The discontinued functionality is nice for when items are discontinued and you need to clear your stock or may want to buy up some of the discontinued item at discounted prices, but once it is obsolete, you have no way of marking an item as obsolete and refer to a replacement item number so your staff doesn't mistakenly try to buy or sell the obsolete item again.
by: Roberta V. | over a year ago | Sales & Distribution
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If you mark the item as discontinued, you can indeed set up "alternate items" that the user can pick from in sales order.
Unfortunately, we need both as well. Discontinued means that the item has been marked Discontinued, has stock, and in select instances can be specially re-ordered at an increased price. Obsolete means that once the stock is gone, it's gone never to return.
A nice feedback feature for this site would be to put the date or what product update the enhancement is being schedule for. Just saying something is planned doesn't do much for the posters and readers.
The one thing I see missing from this request is to also be able to remove the items from your inventory item list permanently after some period of time. I agree with Jeff S. regarding giving user a date. It seems like no one is actually committing to the fix/upgrade without something more solid then "planned".
A must needed feature!
I would add that on all reports give the option to include or not include discontinued items and/or obsolete items, or at a minimum items with zero balance or variance. I'm specifically thinking of how long our physical count inventory variance reports get, with old/obsolete warehouses, obsolete items because once a warehouse is created and an item has history it prints on the report for ever!
Added in Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 4.40 PU5 -You now have the flexibility in Inventory Management to designate an item as Inactive so it can no longer be purchased or sold, while maintaining its associated information. Inactive Items will allow you to process returns using RMA or a credit memo in Sales Order, or maintain history for warranty purposes. This designation can also be used for your seasonal or holiday items that are available only during certain periods of time. The new inactive functionality can be useful for a new product line that you don’t want to be sold until a specific launch date. Your exciting new products can be in your system ready to be activated, and safeguarded from unintended early sales.