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Prior to working with your inventory, you must provide the system with information about the items you stock. When you enter each inventory item, you provide the system with details such as:
Item identifiers
Item descriptions (foreign and domestic)
Item rules
Item costs and prices
Item weights and measures
You must also provide the system with information about the location of each item, including:
The branch/plant where each item resides
The locations used within each branch/plant
The system uses this information to help track and process each item through your distribution and manufacturing systems.
Figure 2-1 Inventory Information to Process in Distribution and Manufacturing
Entering an item includes two steps:
Enter item master information, which includes basic information about an item.
Customize the item master information to suit each branch or plant that the item occupies.
Figure 2-2 Customizing Item Master Information
When you enter item master information, the system creates a record in the Item Master table (F4101). When you enter branch/plant information for an item, the system creates records in the Item Branch Master table (F4102) and the Item Location Information table (F41021).
Figure 2-3 Item Branch Master and Item Location Information Tables
To enter item information, complete the following steps:
Enter item master information
Enter branch/plant information
Enter item cost information
Enter sales price information
Read System Setup in the Inventory Management Guide
Set up G/L class codes
Review and modify branch/plant constants
Set up next numbers
Set up default locations and printers
Set up applicable user defined code tables, including:
G/L posting categories
Stocking type codes
Units of measure
Classification code categories
Cost method codes
Language preference codes