Once group accounts, warehouses and items have been defined in the NCAS, items must be linked online to the warehouses in which they will be stocked. (For detailed instructions on establishing warehouses, items and item-warehouse links, refer to the Inventory Management training course.) Once the item-warehouse link has been established via the Item Warehouse Entry (IWE) screen, an initial average cost can be entered for each item in each warehouse in your agency.

The initial average cost for an item can be entered on the Item Warehouse Accounting Entry (IWAE) screen. You can use the IWAE screen to establish the initial average cost for an item if no receipts have been processed against that item in the NCAS.

Note: If an initial average cost is not established for an item, the first receipt processed against that item creates an average cost for that item. Once an average cost is created for an item, you can use the Average Cost Change (ACC) screen to make any changes to the average cost.