Entering Wire Cuts on Orders

The Wire Cut Wizard automatically launches anytime you enter a wire cut product in Sales Order Entry. The wire 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 "Electrical Wire Cuts." When you enter this product on an order, the Wire Cut Wizard launches, allowing you to enter the actual electrical wire you are selling and in what form you are selling it.

Once you escape from the wizard, the placeholder wire 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 wire cut on an order:

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

The Modified Product Wire-Cut Wizard screen displays.

In the Wire is Cut (Y/N) field, specify if the wire is to be cut.
In the Wire is Reeled (Y/N) field, specify if each cut of wire is to be reeled.
In the Wire is Paralleled (Y/N) field, specify if each cut of wire is to be paralleled.

Note: The default charges for cutting, reeling, and paralleling 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 wire 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 wire 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: Wire cut placeholder products and their components are similar to kits. If you enter more than a quantity of 1 of a wire cut placeholder product, the number of components and their associated charges are multiplied by that value.

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