10 Merchandising

• Setting Up the Item Supporting Tables
• Setting Up the Purchasing Tables
• Creating and Working with Items
• Setting up SKUs
• Working with Sets
• Updating Items and SKUs
• Maintaining Purchase Orders
• Using Purchase Order Inquiry
• Printing Purchase Orders
• Printing Purchase Order Reports
• Performing Inventory Analyses
• Retail Integration (External System to Order Administration)

Setting Up the Item Supporting Tables

Supporting tables: This part describes how to set up the item supporting tables. Generally, these tables contain codes and associated descriptions which you use to define and classify items.

• Working with Hazardous Item Codes (WHAZ) describes creating, changing, deleting, and displaying these codes.
• Working with Item Category Codes (WITG) describes creating, changing, deleting, and displaying these codes.
• Working with Item Classes (WICL) describes creating, changing, deleting, and displaying these codes.
• Working with Item Status (WIST) describes creating, changing, deleting, and displaying these codes.
• Working with Long SKU Classes (WLSC) describes creating, changing, deleting, and displaying these codes.
• Working with Long SKU Departments (WLSD) describes creating, changing, deleting, and displaying these codes.
• Working with Units of Measure (WUOM) describes creating, changing, deleting, and displaying these codes.
• Working with Item Subscriptions (WISB) describes creating, changing, deleting, and displaying subscription items.
• Working with Item Keywords (WKEY) describes creating, changing, and deleting keywords you can use when scanning for an item.
• Working with Item Keyword Exclusions (WEXC) describes creating, changing, and deleting words you can exclude from automatic keyword creation.
• Working with Tax Product Code Cross References (WTPC) describes how to set up a cross reference table to map tax product codes to an item class, long SKU division, long SKU department, and long SKU class combination.

Setting Up the Purchasing Tables

Purpose:

• Working with Buyers (WBUY) explains how to create, change, delete, and display buyer information.
• Working with Purchase Order Ship Via (WPSV) explains how to create, change, delete, and display ship via codes for purchase orders.
• Working with Vendors (WVEN) includes how to create, change, delete, and display vendor information.
• Working With PO Additional Charges (WPAC) explains how to create, change, delete, and display additional charges for purchase orders.
• Working with Unit of Measure Conversions (WUMC) explains how to create, change, delete, and display unit of measure conversions between your selling unit of measure and the vendor's unit of measure.
• Working with Vendor Items (WVNI) describes how to create, change, delete, and display vendor item information. Vendor items are a reference between the vendor's item information and the item information used by your company.
• Working with Vendor Upload (LVUP) explains how to upload vendor information into Order Administration.

Using Purchase Order Inquiry

Topics in this part:

• Purchase Order Inquiry (MPOI) describes the screens you use to review a purchase order on the system.

Printing Purchase Orders

Topic in this part:

• Printing Purchase Orders (MPRP) describes how to make standard print selections (sequence, date, type) and making additional print selections (vendor, buyers, and warehouses) in order to print or email the purchase order.