GOODS

Use this screen to establish goods identification numbers and some basic characteristics of a good. Many of the characteristics assigned here will act as defaults when this good is used. You can also assign comments to this good.

Use this screen during initialization and whenever additions or changes are needed to goods.

Basic Characteristics

Goods ID

Enter a goods ID containing up to 30 alphanumeric characters. This goods ID will be used throughout the system as the main identifier for the good. If you enter an existing provisional part ID and attempt to save the record, the system will display an error message indicating that the provisional part ID already exists.

Rev

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the goods revision number. You can use the revision to track multiple changes or revision numbers for each good. The revision can contain up to three alphanumeric characters. The Rev field is optional and is controlled by the Product Definition Settings screen. If you selected the Allow Multiple Revisions For Each Item checkbox in the Product Definition Corporate Settings subtask of the Product Definition Settings screen, you can store multiple revisions of the same item in the database at the same time. The system will treat each revision as a separate item. If the Allow Multiple Revisions For Each Item checkbox is not selected, only the last revision of an item can be stored.

Note: You can change revision numbers, but if the Allow Multiple Revisions For Each Item checkbox is not selected, the system will store only one (the last) revision number.

If you update when using revisions, the last revision assigned to this good will automatically display and can be edited when necessary.

U/M

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a unit of measure for this good. Lookup will display the units of measure codes and their descriptions already established in the Units of Measure screen. "EA" (EACH) is the default.

Active

Select this checkbox to assign the status of "Active" to this good. If this checkbox is left blank, an "Inactive" status is assigned, indicating that this good currently is not used.

Description

Enter a goods ID description containing up to 60 alphanumeric characters. This is a required field.

Commodity

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the commodity code to associate with this good. You can use Lookup to display the commodity codes and their descriptions found in the Commodity Codes table. After you select the commodity code, the description will display.

Buyer

This field displays the buyer assigned to the selected Commodity code. You can select a new buyer from the drop-down box. The list is generated from buyers already established in the Buyers screen in Costpoint Purchasing.

Product Class

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a product class to be associated with this service. You can use Lookup to display the product classification codes and their descriptions established in the Product Classifications screen.

Product Type

This field displays the product type assigned to the selected product class.

Date Added

This field automatically displays the system date on which this good was added.

Procurement Characteristics

Overshipment Allowed/Receipt Tolerance

If you select the Overshipment Allowed checkbox and also select the Use Receipt Tolerance checkbox in the Product Definition Settings screen, you can enter a default tolerance percentage for this service in the Receipt Tolerance field. This percentage will default to the PO Line along with the Overshipment Allowed flag, which can be edited if necessary.

If the Use Receipt Tolerance checkbox in the Product Definition Settings is not selected, you can still select the Overshipment Allowed checkbox, but you cannot enter a Receipt Tolerance percentage.

Receipt Tolerance is used in conjunction with the overshipment of items within Costpoint Purchasing. If you allow overshipments, you can put a value on how many overshipments will be allowed.  For example, you might allow overshipments as long as they are within the 5% receipt tolerance for this item. The system looks at quantity ordered and compares it to the total quantity received for all receipts, adding back any rejected-replace.

Hazmat

Select this checkbox if this item is considered hazardous material. If this checkbox is left blank, it will not be considered hazardous.

Inspection Type

Use this one-character, user-defined field to designate an inspection type for this good. This field will be used in various reports and inquiries.

Comments

Select this pushbutton to open the Comments subtask.

UDF Info

Select this pushbutton to open the User-Defined Info subtask.

Codes

Use this pushbutton to assign Industry Classification (SIC) codes and UPC codes.

Std Text

Use this pushbutton to open the Goods - Assign Standard Text subtask.

Vendors

Use this pushbutton to open the Goods - Assign Vendors subtask.

Billings

Select this pushbutton to open the Goods - Set Up Item Billings subtask.

Cost

Select this pushbutton to open the Goods - Maintain Item Cost subtask.

Table Information

The ITEM table stores information for this screen. Information for goods is also stored in and/or pulled from the following tables, as indicated for the applicable subtasks of this screen: BUYER, COMM, INVT, ITEM_CST, ITEM_PRODUCT, ITEM_TEXT, ITEM_VEND, MFG_BOM, PART, PO_LN, PROD_CLASSIF, PROD_TYPE, PROV_PART, RECPT_LN, RQ_LN, S_ITEM_CST_TYPE, S_WHERE_USED, SO_LN, STD_TEXT, TEXT_WHERE_USED, UM, VEND.