| # Item data ERP LN item data consists of general item data and package-specific item data. You enter the general item data in the Item Base Data module of Common. You enter the package-specific item data in the various ERP LN packages. General item data The general item data consists of: The item code, which identifies the item. Item data that determine the way ERP LN processes the item, such as the item type and the item's inventory unit. Item data for your information, such as the item grouping data that is described in Item grouping data. For details about how to set up the general item data, see To set up the item data. Package-specific item data To start the sessions in which you can specify default data and item data for the various ERP LN packages, you can use the buttons on the last tab pages of the following sessions: Item - General Defaults (tcibd0102s000), to specify the default data. Item - General (tcibd0101s000), to specify item specific data. Mass change of item assignments You can use the Mass Change Item Assignments (tcibd0204m000) session to define or change assignments for a large number of items at once. For example, you can reassign a range of items from buyer A to buyer B, or you can assign all the items that are not assigned to a buyer to buyer B. For ranges of item groups and items you can define or change the following assignments: The buyer. The planner. The shop floor panner. The routing group. Serialized items If the item is a serialized item, you can use the Serialized Items (tcibd4501m000) session to view serial numbers and enter serial numbers manually. For details, see Overview of serialized items. Date-effective item data You can use the Mask sessions to define the masks that ERP LN uses to generate serial numbers. The item type that you select in the Item - General (tcibd0101s000) session is the item's default item type. You can temporarily change the item type of purchased and manufactured items in the Date-Effective Item Data (tcibd0510m000) session. For details, see Date-effective item data. Alternative items Some types of items can easily be replaced by similar items with a different item code, for example, if an item is not immediately available. You can use the Alternative Items (tcibd0505m000) session to specify which items can replace other items when this is necessary. For details, see To define alternative items and replacement items. Alternative manufacturers You can set up the item data in so that you can buy items that can be manufactured by alternative manufacturers. For details, see To buy items from alternative manufacturers. Item code systems In addition to your company's item codes, you can identify items by other item codes, for example, the item codes that your business partners use. Use the following sessions to specify the other item codes and link them to your items: Item Code Systems (tcibd0106m000). Item Codes by Item Code System (tcibd0504m000). List data You can set up list items to speed up order processing and order entry of repetitive sales orders. You can use product lists to define the composition of a product in terms of other products and/or lists. For details, see List items. Related topics To set up the item data Date-effective item data To define alternative items and replacement items To buy items from alternative manufacturers List items |