Minimum Required Information

The following information is required for all parts:

·      Part number.  Defined on Description screen.  Each item within a plant must be assigned a unique part number, which is used to identify the item throughout the system. 

·      Part description.  Defined on Description screen.  Each MAC-PAC screen where you are required to enter a part number provides a part search capability.  The first 14 characters of the part description are the default text associated with the part number.  (If you want to use different text to identify this part in a search, you can enter the text in the Search field on the Distribution screen.)

·      Part type.  Defined on Description screen.  See separate key concept.

·      Accounting code.  Defined on Description screen.  See Inventory Classification key concept.

·      Stockkeeping unit of measure.  Defined on Description screen.  See the Units of Measure and Batch Quantity key concept.

·      Vendor relationship flag.  Defined on Purchasing screen.

·     PO generation mode.  Defined on Purchasing screen.  This mode has several values:

N – You have to manually release the planned requisitions generated by MS or RP before covering these by purchase orders.

Y – The planned requisitions may be allocated to purchase orders via vendor allocation.  Or you can manually cover them with purchase orders without releasing them first.

1 through 6 – The planned requisitions may be allocated to purchase orders via the Repetitive Supply module.

·      Dock-to-stock lead time.  Defined on Purchasing screen.

Whether or not any additional information is defined for a part depends on that part's type, how you wish to control it, and what processing options you are using.  Recommended fields to be defined for each part type are listed in the Define Parts section of the Procedures chapter.