The Inventory provides information on inventory items and raw materials to be used in production of the specified quantity of the finished goods.

Generally, the tab is automatically populated from the finished goods specifications. However, you can add or remove specific items to or from the list.

In the Reserve Warehouse field, specify the warehouse in which the materials, parts, or components will be stocked until used for manufacturing.

The "Production Order (create)" form. The Inventory tab

To add an inventory item, click the Add or Pick button (refer to Using the pick operation). In the Item column, select an item from the Items list or create a new item. For more details, refer to Items. Alternatively, you can import the list of items with all the details from an Excel document. For this, click the button on the table toolbar and follow the step-by-step instructions in the appeared window. The imported list can be edited in the Administration module.

You can use the Up and Down ( ) arrows to rearrange the items in the list.

The Characteristic column is available if the Enable Item Characteristics option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form. In this column, you can specify additional properties of each item (material, component, or part) if the Use Characteristics option is selected for the item in its master record (see Items).

In the Quantity column, you can specify the item quantity and in the Unit column, you can select an UOM for the item if the Multiple UOMs per Item option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form.

The Specification column is populated automatically with the default specification assigned to the item that requires additional assembly.

The tab toolbar buttons

Click the Fill by Specification button to populate the inventory Items list with items and raw materials listed in the specifications of the finished goods to be produced.

For other button descriptions, see Document Toolbar.