Define an Item Status Code

Use the Item Status Codes (TISM) program to define and change an item status code that determines whether an item can be sold, purchased, manufactured or have its inventory adjusted. See Background and Road Map for more information.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Sts	The item status code
Description	The description of this code: 0: Active All other descriptions: User defined
Allow sales	Yes: An item that has this status can be sold. No: An item that has this status cannot be sold. Prompt: After a warning, the operator can choose whether to enter a sales order or look up the price for an item with this status.
Allow purchasing	Yes: An item that has this status can be purchased. No: An item that has this status cannot be purchased. Prompt: After a warning, the buyer can choose whether to enter a purchase order for an item with this status.
Allow manufacturing	Yes: An item that has this status can be manufactured. No: An item that has this status cannot be manufactured. Prompt: After a warning, the operator can choose whether to enter a manufacturing order for an item with this status.
Allow invty adjustments	Yes: Inventory for an item with this status can be adjusted. No: Inventory for an item with this status cannot be adjusted. Prompt: After a warning, the operator can choose whether or not to adjust inventory for an item with this status.
Exclude from cost roll?	Selected: Items with this status will be skipped when Standard Cost Rollup (MCR) is run. Costs are no longer updated, effectively "freezing" costs. Blank: The status does not affect cost rollup.

Choose the appropriate option(s):

To	Do This
Add a status code	Click Add.
Delete the selected status code	Click Delete. See Delete. Note Status code 0 cannot be changed or deleted.
Copy the selected status code to another code	Click Copy. See Copy.
Display or change a status code	Highlight a code and click Select or double click the line. Note Status code 0 cannot be changed or deleted.
Print the list of status codes	Click Print. See Print.
Exit the program	Click Exit.

Enter or change data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Status

Required
2 alphanumeric

Enter a unique identifier for the status code you want to add.

This field cannot be changed once the status code is created.

Description

Required
10 alphanumeric

Enter a text description for this status code. This description displays when you select this code in the Item status field in Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) or Branch Item Maintenance (IMB).

Allow sales

Required

Accept the N default, or select a different sales permission for this status:

Select	To
Y Item can be sold	Allow the item to be ordered.
N Item cannot be sold	Not allow the item to be ordered. The order entry operator cannot complete the order for the item or look up its price.
O Prompt operator	Allow the operator to choose whether or not to complete the order. The system displays a warning message with the status description, and the operator can cancel out or continue with the order.

Allow purchasing

Required

Accept the N default, or select a different purchasing permission for this status:

Select	To
Y Item can be purchased	Allow the item to be ordered.
N Item cannot be purchased	Not allow the item to be ordered.
O Prompt operator	Allow the operator to choose whether or not to enter the order. The system displays a warning message with the status description, and the operator can cancel out or continue with the order.

Allow manufacturing

Required

Accept the N default, or select a different manufacturing permission for this status:

Select	To
Y Item can be manufactured	Allow the item to be manufactured.
N Item cannot be manufactured	Not allow the item to be planned or manufactured. If a status does not allow manufacturing, you can opt to exclude the status from cost rollups.
O Prompt operator	Allow the operator to choose whether or not to continue with the order. The system displays a warning message with the status description, and the operator can cancel out or continue with the order.

Allow invty adjustments

Required

Accept the N default, or select a different permission for this status.

This setting applies to the Material Issues and Adjustments (IMI) program (and its RF counterparts) and to the MES and WMS interfaces.

Moving inventory with Shop Floor Movement or the RF inventory movement programs is not affected.

Select	To
Y Item can be adjusted	Allow inventory for the item to be adjusted.
N Item cannot be adjusted	Not allow inventory for the item to be adjusted.
O Prompt operator	The operator can choose whether or not to make the adjustment. The system displays a warning message with the status description, and the operator can cancel out or continue with the transaction.

Exclude from cost roll?

Conditional

Select to skip the cost roll for items with this status, effectively "freezing" the cost of the item. Leave blank to roll costs as per normal.

You can only select this if manufacturing is not allowed for the status.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change status description or what is allowed	Move the cursor to the field and make changes. Click Apply to accept changes or click Cancel to reject changes.
Exit without defining this status code	Click Cancel.
Update the program record	Click Apply.
Delete a saved status code record	Click Delete. See Delete.
Accept the data and return to the list of status codes	Click OK.
Return to the menu	Click Exit.