3. Parts File Information - Setting up Inventory in eMaint X3
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eMaint X3 provides complete tools for managing and tracking your inventory, including reordering and receiving parts. With eMaint X3, you can associate multiple suppliers with your parts, generate a parts re-order list for your stock items, track the complete history on your parts, print quotations and internal requisition forms, and more.
This guide only covers the basics of adding items to your inventory and charging those items against work orders. For detailed training on using eMaint to manage and track your inventory, consider registering for our Inventory Control training course.
Your eMaint X3 account comes pre-populated with one item in the Parts File. It is a miscellaneous parts record. From the Parts File Listing, you can add a new part.
Fig. 4B
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The key field for Inventory Parts is Item No. The Item No. and the Description are the minimum fields that should be filled in for a part record. You can fill in as many or as few of the other fields on the part record as you wish.
After you populate the appropriate fields for this record, click the ‘Save New Record’ button at the top left corner of the screen. This saves the record and displays it on screen. From here, you can add another new record by clicking the ‘Add’ button at the top of the screen.You can also edit the current record being viewed by clicking ‘
Edit’. After making changes to the record, click the ‘Save Changes’ or ‘Cancel Changes’ button at the top of the edit screen to return to the display view of the record.