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• trading partner the goods were shipped to or from

• actual shipping details

• countries involved

• method and terms of the movement

• type of transaction involved

• other valuable information

Country-specific List of Values Information

Defaults in the Movement Statistics Window

• Defaults from Purchase Orders:

• Defaults from Sales Orders and RMAs:

• No defaults available for Inventory and Internal Orders

Prerequisites

   Define movement statistics parameters. See Defining Movement Statistics Parameters.

   To enter movement statistics:

1. Navigate to the Movement Statistics window from the menu.

Inventory first displays the Find Movement Statistics window, in which you can enter any of the following as search criteria: Movement Number, Legal Entity, Report Reference, Report Period, Status, Type, Source Type, Commodity Code, Dates, Dispatch Country, and Destination Country.

2. Select the Find button to initiate the search and open the Movement Statistics window. The following information is displayed:

When you save the movement statistics information, Inventory assigns a unique Movement Number to identify it. This creates a movement statistics entry. You can use the identifier to view specific movement statistics entries.

The Report Reference number entered when this entry was officially reported and frozen.

The Report Period when this entry was officially reported and frozen.

The status of the movement statistics entry. The status can be Open, Unprocessed, or Frozen. If the status is Frozen, the information can no longer be changed.

3. Enter the Movement Type or flow for this particular movement statistics entry. The options are Arrival, Arrival Adjustment, Dispatch, or Dispatch Adjustment.

4. Enter the Source Type for any document reference information you want to enter. The source options are Internal Order, Inventory, Miscellaneous, Purchase Order, or RMA.

5. Enter the Legal Entity under which the movement record is to be reported. The entity associated with your organization is displayed as the default. You can override the entity with any other legal entity defined that has the same set of books as your current organization.

6. Enter the Currency associated with movement transaction.

   To enter source detail information:

1. Select the Source Details alternative region. When you access this window from the Special menu, default information in this region is supplied from your window of origin.

2. When the movement type is Arrival and the source type is Inventory, enter the From Organization from which the goods were sent. If the movement type is Dispatch, the current organization is displayed as the default.

3. When the movement type is Dispatch and the source type is Inventory, enter the To Organization to which the goods were sent. If the movement type is Arrival, the current organization is displayed as the default.

4. When the source type is Sales Order, enter the customer Name, Number, and Location.

When the source type is Purchase Order, enter the supplier Name, Number, and Site.

5. Enter the Source document Number and Line Number for the selected source type. For example, if you entered a source type of Purchase Order, enter the corresponding purchase order number and line number.

6. Enter the Shipment Number and Shipment Line Number associated with the movement.

7. Enter the Pick Slip Number associated with the movement.

8. Enter the Receipt Number associated with the movement.

   To enter invoice details information:

1. Select the Invoice Details alternative region. This region is not available for the source type Inventory.

2. When the source type is Sales Order, enter the Customer bill-to name, Customer Number, and Customer Site.

3. Enter the invoice Batch, Invoice Number, and Invoice Line Number associated with the invoice information.

4. Enter the Quantity of this movement invoice. The default is the transaction quantity if it has been entered. When the source type is Sales Order, the movement quantity is displayed.

5. Enter either the Unit Price or the Extended Value. Inventory calculates the other value.

   To enter movement details information:

1. Select the Movement Details alternative region. When you access this window from the Special menu, default information in this region is supplied from your window of origin.

2. For adjustment transactions only, enter the Adjustments to Movement Number.

3. Enter the Transaction Date.

4. Enter the inventory Item number or, if you have not entered an item number, the item Description.

5. Enter the transaction UOM.

6. If a category set to hold commodity codes and a commodity code exists for the item, it is displayed. If no default exists, or you want to override the default value, enter the appropriate commodity code. If you do not enter a commodity code, you can enter a commodity code description.

7. Enter the Transaction Quantity for this movement.

   To enter country detail information:

1. Select the Country Details alternative region.

2. Enter the Dispatch country. Inventory displays your country for dispatches and either the supplier's or customer's country, depending on the transaction, for arrivals.

3. Enter the Destination country. Inventory displays your country for arrivals and either the supplier's or customer's country, depending on the transaction, for dispatches.

4. Enter the country of Origin. Inventory displays either the dispatch or destination country based on the transaction.

5. Enter the nature of Transaction Code.

6. Enter the Delivery Terms code.

7. Enter the Transport Mode.

8. Enter the Port where the goods entered the country for arrivals or left the country for dispatches.

9. Enter the Area where the goods entered the country for arrivals or left the country for dispatches.

10. Enter the Statistical Type for the movement. This can also be the import type, the regime, or a user-defined type.

11. Enter the Unit Weight or Total Weight for the item, and Inventory will calculate the other value. If you leave both weight fields blank, Inventory calculates the weight at report time using the item unit of measure conversions.

   To enter additional movement details:

1. Select the More Movement Details alternative region.

2. Enter either an Adjustment percentage or an Adjustment Amount. Inventory calculates a statistical value by applying the adjustment percentage or adjustment amount to the transaction value.

3. If you entered an adjustment percentage or amount, Inventory calculates the statistical Total Value for you. You can also enter the total value without entering an adjustment percentage or amount. If you do not enter any of the statistical value information, the report calculates the total value using a country specific routine.

4. Enter Comments associated with the movement.

5. Enter an Alternate Quantity other than the transaction quantity to represent the amount of goods moved. If you enter an alternate quantity, you can record the alternate UOM code for the goods moved. For example, alcohol can be sold be sold by the case, but the alternate quantity can be the amount of pure alcohol in hectoliters.

6. Enter the Outside Price Code. You can enter Repair, Process, or Other.

7. Enter either the Outside Unit Price or the Outside Extended Value. Inventory calculates the other value.

8. Save your work.

See Also

Defining Movement Statistics Parameters