is the logged in plant code.
If the pop-list is set to Automatic, then the GTIN code is generated for all new items created where the item number is not entered by the user. The code is generated from the GTIN_XX record in program SPAN, Auto Number Control, where XX is the logged in plant code.
If the Synchronize GTIN and Item No where possible flag in program ILPM, Plant Code Maintenance, is set to on, the item number will be made the same as the GTIN code for new items if the item number is not entered manually.

In the TH, WD, and LN fields, enter the dimensions of the item.

Dimensions are user defined, containing the fields TH, WD, and LN. These stand for thickness, width, and length. These fields are used as an item description.

In the Item Code 1 through Item Code 9 fields, enter the values for the nine inventory codes, if desired.

The inventory code fields are the nine fields in the lower right of the screen.
Inventory codes are user-defined codes that are linked to product groups and can be used to differentiate general ledger postings for items and for ad-hoc reporting.
Each product group can have a different label for the codes. These labels will be displayed in place of the item code (1-9) labels when the item is assigned a product group.
The inventory code labels and values are defined in the program for that code, or in program IPGM, Product Group Maintenance. For example, the label and values for inventory code 1 are entered in program IPCAM, Item Code Maintenance.

You can assign a different item number to different versions of the same item. To do this, press the [Multi-lengths] button.

An example would be a plank of wood. You can have a plank of wood that is two inches wide, and two inches thick, but has varying lengths. You could enter the different lengths in this record, and the system will assign a separate item number for each length.
These records are still linked to the main item number. If you change something on the main item number, it will change in all of those linked to it. If you change something in a linked item number, nothing will happen to the main item number or any of the other links. All of the links can be maintained separately.
Enter the length.
You can enter the item number, or if auto-numbering is set up for items in program SPAN, Auto Number Control, you can let the program assign the item number when the record is committed.
Press [Commit].

You can enter additional descriptions for the item with the [Description] button. Additional descriptions are only used for custom reporting.
You can enter alternate units of measure for the item for purchasing, sales, and pricing units of measure. To do this, use the [Alternate U/M's] button.

Enter the additional units of measure for the item.
Enter the conversion to stock unit of measure. This is the multiplier that will make the indicated unit of measure equal to the stock unit of measure. For example, if the stock unit of measure is inches, and the alternate unit of measure is feet, the conversion factor would be 12. If the stock unit of measure is feet and the alternate unit of measure is inches, the conversion factor would be .083333.
If this unit of measure is to be used for a custom application, enter the application. Otherwise, leave the application field blank.
Alternate units of measure are used for the Alternate Units of Measure and Preferred SKUs feature.

Press [Commit].

Assigning Engineering Templates to Items

1. Query the item to which you wish to add engineering templates.

2. Press the [Templates] button.

3. Press the [Templates Selector] button.

Only templates that have the Conformance flag set to on in program ESTM, Engineering Template Maintenance, will be displayed here to be selected.

4. Find the template that you wish to add to the item.

5. Set the Action flag to Add.

6. Press [Commit].

7. To remove a template, set the Action flag to Delete and press [Commit].

8. Press [Return]

9. The template variables will be displayed.

10. You can enter values for the template variables using the [Specifications] button, if appropriate.

Variables can be added to items on the fly. The variable must exist in program ESVM, Engineering Variable Maintenance, to be entered.
If you enter a variable on the fly, you must also enter a template for the variable. The variable does not have to be assigned to the template in program ESTM, Engineering Template Maintenance.
For variable values, if the LOV Required flag is set to on in program ESVM, Engineering Variable Maintenance, for the variable, then the value entered must match the list of values created for the variable in program ESVM, Engineering Variable Maintenance.
If the LOV Required flag is set to off, any values can be entered.

11. Press [Commit].

Copying Item Cost and Price Information Between Plants

1. You can copy cost and price information entered in your current plant to other existing plants.

Enter cost information in program ICCM, Inventory Cost Data Maintenance.
Enter sales price information in program ICSM, Inventory Sales Data Maintenance.

2. Query the item in this program.

3. Press the [Push $] button.

4. The Price / Cost Push screen will be displayed. All plants but the one that you are currently logged into will be displayed on this screen.

