|
Supply Kits:
What Are They? |
||
|
A supply kit is
just a Group ID Number that has many supply items assigned
to it. Thus, many items can be logged
out to one department with a single entry. Contrast this
with batch log out, where, if ten items are logged out to department AAA, you
must fetch and log out ten different items. The Benefit. The advantage of a KIT is that, with a single entry,
you can log out all the assigned
stock numbers to a department. Kits
are especially useful in the insurance industry. Insurance
companies operate in different states, each with its own insurance laws.
Thus, they need to issue different policies depending on the state in which
their branches operate. Arkansas
policies are different from Texas’s and so on. But, each time
the state law changes, the insurance company has to obsolete their old
policies, applications and brochures and send out new ones. So, the insurance
company creates a separate KIT for LIFE INSURANCE for each State. LIFE-100_AR may contain seven forms,
brochures and applications for Arkansas, whereas LIFE-100_TX would require
ten forms for Texas. |
||
|
Example |
So, when the
insurance company’s PURCHASING MANAGER needs to LOG OUT new forms to
Arkansas, he only needs to call up the KIT LOAN 10 and log it out to each
branch office in Arkansas.
Setting up Supply Item Kits is easy. See Ch11_AddingEditingDeleting Kits Each branch will receive all the forms in the kit and be
charged the average cost of each
item in the kit. |
|
|
|
We see below that 2 units of A1110 were logged out to
department ARKANSAS. Notice the transaction code in the “!” column is “oK,” the “K” indicating it was a Kit log out and the “o”
for “log out.”
|
|
|
Copyright 2017,
Koehler Software, Inc. |
||
