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You also use the item/subinventory relationship to specify valid subinventories for zero quantity cycle counts for an item, and to specify items for an ABC analysis performed at the subinventory level. In these cases you do not have to set the Restrict Subinventories attribute, only establish the relationship between the item and subinventory.

You can also specify planning information and locators for the item in its assigned subinventories. This information is used to perform min-max planning and replenishment processing at the subinventory level.

   To restrict an item to a list of subinventories:

1. Navigate to the Master Items Summary or Organization Items Summary window.

2. Select an item.

3. Choose Item Subinventories from the Special menu. The Item Subinventories window appears.

4. Enter a Subinventory to assign to the item.

5. Select the Planning alternative region.

6. Indicate whether to use min-max planning for the item in this subinventory.

If you do not check Min-Max Planning, the item is not planned at the subinventory level for this subinventory.

7. If you check Min-Max Planning, enter minimum quantity and maximum quantity on hand values.

Min Qty: `The on-hand quantity at which to place an order.

Max Qty: The suggested maximum quantity to maintain as on-hand inventory. This maximum displays on the min-max report, indicating that any order placed should not force the on-hand quantity of the item to exceed this quantity.

8. Save your work.

   To enter order modifier information for the item:

1. Select the Order Modifiers alternative region.

2. Enter the fixed lot multiple quantity for the item.

3. Enter the minimum order quantity for the item in this subinventory.

Planning algorithms (min-max and replenishment) place orders of at least this quantity.

4. Enter the maximum order quantity of the item in this subinventory.

Planning algorithms (min-max and replenishment) place orders no greater than this quantity.

   To enter sourcing information for the item:

1. Select the Sourcing alternative region.

2. Select a source type.

Inventory: Fill requisition requests for this item in this subinventory by creating internal requisitions that pull stock from existing inventory.

Supplier: Fill requisition requests for this item in this subinventory by creating purchase requisitions that become purchase orders, procuring the material from a supplier.

3. Enter the organization from which an internal requisition draws the item.

You must enter a value here when you select Inventory as the replenishment source type.

4. Enter the subinventory within the source organization from which an internal requisition draws the item.

You enter a value here only when you select Inventory as the replenishment source type and you specify a source organization.

   To enter lead time information for the item in this subinventory:

1. Select the Lead Times alternative region.

2. Enter pre-processing, processing, and post-processing lead times.

   To enter the locator to which to assign the item in the subinventory:

• Enter a locator.

You restrict an item to the list of locators you define here by setting the Restrict Locators attribute when you define the item.

See Also

Updating Organization Level Items