Setting Up Advanced Inventory Management

On the Inventory Management Preferences page, set up the defaults and intervals that your account uses to make inventory management calculations.

Note:

These preference settings apply to the Advanced Inventory Management and Demand Planning features.

To set up inventory management:

1. Go to Setup > Accounting > Inventory Management Preferences.

2. Complete the following fields:

   • Default Lead Time

   • Default Safety Stock

   • Default Preferred Stock Level

   • Order Analysis Interval

   • Seasonal Analysis Interval

   • Expected Demand Change

   • Transactions to Consider

   • Day of Week To Perform Calculation

   • Demand Time Fence

   • Planning Time Fence

3. Click Save.

Note:

If you set auto-calculated inventory management for an item and then disable it, the settings return to the last manually entered value.

Related Topics

• Allocate High Sales Order Volume
• Inventory Management Preferences
• Lead Time and Safety Stock Per Location
• Enabling the Advanced Inventory Management Feature
• Inventory and Assembly Item Support
• Advanced Inventory Management FAQ
• Demand Planning
• Distribution Resource Planning
• Supply Planning
• Supply Allocation
• Available to Promise
• Supply Chain Control Tower
• Advanced Inventory Management

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