Product Catalog Setup - New field descriptions

Fields are presented in alphabetical order.

Catalog Product

Specify an alphanumeric product number for the catalog product.

Vendor #

The vendor that is assigned to this catalog product. The Require Vendor #/Product Line setting in SA Administrator Options-Products-Defaults does not determine that this value is required.

Product Category

The product category assigned to products in this catalog. It is important because many product and sales manager reports can be generated in product category order or for a product category range. Sales orders and purchase orders can distribute to General Ledger balance sheet and income accounts according to the product category, such as inventory, gross sales, line discount, or cost of goods. The product categories are set up in SA Table Code Values Setup.

Length / Width / Height / Cubes

The cube value is the volume for one stocking unit of this product. It is automatically calculated when you specify the height, length, and width of the product. If any of the dimensions are changed, the cube value is recalculated. The dimensions are validated by the system. A message is displayed if the cube ≠ length x width x height.

Length, width, height, and cube are displayed on the General tab after you create the catalog record.

If you use Total Warehouse Logistics (TWL) or cartonization, the dimensional values are required.

For TWL, the length, width, and height are required values if these conditions are met:

• The Warehouse Logistic module is enabled in SA All Company Information Setup
• An active TWL warehouse exists in the system

Dimensions on catalog records and TWL location records must use the same unit of measure. For example, if you measure products in inches, you must measure locations in inches. Because you cannot specify fractional units of measure for TWL locations, use the smallest equivalent unit of measure that is relevant to your products.

If cartonization is activated in SA Administrator Options-System, the dimensional values are used to determine which packages to use to pack the products for shipment. Entry of length, width, and height values on the catalog record might not required by the system, but the values are required for cartonization processes. The unit of measurement for the dimensional values is based on the Item Dimensional Size Measured in Cubic field on the Cartonization tab.