Restrict Usage of Goods Pending Recall Counts

Complying with recall notices from regulatory agencies, manufacturers, or suppliers is a time-critical event for your organization. You need to make sure the impacted goods are found and taken out of circulation as quickly as possible. However, small breaks in communication, staffing shortages, or an increased workload can all easily extend the time required to complete the process. Thus, you need a way to ensure that goods currently under recall can't be consumed by open demands until the recalled material can be identified and removed from your active fulfillment locations. Now the application can automatically contain any on-hand goods identified for recall that aren't already reserved to an open demand to prevent their accidental usage in your warehouse transactions.

As part of the recall process, the Restrict Usage of Goods Pending Recall Counts feature ensures that goods which are identified can't be consumed (they're placed on hold) until the recalled material can be counted and quarantined. 

In 24A, unreserved material that's traced as part of the locate program is now placed on hold and prevented from being used to fulfill other demands. 

Feature Summary 

  • For each count task record generated from the Locate Recalled Parts scheduled process, corresponding hold records are created. Now, the Available to Transact and Available to Reserve amounts become zero. You can view this on the Manage Item Quantities page. At this point, the items are on hold and can’t be transacted.
  • Use the Holds for Recalled Items page to manage holds. 
  • The Release Holds functionality is only applicable for plain items. 
  • You can only view holds applied for lot and serial number-controlled items.
  • Holds are created using a movement request under the Recall source type and the Restrict On-hand for Recall transaction type. The Manage Movement Request page displays these movement requests.
  • View holds in view-only mode on the View Pending Transaction page.

Holds for Recalled Items

Holds for Recalled Items 

Use the Release Hold button to release holds on plain items for emergency usage.

Release Hold

Release Recall Hold

Upon clicking the Release Hold button, the Recall Release Hold side panel opens. Use the Release Hold Quantity field to enter the release quantity. The UOM field defaults to the primary UOM. This releases holds placed on the item.

You can release a hold on an item using any transaction UOM. The UOM list populates based on the UOM conversions defined for that item. 

Release Hold Quantity Entry

Release Hold Quantity Entry

This feature provides you more control over your recalled material and assists you in making sure that recalled material isn't incidentally used to fulfill an open demand.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management

Tips And Considerations

  • The Restrict Usage of Goods Pending Recall Counts feature can be enabled only when the Product Recall Management functional area is enabled.
  • Holds are applicable, and the Holds for Recalled Items page is visible under the Inventory Task List only when the Restrict Usage of Goods Pending Recall Counts feature is enabled.
  • If a user disables the Restrict Usage of Goods Pending Recall Counts feature when holds are present, the action on the holds can still be performed, but new holds are created. 
  • Users with the Review Holds for Recalled Items functional privilege can only view holds created on items. The Release Hold button is disabled for view-only users. 
  • The Release Holds functionality is applicable only for plain items. Users can only view the holds applied for lot and serial-controlled items. The Release Hold button is disabled for these items.
  • Holds are created as part of the recall process.  No user can manually recall holds.

Key Resources

  • Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Using Inventory Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
  • Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Implementing Product Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access this feature:

  • Release Holds for Recalled Items (INV_RELEASE_HOLDS_FOR_RECALLED_ITEMS_PRIV)
  • Review Holds for Recalled Items (INV_REVIEW_HOLDS_FOR_RECALLED_ITEMS_PRIV)
  • Manage Holds for Recalled Items Data (INV_MANAGE_HOLDS_FOR_RECALLED_ITEMS_DATA)

These privileges are new in this update.