Defining an Inventory Control company

This procedure explains how to define your Inventory Control company.

Procedure flow: Defining Inventory Control company

To define an Inventory Control company, complete these steps:

  1. Access Company (IC01.1).
  2. Define header information.
  3. To define additional parameters, consider these tabs:
    Rules

    Use this tab to define rules that your company will follow in Inventory Control, such as allocation methods or whether you allow negative stock-on-hand.

    Document Numbering

    Use this tab to determine document numbering options, such as automatic or manual assignment of Inventory Control transaction document numbers.

    Available

    Use this tab to set up available-to-allocate and available-to-sell calculations.

    Work Order

    Priority Levels

    Use this tab if you allocate items based on priority, specify priority numbers for various applications (with 1 being the highest priority).Use this tab if you use the Production Order application, select the work order numbering method.

    User Fields

    Use this tab to define fields for Inventory Control, Warehouse, or Production Order applications that are used for your own reporting or inquiry purposes.

    Requisition Center

    Use this tab to define display options for Infor Lawson Requisition Center.

    Audits

    This contains a list of audit flags so you can select whether changes to various tables requires an audit.

  4. Select the Add form action to add your company.
  5. If you have a GLN to assign to this IC Company, then you will assign it to the record in Global Location Number (IC58.1).

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