Re: Item numbers

Weston,
There is a cross reference file that is already supported in MAPICS.
Investigate the "Industry" and "Customer" Item Numbers, that x-ref to the 15
digit MAPICS Item#.  
It's maintainable on Menu: AMBM62 Option: 3 "Related Item Information"

Orders can be entered using these 30 digit Industry or Customer Item
Numbers, and both item numbers will be printed on invoices/acknowledgements.

It sounds like it's good mostly for customer use and NOT internal.  Probably
not what you're looking for, but it is an option to consider and is
supported within MAPICS. 

Ed Kandel 

-----Original Message-----
From: rustyjackson@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rustyjackson@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:00 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion; MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Item numbers

I once had a client that tried changing the item number in all of the files
and programs to 20 positions.  The result was summed up in one word:
DISASTER!

I had another client that created a cross reference file that had the MAPICS
item number and a larger item number for internal use.  They then modified
the required programs, reports, and displays to retrieve and print/display
their internal numbers.  That was a lot of work but they had success.

Rusty Jackson  
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Weston Wheat" <wwheat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> All 
> We are currently at R7. My users are requesting more then 15 char's for 
> the item number field. Does anyone have a solution for dealing with this 
> limitation?. 
> Thanks 
> 
> Weston Wheat 
> Information Systems Manager 
> Quality Thermistor Inc 
> 208-377-3373 ext 115 
> wwheat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> www.thermistor.com 
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