Add Items to Locations
Overview
You use the Location Details form to add inventory items to each location where you want to stock them unless you select the option to automatically Allow Items At All Locations,
You can find out if you automatically stock items at all locations by looking on the Processing tab of the Options form in the I/C Setup folder.
Note: You must also allow items to be stocked at goods-in-transit locations if you want to use them to transfer items.
Before
you start
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Find out the picking sequence code / bin number for the item at the new location.
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Add your item records to Inventory Control and decide on the locations at which you want to stock individual items.
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Determine the most recent cost for each item in your inventory.
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Determine the standard cost of items that use the standard costing method.
To add items to locations:
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Open Inventory Control > I/C Items and Price Lists > Location Details.
Click here for help on Location Details fields.
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Enter an item number or select an item number from the Finder.
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Tab to the entry grid and, if necessary, click the insert key to start a new line, and then click the Finder button in the Location column heading to choose the first location where you want to add the item.
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Fill in the rest of the fields in the grid as follows:
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Enter a picking sequence number (often a bin number).
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Double-click the Allowed field to change it to Yes.
The "In Use" field will contain "No" until you post transactions for the item the new location.
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Enter or select a cost unit of measure for the program to use when costing transactions for the item at this location.
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Enter costing information for the item in the UOM selected in the Cost Unit Of Measure column.
The program updates each time you process a receipt, transfer, or assembly for the item and run day-end processing.
See Location Details fields for more information on costing fields.
Quantities are updated and displayed by the program when you when you post inventory transactions for this location.
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Click Save to save new information or changes.