[thelist] SKU Numbers?

[Luther, Ron]

Steve Clason noted:


>>In my experience it's best not to put too much intelligence into 
>>numbering things. Just give them a number and let the inventory
control 
>>system figure everything out.


Hi Steve,


I'll second that!  ;-)

Inserting 'intelligence' into part numbering _was_ considered a good
idea 
a long time ago.  Today, however, I believe it is considered bad
practice 
and should be avoided.

I believe current 'best practice' is to keep a separate part master
table. 
That table, (or tables) can contain parameter fields for all of the
values 
and 'intelligence' you want to associate with a given sku.


Cheers,

RonL.