HMM Setup

Use this page to set up the general default settings for Healthcare Materials Management. You can change these values (unless otherwise noted) when you are creating or processing records and transactions.

This topic is divided according to the FastTabs in the HMM Setup, with descriptions of the settings under each FastTab.

General (FastTab)

This section describes the settings under the General FastTab.

The following field boxes are available: 

HMM Setup General FastTab fields
Field Description
Override Quantity to Order from Par

Turn on to be able to override the Quantity to Order when you are running the par count process. The Quantity to Order is the quantity of the item that will be reordered based on the par list of the item and location combination.

  • On: You can overwrite the Quantity to Order value when running the par count process and enter a new quantity.
  • Off: You cannot overwrite the Quantity to Order value when running the par count process.

Applies to both Business Central and devices using the Handheld Portal.

Allow Duplicate Charge Code

Turn on to allow duplicate charge codes to be used on items.

  • On: You can use duplicate charge codes for items.
  • Off: You cannot use duplicate charge codes on items.
Auto Process Portal Requests

Turn on to process handheld portal requests in Business Central as soon as the requests are created and processed on the handheld device.

  • On: Handheld portal requests are automatically processed in Business Central.
  • Off: Handheld portal requests are not automatically processed in Business Central. You can review and make any adjustments to the requests in Business Central and then process them.
Item Journal Template Select the template you want to use when processing item journal transactions.
Item Journal Batch Select the batch you want to use when processing item journal transactions.
Unique Manufacturer Item No.

Select whether or not items can have duplicate manufacturer item numbers. Manufacturer item numbers are used to enter the names for items based on how they are referred to by manufacturers.

  • On: All items must have unique manufacturer item numbers.
  • Off: Items can have duplicate manufacturer item numbers.

Supply Requisitions (FastTab)

This section describes the settings under the Supply Requisitions (SRs) FastTab.

The following field boxes are available: 

HMM Setup Supply Requisitions FastTab fields
Field Description
No. Series Select the number series code that you want to use for your supply requisitions (SRs).
Allow Back Orders in SRs

Turn on to allow supply requisitions to remain open even if they are partially processed. For example, if a supply requisition for ten items is partially processed, with seven items sent to a location, but with three items remaining in the requisition, then the supply requisition order remains open until the rest of the requisition is processed.

  • On: Supply requisitions remain open until they are completely processed.
  • Off: Supply requisitions are closed when they are partially processed.
Auto Process SR on Picking Request

Turn on to automatically process supply requisitions when you create a picking request with the handheld portal. The quantity picked will be automatically added to the SR for the item. Any inventory transactions will then be created.

  • On: Supply requisitions are updated with picked quantities and automatically processed when picking requests are uploaded to Business Central with the handheld portal.
  • Off: Supply requisitions are not automatically processed when they are uploaded to Business Central.
Item Reclassification Template Select the default template you want to use when creating item reclassification entries.
Item Reclassification Batch Select the default batch you want to use when creating item reclassification entries.

Purchase Requisitions (FastTab)

This section describes the settings under the Purchase Requisitions FastTab.

The following field boxes are available: 

HMM Setup Purchase Requisitions FastTab fields
Field Description
No. Series Select the number series code that you want to use for your purchase requisitions.
Consolidate by Vendor

Turn on to consolidate purchase requisitions which have the same vendor into one purchase order when using the HMM Batch Purchase Requisition Process page

  • On: Purchase requisitions are automatically consolidated by vendor.
  • Off: Purchase requisitions are not automatically consolidated by vendor.
Consolidate by Item & Location

Turn on to consolidate purchase requisitions which have the same item and location into one purchase order when using the HMM Batch Purchase Requisition Process page.

  • On: Purchase requisitions are automatically consolidated by item and location.
  • Off: Purchase requisitions are not automatically consolidated by item and location.

Stock Count (FastTab)

This section describes the settings under the Stock Count FastTab.

The following field boxes are available: 

HMM Setup Stock Count FastTab fields
Field Description
Skip Non-Stock Item

Turn on to automatically skip non-stock items when you create a physical inventory order.

When you create a physical inventory order you can choose whether or not non-stock items are included when you use the Calculate Lines action on the Physical Inventory Order page.

  • On: Non-stock items are not included in the Calculate Lines action.
  • Off: Non-stock items are included in the Calculate Lines action.

For more information about physical inventory orders, see To create a physical inventory order.

Barcode Settings (FastTab)

This section describes the settings under the Barcode Settings FastTab.

The following field boxes are available: 

HMM Setup Stock Count FastTab fields
Field Description
Barcode Encoding Select the type of bar code encoding you want to use.
Allow Extended Character Set Turn on to allow extended character sets for Code39 and Code93 symbologies.
Enable Checksum For Code39, turn on to indicate whether to enable checksum when encoding the barcode.