Re: multiple item codes same item

Hrishikesh Kotwal <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.systems.as400.mapics
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jeff,
We have a similar situation and were able to handle it with an innovative batch/lot numbering system. This way we were able to keep the same part but have multiple package sizes in stock. (We had to switch to a controlled whs but it was well worth it).

Regards,
Hrishikesh 
AS400 Manager
www.minicircuits.com


> On Apr 14, 2014, at 2:12 PM, "j w" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi List.
> I am hoping someone out there can point me in a direction.
> 
> We currently have a product for our example lets call it ABC we buy this
> product from 3 vendors. In order to track costs and different package sizes
> we currently have multiple item codes on the system for it.
> We will put the package size and the vendor into the item code. But really
> they are the same physical item.
> 
> So it would like this:
> ABC-55CE
> ABC-55GL
> ABC-16BBCE
> ABC-16BBGL
> 
> We are now running into a lot of issues with this. We are looking for a way
> to streamline this into a way we can just have ABC in the computer and then
> select the package size and vendor instead of making them part of the item
> code.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
> 
> Jeff Williams
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