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Separation of Raw Material Items and Produced Items within Product Design Dropdown

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Posted on by DALTON LEE

Hello all,

I am trying to figure out how items can be separated into its corresponding sections of Raw Materials and Produced sections (refer to photo).

We've migrated our Items into the "Items" section, but I was wondering if there was a clear way to distinctly mark an item as a Produced good or a Raw Material.

Creating this distinction would be ideal in the manufacturing aspect so that we wouldn't have to go through the massive list of jumbled item part numbers in the "Items" section.

Questions:

Q1) Is there a specific way to create this separation at the Item Card level to populate the "Raw Materials" section and the "Produced" section accordingly?

Currently, when I press the "Raw Materials" section, the page comes up blank, while clicking the "Produced" section gives me the full list of items we've migrated.

Q2) Other than the above mentioned reasoning of separating Raw and Produced, are there any other benefits to creating this separation within the views?

Thank you for your help in advance!

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Teddy Herryanto (Th... 14,106 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Separation of Raw Material Items and Produced Items within Product Design Dropdown

There are multiple ways you can do this.

1) You can have different Inventory Posting Group or Gen. Prod Posting Group for Raw Materials and Produced. You normally have different G/L associated with it, so this will work well with the Finance.

2) You can have different Item Category Code for Raw Materials and Produced.

3) You can have different prefix on the Item Code, for example: RM-00001, FG-00001. However, this means you have a new item code.

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1. Clicking Produced opens the Item List filtered to items whose Replenishment System on the Item Card is Prod. Order.

Clicking Raw Materials opens the Item List filtered to items with Replenishment System = Purchase and Low-Level Code > 0. Low-level codes are assigned by the system based on BOM structure, with 0 for top-level items, so that's why Raw Materials excludes level 0. If Replenishment System was not correctly populated on your items, this is why when you open the two links you see strange results.

In short, both links open the same page with different filters applied.

2. Typically I don't usually see users using the links for the Produced or Raw Material pages that often. Most users just open the Item list directly, and then apply filters in there as needed.

It definitely helps to categorize items so you can separate them in lists and reports when needed. So you'll need at least something on the item card that you can use. But I'd say the most common choice is using Item Category Code on the item card to make the distinction between the different items, or other fields like Inventory Posting Group.

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Alex A 2,522 on at

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Hello,

Yes, you can sort the Item List page by the Item Category Code, or other fields if things are setup correctly. Here is a quick summary of some of the most relevant fields on the Item card to answer your questions:

1. Type
- Classifies the item as Inventory, Non-Inventory, or Service. Only Inventory items can be used in production processes.

2. Item Category Code
- Groups items into categories (e.g., Finished Goods, Raw Materials).

3. Replenishment System
- Purpose: Determines how the item is obtained (e.g., Purchase or Production). Raw Materials are usually set to Purchase, while Produced Goods are set to Production.

If this helps you, please mark Yes.

Regards.

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