Source

On the Items or Multi-Site Items form, select one of these values to specify how this item is acquired into inventory:

• Purchased: To indicate that the item is primarily a purchased item.
• Manufactured: To indicate that the item is primarily a manufactured item.
• Transferred: To indicate that the item is primarily a transferred item.

The Source you select does not dictate that the item can only be purchased, manufactured, or transferred. Rather, your selection tells the system what to use as a default value.

When you enter a job material with an item which has a Source of Manufactured, the system sets the Reference field to Job if the Stocked field for this item is cleared.

When you enter a customer order line item with an item which has a Source of Purchased, the system sets the Reference field to Purchase Order if the Stocked field for this item is cleared.

If you firm an order from the Planning Detail Display form and the item has a Source of Manufactured, the system creates a job.

If you select MPS Order from the View field on the Material Planner Workbench form, the setting you chose on the Items or Multi-Site Items form displays.

This field is display-only on the Multi-Site Bill of Material Builder form.

On the Material Constraint form, select the item sources whose constraint you want to view. The check boxes are only enabled if All Items is selected.