Use this window to define codes for different classes of hazardous materials. You provide the class name, description, and the date after which the class is no longer active. You can assign a hazard class to multiple UN numbers to identify hazardous items.
Purchasing automatically copies hazardous material information onto your documents and prints this information on your purchase orders, RFQs, and Receipt Travelers. Purchasing automatically displays hazardous material information for your receivers.
If you use Multilingual Support (MLS), translations can be entered for the hazard classes from within each of your installed languages. To enter the translations for the hazard classes, select Translations from the View menu. For more information on MLS, see the Oracle Applications User's Guide.
Navigate to the Hazard Classes window.
If you are defining a new hazard class click Add Hazard Class. To enter changes to an existing hazard class use the Search region to enter the hazard class's name in the Hazard Class field or the description in the Description field. Once you have completed one or all of these fields click Go.
Enter a unique name for each hazard class you want to define. For example, you might provide any of the following classes: Explosive, Poisonous, Toxic.
Enter a description for your hazard class. You can use this description to provide a more detailed explanation of the hazard class.
Enter the date your hazard class becomes inactive. You cannot use the hazard class after this date.
Click Save.