ProjectPAK Library
A ShopPAK inventory item must be associated with a ProjectPAK library item. If you don’t have a corresponding ProjectPAK library item to associate a new ShopPAK inventory item with, you must first create the library item.
We tie ShopPAK inventory items back to a ProjectPAK library item for several reasons:
1. Integrates the estimating function with actual material purchasing and inventory management. This improves estimate consistency and accuracy.
2. ShopPAK and ProjectPAK can share the same vendor information like telephone number, price, and stock number. This keeps information in one place, making it more accurate and easier to maintain.
3. Enables the Conversion Utility to find the associated Inventory Item code when it converts estimate material line items (that are also library items) into Work Order material rows. This saves you the step of manually adding inventory codes to Work Order materials.
4. When building Purchase Orders and/or Work Orders in ShopPAK, you can copy ProjectPAK material library items to speed the process. Just as the Conversion Utility finds the associated ShopPAK inventory item code when it processes an estimate library item, ShopPAK automatically finds the correct inventory item code when you copy ProjectPAK library items into a Purchase Order and/or Work Order.