Understanding the PeopleSoft Inventory Updates Business Process

When you run the Post Updates process (PL_POST), it generates inventory recommendations, updates, and post errors. At that time you can review, analyze, approve, and apply those inventory updates to PeopleSoft Inventory.

You can manage the PeopleSoft Inventory updates from PeopleSoft Supply Planning after you run the Post Updates process.

To process PeopleSoft Inventory updates:

  1. Review the errors that occurred during the Post Updates process using the Review Inventory Post Errors component.

    When you run the Post Updates process, the system finds errors. The system generates error messages when the situation in PeopleSoft Inventory has changed from the last time that the PeopleSoft Supply Planning update was initiated. For example, PeopleSoft Supply Planning suggests canceling an interunit order, but the interunit order has already been completed in PeopleSoft Inventory.

  2. (Optional) Review and approve the recommended PeopleSoft Inventory updates using the Approve Inventory Updates component.

    Use this component to manually approve the updates that you want to apply to PeopleSoft Inventory. You can automatically approve all of the changes during the Post Updates process.

  3. Apply the approved PeopleSoft Inventory updates to PeopleSoft Inventory by initiating the IN Apply Planning Messages COBOL process (INPAPLAN) using the Apply Inventory Updates component.

  4. Review the errors that occurred from the IN Apply Planning Messages COBOL process using the Review Apply Inventory Errors component.

    When you apply the PeopleSoft Inventory updates and the system finds data errors, the system generates error messages. These error messages might have been generated because a change in the production data occurred since you ran the IN Apply Planning Messages process or because a business rule violation occurred, such as an invalid intercompany setup.

Using PeopleSoft Inventory, you can manage these types of updates from PeopleSoft Supply Planning:

  • Creation of interunit transfer orders.

  • Cancelation and reschedule of interunit transfer orders and internal and external material stock requests.

  • Frozen interunit transfers and material stock requests.

  • Changes in demand priority associated with an interunit transfer.