• IC report "Optimize Inventory"

    A client uses the inquiry screen called Optimize Inventory under IC Items & Price Lists. As more and more users at that company become familiar with that screen, they want to use it -- but they've found that only one person can be in at a time. Is this…
  • Chinese language item descriptions

    We have an opportunity to sell Sage 300 to a distributor that supplies Chinese restaurants. They want items to have English and Chinese descriptions. When I try to insert Chinese characters into the item description it shows up as ???? when I save. Any…
  • Moving away from segmented item numbers

    Our company started using item structures and segment codes around 3 years ago and it is simply not working for the type of business we do. Currently we use the hyphen as a segment separator. We would like to go back to using the vendors item number as…
  • Price List for Kits with non stock component

    Hi All, I have a kit with a non-stock item in it with an assigned cost (for labor). I'd like to assign a price list code to the kit that is a markup from cost. It's not including the cost I assigned in the kit for the non-stock item. Is there a possible…
  • How do I deal with scrap in an assembly?

    I am producing steel pipe (item 2) from a coil of steel (item 1). for example an 8000 kg steel coil produces 1200 - 6 foot pipes and 34 kgs of waste steel. How do I deal with the scrap steel?
  • Selling an item in 2 different units

    Hello, Our company is a food distributor to supermarkets/retailers. We currently sell our items per case and that is our OUM. We want to start selling on Amazon but for this, our UOM has to be an actual unit and not case. Is there anyway that we can…
  • Inventory Category

    Hi there, Our accountant has raised a query about the Inventory control category code setup. By default, the category is used to group items together and assign sales and COGS account. Is there any other purpose for the category code? Can it also…
  • ALTERNATE ITEM

    Hi All, Does anyone know or can tell from which screen in sage the alternate item is usable? can it be use in order entry where you can easily substitute the alternate item when the original item has no stock? Thanks