Setting Up Lot Control
Before you can use lot control, you must perform setup activities.
To set up item lot control:
1. Establish lot control for an item.
You can establish lot control for an item when you define it. You can choose from No control or Full control. If you choose lot control you must assign lot numbers when you receive the item into inventory. Thereafter, when you transact this item, you must provide a lot number you specified when you received the item.
You can update lot control options for an item if it has zero on-hand quantity.
A lot number is a combination of an alphanumeric prefix and a numeric suffix. When you define an item, you can specify the starting lot prefix and the starting lot number. Oracle Inventory uses this information to generate defaults during transaction entry. See: Inventory Attribute Group.
2. Establish lot expiration (shelf life) control.
Shelf life is the amount of time an item may be held in inventory before it expires. When defining items under lot control, you can choose No control, a certain number of Item shelf life days from the date you receive the item, or a User-defined expiration date for each lot. An expired lot is not considered as on-hand supply when performing min-max, reorder point or MRP planning calculations, and cannot be reserved. See: Inventory Attribute Group.
3. Establish lot number uniqueness.
You use the Organization Parameters window to specify whether lot numbers should be unique for an item.
If you do not establish lot number uniqueness, you can assign the same lot number to multiple items in the same organization and across organizations. If you control lot number uniqueness at the Master level, you can assign a specific lot number only to one item in the same organization and across organizations. When you perform transactions, Oracle Inventory checks the lot number uniqueness control to generate lot number defaults. See: Defining Organization Parameters.
4. Optionally, determine whether to automatically generate lot number defaults.
You use the Organization Parameters window to specify how to generate lot number defaults. You can choose to generate sequential lot numbers based on an alphanumeric prefix you specify when you define an item. Oracle Inventory can also generate lot number defaults for the entire organization. In this case, you must define a lot number prefix at the Organization level in the Organization Parameters window.
If you do not want Oracle Inventory to automatically generate lot number defaults for you, you can choose to enter your own lot numbers when you receive items. You can always override lot number defaults. See: Defining Organization Parameters.
To set up lot control in Oracle Work in Process:
- Use the Work in Process Parameters window to set up lot control in Oracle Work in Process. You choose the option by which Oracle Work in Process defaults and verifies lot numbers during backflush transactions. You also specify the method by which Oracle Work in Process defaults lot numbers on discrete jobs for lot controlled assemblies. See: Overview of Material Control and Overview of Shop Floor Control.
See Also
Assigning Lot Numbers
Maintaining Item Lot Information
Lot Control
