Road Map: Customer Item Maintenance

Use the Customer Item Maintenance (CIX) program to create, change, and delete a cross-reference from a customer's item number to your item number.

Before you run this program each time

You should run these programs: None required

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Help and Other Path Options) to set the Base path and Item folder options.

  • (Optional) System Options Maintenance (XM) Order Processing Options to set the Populate cust item from item xref? option.

  • Customer Maintenance (CM) to set up customers.

  • Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) to set up inventory items for your enterprise.

  • Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) to set up inventory items for your branch.

  • User Fields Maintenance (XMO) to create user-defined fields for this program.

  • Output Device Maintenance (XDM) to set up output devices you plan to use.

  • Date-Output Device Maintenance (ZE) to select your default output device and set whether you can override that device.

  • Customer Item Control Codes Maintenance (TCICC) to enter codes to provide selections for customer-controlled items.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs:

  • Customer Item Number Inquiry (CCI) to display a customer's item number that is cross-referenced to your item number.

  • Sales Order Maintenance (OE) to enter an order for this customer item number.

  • EDI/Sales Quote Maintenance (QOE) program to enter a sales quotation for this customer item number.

  • One-Step Invoice Entry (RE) to enter an order for this item, obligate it, create a shipment, and confirm the shipment in one-step.

  • Price Lookup (PLU) to display a price for a customer item number.

You can print the customer's item number of these documents:

  • Sales Order Print (OP) to print or reprint a picking list that includes all items ordered, whether or not the items are being shipped, for a specific sales order.

  • Picking List Print (OPK) to print or reprint a picking list for a specific sales or transfer shipment.

  • Packing Slip Print (OPAK) to print or reprint a packing slip for a specific confirmed shipment.

  • Packing List Print (OPL) to print or reprint for a specific sales order a packing list that includes all items ordered whether or not the items are being shipped.

  • Acknowledgment Print (OPS) to print or reprint an order acknowledgment for a specific customer.

  • Quote Acknowledgment Print (QPS) program to print or reprint a sales quote acknowledgment for a specific customer.

  • Invoice Print (RP) to print or reprint an invoice for a specific customer.

  • RMA Acknowledgment Print (RMAA) to print or reprint an acknowledgment to send to the customer for a specific RMA.

  • RMA Packing Slip Print (RMAP) to print or reprint a packing slip to send to your customer to include with the items you authorized them to return.