Use Product Family Selection to review all the products in a product family, price line, or buy line. In addition, use the utility to do the following:
Review product quantity available at a branch if the utility was accessed from a window with a branch already defined.
Review product quantity committed to a purchase order (P/O) if the utility was accessed from a window associated with a P/O.
Select amounts of products to place onto P/Os or other windows from which the utility was accessed.
Access Product Family Selection from Purchase Order Entry or from other product maintenance windows, such as Product Kit Maintenance, when you enter a product family, price line, or buy line. You cannot access the utility from a menu.
To use Product Family Selection:
Display the parent window from which to access the Product Family Selection utility.
Do one of the following to display the Product Family Selection window for a product family, price line, or buy line:
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To display the window for a... |
In the Product Description field, enter... |
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product family or price line |
one of the following:
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buy line |
one of the following:
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Review the following information on the screen:
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Description |
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Product Description |
Each product within the product family, price line, or buy line. |
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Available Qty |
Quantity available for the product at the branch displayed on the parent screen from which this screen was accessed. Note: When the parent screen does not have a branch displayed, the available quantity is not displayed. |
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On P/O |
Amount of product already committed on the P/O from which this screen was accessed. Note: When the parent screen is not tied to a P/O, the committed quantity is not displayed. |
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UM |
Unit of measure for the product(s) listed. Users may receive a prompt to confirm the unit of measure being used. Note:
Use the |
In the Order Qty field, enter the amount of the product to select and place on the parent window.
For items you do not want to select, leave the Order Qty field blank.
When a product has multiple units of measure defined, the system prompts for the unit of measure to use for the parent window.
Note: Select Product Sales History to display the summary version of the Product Sales History window for the current product.
Save your changes and exit the window to copy the selected products and quantities to the parent window.
The Product Family Selection window also offers these options:
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To... |
Select this menu option... |
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view the transaction history of the product |
Inquiries > History Ledger. The Inventory History Ledger window displays. |
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view projected product availability |
Inquiries > Future Ledger. The Product Future Ledger window displays. |
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view product availability and inventory information |
Inquiries > Inventory Inquiry. The Inventory Inquiry window displays. |
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