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This panel is accessed from many programs, such as:
- Select item
- Warehouse balance enquiry
- Time axis enquiry
and is a summary of important information for the item.
Function keys
| Characteristics | Only displayed if the item has been created via the Item classification functionality. View the characteristics attached to the item. |
| Display segment fields | Only displayed if Item segmentation is activated in the DIS control file. View the segmentation information of the item. |
- Item
- Displays the item code.
- Internal name
- Displays an abbreviation of the item name for internal use. Internal names are used, for instance, to simplify alphabetical sorting. If this field is blank, the complete name description is converted to capital letters and used as the internal name.
- Responsible
- Displays the signature for the person or department, etc., responsible for the item.
- Creation date
- Displays the date this item was entered into the system for the first time. Today’s date is defaulted when you create a new item.
- Planner
- Displays the signature for the employee or department, etc., who is responsible for all plans pertaining to the item.
- Main supplier
- Displays the supplier to be used as the main supplier. The supplier with the best ranking (lowest figure), defined on the Supplier information panel in the Item file, will be considered as the main supplier.
- Account group
- Displays an account group for this item. The group refers to the pseudo accounts.
- Batch
- Indicates if the item is to be batch handled. Caution should be taken when setting this field from NO to YES on the corresponding maintenance panel. If there is stock on hand for the item being put under batch control, a warning message will be displayed in this Item file when this code is changed. If this warning is ignored, the stock without a batch number will never be included on the Pick list.
- Item group
- Displays an item group for this item. This information is used for grouping items together. Its main purpose, however, is for calculating discounts. In the Discount file, the item group can be combined with either the customer number, customer group or customer discount group to determine discounts. Accounting and statistics can also be handled via the item group.
- Serial no tracking
- Indicates if serial number tracking is valid for this item.
- Item discount group
- Displays a code from the Item discount group table. The item discount group is used in the Customer discount file for giving discounts to customers. The group is also a statistics parameter and used by the DC1 Report Writer.
- Time axis
- Indicates if the item should be included and updated in the time axis function.
- Item price group
- Displays a code from the Item price group table. The item price group is used as a selection parameter when recalculating sales and purchase prices. The group is also a statistics parameter and used by the DC1 Report Writer.
- Fictitious item
- Indicates if this is a fictitious item, i.e. the item code can be used for a number of items. For a fictitious item the description, unit and cost price must be entered at the time of order entry.
- Item family
- Displays a code from the Item family table. The item family is used for grouping items together. It is also a statistics parameter and used by the DC1 Report Writer.
- Fictitious item type
- Displays a code from the Fictitious item type table, if the Fictitious item field is set to YES. The fictitious item type controls, e.g., the cost price handling for fictitious items.
- Item sector
- Displays a code from the Item sector table. The item sector is used for grouping items together. It is also a statistics parameter and used by the DC1 Report Writer.
- Structure type
- Displays the structure type code for this item. Note: If structure code is displayed, the item cannot be included in any assortment, i.e. a structure parent cannot be referred to within an assortment.
- Item class
- The item class can be used in Sales order entry, and for calculating EOQ, reorder point and safety stock. Note: Item class 2, 3 and 4 are not handled in the stock calculation functions.
- Country of origin
- This field is only displayed if the EU reporting function is activated. Displays the code for the country of origin, indicating in which country this item was made.
- Shipment group
- Displays the shipment group code used to classify different items into one shipment group category. This classification is used to prevent different items from being shipped together, e.g. Food items would more than likely not be shipped together with Petrol items. All sales orders containing items with the same shipment group code can be selected during preparation of pick list and/or transport note and specified as such on the pick list printout/transport note sent to the customer.
- Default sales unit
- Displays the default sales unit. If no unit is defined during order entry, this default sales unit will be defaulted.
- Goods type
- Displays the goods type code used to classify different items into one goods type category, if any. All items with the same goods type code can be grouped together and specified as such on the Shipping document sent to the customer.
- Stock unit
- Displays the unit under which the item is stored in stock, e.g. kilo, piece, meter, litre. The unit in which the item is stocked need not be the same as the unit in which it is sold.
- Conformity group
- Displays a conformity group for this item. The conformity group is used in the quality control routine when goods are received, to control that the item conforms with the specific criteria defined for the conformity group.
- Handling status
- Displays a code from the Handling status table. The handing status indicates if specific restrictions apply for the item, e.g., the item is not allowed to be entered on a sales order.
- Item type
- This field is only displayed if DC1 Manufacturing is activated. Displays the item type of this item.
Code Description 1 End item. The item is manufactured within the company. 2 Sub assembly. The item is manufactured within the company. 3 Material. The item is purchased from an external supplier. 4 Purchased. The item is purchased from an external supplier. 8 Forecast item. A forecast item is used when creating sales forecasts. 9 User defined code.
Item information, Item segments (DIR45002)
This panel and displays all segment fields for the item, as well as the Primary segment.
- Item
- Displays the full segmented item code. In the middle of the panel you view the different Segment descriptions and how the item code has been segmented according to the rules defined for the Segmentation type.
- Primary segment
- Displays the primary segment for the combination Item/Segmentation type.