In the four examples I gave above, at the time they were created, there were no items in our inventory with pic numbers other than default. When you say "make it active", I notice that in Inventory, all of our items have the "active" box checked. So when we copy an item to create a new one, it copies the active box also. Also, when we receive new items in PO's for the first time, it says the item is not active in LGV (our location) & do we want to make it active, we say yes. BUT one item I mentioned above that had a pick number had NOT ever been ordered. I had just created it as a test number. So I suspect it's something in Inventory.