Verifying Inventory Sharing (VISH)

Purpose: Use this menu option to generate the Verify Inventory Sharing Report for a specified sharing warehouse; this report lists the items in the sharing warehouse that are not setup correctly for inventory sharing.

The Inventory Sharing (A69) system control value defines whether a company will fulfill orders from another company’s inventory. When this system control value is selected, the Sharing warehouse and Shared company/warehouse fields appear on the Create, Change, or Display Warehouse screens.

Note:

• The Shared company and warehouse is the company and warehouse that contains the actual inventory. This is the company and warehouse that shares inventory with other warehouses in other companies. In this company, you select the Sharing warehouse field for the shared warehouse.

• The Sharing company and warehouse is the company and warehouse that does not contain inventory, and instead, points to the shared company and warehouse. In this company, you set the Shared company/warehouse fields for the sharing warehouse; these fields correspond to the actual shared warehouse in the other company.

Setup for inventory sharing: Setup for sharing the inventory in a company with one or more other companies is described in the table below.

Setup	Example
System control value: Select the Inventory Sharing (A69) system control value in all companies to participate in inventory sharing, including both the company where you actually maintain the inventory and the company(ies) to share the inventory.	Select the Inventory Sharing (A69) system control value in company 1 (shared company, where you actually maintain the inventory) and company 2 (sharing company).
Shared warehouse: In the warehouse in the shared company, select the Sharing warehouse field. Do not set the Shared company/warehouse in the sharing company.	Warehouse 10 is the actual warehouse in company 1. Set the Sharing warehouse flag in warehouse 10 of company 1.
Sharing warehouse(s): In the sharing company(ies): Set the Shared company/warehouse fields for the virtual warehouse which corresponds to the actual warehouse. Leave the Sharing warehouse field unselected. Note: You should use the same warehouse number for the warehouse in the shared company and the virtual warehouse(s) in the sharing company(ies).	Warehouse 10 of company 2 is a virtual warehouse. In warehouse 10 of company 2, set the Shared company/warehouse to 1 and 10.
Locations: Create the same location(s) in the actual warehouse in the shared company and the virtual warehouse in the sharing company.	Create location A010101 in warehouse 10 of company 1 and warehouse 10 of company 2.
Items: Create the same item(s) in the shared company and in the sharing company, with consistent item warehouse and item location records across the companies.	Item AB100 has a default warehouse of 10 and primary location of A010101 in both company 1 and company 2.

Verify Inventory Sharing Screen

Use this screen to generate the Verify Inventory Sharing Report for a specified sharing warehouse; this report lists the items in the sharing warehouse that are not setup correctly for inventory sharing.

Note: The sharing warehouse is the warehouse in the company that does not contain the actual inventory. This is the warehouse whose Shared company/warehouse fields contain the company and warehouse that contains the actual inventory. If you generate the Verify Inventory Sharing report from the company and warehouse that shares inventory, the report will be blank.

How to display this screen: Enter VISH in the Fast path field or select Verify Inventory Sharing from a menu.

Field	Description
Enter warehouses	Enter a code for the warehouse you wish to verify is setup for inventory sharing. Numeric, 3 positions. required.

Instructions: Enter a warehouse code in the Enter warehouse field that represents a sharing warehouse and select OK.

• If the Shared company/warehouse fields for the warehouse are blank, a message similar to the following displays: Warehouse 1 does not share inventory with another warehouse.

• If the Shared company/warehouse fields for the warehouse are populated, the system submits the VFY_INV_SH job, which generates the Verify Inventory Sharing Report. This report lists the items that are not set up correctly for inventory sharing.

For more information: See the description of the Inventory Sharing (A69) system control value for more information on inventory sharing.