Sources of Replenishment
Oracle Inventory automatically generates requisitions to replenish inventory levels using the orders suggested by min-max planning, reorder point planning, and replenishment counting. Requisitions may request stock from another internal organization or from an outside supplier, based on item sourcing rules you define at the item-subinventory, subinventory, item, or organization levels.
All items, subinventories, and organizations may have item sourcing information specified for them. At each level, you can choose whether items are replenished from inventory or purchased from a supplier. In case of a conflict between the levels, Oracle Inventory uses the following order of precedence:
- sourcing information specified in the item-subinventory relationship
- sourcing information specified in the subinventory definition
- sourcing information specified in the item definition
- sourcing information specified in the organization parameters
If you specify an item to be replenished from inventory, you must specify a source organization; source subinventory is optional. When an order is placed for this item, Oracle Inventory creates an internal requisition for the item from the source location.
If the item source is a supplier, Oracle Inventory creates a requisition to order the items from an outside supplier when reorder is necessary.
