Store finished generic items

This topic describes how to set up the items to be able to store the finished end product of an assembly order in inventory.

Setup

To be able to store a finished generic item in inventory, you must define two items: a generic item and a standard item.

Both items represent the same physical item. In Assembly Control, you use the generic item. In Sales Control and Warehousing, you use the associated standard item.

To specify which standard item is associated with the generic item, use the Configurable Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session.

Item settings

For the generic item and the standard item, use the following item settings:

Session	Field	Generic item	Standard item
Items (tcibd0501m000)	Item Type	Generic	Manufactured or Product
Items (tcibd0501m000)	Serialized	Yes	Yes
Items (tcibd0501m000)	Revision Controlled	(Not used)	No
Items (tcibd0501m000)	Order System	FAS	FAS
Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000)	Serials in Inventory	(Not applicable)	Yes
Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000)	Lots in Inventory	(Not applicable)	(See below)

The reason why the Serials in Inventory check box must be selected, is that Warehousing would otherwise not be able to distinguish between product variants.

Additional instructions:

The generic item and the standard item must have the same inventory unit.
If you use unit effectivity, you must define both items as unit effective items in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session.
If the standard item is lot controlled, you must use the lot-in-inventory type of lot control.
To make an item lot controlled, select the Lot Controlled check box in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session.
To use the lot-in-inventory type of lot control, select the Lots in Inventory check box in the Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000) session.

Standard cost calculation of the standard item

The standard item must have an effective cost component structure. The standard inventory valuation functionality for items in inventory requires such a cost component structure.

To specify the inventory valuation method, in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2510m000) session, select a value in the Inventory Valuation Method field.

To obtain the most accurate inventory valuation, select an inventory valuation method based on actual costing. The recommended inventory valuation method is Serial Price (Serial).

If the inventory valuation method is Fixed Transfer Price (FTP), which is not an actual costing method, you must calculate a standard cost in the Standard Cost Calculation module. In this case, LN valuates the item against the calculated fixed transfer price (FTP) of the standard item and ignores differences between the product variants.