You can set up products, such as wire, to allow cutting. You can disable cuts for specific units of measure and select which branches are not set up, or allowed, to cut a product.
In addition, you may need to sell cuttable products in bulks instead, such as the reel. Use Branch Cut Product Maintenance to indicate how you want to sell the cut products and which units of measure do not require cutting.
To disallow cuts at a branch:
From the Maintenance menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance window.
From the Additional Data menu, select Branch Cut Maintenance to display the Branch Cut Product Maintenance window.
From the File menu, select Insert Branch.
At the prompt, enter the branch or territories you want to manage and click OK.
The system sorts using standard branch hierarchy rules.
For each branch or territory, use the Cuts Allowed column and select one of the following:
Yes - Allows the branch or territory to cut products on site.
No - Does not allow cuts at the branch or territory. Assign to branches or territories that are unable to cut products on site.
Prompt - Requires users to answer a prompt for the cut product entered on an order indicating if the product needs to be cut. The system checks the minimum sell quantity when branch is set to Prompt and if the product is not selected to cut, such as selling an entire reel.
Exit the screen to save your changes.
To disable cuts for units of measure:
From the Maintenance menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance window.
In the Product field, enter the product for which you need to disable cuts for a unit of measure.
From the Additional Data menu, select Branch Cut Maintenance to display the Branch Cut Product Maintenance window.
In the Disable Cuts for the Following Units of Measure area, enter any units of measure that do not require cutting, such as rl (reel) or st (sheet) as defined in the UM Defaults area on the Product Maintenance window.
Note: The unit of measure must be entered in Product Maintenance in the UM Defaults area. For more information, see Setting Units of Measure for Product Records.
Exit the screen to save your changes.