Conversion Changes

Our manufacturers are changing the the number of units in the box or case. When we try to make the conversion change in Lawson (IC11.1) we get an error message "Cannot change UOM info; open puchase orders exist". Our accountis payable department is behind and I'd like to know if there is a way to make these changes while open purchase orders exist?

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cassie

Make the new UOM an Alternate/2 UOM on the IC11.1. Then change your other screens. If it is an inventory item change your STOCK Buy UOMto the new UOM, then make your old UOM the Alternate/2 and your new UOM the Primary/1 UOM.

unknown

Thank you, we'll try this.

unknown

We tried to make the alternate/2 in IC11 but we still get the error message whether we add a new UOM or not.

dechevar

We had the same issue with the change in Adult diapers. We ended up having to create new IC11 items for the new string because the distributor had excess inventory of the old uom (6BG/12EA) and would substitute for the new uom (4BG/18EA).

If, the invoice has not been matched to the PO, kill the line, make your change, and re-add the line to the PO. There is no other way to change the UOM with open orders. Also, note that if you change the UOM with open reqs, you can orphan those reqs as well.

unknown

This was done as an "enhancement" in one of the v9 updates. There is a CTP95350 that adds an option to IC00 screen allowing you to select to allow UOM Changes with open transactions or not.

I found out from Ann @ Reading Health and am testing it now.

unknown

KatVila, how did your test work? We are on v10. We searched for info on the CTP95350 and the search came up with no results.

unknown

I did not get a chance to fully test it yet, so it's still on my dev server - but it seems to be what it says on the tin. It adds a field on IC00.1 under Commodity Structure that says "Allow UOM Changes With Open Transactions".

The examples I had handy were a completely non-stock item where I changed the conversion and then received the open line no problem. And another where the item was both stock in one loc and non stock in another. The stock loc did not have an open order, but the non stock worked fine.

I have to go through and see what happens when I change the conversion on an I (which qty gets received) and I want to see if it lets me delete UOMs for open lines and what kind of errors that gives receiving.

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