Copy an Item to Another Branch

Use the Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) program to add or change or copy an item to a branch with settings that apply only to that branch. See Background and Road Map for more information.

Enter the number of the item that you want to copy or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the item from a list.

The program displays these fields for the branches that stock this item and you have access to:

Field Name

Displays

The code of the inventory branch

Subcl

The product subclass for this item

Cur ECL

The Engineering Change Level for the current bill of material for this item; manufacturing planning programs use the value in this field as the default ECL.

Last ECL

The Engineering Change Level of the most recent bill of material created for this item in the Bill of Material Maintenance (MPS) program

Cur RRL

The routing revision level that is defined as the current RRL

This entry is used as the default for the Routing rev lvl field in the Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) program.

Insp?

If this item requires inspection:

Displays	Description
Y	Yes. This item cannot be received into stock until it passes inspection
N	No. This item does not require inspection
R	Receipts. This item requires inspection based on the number of receipts entered in the Receipt trigger field
Q	Quantity: This item requires inspection based on the quantity of items entered in the Receipt trigger field

Buyer

The code for the buyer who is responsible for purchasing this item for this branch

Plnr

The code for the person who is responsible for planing this item

Price cl

The code for an item price category to be used for reporting and for order pricing, discounts, and commissions

ABC cl

The ABC class from A through J that identifies the relative value of this inventory item according to criteria established by your company

WO?

If this item is workorderless:
Y: Yes
N: No. This item requires standard manufacturing order processing.

FS cd

Floor stock code:
0: Not floor stock
1: Floor stock

Sls UOM

The unit of measure used to sell this item

Mfg br

The branch that manufactures or assembles this item

Pref vendor

The number of the vendor that you prefer to use to purchase this item

Select the branch you want to copy and click Copy.
Select the code for the branch to which you want to copy this record.
Change the fields that are different for this branch. See Add a Branch Inventory Item for field descriptions.
Click Other info when you have completed data entry and change the fields that are different for this branch. See Add a Branch Inventory Item for field descriptions and subsequent program operation.