Inventory is used for Material Requirements, specifically the Material Details Level.  Material can be entered manually or loaded via a text file using Import Inventory.  Before an inventory item can be used, the inventory item must be defined.  Once a inventory item has been defined and is used by DMS, it cannot be deleted unless the operations using the inventory item are reassigned.  Instead of deleting an inventory item you can make it unavailable for use by unselecting the Available check box.

When you select Tables | Inventories, the following windows appears listing the current inventory items:

Valid commands are:

1. New To add a new inventory item, select File | New or click on the new icon .
2. Edit To edit an existing inventory item, highlight the inventory item in the grid and select File | Edit or click on the edit icon .
3. Delete  To delete an existing inventory item, highlight the inventory item in the grid and select File | Delete or click on the delete icon .  DMS will confirm the delete.  Click OK to delete the inventory item, or click Cancel to cancel the delete.

If New was selected, the following window appears

If Edit was selected, the following window appears with the selected inventory item displayed:

The following explains the prompts on the operation status window:

1. Item No  The Item No must be entered.
2. Alternate Item No  The alternate item no is an optional field and may or may not be a valid inventory item no to enable free format entry.
3. Qty on Hand  Qty on hand is optional and can be used to build a supply versus demand report. 
4. Notes  Optional notes on the inventory item

If a new inventory item is being entered, you can click on the Save & New button to save the entry and keep this screen open to add another new inventory item.  Otherwise, click the Save & Exit button to save the entries or click Cancel & Exit to cancel the entries.