Managing cart or par locations

Use cart or par locations to maintain locations for frequently used items, such as office supplies.

Before you set up cart or par locations, you must define Item Master files for the items included at these locations. A cart/par location is a term that refers to exchange carts, par locations, and par level carts. The term par refers to a replenishment process that brings the items stored at a location up to a predefined, or par, level. A par level is an amount that indicates the maximum supply quantity based on established quotas from previous use for a particular supply item, in a particular department, for a specified time period. Cart and par locations have unique qualities similar to requisition templates. A cart/par location stores established quantities of supplies in predefined arrangements. Cart/par locations are generally referred to as par locations. Cart/par location processing simplifies transaction processing for frequent turnover areas in health care companies.