MINs are tracked and managed in blocks, which are groupings of MINs at the line number level (NPA-NXX-XXXX). Your MINs are provided by the North American MIN pooling administrator, NCS Pearson, in blocks of up to 10,000 consecutive numbers. In order to create the reports required for MIN pooling, you must enter the MIN blocks you receive into the system.
To view the MIN Blocks currently defined in the system:
From the Applications menu, select Inventory Management > MIN Inventories > MIN Blocks. This displays the MIN Blocks window.
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The MIN Blocks window provides the following information:
Statistics Updated
The statistics displayed in this window are automatically generated on a regular basis, via the Inventory Automatic Updates task that is executed by the Job Scheduler (see Inventory Automatic Updates). This field contains the date and time these statistics were last updated.
To recalculate these statistics, using the most current data available:
Click Update Now.
The MIN Blocks window is updated with the recalculated statistics and this field is updated with the current date and time.
Note:
This field cannot be modified.
MBI
The 6-digit MIN Block Identifier received from the MIN block administrator. Identifies the first six digits (NPA-NXX) of the MINs in this block.
Total MINs
Total number of MINs in this block that are available for assignment (inventory status is not Retired or Not Available).
Block Status
Current status of this MIN block - Available and Not Available.
Contaminated
Identifies whether or not any of the MINs within this block are assigned to a customer (inventory status is Assigned):
Yes - block is contaminated. One or more MINs within this block is assigned to a customer.
No - block is not contaminated. None of the MINs within this block are assigned to a customer.
% Utilization
Number of Assigned MINs divided by the total number of MINs in the block.
Note:
If a MIN resides in multiple inventories, it is only counted once.
Implementation Date
Date by which you must start using the MINs in this MIN block. The MIN block pooling administrator may take this MIN block back, if it is not used by this date.
First Assigned Date
Date the first MIN in the block was assigned to a customer.
From the MIN Blocks window, you can perform the following functions:
Edit a MIN block, by either double-clicking on the MIN block or right-clicking on the MIN block and selecting Edit. The Edit MIN Block window is displayed (see Editing a MIN Block).
Add new MINs to a MIN block, by right-clicking on a MIN block and selecting Add Additional MINs. The Add Additional MINs Wizard is displayed (see Add Additional MINs Wizard).
View the MINs within a block, by right-clicking on that MIN block and selecting View MINs. The MIN Search Results window is displayed, which lists the MINs within the selected MIN block (see Searching MIN Inventories).
Add a new MIN block, by right-clicking anywhere in the MIN Blocks window and selecting New. The New MIN Block Wizard is displayed (see New MIN Block Wizard).