Corporate Item Group (IC00.1)

Processing Effect

Item group records identify a specific group of inventory items set up in the Item Master file and define defaults and parameters for those items. When you assign items to an item group, defaults and parameters indicate the following:

• Whether the Inventory Control application should audit Item Master activity.
• The number of default decimals on cost and price fields.
• Valid units of measure.
• Automatic item numbering and numeric item number.

More Information

You assign companies to item groups in IC01.1 (Company). If multiple companies share the same inventory items, you need to set up items only once, then assign the same item group to all companies. If multiple companies do not share the same inventory items, you can set up unique item groups and assign them to each company. You can only assign one item group to a company, but multiple companies can share an item group.

You can define up to 12 units of measure at one time on this form. To add more units of measure, select the Inquire form action to view existing units of measure, then select the Change form action and Add line action to enter additional units of measure.

Use the User Fields button to set up and assign data types for user fields. User fields defined in the Item Master column can be used on Item Master (IC11.1). User fields defined in the Item Substitution column can be used on User Fields (IC13.2).

Use the Load UOM button on this form if you want to automatically load a list of industry standard UOMs into the item group. Load UOM on the IC00 form is used to import a list of valid UOMs from an outside source, such as a spreadsheet or legacy system that is being replaced. It reads unit of measure records from the table UOMLOADCSV. You upload the data from the table and click the Load UOM button to load the units of measure.

If a UOM value is imported that already exists, the import record will be skipped. If the button is used without the file present, nothing will happen.