Sales Item Maintenance - Reorder Information

Program/Screen: SAITMM/SAITMM30

Description:

Use this screen to enter reorder details for a sales item that is inventoried, and for which you want the system to suggest reorder dates and quantities.

 

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Access this screen by pressing F7=Reorder on the Sales Item Maintenance screen.  On this screen, enter reorder details for the sales item such as order method, safety stock in days, and the ordering unit of measure.  Press Enter to return to the main Sales Item Maintenance screen.

 

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Reorder Information

 

Fields

Item number

Displays the item number for which you are maintaining reorder information.

 

Description

Displays a brief description of the item.

 

Manufacturer's item number

Displays the manufacturer's item number assigned to this sales item.

 

Unit of measure

Displays the code that represents the smallest unit of measure in which this item is sold, purchased, or stocked.

 

2nd unit of measure

Displays the code that represents the second unit of measure in which this item is sold, purchased, or stocked.

 

2nd quantity

Displays the quantity of items in the first unit of measure that is equivalent to one unit in this second unit of measure.

 

3rd unit of measure

Displays the code that represents the third unit of measure in which this item is sold, purchased, or stocked.

 

3rd quantity

Displays the quantity of items in the first unit of measure that is equivalent to one unit in this third unit of measure.

 

Vendor item

Enter the number that the vendor has assigned to the sales item.  This item number can print on purchase orders.

 

List price

Displays the manufacturer's suggested list price for the item.  This amount is not used for invoicing; it may be used for calculation of cost or selling price based on the codes assigned for auto calculations.

 

Landed cost

Displays the full received cost of the item, which includes the item's purchase price plus any freight, handling, insurance, and customs charges applied by the vendor and shipper.

 

Last/current cost

Enter or accept the last or most current cost of this sales item.  This field is automatically updated when the item is received against a purchase order in the system.

 

Average cost

Displays the average cost of the item, which is calculated by the multiplying the total cost of all receipts by the number of items received.

 

Usual vendor

Enter or accept the number of the vendor from whom you usually purchase this item.  This is the vendor used on reorder and analysis reports for this item.

 

Vendor 2

If applicable, enter the number of the first alternate vendor for this item.

 

Vendor 3

If applicable, enter the number of the second alternate vendor for this item.

 

Analysis codes

Enter up to six codes by which you can classify this item for analysis purposes.  You can run reports by analysis code.

 

You have a sales item for fuel.  You use fuel a variety of ways, and you would like to be able to analyze and report on those different ways.  Use analysis codes to identify up to six of the ways you use fuel.

 

Order method

Enter the code that represents the method you want the system to use when suggesting reorder dates and quantities for this item.  The code is automatically populated from the setting in control record SAITM5, but you can change it.  Valid codes are:

 

If you enter O or U, enter information in the Order Point/Quantity fields.

 

Order Point/Quantity

If you entered an Order method of O, use the first field to enter the quantity (on hand) to which the item must fall before you reorder it, and enter the quantity to reorder in the second field.

 

If you entered an Order method of U, use the first field to enter the number of days of supply (based on the average daily usage) to which the item must fall before you reorder it, and enter the quantity to reorder in the second field.

 

EOQ

Displays the system-calculated economic order quantity for this item.

 

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Reorder period in days

If you entered an Order Method of E for EOQ, enter the period of time in days that the system uses to determine the suggested order quantity.

 

Safety stock in days

If you entered an Order method of U, enter the number of days of stock to always have on hand for this item.  This is the number of days of stock that you never want to fall below.  It provides a safety level of inventory in case your purchase order does not arrive on time.

 

Suggested quantity per order

Displays the quantity to order based on the reorder period days and safety stock days.

 

Number of months to calculate usage

Enter the number of months that the system should use to calculate the average monthly usage for this item.

 

Seasonal item

Indicate if this item is considered seasonal.

 

Average month's usage

Displays the average usage of this item in a month.

 

Ordering unit of measure

Enter the code that represents the unit of measure in which you typically order this item.

 

Unit of measure quantity

If you are not using an order method, enter the quantity that you typically order of this item using the ordering unit of measure.

 

Manufacturer's pack quantity

Enter the manufacturer's standard pack quantity.  When you enter a purchase order for this item, you must enter an order quantity that is a multiple of this quantity.

 

Item weight in pounds

Enter the weight of the manufacturer's pack quantity in pounds.

 

Warehouse location

Enter the warehouse location that is responsible for supplying this item.  If control record SAITMM - Warehouse Pricing is set to Y, and a transaction occurs that affects the price or cost of this item, the system updates the price or cost of this item for all locations supplied by this warehouse.

 

Price schedule

Enter the code for the vendor's price schedule that includes purchase pricing information for this item.  This field is used for reference information only.

 

For more information, see Price Definition Maintenance and Update Items from Vendor Price List.

 

Normal discount percentage

If applicable, enter the discount that the vendor normally gives when you purchase this item.

 

Item weight per unit

Enter the weight of one unit of the item.  This information is used to track the weight of items ordered from the vendor.

 

European Union product code

If applicable, enter the European Union product code for this item.

 

Function Keys

Function Key

Description

F1

Help.  Place your cursor in a field and press F1 to access online help for that field.  Place your cursor outside of any field, and press F1 to access online help at the program level.

F4

Search.  Place your cursor in a searchable field and press F4 to access a lookup window or more advanced search screen.

F12

Cancel/Previous.  Exit the program or move back a screen.

 

Related Programs

Reorder Report by Warehouse

Reorder Report by Vendor

 

 

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