Road Map: Receiver Maintenance

Use the Receiver Maintenance (IRC) program to receive a PO, manufacturing order, workorderless item, branch transfer, transfer bill of lading, RMA, vendor contract, and consignment item and change and reverse a receiver. See Background for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You should run these programs:

Purchase Order

  • PO Maintenance (VOE) to enter purchase orders.

    OR

    Requisition Maintenance (IRM) to enter requisitions and release them to create purchase orders.

    AND
    (Optional) Approvals Signoff (APPV) to approve purchase orders that require approval.

    OR

    Order Release Selection (MRR) to release purchase requisitions that were created by the planning system.

Manufacturing Order

  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.

OR

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

  1. (Optional) 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.

Transfer

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

OR

Requisition Maintenance (IRM) to enter requisitions and release them to create transfers.

  1. Branch Transfer Confirmation (ITS) or Secured Transfer Confirmation (SITS) to create a transfer shipment and confirm it.

AND/OR

Bill of Lading Maintenance (BLM) to create a bill of lading and confirm the shipments and bill of lading.

RMA

  • RMA Maintenance (RMA) to enter an authorization to return material.

Contract

You should run these programs in this sequence:

  1. Sales Order Maintenance (OE) to enter a sales order.

  1. Vendor Contract Maintenance (VCM) to enter a new vendor contract.

  2. Finished Goods Planning (MFP) to calculate finished goods plan.

  3. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) to create a material plan.

Consignment Inventory

  • PO Maintenance (VOE) to enter purchase orders.

    OR

    Requisition Maintenance (IRM) to enter requisitions and release them to create purchase orders.

    OR

    Order Release Selection (MRR) to release purchase requisitions that were created by the planning system.

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Control Number Option) to define the format of serial and lot control numbers by branch or for the enterprise or set the Block auto-assignment of control nos? option.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Inventory Control Options) to set these options: Inventory interfaced to GL?, Receive same as sending wh/bin location?, Negative inventory allowed, Receiving method for transfers, and Update actual and average costs?

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Manufacturing Options) to set the Process excess/short components, Receiving method, and Mfg order receipt to backflush labor? options.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Order Processing Options) to set the Create shipment when supply received? option

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Purchasing Options) to set the Receiving method, Supply chain active?, and Purchase order approvals required? options.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Accounts Payable Options) to set the AP interfaced to purchasing? option.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Return Material Options) for the enterprise to set the Create credit memo at time of receipt? and Create replacement at time of receipt?, Create RMA CM/DM when put to stock?, and RMA Inspection (A=Always, I=Item, R=Rcv) options.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Return Material Options) for your branch to set the RMA Inspection (A=Always, I=Item, R=Rcv) option.

  • 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.

  • User Options Maintenance (UOPT) and select IRC to set program-specifc options.

  • Numbering System Setup (XOC) to set up receiver number assignment and set the Allow override? option.

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

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

  • Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) to set up inventory items for your branch, set the Workorderless? option for items if you want to receive them without a manufacturing order, and set up consignment items.

  • Ship Via Codes Maintenance (TSV) to set up ship via codes.

  • User Fields Maintenance (XMO) to set up custom fields your company uses.

  • Vendor Maintenance (VM) to set up vendors.

  • Vendor Price Maintenance (VMM) to set up vendor-item numbers and descriptions, vendor pricing, purchasing unit of measure fields, and select QA approved? and Preferred item? fields for consignment items.

  • Manufacturer ID Maintenance (VGM) to enter compliant manufacturer IDs.

  • Compliant Items by Manufacturer (VGMI) to enter compliant manufacturer IDs or vendors items.

  • Unit of Measure Codes Maintenance (TUM) to set up purchasing UOMs.

  • 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.

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

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs in this sequence:

  1. (Conditional) Receiving and Inspection (IRI) to enter inspection results for items that require inspection or to receive if you are using dock-to-stock receiving.

  2. (Conditional) Rejected Material Dispositions (MRB) to create a repair order.

  3. Receiver Print Queue (VRPPM) to process the print queue and add, change, and delete receiver records in the print queue.

    OR

    Receiver Print (VRP) to print or reprint a receiver.

  1. 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.

AND/OR

RMA Receipt Register (SRJ) to print a listing of returned material authorization receivers and update inventory accounts in the general ledger.

You may also run these programs:

  • Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) to create a rework order.

  • Receiving Reversal (IRR) to reverse a receiver.

  • Receiver Inquiry (IRCQ) to display a receiver.

  • Order-Receiver Inquiry (IORQ) to display receivers for a purchase order, manufacturing order, transfer, or RMA.

  • Receiving Report (VRR) to print a list of the receivers.

  • Inspection & Dock-to-Stock Status Report (VIS) to print a report of items awaiting inspection or receipt to inventory.

  • Item History Inquiry (IMHQ) to display the last transaction date and quantities on hand, used, purchased, and sold by period for an item.

  • Workorderless Archive (WEX) to print a listing of closed workorderless receipts and move them to history.

  • Audit Trails (ATR) to print an audit trail report for this program.