The Inventory tab includes the list of inventory items that were moved to the specified subcontractor for processing and were processed.

This tab can be populated from the Invoice (Transfer to Processing) document or filled out manually.

The "Subcontractor Report (create)" form. The Inventory tab

To add an inventory item processed by subcontractor, 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 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 (such as size, color, and so forth) of each listed item if the Use Characteristics option is selected for the item in its master record (see Items).

The Batch column is available, if the Enable Batches option is selected on the Purchasing and Warehouses form. In this column, you can specify the batch (lot) number for the items for which the Use Batches option is selected. Generally, you must specify batch numbers for items with expiration dates, items transferred to contract warehouses. To learn more about the item settings, see Settings: Purchasing and Warehouses.

The Serial Numbers column is available if the Use Serial Numbers option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form. For each serialized item (for which the Use Serial Numbers check box is selected on the Items form), click in the column to open the Serial numbers dialog box. In this dialog box, you must enter the serial numbers according to quantity of the item.

The Specification column is available if the Use Sets for Sales option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form, and you can select a specification to be used for the item if item is a Set. Click the Set Components button on the toolbar to specify the components for the set. For items which are sets—a set includes other items as components and selling the set means selling its components according to the specification—you can specify their components by selecting the specifications.

In the Quantity column, you can specify the item quantity and in the UOM 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 Price column is filled in automatically if prices are available from the appropriate price list (see Item Pricing). You can enter the prices manually.

The Avg. Cost Price column is populated with the unit cost of the item once you click the Fill > Average Cost Price on the tab toolbar.

The Amount column is populated with the amount calculated based on the price and quantity of the item.

In the GL Accounts column, you can view the default GL accounts to be updated by this transaction. If needed, you can replace them with other accounts.

By default, in the Content column, the item description appears.

In the Comment column, you can enter some additional information about this item.

The tab toolbar buttons

Use the Up and Down ( ) buttons to rearrange the items in the list.

Click the Fill > Average Cost Price option to populate the unit costs.