You can create a commodity group to identify a grouping
of items, tools, or services. A commodity group contains a grouping
of individual commodity codes. Classifying items, tools, services
with commodity groups and commodity codes provides a way for you to
analyze spending by product type. You first define a commodity group
and then add and associate individual commodity codes to the group.
About this task
Once you have defined commodities you can associate them
with company, contract, and item records. You can also associate commodities
with individual purchase order or requisition lines for items, service
items, or tools that do not have commodity codes assigned to them,
including special order materials or services.
You can create
commodity groups and codes in the following asset management system
applications:
- Companies
- Item Master
- Purchase Orders
- Service Items
- Tools
Procedure
- Open an application.
- Select the Add/Modify Commodity Codes action.
- In the Commodity Groups table window, click New
Row.
- In the Commodity Group field, enter
an identifier for the commodity group.
- Specify whether you want a service type item or service
level agreement to use this commodity group.
Option |
Service |
Use commodity group |
Selected |
Do not use commodity group |
Cleared |
- In the Commodity Codes for Commodity Group table window,
click New Row.
- In the Commodity Code field, enter
an identifier for the commodity.
- Specify whether you want a service type item or service
level agreement to use this commodity code.
Option |
Service |
Use commodity code |
Selected |
Do not use commodity code |
Cleared |
- Click OK.