5. Set the Costs flag to on for all plants to which you want to push the cost entered in this plant.

To select all plants, press the [Select All] button $image\ebx_1308180707.gif$ .
To de-select all plants, press the [Deselect All] button $image\ebx_-1457451925.gif$ .

6. Set the Price flag to on for all plants to which you want to push the sales price entered in this plant.

To select all plants, press the [Select All] button $image\ebx_1308180707.gif$ .
To de-select all plants, press the [Deselect All] button $image\ebx_-1457451925.gif$ .

7. Set the Push Price Matrix flag to the desired setting.

Set this flag to on to copy the price matrix records entered in CMPC, Price Matrix Maintenance, for this item to the plants for which the Prices flag is set to on.
Set the flag to off to prevent the price matrix from being copied to the plants.

8. When you have selected all desired plants, press the [Push Prices / Costs Now] button.

9. The costs and prices will be copied to the selected plants, overwriting any information that had been entered previously in those plants.

10. If the Push Price Matrix flag was set to on, the price matrix was also copied to the plants for which the Prices flag was set to on.

Converting Model Items to Inventory Items

Model items can be converted to inventory items here. In order to be converted, the item cannot be the parent or child of any other model item in program MOTM, Modular Bill Maintenance.

1. Query the item that you are converting to a model item.

2. Change the item category pop-list from Model Item to Inventory Item.

3. Press [Commit].

ICMM Action Buttons

Alternate U/M's

Use this button to enter unit of measure codes for this item for the purchasing, pricing, and sales units of measure. The conversion for this unit of measure should be the multiplier required to make this unit of measure equal to the item's stock unit of measure. For example, if the stocking unit of measure is inches, and this unit of measure is feet, the conversion factor would be 12. If the stocking unit of measure was feet and this unit of measure was inches, the conversion factor would be 0.08333.

These conversions are used in program ICSM, Inventory Sales Data Maintenance, and program POEM, Purchase Order Entry/Maintenance. For each sales unit of measure there must be an individual record, as the sales unit of measure cannot be changed in the record.

Description

Use this button to enter any additional description for the item. You can enter up to sixty characters per line. The description entered here can be printed on custom reports.

Generate GTIN

Press this button to generate the GTIN number for this item, according to the parameters in program ILPM, Plant Code Maintenance. If the GTIN Generation pop-list in program ILPM, Plant Code Maintenance, is set to Manual, this button will not generate the GTIN number for the item.

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Over the Costs flags on the Price / Cost Push screen, press this button to set the Costs flag to off for all displayed plants.

Over the Prices flags on the Price / Cost Push screen, press this button to set the Prices flag to off for all displayed plants.

Multi-Lengths

Use this button to assign a different item number to different versions of the same item. An example would be a plank of wood. You can have a plank of wood that is two inches wide, and two inches thick, but has varying lengths. You can enter the different lengths in this record. You have the choice of either assigning the item number for the different lengths yourself or leaving the field blank and having the system create the item number according to the auto-numbering rule in program SPAN, Auto Number Control.

These records are still linked to the main item number. If you change something on the main item number, it will change in all of those records linked to it. If you change something in a linked item number, nothing will happen to the main item number or any of the other links. All of the links can be maintained separately.

Push $

Press this button to copy prices and costs from the current plant to other plants. The Price / Cost Push screen will be displayed to allow you to select the desired plants to which you wish to copy prices and costs.

This button is disabled if the PLANT_PROTECT parameter is set to Y in program MURM, Initialization Parameter Maintenance.

Push Prices / Costs Now

Press this button to copy prices and costs from the current plant to the selected plants. The costs and prices being copied will overwrite any existing records for this item in the selected plants.

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Over the Costs flags on the Price / Cost Push screen, press this button to set the Costs flag to on for all displayed plants.

Over the Prices flags on the Price / Cost Push screen, press this button to set the Prices flag to on for all displayed plants.

Specifications

Press this button to view the engineering variables and values assigned to your item from the templates assigned with the [Templates] button.

Templates

Press this button to view or maintain templates assigned to the item.

Template Selector

Press this button to select templates to add or remove from the item.

Update Component ECLs in Bills

If you have changed the current engineering change level (ECL), use this button to update the engineering change levels for the item in all of the bills of material in which the item is a component. The engineering change level (ECL) is the revision level indicating the number of times the bill of material has been modified