RE: Item Master Item Types

Item Type 9 does, indeed, exhibit a mixture of characteristics - it allows
material costs to be entered (like a purchased item) but can also have a
bill of material (like a manufactured part). The odd things about it is how
it is treated in cost roll-up. You can enter material, labor and overhead
costs and they will be used and carried up to higher level items but
costing will not pull up lower level costs as it does with a 'normal'
manufactured item (types 1 and 2).

Most companies use type 9 for "make or buy" items and manually manage the
cost elements and the M/P code in the Item Balance as acquisition policy
changes. Others use type 9 for "non-items" like drawings, consumable
supplies (gloves, masks, glue) to include them in the bill but distinguish
them from "real" items. Type 9 also works well as a temporary code to keep
the definition process moving before a real item type is defined, as was
suggested for this question.

Best of luck to you all -

Dave Turbide
dave@daveturbide.com




To: mapics-l@midrange.com
From: Lucas Geheniau <geheniau@bladel.tokheim.com>
Subject: RE: Item Master Item Types
Reply-To: mapics-l@midrange.com
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As far as I know, the user option for ITTYP 9 is, that it can be puchased
and it can have a BOM. The cost techn. code in the routing file indicates
the way of costing for the system.
Best,
Lucas

Dave Turbide, CFPIM, CMfgE, CIRM
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