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Chapter 5. Inventory
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Chapter 5. Inventory
Inventory Overview
This overview is divided into 2 sections to give you some background information
before you organize your inventory information:
Objectives for Helps you understand the objectives of the inventory
Inventory module and the tasks necessary for accomplishing those
objectives.
Inventory Files Shows you the files affected during the initial file set up
for Inventory as well as the other inventory files that will
be used once you are set up and running.
Objectives for Inventory
1. Organize inventory departments, groups, and sections.
2. Determine numbering system for inventory items.
3. Understand key values for inventory items.
4. Add inventory items.
5. Load costs and prices.
In order to achieve this general objective, you must accomplish specific tasks in a
logical order. Inasmuch as the inventory system needs to accommodate large
amounts of data, you will want to organize the information carefully from the
beginning.
The major tasks to getting inventory running are organizing inventory, adding
inventory item information, and loading costs and prices. Each task breaks down
into smaller projects. Following is an outline of the tasks. You will find more
detailed instructions later in the section “Getting Inventory Started.”
1 ORGANIZING INVENTORY
Ø PREPARATION
1 Determine numbering system for departments, groups, and sections.
2 Understand the structure of the item number.
F NOTE: If you ordered a file conversion for inventory, this may be done for you automatically
depending on whether or not it can be converted.
Ø DATA LOAD
1 Enter department descriptions.
2 Enter group and section descriptions.