Create Receipt Returns Using a Subinventory That's Not Quantity Tracked

In the healthcare industry, it's common to use subinventories that aren't quantity tracked to represent periodic automatic replenishment (PAR) locations. When receiving goods into these subinventories that aren't quantity tracked, the goods are automatically consumed, meaning the on-hand quantity isn't incremented. Prior to this release, when goods were received into a subinventory that wasn't quantity tracked, you couldn't create a receipt return from that location if you later found that the goods were damaged or no longer required. Now, you have the ability to create a receipt return using a subinventory that's set up as not quantity tracked. 

Return Transfer Order

This feature allows you to return transfer orders back to the original source subinventory associated with the transfer order. For example, a transfer order is shipped from inventory organization A to inventory organization B, and the transfer order is received into a subinventory that's not quantity tracked. You can now return the transfer order back to the source inventory organization. When returning the transfer order, you have visibility to the forward flow transfer order for which you are retuning against. This feature also allows you to return material from a subinventory that's not quantity tracked back to a supplier.

The following new transaction types have been introduced to support returning transfer orders from a subinventory that's not quantity tracked.

• Transfer Order Return Intraorganization Receipt
• Transfer Order Return Intraorganization Shipment
• Transfer Order Return Intraorganization Transfer

Review Completed Transactions

This feature provides you with more accurate cost tracking and more efficient material control by allowing you to create receipt returns for goods that are received into a subinventory that's not quantity tracked.

Steps to Enable

You can configure a subinventory as not quantity tracked by following these steps:

1. Navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area.
2. Select the Configure Subinventories task under the Inventory Management functional area.
3. To edit the Quantity Tracked checkbox, you must select a material status of Active: Not available for Netting, ATP, and reservations.

Configure Subinventories

Tips And Considerations

• Physical material return is required when returning from a subinventory that's not quantity tracked.

• Return transfer orders aren’t supported for Brazil and India based inventory organizations.

• Return transfer orders aren’t supported for budgetary controlled or project-based transfer order lines.

• Shipment lines created for transfer order returns from a subinventory that's not quantity tracked are automatically staged and the shipping method isn't enforced.

• Intraorganization returns support automatic ship confirm and manual receipt.

• Interorganization returns require manual ship confirm and manual receipt.

• Receipt Routing will always be Direct for intraorganization transfer order returns from a subinventory that's not quantity tracked.

• The existing transfer order return process has been enhanced to support intraorganization and direct delivery transfer orders from quantity-tracked subinventories.

• When the receipt routing is in transit for the forward flow transfer order, the return transfer order will also be in transit.

• Reversal of the expense for return is always at the original transfer price at which the receipt was costed.

Key Resources

• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Using Receiving guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

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

• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

• Watch the Create Receipt Returns Using a Subinventory That's Not Quantity Tracked demo.  

Access Requirements

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

• Manage Receiving Receipt Returns (RCV_MANAGE_RECEIVING_RECEIPT_RETURNS)
• Create Receiving Receipt by Web Service (RCV_CREATE_RECEIVING_RECEIPT_WEB_SERVICE)
• Manage Shipments and Shipment Lines (WSH_MANAGE_SHIPMENT_AND_SHIPMENT_LINE)
• Manage Inventory Transfer Order (INV_MANAGE_INVENTORY_TRANSFER_ORDER)
• Review Receipt Accounting Distributions (CMR_REVIEW_RECEIPT_ACCOUNTING_DISTRIBUTIONS)
• Review Cost Distribution (CST_REVIEW_COST_DISTRIBUTIONS)
• View Supply Chain Financial Orchestration Flow (FOS_VIEW_SUPPLY_CHAIN_FINANCIAL_TRADE_AGREEMENT)

These privileges were available prior to this update.