Specifications

Chapter 5. Inventory
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MANUFACTURER'S (MFG) NUMBER
Field #3
The manufacturer's number is another way of selecting items during POS and
Purchasing/Receiving in addition to item number and catalog number. Very often
the manufacturer will print its own item number directly on the item or the
packaging in addition to a barcode. (Bar codes are maintained in a separate file,
BC1.D. If you wish to use the bar code system, contact Enterprise.)
The manufacturer's number has some specific characteristics:
Ø 15 characters long including letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation
marks.
Ø Optional. Can be used for some items and not for others.
Ø Duplicates allowed. Since duplicates are allowed, when selecting items at
POS and Purchasing/Receiving, the computer will display the
manufacturer's number with the lowest item number first.
Ø Most inventory reports can be sorted and printed by manufacturer's
number.
Ø Throughout the system, the manufacturer's number may also be referred
to as:
MFG NO
MFG/UPC NUMBER
MFG#
M#
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Field #4
A short description should be assigned to each inventory item, which is another
way to search for items at POS and Purchasing/Receiving. Normally the short
description can correspond to the section of items it is describing (as in
group/section) or even smaller categories (as in hammer, saw, blade, etc.).
The specific characteristics of the short description are:
Ø 15 characters long including letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation
marks.
Ø Optional. Can be used for some items and not for others (although the
greatest benefit comes if all items have short descriptions).
Ø Duplicates allowed.
Ø Most inventory reports can be sorted and printed by short description.
Ø Can be designated as the primary search key for POS.