Understanding Barrel Creation

Use the Barrel Master program (P31B03) to add and revise existing barrels and their attributes, one barrel at a time.

The system can automatically generate barrel style definitions when new barrels are created.

The Barrel Master program tracks the details and attributes of individual barrels if each barrel is numbered. If you do not number each barrel, you cannot track the history and other specific information about a barrel, but you can track barrels with similar attributes that have been grouped together.

The barrel number consists of three segments. The first segment is a user-defined value, the second shows the year, and the third value is user-defined if you create barrels using the Barrel Master program. If you purchase barrels based on the barrel profile, the third segment is not available for user input. An example of a barrel number is ZIN/2004/1028.

Several of the values in the fields on the Barrel Master form are supplied from barrel types and barrel profiles.

Use the Receipt Quantity field to create multiple new master records at one time for barrels with the same attributes. For example, if you enter 5 in the Receipt Quantity field for barrel number PNOIR-2004-0420, the system creates identical master records for barrels PNOIR-2004-0420 through PNOIR-2004-0425.

Many of the fields on the Usage tab are maintenance-related and are updated through the operations.

If you purchase and receive barrels into the system, the barrel master record also displays the purchase receipt information for the barrel.