Default the Subinventory for Work Order Part Returns

Before this update, serviceable components and unserviceable components were all placed in the same location during material transactions. Usually, a returned component is considered unserviceable. However, before they're as a scrap, you inspect them to see if they can be restored. In this update, you can default the subinventory and locator to return your defective components. You can do this using the new fields, Material Review Board Subinventory and Material Review Board Locator available on the Maintenance tab of the Manage Plant Parameters page. Here, you select a subinventory and locator to allocate your defective components as part of your return flow. This is an optional setup. If you don't set a subinventory and locator for defective components, the application will use the default subinventory and locator.

The following screenshot shows the new fields, Material Review Board Subinventory and Material Review Board Locator on the Manage Plant Parameters page:

The Maintenance Tab on the Manage Plant Parameters Page

The Maintenance Tab on the Manage Plant Parameters Page

Here's a screenshot of the Report Material Transactions page that shows the subinventory and locator you have set separately for defective components:

The Report Material Transactions Page

The Report Material Transactions Page

You can opt in to select a default subinventory for returning your defective components out of the hierarchy.

Steps to Enable

Here's how you set the parameter:

  1. Navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area:
  • Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management
  • Functional Area: Maintenance Management
  • Task: Manage Plant Parameters
  1. On the Manage Asset Maintenance Parameters page, Maintenance tab,set up your default subinventory and locator.
  1. Save your changes.

Access Requirements

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

  • Manage Customer Assets (CSI_MANAGE_CUSTOMER_ASSETS_PRIV)
  • Manage Maintainable Assets (MNT_MANAGE_MAINTAINABLE_ASSETS_PRIV)

These privileges were available prior to this update.