This chapter contains the following topics:
Introduction to Planner/Buyer Codes
The Planner/Buyer codes entered to Item Master records and to Planning Group records are used by the Master Scheduling & MRP package to sort output information about item requirements and orders by Planner or Planner/Buyer. Planner/Buyer codes are also used by PBS Manufacturing Purchase Order Processing, to identify the buyer for each purchase order.
Use the Assign items program to easily assign Planner/Buyer Codes to ranges of Item Types or Item Numbers in the Item Master File.
Select
Enter from the Planner/buyer codes menu. The following screen appears:
The fields you enter are:
1. Planner/buyer code
Entry Format: Up to 3 alphanumeric characters.
2. Planner/buyer name
Entry Format: Up to 20 alphanumeric characters.
Press <F5> to print a report of all Planner/buyer codes on file.
Press <F5> to print a report of all the Planner/Buyer Codes on file.
This program posts a selected Planner/Buyer Code to Item Master records for a specified range of Item Types or Item Numbers. The assignment of Planner/Buyer Codes to items is not required for Purchase Order Processing programs. Such assignment to items becomes useful if you use the Master Scheduling & MRP package, where output information about item requirements and orders can be sorted by Planner/Buyer Code.
Select
Assign to items from the Planner/buyer codes menu. The following screen appears:
The fields you enter are:
1. Planner/buyer code
Entry Format: Up to 3 alphanumeric characters.
Validation: Must match a Planner/Buyer Code on file.
2. Starting item type
Entry Format: Up to 4 alphanumeric characters, or Blank for Undefined.
3. Ending item type
Entry Format: Up to 4 alphanumeric characters, or Blank = Starting value.
4. Starting item #
Entry Format: Up to 15 alphanumeric characters, or <F1> for "All".
5. Ending item #
Entry Format: Up to 15 alphanumeric characters, or Blank = Starting value.
When posting is complete, the program tells you the number of Item Masters posted.