General Tab of Purchasing and Inventory Items Master Form

Use the General tab to enter a list of both inventory and non-inventory items.

If you use the Multicompany feature, you complete the first set of fields on this tab one time, for all of the companies in the enterprise.

Field	Description
Item Number	Enter an identifier for the item.
Description	Enter a phrase that describes the item.
Extra Notes	Enter other information about the item. This information appears on reports and forms in the Purchasing and Inventory applications.
National Stock Number	Enter the National Stock Number. This number consists of the four-digit Federal Supply Classification (FSC) number and the nine-digit National Item Identification Number (NIIN). Use this number to mark and group the items that you keep in inventory.
Internal Notes	Enter internal data regarding the item. This data shows on purchasing reports, but not on purchasing forms.
Available for use for company xx	If your firm uses the Multicompany feature, select this option to make the item available to the active company and to make active the subsequent fields.
Category	From the drop-down list, select a category for the item, which applies when the item is used in the active company. The drop-down list displays a category's ID and description. Item categories are set up for a company on the Item Categories tab in Configuration > Purchasing & Inventory > Company Settings. In Company Settings, general ledger accounts and other information such as whether an item category is taxable are specified for item categories. These settings help automate data entry and processing of items throughout Vision.
Substitute Item Number	Enter the item number for an item that is a satisfactory substitute, if the usual item is not available.
Purchasing Unit of Measure	Select the usual unit of measure to use for the item in Purchasing > Purchase Requisitions/Request for Price Quote/Purchase Orders.
Primary Vendor	From the Vendor Lookup, select the active company's primary vendor for this item.
Last Purchased from	This field shows the last vendor from whom the active company purchased this item. Vision re-calculates this data each time the item is purchased by this company. Users cannot change the data in this field.