See also: Menu Bar And Toolbar Definition
The Generic Parts Parameters contain additional parameters for the standard parts processes of Autoline's Point of Sales system.
This form is displayed when you click Manufacturer systems (Module) and MB. Mercedes-Benz (Company) > Menu - Utilities > Mercedes-Benz parameters and you browse to Parts > + Generic Parts Parameters > [no. Company name] on the Project parameters browser. It maintains Generic Parts Parameters records for the selected company.
Tabs:
The generic parts parameters are divided over two tabs.
General:
E-mail Parts: Enter the mail address to send an e-mail after the communication request in the Communication program sent the concerning parts.
SPICS Country code: Enter the SPICS country code that is included in the header of the Stock order file.
Cost field visibility priority: Enter the minimum priority required to get the display-rights of certain cost fields in Point of Sale and Stock Management.
Tick to have new descriptions: Select to make the changed descriptions effective on the Other tab of the Stock file.
Tick to recalculate: Select to automatically recalculate the part lines when changing the discount category on the WIP header.
Note: You need to set up the Part code deposit (pre-pay) and Back order statuses parameters before using Pre-payments on back ordered parts.
Block retail price recalculation: Select the required use in POS for retail price recalculation:
Point of Sale standard: Recalculates the price of a part on a saved WIP during reload of this WIP, when the Stock price in the stock file has changed for the concerning part (Default).
A Always block: Blocks the recalculation of the price of a part on a WIP.
B Block on requisition / delivery: Only blocks the recalculation of the price of the part on a WIP, when the requisition or delivery note has been printed and the part is in status X.
Stock location creation:
BIN location maintenance priority: Enter the minimum priority of users who are allowed to use the maintenance options within Stock location maintenance.
Flexible rack size: Select to activate the Flexible rack size functionality used within Stock location maintenance.
Note: The flexible rack sizing functionality is only available for Italy.
Delete location priority: Enter the minimum priority of users who are allowed to use the Delete location option within Stock location maintenance.
Franchise letter allocation:
Automatic populate franchise letter: Select to indicate that the franchise letter is automatically assigned via the franchise-mapping table after adding a part number without a franchise letter in Point of Sale, Purchase control or Stock management and if the specific part number is found in the Mercedes-Benz master price file.
Set part code for pre-paying backordered lines:
Part code deposit (pre-pay): Enter the part code, which is used in the WIP to generate a deposit (pre-pay) line.
Note: The specified deposit part in Part code deposit (pre-pay) needs to be an existing part in the stock file. The only difference to a normal part is that this part is specified as a Non-stock item and the Stock balance item must NOT be selected.
Tip: Older versions of the parameters might still reference the ZDEPOSIT part.
Credit priority: Enter the priority users need to credit deposit lines wihtout having release parts.
Back order statuses: Enter the statuses of backorder part lines for which the total value is acumulated to the specified deposit part.
Purchase Control:
Purchase order print sequence: Select your preferred sorting sequence when printing purchase order details.
Add lines to PC order priority: Enter the minimum priority of users who are allowed adding new lines to the purchase orders containing lines with the state of Verify orders (V) or Invoice registered (I). You can enter a priority between 1 and 8. Any other value is not valid.
The generic parts parameters are divided over two tabs.
ICT parameter settings:
Note: You will need to set up a number of parameters if you do not want to update the date fields in Stock management for ICT transactions.
Date last moved: Select to indicate that the date last moved field on the Stock card is not updated during the ICT transaction process.
Date last sold: Select to indicate that the date last sold field on the Stock card is not updated during the ICT transaction process.
Date last purchased: Select to indicate that the date last purchased field on the Stock card is not updated during the ICT transaction process.
Note: The Updates of date fields in Stock management for ICT transactions is only active if all the daemons for the companies (branches) involved are running.
