Maintaining Supplier Item Codes

Heat data is maintained by various processes using data that can be accessed within the Elda applications. Usually the Inventory Application.

Sometimes suppliers will provide an item that we do not know the supplier codes for and we are unable to interpret the data into products that are usable in the system.

Normally when an unknown code is encountered, Elda will create a "stub" entry with a product code of "Pending" to allow the details to be entered but will require further information before they can be successfully used within the system.

The most common cause is scanning an Infrabuild Tag where the Supplier code (The GTIN code) is not known by Elda.

Infrabuild 2D barcodes contain enough information to create a fully working stub, but only if the GTIN number has been previously updated.

Requirements

You will require access to the Elda Chrome Inventory application with permissions to access and modify Heat data.

Locating pending Supplier codes

In the Inventory application:

• Access the Scanned Mill certificate form by clicking the new Icon|Process Scanned Mill Cert option
  
  
• Click the Supplier Edit button to access the supplier information sub screen
  
  
• The Bar Suppliers Dialog will appear:
  
  
  
  Selecting the suppliers row will update the supplier items in the second tab. An asterisk will appear in the tabs caption and the tab will become available if the supplier has active products.
   
• Select Infrabuild as the supplier and click the Bar Supplier Items tab when it becomes enabled.
• Start typing the word "PENDING" into the find filter box. This will shorten the list of items usually to just those ones that are pending:
  
  
• Select a pending line in the item grid. If any tags have been scanned using a tag with this Supplier item code details of the scans will be available in the Tag Scans tab.
  
  
  
• If details of the missing item are now known, they may be completed in the Bar Supplier Item Tab.
  
  All fields must be completed
  
  Product - Which generic product the item will be used under. ie N24 covers nearly all 500 grade 24mm bar.
  ITEMNMBR - The accounting code item for the particular product (ie N24 in 12 metre lengths)
  SupplierUOM - The unit type supplied by the supplier (Bundles, coils etc)
  
  
  
  Press save to update the changes. You can complete changes to more than one record if required.
  
  Saving will not only update the Supplier code data but all heat records that have been formed from the GTIN based on the updated data.