Re: multiple item codes same item

Thanks everyone for the feedback. Hrishikesh I liked your idea. I may look
into this. Thanks again the answers were very helpful.

Jeff Williams


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Hrishikesh Kotwal <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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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