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--- training:inventory_oddity_of_8_to_14_digit_part_numbers [2017/06/07 15:31 (7 years ago)] – [There is a work-around that fixes purchase orders, but not label printing:] sjackson
+++ training:inventory_oddity_of_8_to_14_digit_part_numbers [2017/06/07 15:33 (7 years ago)] (current) – [System Five treats 8 to 14 digit part numbers as barcodes] sjackson
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 An 8 to 14, all-digit (just 0 to 9's), part number in System Five will be treated as a barcode.
-Each part in System Five can have one or more barcodes attached to it on the Alternate Supplier tab.  The benefit is that on an invoice or purchase order, either the part number or the barcode can be entered or scanned, and the correct part will be found and added to the invoice or purchase order.
+Each part in System Five can have one or more barcodes attached to it on its Alternate Supplier tab.  The benefit is that on an invoice or purchase order, either the part number or the barcode can be entered or scanned, and the correct part will be found and added to the invoice or purchase order.
-Now imagine a part number **01700030** being created for an ice cream bar.  Then, a UPC barcode **077567254252** added for the ice cream on its alternate suppliers tab.  On an invoice, either **01700030** or **077567254252** could be entered or scanned to add the ice cream to the invoice.
+Now imagine a part number **01700030** being created for an ice cream bar.  Then, a UPC barcode **077567254252** added for the ice cream on its Alternate Suppliers tab.  On an invoice, either **01700030** or **077567254252** could be entered or scanned to add the ice cream to the invoice.
-Imagine again a part number **Happy Face T-Shirt** being created for a t-shirt.  Then an EAN-8 barcode **01700030** added for the t-shirt on its alternate suppliers tab.  If **01700030** was entered on an invoice, System Five would not know if were trying to add the t-shirt or the ice cream bar; it would pop-up a dialog box asking the user to select either the ice-cream bar or the t-shirt.  Perhaps to reduce those pop-up boxes, 8 to 14 digit part numbers are treated as barcodes and display as such on a part record's Inventory tab next to the Standard Cost.  This may flag the user that something is amiss with the barcode field if it is the same as the part number.  The solution is to change the part number for the ice cream bar by adding a letter to it, or changing the length of the digits to be less than 8, or greater than 14 digits.
+Imagine again a part number **Happy Face T-Shirt** being created for a t-shirt.  Then an EAN-8 barcode **01700030** added for the t-shirt on its Alternate Suppliers tab.  If **01700030** was entered on an invoice, System Five would not know if were trying to add the t-shirt or the ice cream bar; it would pop-up a dialog box asking the user to select either the ice-cream bar or the t-shirt.  Perhaps to reduce those pop-up boxes, 8 to 14 digit part numbers are treated as barcodes and display as such on a part record's Inventory tab next to the Standard Cost.  This may flag the user that something is amiss with the barcode field if it is the same as the part number.  The solution is to change the part number for the ice cream bar by adding a letter to it, or changing the length of the digits to be less than 8, or greater than 14 digits.
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