About Adding Items
There are three ways to add items: manually, using a template, or using a pricing service.
While you can add items manually, usually, you add items by loading files from a pricing service. If needed, however, you can manually add an item in several ways. You can add an item using the Item window, add an item from the Purchase Order Entry window, or add an item from the Order Entry window.
You can also add an item by using an existing item as a template. This is useful when you are adding an item that is exactly the same as an existing item except for the color, for example.
When adding an item using an existing item as a template or when adding an item manually, you can customize each box for each item. When adding items from the Purchase Order Entry window or Order Entry window, however, you enter only the information that is essential for creating the item and placing the item on an order. In this case, complete any necessary information in the Item window. You can go to each box in the Item window and customize the item.
DDMS includes software that lets you create items provided by a pricing service. You can get these on CDs or by Internet downloads. This greatly reduces the time it takes to build and update an inventory. Each major wholesaler offers a pricing service, or you can choose O/PUS, a multiple-vendor pricing service.
The first time you load items from a pricing service, only certain boxes in the Item window are loaded. Not all wholesalers load the information in the SIC Code box in the Item Master tab, the Weight box in the Item Settings tab, or the Page box in the Add Wholesaler Vendor box. If you load multiple units of measure, the information in the Units of Measure boxes in the Item Settings tab is completed.
The Direct Buy/Cost boxes in the Item Master tab are not completed when you load items from a pricing service. You have the option of copying this information from the Primary [Whl] / Cost boxes to create direct buy information.
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