Understanding Express Issue Using PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management

Mobile Inventory supports an internal express issue where you create an internal order online and reserve, pick, and ship the stock in one step. Internal orders are orders for a department or location within an organization. The mobile Express Issue task flow leverages the functionality of the Express Issue component in PeopleSoft Inventory.

Errors returned by the component interface display on the mobile device, but warnings and informational messages are not displayed. The express issue transaction is not meant for entering a high number of receipts in a single transaction.

See Creating Online Orders Using Express Issue in PeopleSoft Inventory.

To perform an internal express issue using a mobile device:

  1. On the PeopleSoft Mobile Inventory Management menu, select the Express Issue task flow.

  2. Use the Express Issue page to initiate an internal express issue by defining the business unit, order number, location and issue quantity.

  3. After entering issue information, click the Add Line button to add the line to the express issue.

    The system adds the line, updates the Line Selection table with the next line number. If you have selected the Prior Entry Caption in the Options page, then the system displays your last transaction in the Prior Entry box at the bottom of the page.

  4. After adding the line, click the Save button.

    The system displays the Issue Created page. The page displays the business unit, the new order number, the new shipping ID, and whether the Inventory Depletion process has been scheduled and its process instance number.

  5. Click the OK button on the Issue Created page.

    The system processes the internal express issue and updates the PeopleSoft Inventory system with the order that you just created.

Transaction lines on the mobile device are available for update until you save the transaction. When you save the transaction, the device sends the information to the Component Interface, which formats the data for processing by the PeopleSoft Inventory system Express Issue component. The interface sends any error messages issued by the PeopleSoft Express Issue component back to the mobile device.

Lot and serial transactions are not currently supported by the Express Issue task flow transactions.

If an entry results in a negative inventory situation, and negative inventory is not allowed for the business unit, an error displays. If negative inventory is allowed, the system does not issue a message and saves the transaction.

After you save the transaction, the system:

  • Displays a message on the device with the new order number.

  • Displays a message indicating that the Inventory Depletion process has been scheduled and its process instance number, if the system has been set up to submit the depletions at save time.

  • Displays the Express Issue page for input of a new transaction.