Tegal has created a block of items for this purpose; I think we have 10
for each of the 4 main items.
NINOTAX-1       NON-INVENTORY NON-TAXABLE
NINTXNRCPT-9    NON-INVENTORY,NO TAX-NO RCPT  
NITAX-1         NON-INVENTORY TAXABLE 
NITAXNRCPT-1    NON/INVENTORY,TAX-NO RCPT     
We use PO comments for the actual description of what is being ordered.
All items purchased by my department are processed this way including
services from consultants. Here is a partial screen shot from recent PO
for MS Project licenses.    
Date  4/10/09            Purchase Order      Item Detail  Inquiry
AM61A2  XU
 
 Order PN81676  Stat 99  Contr        Job 8411311       Cls
Packing cd    
 Vnd catalog                              Dept       Cur ID
  Canceled                                            Seq    Req    Line
 Item NITAX-1         NON-INVENTORY TAXABLE             1              1
MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT STD.2007       LICENSE
 Whse AG   Loc          Planr    25  Stk UM EA  Pur UM EA  UM conv
1.00000 
 Eng draw no                    G/L acct         8411311   MISCELLANEOUS
Regards,
Jon Le Roi
Director of I.T. 
Tegal Corporation
                                                           
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From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Heavilin, Bob
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 8:47 AM
To: mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [MAPICS-L] POs Without Creating Item Revision Records
Hi Everyone,
If feasible, we would like to start using MAPICS POs for non-production
purchases - supplies, tools, repair parts, etc.  The obstacle to this in
the past has been the requirement to create Item Revision records for
everything that is purchased.  We would have to create about a gazillion
(that's a technical term for a big number) new item revision records,
which makes this a no-go for us.
We have 2 production environments on R6 and 1 on R7.  The documentation
I have found says we can create POs for non-inventory items, but that
only means that we don't need Item Balance/Warehouse records for them
because we don't want to track inventory on such things.
We're thinking we may be able to create generic item numbers, like bolt,
pencil, hammer, etc. and override the description and price in a feed to
the purchasing files.  Another thought is to find a 3rd party purchasing
module that has already been interfaced to MAPICS and which overcomes
the requirement for item revision records.
Before we spend a lot of time and/or money, we thought we should check
with this group.  Has anyone out there found a way around this issue?
If so, how did you do it?  If not, what thoughts come to mind?
Thanks,
Bob Heavilin
IT Project Manager
Stant Corporation
bheavilin@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bheavilin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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