Entering Pipe Cuts on Orders

The Pipe Cut Wizard automatically launches anytime you enter a pipe cut product in Sales Order Entry. The pipe cut products you enter are actually placeholder products, similar to kit products, that your company sets up in order to launch the wizard and enter cuts. For example, your company might set up a placeholder product called "Copper Pipe Cuts." When you enter this product on an order, the Pipe Cut Wizard launches, allowing you to enter the actual pipe you are selling and in what form you are selling it.

Once you escape from the wizard, the placeholder pipe cut product and its components are added to the order as a kit. Its components are made up of the actual product cuts you specified using the wizard. An attached comment is also added, which shows the components of the product, as well as the number of cuts and their lengths.

To enter a pipe cut on an order:

Create or open a sales order and display the Body screen.
Enter a placeholder pipe cut product.

The Modified Product Pipe-Cut Wizard screen displays.

In the Pipe Has field, press F10 and specify one of the following:

PE – Plain Ends
TOE – Threaded One End
TBE – Threaded Both Ends

In the Pipe is Cut (Y/N) field, specify if the pipe is cut and press Enter.

Note: The default charges for threading and cutting are specified in the Charge... fields to the right of each type of work. You can change these charges if authorized.

For each type of pipe you are selling on this order, enter the following information:
Cuts – Enter the number of individual cuts you are selling.

Length – Enter the length of each cut.
Product Description – Enter the product from which the cuts are being made.

Note: The system automatically enters a value in the UM column after you enter the preceding information. This value is based on the default unit of measure in which this product is sold.

After you are finished entering products, press Esc to return to the Sales Order Entry Body screen.

The placeholder pipe cut product is added to the order as a kit. Its components are made up of the actual product cuts you specified using the wizard. An attached comment is also added, which shows the components of the product, as well as the number of cuts and their lengths.

Note: Pipe cut placeholder products and their components are similar to kits. If you enter more than a quantity of 1 of a pipe cut placeholder product, the number of components and their associated charges are multiplied by that value.

Once the pipe cut product is on the order, if you need to reopen the wizard to make changes, press Alt + /.
Finish processing the order as usual.