1. Inventory Management Implementation Guide
  2. Understanding Item Information

Understanding Item Information

Before you can work with inventory, you must provide the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system with information about the items that you stock. When you enter each inventory item, you provide the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system with details such as:

  • Item identifiers.

  • Item descriptions (foreign and domestic).

  • Item rules.

  • Item costs and prices.

  • Item weights and measures.

You also must provide the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system with information about the location of each item, including:

  • The branch/plant where each item resides.

  • The locations that are used within each branch/plant.

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system uses this information to help track and process each item through the distribution and manufacturing systems. Entering an item includes two steps:

  1. Entering item master information, which includes basic information about an item.

  2. Configuring the item master information to suit each branch/plant that the item occupies.

When you enter item master information, the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system creates a record in the Item Master table (F4101). This table includes item information that applies throughout the branch, such as category codes and planner/buyer numbers. When you enter branch/plant information for an item, the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system creates records in the Item Branch File (F4102) and the Item Location File (F41021), which includes item information that is specific to certain locations, such as on-hand quantities and General Ledger GL class codes.