Define company standard settings for Inventory

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Modified: 13 Mar 2023
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Define company standard settings for Inventory

For each module, you can define company-level settings that are the default for all new jobs.

  1. Click the Maintenance ribbon tab.
  2. On the menu, select Inventory > Company Standards.

    The Company Standards dialog opens.

  3. Modify the settings as needed.

    Option

    Description

    Auto-Calc Part #

    When selected, Tekla PowerFab automatically enters a part number for each item when new material is received. When cleared, you need to enter the part number manually.

    Part # Format

    The part number format.

    To change the part number format, click the arrow on the right side of the Part # Format field, and select an option in the list.

    The options are:
    • [PO#]-[Item#]-[Receive Count]-[RTS Count]:

      The part number consists of the purchase order number, purchase order item number, receive count, and return to stock count.

      Note that the receive count number does not refer to the quantity received, but the occurrence of receiving the material. The returned to stock count number indicates how many times the material has been cut.

      For example, if the purchase order number was 123, the item number 50, quantity 5, and 2 are received, the part number would be 123-50-1-0. When the remaining 3 pieces were received, the part number would be 123-50-2-0. If the length of the material was 40’-0 and you took 25’-0 and returned 15’-0 to inventory, the part number would be 123-50-1-1.

    • Sequential, Increments each receipt:

      The part numbering starts from 00001, and each time an item is received on a purchase order, the item is assigned an incremented part number (for example, 00002).

    • Sequential, Increments each receipt, with RTS count:

      The part number consists of a sequential number and the returned to stock count.

      The part numbering starts from 00001, and each time an item is received on a purchase order, the item is assigned an incremented part number (for example, 00002). The returned to stock count indicates how many times the material has been cut.

      An example part number could be 00003-1.

    Inventory History - Default number of days to view (0 for all)

    Allows you to set a filter that defines the number of days that items remain visible in the Inventory History dialog box.

    Note that you can clear the filter in the Inventory History dialog box to display all items in the inventory history again.

    Enter a number in the field. To always display all items in the Inventory History dialog box, enter 0.

    Open to Filter Selection

    When selected, the <Module> Filters dialog automatically opens when you open a job. In the dialog, you can set filters to only show the items that you want to see in the job.

    The job opens when you have set the filters.

  4. Click Save.

The default settings of the Inventory module are updated.

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