Defining Branch/Plant Constants
Access the Branch/Plant Constants form.
Branch/plant constants enable you to customize the processing of daily transactions for each branch/plant in the distribution and manufacturing systems.
- Symbol Customer/Supplier
Enter a character that identifies the customer's or supplier's number in the system. When you enter a number preceded by this character, the system recognizes the number as the customer's or supplier's number. The system then uses the cross-reference table to match the number to the item number. You must complete this field if you want the system to perform cross-referencing.
- Commitment Method
Enter a code that exists in the Inventory Commitment Method (H40/CM) UDC to indicate the method that the system uses to commit lot items from inventory. Values are:
1: The normal commitment method for inventory. The system commits inventory from the primary location and then from secondary locations.
The system commits inventory from the locations with the most inventory before committing inventory from locations with the least. The system commits back orders to the primary location.
2: The inventory commitment method by lot number. The system commits inventory by lot number, starting with the lowest lot number and committing orders to available lots.
3: The inventory commitment method by lot expiration date. The system commits inventory from the locations with the earliest expiration date first. The system considers only locations with expiration dates greater than or equal to the sales order or parts list requested date.
- Specific Commitment (Days)
Enter a number that the system uses to determine when to commit inventory to an order in sales order processing. This value in days is added to current date and compared with the promised ship date for the order line. If the promised date is greater than the calculated date, then the order line will be future committed in the F41021 table. Enter 999 to eliminate future commits.
- Number of Days in Year
Enter the number of days in a year that the company is open for business. This field is required. You must specify a number from 252 to 365. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement system uses this number to calculate the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ).
- Supplier Cross Ref. Code (supplier cross-reference code)
Enter a value from the Cross Reference Type Code (41/DT) UDC that identifies the type of cross-reference set up for this supplier. Examples of values include:
1: Substitutes
2: Replacements
3: Bar codes
4: Customer numbers
5: Supplier numbers
- Purchasing
Enter a value from the Cost Method (40/CM) UDC that indicates the cost method that the system uses to determine the cost of the item for purchase orders. Cost methods 01 through 19 are reserved.
- Sales/Inventory Costing Method
Enter a value from the Cost Method (40/CM) UDC that indicates the cost method that the system uses to calculate the cost of goods sold for the item. Cost methods 01 through 19 are reserved.
- Current Inventory Period
Enter the number (from 1 to 14) that identifies the current accounting period. The system uses this number to generate error messages, such as PBCO (posted before cut off) and PACO (posted after cut off).
- Purchase Order Issue Cost
Enter the amount that the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement system uses to calculate the EOQ. This cost should be the estimate of the cost of materials, labor, and overhead that you incur when you issue a single purchase order. The default value is 0.00.
- Inventory Carrying Cost (%) (inventory carrying cost (percent)
Enter the percentage of inventory investment that the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement system uses to calculate EOQ. The default is 0.00. Enter the percentage as a decimal value.
- General Ledger Explanation
Enter a code that exists in the General Ledger Explanation (H41/PR) UDC. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system uses this value to select the default description that appears on the second line of a journal entry in the general ledger. Values are:
1: Item master description (the default).
2: Primary item number.
- Approval Route Code
Enter a code that determines to whom an order is routed for approval.
- Backorders Allowed
Select this option to allow backorders for this item. You can allow backorders by item using the Item Master (P4101) program or the Item Branch/Plant (P41026) program, by customer using the Customer Billing Instructions program (P03013), or by branch/plant using the Branch/Plant Constants program (P41001).
- Interface G/L (interface general ledger)
Select to specify that inventory transactions processed through this branch/plant create general ledger entries.
- Write Units to Journal Entries
Select to specify that the system moves units to the general ledger after the system records a journal entry.
- Location Control
Select to specify that the system uses only those locations that exist in the Location Master table (F4100).
- Warehouse Control
Select to specify that the system create warehouse transactions for the branch/plant.
- Quality Control
Select to specify that the system enables the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Quality Management system (system 37) for the branch/plant.
- Use Product Cost Detail
Select to specify that the programs in the distribution system use the detailed product cost method of product costing. If you do not select this option, the distribution programs use the total cost method.
- Foreign Depot
Select to indicate that another company owns the branch/plant. The Bulk and Packed Load Confirmation programs use this code to determine whether the depot from which product is being loaded is a foreign depot. If it is a foreign depot, you must enter a valid borrow agreement during load confirmation.
- Inventory Lot Creation
Select to specify that the inventory transaction programs create new lot or serial numbers in the system.
If you do not select this option, the system does not enable the inventory transaction programs to create new lot numbers in the system.