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Inventory Example

The inventory functional area may want to group items according to how the company stores each item. You can define a category set called Warehouse Set with categories such as Operating System, Hardware, CPU and Other. You can designate Warehouse Set to be the default (mandatory) category set of the inventory functional area.

In the bills of material shown in the Examples Overview, all of items would be the inventory items. When you define the items set the Inventory Item attribute to "Yes" for each item. Oracle Inventory automatically assigns the Warehouse Set and default category Other to all items for which the Inventory Item attribute equals "Yes." The following table shows category assignments within the Inventory functional area's default category set:

Item Item Description Inventory Default (Mandatory) Category Set Category
CM2345 Laptop Computer Warehouse Set Hardware
CM2346 Keyboard Warehouse Set Hardware
CM2347 486 Processor Warehouse Set CPU
CM2348 Active Matrix Screen Warehouse Set Hardware
CM2349 Monitor Manual Warehouse Set Other
CM2350 DOS Operating System Warehouse Set Operating System
CM2351 Desktop Computer Warehouse Set Hardware
CM2352 Desktop Keyboard Warehouse Set Hardware
CM2353 Pentium Processor Warehouse Set CPU
CM2354 VGA Monitor Warehouse Set Hardware
CM2355 Monitor Manual Warehouse Set Other
CM2356 UNIX Operating System Warehouse Set Operating System

Oracle Inventory uses category sets in numerous reports and forms. For example, you can summarize demand histories for a particular category of items. Oracle Inventory always displays the inventory default category set but you can run your reports and programs by choosing any category set. The following is a list of forms and reports where Oracle Inventory uses categories:

See Also

Item Category Examples Overview

Planning Example

Purchasing Example

Unlimited Additional Category Sets

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