Re: Item Master Item Types

[Dave Turbide <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bonnie -

Pete is right - type "9" is the safest. Types 1 and 2 are considered
manufactured and 3 & 4 are purchased - the system will restrict maintenance
of the cost fields accordingly. Type 9 is "user defined" and costing allows
more manual entries (both material and labor/overhead). Be aware that cost
roll-up will be affected if you don't change it to the proper item type
before doing a roll-up. MRP keys off the M or P in Item Balance so planning
is not a problem if you change item types later.

If you go this route, I suggest you create a query to check for type 9s
that haven't been re-defined and run it every day or two to make sure the
definition process gets completed for every item.

Dave Turbide
dave@daveturbide.com

>Bonnie,
>There is no code file containing these types. I guess it is hard coded
>in the entry/maint program.
>And you have to have one.
>You could use a "9" user option then have have a night prog. list all the
>"9" to remind you that you need to take care of at some point....
>0 Phantom
>1 Assembly or subassembly
>2 Fabricated item
>3 Raw material
>4 Purchased item
>9 User option (Special)
>F Feature
>K Kit
>Pete Olshavsky
>Ind Mapics Analyst/System Analyst
----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie Cameron <bonnie.cameron@polarisind.com>
To: <MAPICS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: Item Master Item Types

> We often have the situation where the item type of a new part number is
> uncertain at the time of its creation. However, Mapics requires item type
> to create the new record. One of the solutions we are considering is
> writing the record with a generic, unused item type....and then
maintaining
> it later in the release process when it is confirmed.
>
> Does anyone know what ramifications we could encounter by doing this --
from
> a requirements, structure, etc. standpoint?
> Also, does anyone know the file for Item Type in Mapics and how to
maintain
> -- or is it programmatically defined?
>
> Thank you in advance for your help!
>
> Bonnie Cameron
> Polaris Industries
> 218.463.4094
> bonnie.cameron@polarisind.com
>

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