Disposition Rejected Material

Use the Rejected Material Disposition (MRB) program to disposition (e.g., return, rework, scrap) goods that have been assigned an MRB tag. This program is available if you selected Material review board active? in System Options Maintenance - Purchasing Options. See Background and Road Map for more information.

  1. Enter an MRB tag number assigned when you rejected the material or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the MRB tag number from a list.

    The program displays these fields:

Field Name

Displays

MRB tag number

The MRB tag number that you entered or selected followed by its status

Branch

The branch that rejected the item

Item number

The rejected item number

Description

The item's description

Reason code

The code and reason for rejection

Receiver type

The type of order received:
B
Inventory to MRB
C
Rejected component
M
Manufacturing order
P
Purchase order
R
RMA
T
Transfer
V
Consignment inventory

Receiver number

The receiver number for the rejected item or REJECT COMP if you rejected a component during manufacturing followed by the receiver status:
Open
: Rejected items await disposition
Fully disp
: All rejected items have been disposed
Closed
: GL journal is closed

If the MRB tag was created for material rejected from inventory (i.e., by the Move Inventory to MRB (IMRB) program), the receiver number is INVENTORYMRB; the receiver line is blank.

Receiver line

The line number of the receiver followed by the date and time entered

Vendor number

For a purchased item or service, the vendor number for the rejected receiver line

Vendor name

For a purchased item or service, the vendor name for the rejected receiver line

Qty received

The received quantity, 0 for rejected component

Qty inspected

The inspected quantity

Qty rejected

The rejected quantity

Qty disposed

The quantity for which a disposition has been selected

Date created

The date the items were rejected

Dem order type

The demand type associated with the rejection

If the MRB tag was created by the Move Inventory to MRB (IMRB) program and you entered a Dem order no, select the appropriate order type: P/O (purchase order) or MFG (manufacturing order)

Dem order no

The purchase order, manufacturing order, RMA, transfer, etc. that was demand for this item, or CONSIGNMNT for a consignment item

Associating the MRB tag with a purchase order or manufacturing order enables you to specify a rework/repair order during disposition.

If you do not enter an order number and demand order type, disposition options are Scrap and Use as is with no further options.

Dem order ln

The line number on the demand order

You must enter the PO line number if you entered a purchase order number in the Dem order no field.

Shipment no

The shipment number (applicable only to transfers)

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Delete a saved record

Click Delete. See Delete.

Enter notes for this MRB tag

Click Notes. See Enter or Change Notes.

Enter data in custom fields your company uses

Click User. See Enter Data in User or Shadow File Fields.

This button is available only if you have set up user fields for this program in the User Fields Maintenance (XMO) program..

Display change history for this MRB tag

Click Audit. See Display an Audit Trail.

This button is available only if audit trail logging is activated for the Enterprise Inventory Master (I1AE) file.

Disposition rejected goods

Click Disposition.

List the control numbers that were rejected

Click Ctrl info. See Display Rejected Control Numbers (if the goods were rejected during receiving) or Display MRB Control Number Detail (if the MRB tag was created by Move Inventory to MRB). Click OK to return to this program.

View or import documents associated with the MRB tag

Click Documents.

  • Click View to view archived and imported documents. See Display Document Archive. The View button is active if there are documents to view.

  • Click Import to import a document.

The Documents button displays if the document import system option is selected.

Display the order the goods rejected on this tag were received against

Click Order. See Display Components on a Manufacturing Order, Display a Summarized Purchase Order, Display a Branch Transfer, or Display an RMA. (There is no demand order for rejected consignment inventory.) Click OK to return to this program.

The Order button does not display for MRB tags that were created by the Move Inventory to MRB (IMRB) program.

Display the receiver for which this tag was created

Click Receiver. See Display a Receiver. Click OK to return to this program.

The Receiver button does not display for MRB tags that were created by the Move Inventory to MRB (IMRB) program.

Reprint this MRB tag

Click Print. The tag is printed to the MRB tag device using the MRB tag label specified in System Options Maintenance - Inventory Control Options.

Exit to the menu

Click Exit.

  1. The program prompts for disposition detail or if previously entered dispositions are listed, click Add.

    Enter or change data in Required, Conditional and Optional fields; Display fields cannot be changed:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

MRB tag number

Display

The tag you selected

Sequence number

Display

Accept the displayed sequence number or enter a different one.

Item number

Display

The item that was rejected

Description

Display

The rejected item's description

Stk UOM

Display

The rejected item's stocking unit of measure

Receiver type

Display

The type of receipt (e.g., purchase order for material or labor, manufacturing order, RMA, transfer, consignment, etc.)

Qty received

Display

The quantity received

Qty inspected

Display

The quantity inspected

Qty rejected

Display

The quantity rejected

Qty left to dispose

Display

The quantity that has not yet been dispositioned

Reason code

Display

The reason the goods were rejected

Disposition cd

Required

Select what to do with the rejected goods; the type of receipt determines the dispositions that can be selected:

See Disposition Codes for more information.

Vendor disposition cd

Conditional
1 alphanumeric

If you selected 3 Vendor disposition, select how to handle the dispositioned goodst:

  • C No return to vendor; credit due

  • D Return to vendor; credit due

  • E Return to vendor for replacement; credit due

See Vendor Disposition Codes for more information.

Disposition qty

Required
11 numeric

Accept the displayed quantity or enter a different quantity for this disposition code.

Disposition date

Required
8 date

Accept the login date, select a different date, or enter a date shortcut.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Accept the data

Click OK. The program prompts Sequence number if a quantity remains. Accept the number or clear the field to exit.

Exit without creating this disposition

Click Cancel.

Update the record

Click Apply.

Delete a saved record

Click Delete. See Delete.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To

Do This

Add another disposition for this tag

Click Add.

Display the selected disposition

Click Select.

Exit this tag

Click OK.

Exit the program

Click Exit.