Order of operation for items

It does not matter which you do first, but if you only put the item on hold in PO25.6 it will not inactivate the PO13.3 record. If you do the inactivation in PO13.3 first it just saves you a step on the PO25.6 line by putting it on hold at the same time.

Sara

Hi everyone BTW~ I am fairly new to posting but have been following for quite some time. I come with 10 years of Lawson Supply Chain experience (most of those in a MMIS analyst type position) and love this site! My name is Sara and I am the MMIS Systems Specialist for Childrens in Dallas. Looking for a network of people in my field for best practices and just somewhere to bounce scenarios I face off of people in the same situations!

Sara

Hi one other benifit I like (and shamely just found out) is if you use "replacement" in PO13.3 it will update (change) the vendor number(s) under contract (PO25) for you. This not only saves time but keeps the lines in PO25.6 from growing.

What happens if an item is left active in PO13.3 after being placed on hold in PO25.6?

If someone forgets to do the inactivate step in PO13.3, does it cause any issues, other than perhaps inaccurate reporting?

Bev

I have found as long as the PO13 record that is correct is made the default vendor item; it does not cause any issues ordering, but it can become an issue of confusion with the Buyers if they are looking up a vendor item number. I still have a handful of items that are on on hold in PO25.6 but have more than one active PO13 vendor item and I am just cleaning them up as I catch them. It is something on my to-do list (when I have some free time, LOL) to run a query and just be done with them, but if they come up I make them inactive just to have a cleaner item master.

I'm running a query of items to compare what is active in PO13.3, but inactive in PO25.6.

What do the R Status codes mean in POVENITEM? I see '0' and '1'.

0 = Active
1 = Inactive