Understanding Item Cross-References

As part of inventory management, you can define relationships between the company's item information and the item information of a supplier or customer. Additionally, you can set up substitute items, replacement items, and bar codes that are associated with an item. Cross-references associate the internal item numbers with those from other trading partners. The Item Cross Reference program (P4104) enables you to manage these relationships in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system. For example, suppose that a customer orders items using the customer's item numbers. If you have the Item Cross Reference program set up for the customer, you can easily convert those item numbers into the company's equivalent numbers.

Examples of cross-referenced items are:

• Vendor item numbers.

  Use when you are required to use vendor part numbers on orders or communications.

• Customer item numbers.

  Use so that customers can order with their part numbers.

• Substitute items.

  Use when the ordered item is out of stock.

• Replacement items.

  Use when you or vendors discontinue an item and replace it with a new item.

• Bar codes.

  Use to associate bar code input with a specific item.

• Associated items.

  Use to recommend other, associated items as part of the sale.

When setting up cross-references for EDI, you must cross-reference every possible number that the trading partners might transmit.