Advanced Inventory Management

Oracle Fusion Cloud Advanced Inventory Management is a new licensable product add-on to Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain Execution.  Oracle Advanced Inventory Management delivers a set of features for lower-complexity warehouses and manufacturing plants that don’t need the full capabilities of a warehouse management system (WMS).

New features in Advanced Inventory Management include: 

Task Assignment and Execution

  • Assign pick slips, periodic automatic replenishment (PAR) counts, cycle counts, physical counts, and deliveries to a specific user to prevent other users from working on the same tasks simultaneously.

Perform Inventory Transactions Using License Plate Numbers

  • Use license plate numbers (LPNs) to perform receiving, shipping, transfer, and counting activities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Inventory Management.

Notify Users of Cross-Docking Opportunities

  • Notify users that cross-docking opportunities are available to fulfill open demand instead of putting goods away into storage.

Group Shipment and Shipment Lines Using a Load Number

  • Assign a load number to shipment lines and shipments to group them together for transporting individual loads in the same container or truck.

Suggest Alternative Put-Away Locations

  • Suggest a put-away location for goods to help direct your warehouse operators to the correct storage area.

Use these new capabilities to:

  • Easily assign and manage tasks
  • Simplify material handling by transacting LPNs
  • Minimize movement of materials that can be cross-docked
  • Optimize where goods are stored in your warehouse
  • Maximize efficiency by fulfilling orders that will ship together

IMPORTANT: Fusion Cloud Supply Chain Execution. Starting in September 2025, you must have the add-on subscription to access the features in Oracle Advanced Inventory Management. Please contact your Oracle sales representative for details. Note that usage reporting will be enabled in September 2025, at which point you must have purchased the add-on subscription to use these features.

Before you enable and set up Oracle Advanced Inventory Management, take time to thoroughly understand the benefits and ramifications of the features. If, after you perform the necessary setup, you decide to stop using Oracle Advanced Inventory Management, then reverting the use of LPNs, task management, and so on will have a substantial operational effect.

To enable any of the Advanced Inventory Management features, you must first enable the Advanced Inventory Management functional area in the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management setup offering. 

Enable the Advanced Inventory Management Functional Area

  1. In Setup and Maintenance, select the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management offering.
  2. On the Setup: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management page, click Change Feature Opt In.
  3. On the Opt-In: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management page, click the Enable checkbox for the Advanced Inventory Management functional area.

Enable the Advanced Inventory Management Functional Area on the Opt In Page

Enable the Advanced Inventory Management Functional Area on the Opt In Page

Access Requirements

To set up Advanced Inventory Management, you'll need a configured job role that contains this new duty role, which is not assigned to any predefined job roles:

  • Advanced Inventory Management Administration Duty  (ORA_INV_ADVANCED_INVENTORY_MANAGEMENT_ADMINISTRATION_DUTY)