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Well yet again we had our annual inventory and this time I went as far as getting a spreadsheet of all of the parts on my shelf that had a part # change and recording the cost of old part #; the new part # (what I have the part in my inventory as) and the new part # cost.
For the 44 #'s I counted the cost difference was literally $27. Since they always say "it's not the actual part #'s it's the value we are looking for..."
Well it still wasn't good enough because they put everything back to the old # again and it creates literally 2 hours of unnecessary work when I have to put everything back to the new # after inventory.
I explained that the catalog is going to give me the new part # and Auto/Mate does not show the old part # in a memo in certain parts of our system; and if it is a RIM part; RIM will re-order the new part # if it doesn't show quantity on hand or on order.
How do you guys handle this issue?

wouldn't the monthly appreciation/depreciation take care of any of the supercessions that have price changes? -

Just use a sticky note with the new # on the parts that still have the old # on them when it says you have the new # in your DMS

I change the part to the new number in our system and make a new bin tag that also shows the old number.

For inventory purposes we count it as the new number.

It's your inventory, tell them how you want it counted.

TimK wrote:I change the part to the new number in our system and make a new bin tag that also shows the old number.

For inventory purposes we count it as the new number.

It's your inventory, tell them how you want it counted.

I have. 5 different ways for 5 different inventories and they still end up doing the same damn thing. It is ridiculous.

We use the new # also. We just had our inventory and it was not an issue.

PartsPlant81 wrote:

TimK wrote:I change the part to the new number in our system and make a new bin tag that also shows the old number.

For inventory purposes we count it as the new number.

It's your inventory, tell them how you want it counted.

I have. 5 different ways for 5 different inventories and they still end up doing the same damn thing. It is ridiculous.

Time to have someone else count your inventory?