1. Lesson 5: Managing Catalog (NWCG/Cache System Administrators )

2. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Objectives After completing this unit, you should be able to: –Define items and identify WMS product setup considerations –Classify items based on common attributes –Define item attributes specific to a node –Define Service items This function is performed at the NWCG System Admin level.

3. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Item Definition Responsibilities Each enterprise in the Sterling Supply Chain refers to an item catalog The catalog organization is responsible for managing its items and attributes Additional Node-specific attributes are defined to support processes specific to the node

4. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Defining an Item Click on plus sign to add new cache item

5. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Defining an Item Enter Cache Item Number Choose UOM from drop down menu Enter Short Description Click on SAVE

6. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Defining an Item: Primary Info

7. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Inventory Info Definition Configure the Time-Sensitive, Serial-Number-Tracked, and Tag- Controlled item attributes

8. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Product Line Classification The Product Line attribute returns the value from the hierarchy list for the attribute’s Classification Definition

9. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Item Type Classification

10. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Fire Loss/Use Classification

11. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 Kit Components List

12. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Extended NFES Attributes

13. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Node Item Attributes Define the attributes of an item that may be overridden at the Node level by Cache System Admin role.

14. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 14 Node Item Attributes (Cont.)

15. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 15 Unit 5 Summary In this lesson, you should have learned: –Creating items and configuring item parameters in Sterling Supply Chain –Classifying items based on a classification purpose to group the items to effectively perform a specific activity supporting Node operations against the item

16. Copyright 2002 Sterling Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. 16 Questions?