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 Hits control 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 Active control 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 Files menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance screen.
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.

Use the Inven hot key to display the Primary Inventory Maintenance screen.
Use the Addl hot key to display the Additional Inventory Parameters screen.
Use the Hierarchy hot key to select the branch to assign to the product record.

Note: Use the Find hot key as necessary to locate a branch that is in the list, but not in the viewable area. Use Alt-Insert to add a branch or territory to the list. The new branch or territory inherits the settings of the previous entry. Use Alt-Delete to remove a branch or territory from the list.

In the Stock field, set up for stock or nonstock determination by entering one of the following:

Option	Description
Y	Sets the item as a stock item.
N	Sets the item as a nonstock item.
-	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.

Press Esc to save changes and exit the screen.