Road Map: Material Issues and Adjustments

Use the Material Issues and Adjustments (IMI) program to adjust or issue inventory and print the Inventory Adjustments Register and update the general ledger if you have inventory interfaced to the GL. See Background and PowerAide for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You may have run these programs:

WRK Issue/Adj Type

  1. Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) to enter a manufacturing order, and optionally obligate components.

OR

Requisition Maintenance (IRM) to create a requisition and release a manufacturing order.

OR

Consolidate Manufacturing Requisitions (MOCR) to release multiple manufacturing requisitions to create a single manufacturing order.

OR

Planned Order Maintenance (MOP) to enter planned orders, and then Order Release Preparation (MPR) and Order Release Selection (MRR) to release the orders.

OR

Sales Order Maintenance (OE) to enter a sales order and generate a manufacturing order for:

  • A make-to-order item (the Item code field in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) program that matches the Immediate supply item code option in System Options Maintenance (XM) (Inventory Control Options))

  • A subassembly (the Item code field in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) program for the item and its components matches the Subassembly release type option in System Options Maintenance (XM) (Manufacturing Options)

  • A configured product that requires assembly

  • An item you make is not in inventory, the order entry operator clicks Manufacture in manual obligation mode, and the Disable mfg order firewall? option in System Options Maintenance (XM) (Manufacturing Options) is selected

  1. Manufacturing Order Picking Selection (MSS) to obligate and pick all required components or sets of components.

OR

Material Usage Maintenance (MUA) to obligate and pick selected components and close a component short.

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Picking Confirmation (MPK) or Secured Picking (SMPK) to pick all required components, sets of components, or selected components.

You may also have run these programs:

  1. WIP Movement (WIPM) to enter quantities completed, scrap parents or components, and update labor costs.

OR

Labor Entry (LLE) to enter actual hours, overtime hours, pieces produced, and pieces scrapped by employee.

OR

Labor Import (LEI) to import regular and overtime hours, good pieces, and scrapped parents from an ASCII file.

  1. Receiver Maintenance (IRC) to receive the items into your branch, or into your stockroom if you are using direct-to-stock receiving.

AND conditionally

Receiving and Inspection (IRI) to enter inspection results for items that require inspection.

LWM Issue/Adj Type

  • Location Return Selection (ILMR) to return a bulk movement item from the shop floor to its original warehouse/bin location.

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Inventory Control Options) to set these options: Allow stocking of phantoms?, Inventory interfaced to GL?, Manage negative inventory, Calc available using obligated/committed, Default warehouse for LWM transactions, Default bin location for LWM transactions, and Default reason for ALWM transaction.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (GL Journal Options) to set these options for updating the general ledger: Print journal after register?, Print from GJ?, Post in D=Detail or S=Summary, Post from R=Register or J=Journal, and Erase posting files after posting?.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to select a date display format for your enterprise, Branch Maintenance (TBM) to select a date display format for your branch, or User Maintenance (UIM) to select a date display format for an individual user.

  • Batch Number Setup (XBC) to set up a batch numbering scheme for automatic assignment of batch numbers and select G for the Global or local option.

  • User Maintenance (UIM) to give each user who will run this program permission to update general ledger; select Allow final reg upd?

  • GL Account Maintenance (GMM) to set up GL organization codes and GL accounts.

  • Posting Criteria Maintenance (XPC) to set default and specific GL organization codes and GL accounts for automatic posting to the general ledger. You set them up for these postings: FLOORSTOCK, INV SCRAP, INVENTORY, INVTY ADJ, INVTY EXP, and WIP MATL.

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

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

  • Item Cost Maintenance (ICM) to enter item costs.

  • Branch Maintenance (TBM) to set up branches.

  • Inventory Adjustment Codes Maintenance (TIAC) to set up adjustment codes.

  • Department Codes Maintenance (TDP) to set up department codes.

  • (Optional) Document Output Parameters Maintenance (TDOC) to set up output parameters for Location Movement Ticket Queue (LWMPPM) program.

  • Output Device Maintenance (XDM) to set up the 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.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs:

  • Issues & Adjustments Inquiry (IMIQ) to display material issues and adjustments.

  • Material History Inquiry (MHI) to display all transactions that affect the inventory of an item.

  • Inventory Status Inquiry (ISQ) to display an item's current on-hand, on-order, intransit, committed, obligated, available, and in consignment quantities, sources of supply, types of demand, quantities of substitute items, or family components.

  • Item Inquiry (ISI) to display an item's costs, inventory value, current inventory quantities, and the quantity on hand, used, sold, manufactured, purchased, and booked for the last 12 months/periods.

  • Item History Inquiry (IMHQ) to display the last date an item was adjusted and the quantity adjusted.

  • Location Movement Ticket Queue (LWMPPM) to process the queue.

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Location Movement Ticket (LWMP) to print or reprint a specific location movement ticket.