Inventory Availability Mobile Applications Overview

You use the Inventory Availability mobile applications to review inventory information including item, lot/serial number, location, unit of measure and quantity information.

You use Inventory availability information to determine the current and future inventory needs. Using the Inventory Availability mobile applications, you can:

  • Review information about items including lot/serial number, location and unit of measure.

  • Access summary information about on-hand, committed, and available items.

  • Access and monitor supply-and-demand information to help you plan for future stocking needs.

This table lists the types of quantity calculations the system performs:

Calculation

Description

On-hand

Reflects the total number of items in a particular branch/plant.

Commitments

This calculation includes soft commitments, hard commitments, and quantities on work orders.

On receipt

Reflects quantities that are on open purchase orders.

Available

Defines how the system performs this calculation. Typically, it includes on-hand quantities minus any outstanding commitments, reservations, and backorders.

This table lists the applications that are available to review inventory availability information:

Type of Application

Additional Information

Base EnterpriseOne application

Use these applications in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system to review inventory availability:

  • Work With Item Availability (P41202)

  • User Defined Codes (P0004A)

  • Default Location & Printers (P400951)

  • Item Branch (P41026)

  • Location Search and Select (P41LOCN)

Tablet application

Inventory Availability (M41205)

Smartphone application

Inventory Availability (M41207)

Note: The Inventory Availability mobile applications do not support apparel/attribute style items. For more information on inventory availability for apparel/attribute style items, see "Reviewing Item Availability for Style Items" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Apparel Management Implementation Guide.

Before using the Inventory Availability tablet or smartphone application, you must perform the following setup tasks:

  • Set the processing options for both applications.

    Complete this task in the EnterpriseOne system.