Setting up defaults for a VA product

Use VA Product Default Setup to specify the default values for a Value Add product when you enter a transaction for the VA product in VA Order Entry or Sales Order Entry. You can change the default values during transaction entry.

Confirm that all of the VA sections you require are set up in SA Table Code Value Setup for each section type. If you know the finished VA product name and warehouse, you can skip these instructions and go directly to the detail level using Quick Setup.

  1. Select Value Add > Setup > Product Default and click New.
  2. If there is a warehouse associated with the product, specify the warehouse, or leave the warehouse blank to add the default setup for all warehouses.
  3. Specify the product.
  4. Specify the number of days estimated to fabricate this product.
  5. Specify a value in the Reference field.
  6. Save the setup. If the product exists in your Product Setup catalog, a dialog window appears asking you to accept the catalog item. If you click Yes, the catalog item is used in the fabrication section. If you click No, and the product is not a valid product set up in Product Warehouse Product Setup, an error displays and you must select another product.
  7. After a valid product is selected and you click Save, access the Sections view.
  8. To add a section, click New.
  9. Specify the section type and section code. These are the sections specific to your company that were set up in SA Table Code Value Setup for the selected section type.
  10. Click Save. The window that appears depends upon the section type you selected.
    Specifications/Instructions
    Specify whether the instructions should be printed for the external vendor, internal processing department, both, or neither and the instructions to be included with the VA order.
    Inventory Components
    Complete the ship to information to specify where the components are sent for fabrication. They can be sent to an external service vendor or an internal service department.
    External
    Specify the information specific to the external vendor who fabricates the product. When you click OK , you must select an Inventory Component (IN) code if the Destination Type is Whse.
    Internal
    When the product from an external process is returned to the warehouse, it is assumed to be an intermediate product that is to be sent out for further processing. The IN section is automatically created, with the type specified by you, to send that intermediate product out of the warehouse. The intermediate product specified on the EX section Extend window displays as a line on the new IN section. Specify the information specific to the internal processing warehouse (department) where the components is to be sent.
    Inspection
    Specify the information for the location where the product, either finished or unfinished, is inspected.
    Inventory In
    The Line Items view appears for you to specify the product that is being returned to stock and not used for fabrication.
  11. Click Save.
  12. If you created an inventory components, external process, internal process, inspection, or inventory in section, the Line Item view is shown. If you created a specifications/instructions section, go to step 16. 
  13. Access the Line Items view and click New to add the components required for the fabrication process of this section.
  14. Specify the product, quantity and unit required for the item. Select the Qty Based on Total option to have the quantity based on the units of the finished VA product. For example, if one fabricated item requires three each of this product and you entered one as the quantity needed, three are shipped.
    Note: The type of line item you enter for a section is limited to the type of VA section you selected. You must enter a labor item if the section is an external process or inspection. If the section is an internal process, you can enter a regular product or labor product.
  15. Click Save.
  16. Repeat steps 8-15 for all sections you are creating for this VA product.
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