M3 Fashion Matrix Plug-ins for Customer Order

M3 Fashion Matrix plug-ins for customer order provide an improved interface for customer order processing in M3 BE for Fashion-related orders. It lets the user create and manage orders in matrix form, as well as attach images to be shown in the product through Infor Document Management (IDM).

Add transaction to MDBREADMI

This process is required for M3 Fashion Matrix plug-ins to work properly.

  1. Using the M3 BE programs, specify:

    • 'MI Repository. Open' (MRS001)
    • 'MI Transaction. Open' (MRS002)
    • 'MI Transaction. Layout' (MRS003)

  2. Add this transaction: MDBREADMI.LstMITMAH10.

    Input: STYN (Mandatory), ITNO (Not mandatory)

    Output: ITNO, STYN, SQNX, FTIX, OPTX, TX15, SQNY, FTIY, OPTY, TY15, SQNZ, FTIZ, OPTZ, TZ15, SQFX, SQFY, SQFZ, SECH

Adding script to open the matrix

This procedure is required to initialize the button that will open M3 Fashion Matrix.

  1. Open 'Customer Order. Open Toolbox' (OIS300)

  2. Click Tools > Personalize > Scripts.

  3. Create a new script by entering 'ViewMatrix' in the field 'Script' and click Add. Leave the field 'Argument' blank.

Starting M3 Fashion Matrix

  1. After M3 Fashion Matrix is installed, the View matrix option is available on 'Customer Order. Open Toolbox' (OIS300/B).

  2. Select a customer order in the sub file, then click View matrix to show the selected customer order in M3 Fashion Matrix.

    Note: Since a line must be selected in (OIS300), a customer order head must be created outside M3 Fashion Matrix in 'Customer Order. Open' (OIS100). A user can create lines in 'Customer Order. Open Line' (OIS101) and in M3 Fashion Matrix.

  3. From M3 Fashion Matrix, navigate back to (OIS300) by clicking Hide matrix.

Information from the customer order header

Information from the customer order header is displayed in the upper section of M3 Fashion Matrix.

  • Customer order number
  • Customer
  • Customer order type
  • Customer order stop
  • Season or Project number
  • Delivery window or Project element

Handling style item – Visibility

On the left side of the middle section in M3 Fashion Matrix, there is a list that displays every combination of style number, delivery date, warehouse, and address in a customer order. This list is empty only if a customer order header and no lines were created before launching M3 Fashion Matrix.

When selecting a line in this list, a matrix displays the Stock Keeping Units or SKUs with their corresponding style numbers, transaction dates, and warehouses. The dimensions X and Y are shown in the matrix, while the Z-option can be changed manually. The displayed information is retrieved from the style settings through MI-transactions. Each matrix element represents an SKU of that specific style with a combination of an X-option and a Y-option.

The matrix also displays line total, column total, and grand total quantities for the SKUs in the matrix. To only display the lines in the matrix that contain quantity, click Collapse. To expand the matrix, click Expand.

To display detailed information such as status, prices, and availability in the lower section of M3 Fashion Matrix, select an SKU in the matrix. You can also use IDM to connect an image to a specific item based on style. The image is displayed when the item is highlighted in M3 Fashion Matrix.

Creating new customer order lines

A user can create new order lines using M3 Fashion Matrix plug-ins. To load the matrix, select a style number line in the list. The user can then update the quantity of an SKU, quantities in a current customer order line in M3 BE, or add a new customer order line in M3 BE.

To add a new customer order line in M3 BE, specify a quantity to an SKU where the current quantity is zero. To update the quantity, select the matrix element and click Enter. The changed quantities will be marked in red. To generate the changes in the matrix, click Update matrix. This updates customer order lines or generates new customer order lines through MI-transactions.

Placing an order for new styles

A user can also place an order for new styles that are not in the customer order. Click New style to open a new window and select a specific style number, delivery date, warehouse, and address. Click Add to create a new line in the Style list. Select the line to display a matrix with zero quantities in all matrix elements. Specify the required quantities as necessary.

M3 Fashion Matrix communicates with M3 BE through MI-transactions. This means that the communication for adding new customer order lines will use the batch order entry, and most of the error handling is done there.

Handling normal items

Normal items are discrete items that can be added to a customer order in M3 Fashion Matrix. The order line that contains the normal item is displayed as a line in the list. If selected, detailed information about the normal item, such as status, prices, and availability are displayed in the lower section of M3 Fashion Matrix.

Adding normal items to a customer order

  1. In M3 Fashion Matrix, click New item to open a new window that displays the item number, quantity, delivery date, warehouse, and address. Specify the quantities for these fields.

  2. Click Add to create a new order line through MI-transactions.

Updating normal item quantities in a customer order

  1. In M3 Fashion Matrix, select an order line, then specify the quantities for the normal item.

  2. Click Update line to update the order quantity and delivery date through MI-transactions.

Handling delivery dates

Delivery dates are displayed in a list located in the left section of M3 Fashion Matrix. A confirmed delivery date in the field CODW is displayed for already placed customer order lines. However, this may cause some confusion when placing new customer order lines through M3 Fashion Matrix.

When a line has been selected in the list in M3 Fashion Matrix and a new customer order line is being placed through the matrix, the date indicated by the line will be used as the requested delivery date in the field DWDT in the MI-transaction. This creates the actual customer order line in M3 BE.

M3 BE will calculate the correct confirmed delivery date for the customer order line based on the requested delivery date. The information in M3 Fashion Matrix is then reloaded with updated information. The confirmed delivery date may differ for different items, depending on circumstances in M3 BE. This means that the customer order line may display another confirmed delivery date and therefore the quantity might be displayed on another list line in M3 Fashion Matrix. It is also possible that the delivery date cannot be changed due to checks in M3 BE on order status and similar. This is not an error, but rather a consequence of the way M3 BE handles delivery dates.

Season handling

The item creation process in M3 BE lets a user assign a created SKU to a certain season. The logic for handling this in the customer order processing is defined by the parameter Season in use on 'CO Type. Open' (OIS010/F)' in M3 BE. This parameter specifies which items can be used in customer order lines based on the season selected on the customer order header.

Customer order processes that involve season handling are the same for M3 Fashion Matrix and M3 BE. A user cannot specify normal items or erroneous SKUs on a customer order in M3 Fashion Matrix.

Infor Document Management

You can use Infor Document Management to upload and connect images to the Fashion Matrix.

  1. To start Infor Document Management in M3 H5/Infor OS Portal, click the Navigation menu icon and select Document Management.

  2. Select Add Document, then select M3 Fashion from the list.

  3. Drag the picture to Drop File Here. Optionally, you can click Drop File Here to upload the image through a standard file dialog.

    Note: The resolution of uploaded images affects Infor Document Management performance. As image attribute, you need to specify the corresponding style to connect to the image. Even though the document type has color as an input field, M3 Fashion Matrix plug-ins browse the IDM based on only the style.

  4. Click Save, then click Check in to upload the image.