About Deleting Items

You use the I/C Items screen to delete inventory items one at a time. (This is the same screen you use to add items to Inventory Control.)

You cannot delete an item unless:

• The quantity of the item in stock at each location, on sales order, and on purchase order is zero. You can delete an item only if the item has zero quantities and no outstanding amounts on order.
• The total cost of the item at each location is zero.
• You have run day-end processing if you have posted any transactions for the item since the last day-end processing, and have completed all receipts involving the item.

If you want to delete an item that does not meet these conditions, enter shipments, transfers, or adjustments (as you require) until the specified conditions are met, and then mark the item Inactive.

Tip: Before trying to delete an item, it is a good idea to mark the item Inactive to ensure that no further transactions are posted to it. You can then wait until the end of the fiscal or calendar year to delete it (depending on the method you use to accumulate item statistics).

Identifying Inactive Items

Print the I/C Item Status report to identify inactive items and their quantities on hand, on purchase order, and on sales order.

Print the Item Valuation rSWeport to determine the total cost of each inactive item on the I/C Item Status report

Last published: 4/8/2016