A control should be added so that a new item should not be able to be added to IC if it is sitting in an open PO as a non-stock item.
Why: at present users will add nonstock items to a PO and then decide to create the item in IC. Then they try to receive items that are now stock but the system thinks that they are non-stock and you are left in a horrific loop when trying to post the receipt that can only be fixed with a really expensive data repair.
by: Eva P. | over a year ago | Operations Management
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Totally agree. This is a big issue for some clients who deal with large number of stock items. As soon as a new person starts in stores the problem re-occurs in spite of procedures being documented.
it's a real pain but the data repair is not that horrific. Last time this happened it took me 3 hours to fix it working through the PO Receipt an Item Records, the trick was to change the Item Type on the PO Order \ Receipt from Non Stock to Stock a few times as you worked through the PO Receipt and then Invoice process running day end each step along the way.