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<p>Oracle InventoryUser's Guide Release 12Part No. B31547-01</p><p>December 2006</p><p>Oracle Inventory User's Guide, Release 12 Part No. B31547-01 Copyright 1996, 2006, Oracle. All rights reserved. Primary Author: Tyra Crockett The Programs (which include both the software and documentation) contain proprietary information; they are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are also protected by copyright, patent, and other intellectual and industrial property laws. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of the Programs, except to the extent required to obtain interoperability with other independently created software or as specified by law, is prohibited. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. If you find any problems in the documentation, please report them to us in writing. This document is not warranted to be error-free. 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Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.</p><p>Contents</p><p>Send Us Your Comments Preface 1 Setting UpOverview of Setting Up............................................................................................................. 1-1 Setup Flowchart................................................................................................................... 1-1 Setup Checklist ................................................................................................................... 1-3 Setup Steps........................................................................................................................... 1-7 Inventory Profile Options....................................................................................................... 1-20 Implementing Profile Options Summary .......................................................................... 1-20 Profile Options........................................................................................................................ 1-32</p><p>2</p><p>Inventory StructureOverview of Inventory Structure.............................................................................................. 2-2 Prerequisites........................................................................................................................ 2-2 Steps Involved..................................................................................................................... 2-2 Organization Parameters Window ........................................................................................... 2-3 Defining Default Inventory Parameters................................................................................... 2-3 Defining Costing Information.................................................................................................. 2-7 Valuation Accounts................................................................................................................. 2-10 Defining Revision, Lot, Serial, and LPN Parameters............................................................. 2-12 Defining ATP, Pick, Item-Sourcing Parameters..................................................................... 2-17 Defining Inter-Organization Information.............................................................................. 2-19 Inter-Organization Transfer Accounts.................................................................................... 2-21 Defining Other Account Parameters.......................................................................................2-22</p><p> iii</p><p>Defining Subinventories ........................................................................................................ 2-24 Subinventory General Ledger Account Fields....................................................................... 2-29 Defining Stock Locators ......................................................................................................... 2-31 Defining Organization Access ............................................................................................... 2-33 Defining Shortage Parameters ............................................................................................... 2-35 Copying Inventory Organizations ......................................................................................... 2-37 Inter-Organization Shipping Network................................................................................... 2-42 Defining Shipping Methods................................................................................................... 2-47 Defining Intercompany Relations.......................................................................................... 2-49 Defining Economic Zones ...................................................................................................... 2-51</p><p>3</p><p>Unit of MeasureOverview of Units of Measure.................................................................................................. 3-1 Defining Unit of Measure Classes ........................................................................................... 3-1 Examples of Unit of Measure Classes....................................................................................... 3-3 Defining Units of Measure ...................................................................................................... 3-3 Examples of Units of Measure.................................................................................................. 3-5 Defining Unit of Measure Conversions ...................................................................................3-5 Examples of Unit of Measure Conversions.............................................................................. 3-8 Lot-Specific Unit of Measure Conversions............................................................................. 3-10</p><p>4</p><p>Item Setup and ControlOverview of Item Setup and Control........................................................................................4-2 Implementing the Item Master Organization.......................................................................... 4-3 Item Master Business Example................................................................................................. 4-3 Item Attribute Controls............................................................................................................. 4-4 Control Level Dependencies..................................................................................................... 4-8 Item Status Control................................................................................................................... 4-9 Item-Defining Attributes........................................................................................................ 4-10 Status Attributes and Item Status Control..............................................................................4-11 Relationships Between Attributes.......................................................................................... 4-14 Interdependent Attributes...................................................................................................... 4-15 Updatable Attributes............................................................................................................... 4-24 Defining Item Attribute Controls .......................................................................................... 4-26 Defining Container Types...................................................................................................... 4-28 Defining Item Status Codes ................................................................................................... 4-29 Defining and Viewing Pending Statuses .............................................................................. 4-32 Defining Picking Rules .......................................................................................................... 4-33 Defining Item Types............................................................................................................... 4-38 Item Templates........................................................................................................................ 4-39</p><p>iv</p><p>Templates Shipped by Oracle............................................................................................ 4-39 User-defined Templates..................................................................................................... 4-52 Copying Templates............................................................................................................ 4-52 Using Templates................................................................................................................ 4-52 Organization-Specific Templates....................................................................................... 4-53 Defining Item Templates ....................................................................................................... 4-53 Copying Item Templates ........................................................................................................ 4-55 Defining Cross-Reference Types ........................................................................................... 4-56 Assigning Cross-Reference Types ......................................................................................... 4-57 Defining Commodity Codes .................................................................................................. 4-58 Defining Customer Items ....................................................................................................... 4-59 Setting Customer Item Defaults............................................................................................. 4-62 Defining Customer Item Cross References ........................................................................... 4-63 Overview of Item Categories.................................................................................................. 4-65 Item Category Flexfield Structures......................................................................................... 4-65 Defining Categories ............................................................................................................... 4-66 Defining Category Sets .......................................................................................................... 4-67 Cartonization........................................................................................................................... 4-71 Defining Default Category Sets ............................................................................................. 4-71 Assigning Items to Categories ............................................................................................... 4-74 Copying Items with Category Assignments........................................................................... 4-76 Examples Overview................................................................................................................. 4-76 Planning Example.................................................................................................................... 4-78 Purchasing Example................................................................................................................ 4-80 Inventory Example.................................................................................................................. 4-83 Unlimited Additional Category Sets...................................................................................... 4-85 Specifying Recommended Categories.................................................................................... 4-85 Defining Category Accounts .................................................................................................. 4-86 Overview of Item Cataloging.................................................................................................. 4-91 Defining Item Catalog Groups .............................................................................................. 4-91 Concatenated Item Descriptions............................................................................................. 4-93 Defining Descriptive Elements............................................................................................... 4-94 Defining Aliases...................................................................</p>