Road Map: RF Menu

Use the RF Menu program with a telnet scanning device to complete standard warehouse tasks such as inventory adjustments, counts, inquiries, receiving, and order picking. See Background for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You should run these programs:

Adjustments

None required.

Picking Manufacturing Order

  • Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) to enter a manufacturing order and optionally obligate and pick 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 Item code for immediate supply 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

You may also have run this program:

  • Shop Paper Print Queue (MSPPM) to process the print queue.

OR

Shop Paper Print (MSP) to print or reprint shop paper for a specific manufacturing order.

Note
The Shop paper release time option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Manufacturing Options) determines when you can print shop paper. If set to S, you must create a shipment (pick components).

Picking Transfers

  • Branch Transfer Maintenance (ITM) to create a branch transfer.

  • Transfer Print (ITP) to print a transfer to use the document for RFMENU Trans Picking and packing.

Receiving

  • Receiver Maintenance (IRC) to receive manufacturing orders, and branch transfers into your branch.

  • Receiver Maintenance (IRC) to receive purchase orders only if your System Options Maintenance (XM) (Purchasing Options) Receiving method is D (dock).

  • (Optional) Receiving and Inspection (IRI) to inspect if the item requires inspection or is marked for inspection during receiving.

  • Shop Paper Print (MSP) to print shop paper for receiving items on a manufacturing order.

  • Receiver Print (VRP) to print a receiver for purchase orders and branch transfers.

  • Mfg Order Control Number Print Selection (WOCS) to select control numbers for printing.

Physical Inventory

  • Cycle Count Preparation (HCP) to select items to be counted and print an inventory book or set of tags.

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

  • Branch Maintenance (TBM) to set up branches and, optionally, activate warehouse mapping.

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

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

  • System Options (XM) (RF Program Options) to set Loc barcode format (O=One scan, T=Two) and K=Keypad or S=Scan mode for your manufacturing branch.

Adjustments

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Inventory Control Options) to set these options: Allow stocking of phantoms? and Manage negative inventory.

  • System Options (XM) (RF Program Options) to set Invty: Default code for location change, Invty: Default code for branch change, and Invty: Default code for move to flr stk, Invty: Enter adj code for invty moves? options for your manufacturing branch.

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

Picking Sales Orders or Transfers

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Inventory Control Options) to set the Method for auto-obligation, Default warehouse for LWM transactions, and Default bin location for LWM transactions options.

  • 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.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Order Processing Options) to select Disallow overshipments in OC? and Send email on overshipment? for your login branch.

  • System Options (XM) (RF Program Options) to set options

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Manufacturing Options) to select the Component reference user label for the enterprise and the Shop paper release time, Backflush components by operation seq?, Backflush comps not attached to oper?, and Substitutions allowed on mfg orders? options for your manufacturing branch.

  • Shop Calendar Maintenance (XCM) to set the shop calendar that forms the time basis for all manufacturing order processing and master scheduling, but not for sales, shipping, purchasing, or receiving.

  • Bill of Material Maintenance (MPS) to enter a bill of material.

  • Reason Codes Maintenance (TRCM) to set up codes to explain the reason for a due date change.

  • (Optional) User Field Maintenance (XMO) to set up user fields for this program.

  • Audit Trail Maintenance (XAT) to activate system logging of entries and changes.

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

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

Receiving

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Inventory Control Options) to set the Rcv to same wh/bin as sending branch?, Activate UPC validation?, and Update actual and average costs? options.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Purchasing Options) to set the Receiving method to D Dock to stock.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) RF Program Options for Receiving, Purchasing Receipts and Manufacturing Receipts

  • Vendor Price Maintenance (VMM) to set up vendor-item numbers and descriptions.

Physical Inventory:

  • Inventory Barcode Label Maintenance (IBLD) to define bin labels.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs:

Adjustments

  • Material Issues and Adjustments (IMI) to process the adjustments made through the RF processes, if inventory is interfaced to GL (you may also set up this register to process automatically to eliminate this step).

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

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

Picking Manufacturing Order or Transfers

  • (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.
    OR

  • Receiving (RFMENU) to receive the items into your branch, or into your stockroom if you are using direct-to-stock receiving.

AND conditionally

  • Inspection (IRI) to enter inspection results for items that require inspection

  • (Conditional) Rejected Material Disposition (MRB) to select the disposition of items rejected during inspection.

Receiving

  • Manufacturing Order Receipt Register (MRJ) to print a listing of manufacturing order receivers and inventory accounts in the general ledger.

AND/OR

PO Receipt Register (VRJ) to print a listing of purchase order receivers and update inventory accounts in the general ledger.

AND/OR

Transfer Receipt Register (IRJ) to print a listing of transfer receivers and update inventory accounts in the general ledger.

  • (Conditional) Mfg Order Control Number Print Selection (WOCS) T resolve issues with serial number ranges.

Physical Inventory

  • Physical Inventory Deviation Listing (HDL) to print the quantity on-hand, the quantity counted, the deviation, and cost variance for items with a deviation.

  • Physical Inventory Update (HCU) to update on-hand inventory balances based on deviations recorded in Inventory Deviation Listing (HDL) and update the general ledger if you have inventory interfaced to the GL.