Creating Nonstock Product Templates

Create a nonstock product template and assign it to the Default Nonstock Product Template control maintenance record to use when creating nonstock product records. The system uses this template when there is not a nonstock template assigned at the buy line level.

Note: When creating a product record from the Product Data Warehouse (PDW) catalog, the system uses the product record templates assigned to the PDW Product Template control maintenance record.

When creating a nonstock product template, do the following:

Supply only the minimum information necessary to save the record.

Note: The product description and keywords do not copy over from the template to other product records.

Adjust the inventory parameters so the system does not determine stock status automatically based on the number of hits the product receives.

To create a nonstock product template:

From the Maintenance menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance window.
Create a product record for the nonstock template.

From the Inventory menu, select Primary Inventory Maintenance to display the Primary Inventory Maintenance window.
From the Edit menu, select Additional Parameters to display the Additional Inventory Parameters window.
From the File menu, select Insert Branch to display the Additional Inventory Parameters window.
In the Enter new branch or territory field, enter the branch or territory ID to assign to the template.
Click OK to populate the Branch/Terr field on the Additional Inventory Parameters window with the selected branch or territory.
In the Stock field, enter No to mark the product record as nonstock.

Save the information and exit the window.

From the Edit menu, select User Controls to display the Product User Control Parameters window.
From the Additional Controls menu, select Hits Maintenance/Max Days Supply to display the Hits Control Maintenance window.
In the Central Warehouse Type field, enter one of the following central warehouse types if you use a multi-branch network:
Top-Down - The central warehouse dictates branch replenishment and automatic stock/nonstock determination.
Bottom-Up - The selling branches dictate branch replenishment and automatic stock/nonstock determination.

From the File menu, select Insert Branch to display the Hits Control Maintenance window.
In the Enter new branch or territory field, enter the branch or territory ID to assign to the template for central warehousing.
Click OK to populate the Branch field on the Hits Control Maintenance window with the selected branch or territory.
In the Branch Hits field, enter 999999 so the system does not determine stock and nonstock status automatically.

Save the information and exit the dialog box.
Assign the template to the Default Nonstock Product Template control maintenance record.