Background: Inventory Account Codes Maintenance
Use the Inventory Account Codes Maintenance (TAC) program to add and change codes that you can use as criteria for posting inventory transactions to the general ledger. See Road Map for work flow.
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Assign Codes
The codes you set up in this program appear on a drop-down list for the Invty acct code field. You assign an inventory account code to an item in the Invty acct code field in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) program. You can assign an inventory account code in the Repetitive Billing Item Maintenance (RBIM) program.
Uses
You can use inventory account codes in several different ways. Before you set up codes, you should consider how they can be used.
General Ledger Posting
If you use inventory account codes as a posting criterion in the Posting Criteria Maintenance (XPC) program, you can post to a different account for each code. You can use inventory account code for A/R, cost of goods sold, commission, inventory, labor, manufacturing variance, RMA return, revenue, tax, surcharge, trade discount, and WIP postings.
Control Number Setup
If you select ACTCDE for the Constant code option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Control Number Options), system assigned serial and lot control numbers will contain the inventory account code assigned to that item.
Sort and Selection Options
Some inventory inquiry and report programs allow you to sort and subtotal data by inventory account code. Often you can limit the data displayed in an inquiry or included in a report by selecting a single inventory account code or range of codes. Some programs that offer these options are Inventory Cost Report (ICR), Inventory Usage Report (IHUR), Inventory Safety Margin Report (ISMR), Inventory Valuation Report (IVL), and Inventory Valuation Inquiry (IVQ).