Common Elements Used in Receiving Shipments

Field or Control

Description

Area/Storage Area

Identifies the segment of the warehouse in which this item is to be stored. If the item being received requires inspection, the chosen area must be associated with an inspection location. The available values that appear in the override storage location fields (Area/Storage Area and Lev 1 - 4 ) vary depending on the distribution's consigned and non-owned item values.

  • If the item is owned, only owned storage locations appear.

  • If the item is non-owned and not consigned, both owned and non-owned storage locations appear.

  • If the item is received as non-owned and consigned, only non-owned storage locations appear.

Distribute by

Value by which the line is to be distributed. If the material is being received by amount only, the default distribution method is Amt.

Qty (quantity): Designates that the line is to be distributed by quantity.

Amt (amount): Designates that the line is to be distributed by amount.

Dist Seq (distribution sequence)

Distribution sequence number associated with the selected asset or putaway row. These numbers are assigned to detail rows on the putaway, asset, manufacturing, and device tracking pages. These values can be greater than 1 if multiple lot numbers, serial IDs, or tag numbers exist.

IN Unit (inventory business unit)

Inventory business unit for the distribution. For non-purchase order receipts, this value appears by default from the ship to location. For purchase order receipts, this value appears by default from the purchase order distribution.

Lev 1 - 4 (level 1 - 4)

Identifies the next levels of storage within the storage area location.

PO Receipt

This check box is selected and unavailable when the receipt is purchase order-related. The check box is clear and unavailable when the receipt is non-purchase order-related.

Recv UOM (receiving unit of measure)

The receiving unit of measure.

Std UOM/Standard Unit of Measure

Unit of measure that reflects the most common unit of management for the item.

Stock UOM (stocking unit of measure)

Unit of measure used to put away stock. The stocking UOM is used to stock quantities in a UOM other than the standard UOM. You cannot change the stocking UOM for an item once the stock has been put away in PeopleSoft Inventory.

Note: If you change the stock UOM, and the UOM conversion option selected for the item on the Business Unit Item Definition - Inventory: Shipping/Handling page is set to any value other than Use Entered UOM, continuing with the change limits the ability of certain batch functions to process the transaction. This includes functions such as the auto move of goods from an inspection location to a non-inspection location.

Vndr UOM (supplier unit of measure)

Item unit of measure assigned by the supplier and used on the purchase order line.