Include/exclude locations: Enter the stock locations which you want to include or exclude in the Suggested order quantity formula of the Free stock definition for ICT in Point of Sale. +123 includes only the stock locations 1, 2 and 3 in the Suggested order quantity formula. -45 includes all stock locations except locations 4 and 5.
Note: The Suggested order quantity formula is: Total Stock Quantity - Back Order Quantity + Purchase Order Quantity.
Hide empty ICT screen: Select if you want to
display the Other Stock form only when you add a part for which not enough stock is found in the current company and stock is available in any other company.
make the OK button always available on the Other Stock form in case the Status of the part on a WIP is, for example, V (VOR B/O), and set the Status of the part on a WIP automatically to I (ICT) when selecting stock from another company.
highlight the part lines with status V on the WIP in the Point of Sale form in case not enough stock is found in the current company and stock is available in any other company. These highlighted WIP lines are automatically added via, menu pricing by adding a menu package, a shopping list using the EPC interface, or manually entering a part with a fast entry separator for the quantity.
Update stock from price file:
Create from price file: Select to automatically create a stock record of an imported part, which is available in the price file. This is applicable for the Dealer Imports, MB ISO/IDIS Imports and EPC program links via the Parts Point of Sale form.
When the parameter is selected and the part record is available in the price file:
- After processing the order in Dealer Order Imports, the part is created in the stock file and placed on the WIP.
- During import of MB ISO/IDIS Order File, the part is created in the stock file and placed on the WIP.
Note: When it is not possible to create a stock record, you can apply a Ccode (Condition code) to this part.
Stock quantity reordering:
Include/exclude locations: Enter the stock locations which you want to include or exclude in the Suggested order quantity formula of the Generate Stock orders in Purchase control. +123 includes only the stock locations 1, 2 and 3 in the Suggested order quantity formula. -45 includes all stock locations except locations 4 and 5.
Note: The Suggested order quantity formula is: Total Stock Quantity - Back Order Quantity + Purchase Order Quantity.
Default backorder status in Point of Sale:
Use POS discount category: Select to indicate that the Backorder status in a Point of Sale parts line is based on the Discount category, instead of the Point of Sale parameter Status if not.
Note: The Discount Category status is only used when it is a valid status for the part.
Default franchise for Submit stock orders:
Default franchise: Select the default manufacturer code when starting the Submit Stock Orders program in the Purchase Control form via the Action > Submit stock order menu bar command or Submit stock order
toolbar option.
Tip: You can also first select the concerning purchase order in Purchase Control and then click the Submit stock order option, the selected order is displayed in blue and can be submitted in the Submit Stock Orders form.
Tyre details:
Show tab ‘Tyre details’: This parameter controls the visibility of the Tyre details tab in Stock file maintenance. Options available:
Always: Display the Tyre details tab for all parts on the Stock file maintenance form.
0 - Never: Never display the Tyre details tab on the Stock file maintenance form. The prompt Tyre on the Other tab in the Stock file maintenance form will not be displayed either.
1 - For tyres only: The Tyre details tab will be displayed if the part is set as a type Tyre (by selecting the prompt Tyre on the Other tab on Stock file maintenance form).
Price lookup functionality (IMS only):
Activate price lookup functionality: Select to activate the price lookup functionality. This functionality searches for the valid selling price of the part in the Mercedes-Benz parts price file at the moment of adding a part to the WIP, loading a WIP and printing an invoice, based on the creation date of the WIP.
Note: Parts having fixed prices, special sale prices and parts not on the Mercedes-Benz price file (non MB parts) are excluded from this functionality.
Create logging for price changes: Select to create a logfile entry every time a part's selling price is changed on a WIP by the new price lookup functionality. By using the Report generator or the Ad-hoc functionality, it is possible to write a report or a query to display/print the logfile entries.
Number of days before clearing the log file: Enter the number of days after which the logfile entries will be purged.
Note: The option to Consolidate MB files (option code MSMBEOD) must be set-up to run in Timed Operations for the records to be purged.