Enabling Stock/Nonstock Determination for Products

Enable the system to determine whether a product is a stock or nonstock item in Additional Inventory Parameters. If enabled, the system determines a product's stock status using the number of hits the product has received as follows:

The system first compares the product's hits to the number set in the Minimum Hitscontrol maintenance record.
If the product has less hits than the value set in the Minimum Hits control maintenance record, the product is considered a nonstock item.
If the product has the same or more hits than the value set in the Minimum Hits control maintenance record, the system then compares the product's hits to the value set for the product's assigned branch in Hits Control Maintenance.
If the product has less hits than the value set for the branch, the product is considered a nonstock item. Otherwise, it is considered a stock item.

Note: Use the Default Br Stock Value When A Product Becomes Activecontrol maintenance record to set a product's stock or nonstock determination status when it is activated in a branch.

Note: The following procedure is a manual process for a single product. Use the Mass Load program to enter inventory parameters to groups of products.

To enable stock/nonstock determination for a product:

From the Maintenance menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance window.
Display the product record for which to set up stock/nonstock determination.
In the Status field, verify that the product has one of the following values set:

Stock - A stock-keeping item.
Nonstock - An item not kept in inventory, but available for order from a vendor's catalog.

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 dialog box.
In the Enter new branch or territory field, enter the branch or territory ID to assign to the product.
Click OK to populate the Branch/Terr field on the Additional Inventory Parameters window with the selected branch.
In the Stock field, enter one of the following:

Option	Description
Yes	Sets the item as a stock item.
No	Sets the item as a nonstock item.
Auto	Sets the system to determine whether the item is considered a stock or nonstock item based on hits.

Note: If you override the default stock or nonstock setting in the Default Br Stock Value When A Product Becomes Active control maintenance record, the system displays an asterisk (*) after the value in the Stock field.

Save the information and exit the window.

More Options in the Additional Inventory Parameters Dialog Box

The Additional Inventory Parameters dialog box also offers these options:

To...	Select this menu option...
remove a branch from the Additional Inventory Parameters window, select the branch and	File > Clear Branch
find a branch that is not currently visible in the dialog box	File > Find Branch The Additional Inventory Parameters dialog box displays. In the Enter branch or territory to find field, enter the branch or territory ID and click OK to return to the Additional Inventory Parameters window. The cursor moves to the requested branch.
toggle between prompting for a branch to display branch-specific parameters and displaying all branches	File > Toggle Hierarchy The Additional Inventory Parameters dialog box displays. In the Enter hierarchy branch field, enter the branch or territory ID to which you want to toggle and click OK to return to the Additional Inventory Parameters window.