Inventory Glossary
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Inventory | The term inventory describes equipment that is used – or in the language of inventory –
consumed by activities. Inventory items can be located at the customer's home or business
or carried in a resource's truck. Modems, faceplates, wire, cable, and electrical tape are
all examples of inventory. Inventory includes both serialized and non-serialized items. Serialized inventory consists of individual pieces with serial numbers that identify both the type of inventory and the manufacturer/distributor. Non-serialized inventory, such as faceplates, wire, and electrical type don't have serial numbers. This type of inventory is generic. One manufacturer's supply can be exchanged for another based on a model number. Non-serialized inventory is often accounted for in bulk by units of measure, such as feet, pounds, dozen, and so on. These items are usually carried in the resource's truck, although the amounts required for individual activities are recorded with serialized inventory on the Activity Details page and on the Inventory List in the resource's Oracle Field Service. |
Inventory type | Inventory type is used to identify the business logic linked
with inventory of such type:
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Default inventory type | For compatibility with the companies that don't need inventory
type when a new inventory is created and if there are no "Inventory
type" configured in the application, then:
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