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

General Notices