The inventory year-end close routine does not remove discontinued items in Microsoft Dynamics GP

Question:

When performing the Inventory Year-End Closing routine in the Inventory Year-End Closing window, I choose Discontinued Items for my Remove option; however, the discontinued items did not get removed. Why?



Answer:

If any of the discontinued items are components of kits, they will first need to be removed as components of the kits. You can use the Component Report to identify the components. To print the Component Report, point to Inventory on the Reports menu, point to Items , and then click Kit List . To remove the item from the kit, use the Item Kit Maintenance window .To open the Item Kit Maintenance window, click Inventory on the Cards menu, and then click Kits . Select the kit item and find the discontinued item component. Highlight the item, and choose Edit - Delete Row to remove it as a component. Save the change you made.

Next, check if the items are finished goods or components of bills of materials. The BM Component Where-Used Report can be used to identify which discontinued items are components of bills of materials. To print the BM Component Where-Used report, point to Inventory on the Reports menu, point to Setup , and then click Component Where Used . In the report option, the following Bill Status check boxes and Component Status check boxes should be selected:

• Active
• Pending
• Obsolete

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