Adding Items to the Item File in Inventory

Only the OSC has authority to define and add new items to the item file in the Inventory module. If your warehouse stocks an item that is not defined in the NCAS, you can request that the OSC Client Support add the item to the item file in the Inventory module. To do so, you must first complete the North Carolina Accounting System Inventory (Stock) Item Request Form. On the form, you must specify information for the item such as unit of measure, P&C commodity number, price per unit, and group account number. Next, you must send the form to the purchasing officer for your agency. The officer must sign off on the form for the item to be added. The form is then sent to the OSC Client Support. The OSC Client Support will use the form to add the item to the item file in the Inventory module.

In addition to establishing items in the item file in the Inventory module, the OSC Client Support also assigns up to 11 short names to each item. A short name is an alphanumeric search mechanism. Short names allow you to search for an item when you do not know the exact name of an item. For example, a computer might have the following short names:

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