The Materials tab provides information on inventory items and raw materials that will result from disassembly of the finished goods.

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

Use the Recipient field and Cell (if available) fields to specify the warehouse and particular bin location which receives the materials resulted from the disassembly process.

The "Production (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).

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 each item (material, component, or part) for which the Use Batches option is selected.

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 used quantity of the item.

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 Expense Item column is populated with the default expense items assigned to the items.

In the GL Accounts column, you can view the default inventory account assigned to the item (material, component, or part) to be updated by this transaction. If needed, you can replace the default account with another account.

In the GL Accounts (Manufacturer) column, you can view the default inventory account (associated with the manufacturing department) that will be updated by this transaction. If needed, you can replace it with another account.

The Cost Percentage column shows the proportion in which the cost of finished goods is shifted to the resulting items.

The Specification column is populated automatically with the default specification assigned to the items that are requiring additional disassembly.

In the Comment column, you can specify some additional information about an item or a service to be purchased.

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 disassembled in the quantities required by specifications.

For other button descriptions, see Document Toolbar.