Min-Max Sourcing Types

Depending on how you configure your Sourcing Type at the subinventory or item subinventory level, min-max planning can create four different replenishment document types.

Here are the sourcing types for min-max planning:

• Organization

• Supplier

• Subinventory

Here are the replenishment document types that min-max planning can create:

• Supplier requisition

• Movement request

• Interorganization transfer order

• Intraorganization transfer order

Sourcing Fields

The sourcing fields are located under the Sourcing section on the Edit Subinventory and Edit Item Subinventory pages.

From the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Subinventories and Locators task:

• Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management

• Functional Area: Inventory Management

• Task: Manage Subinventories and Locators

Use the sourcing fields to specify how min-max planning sources the material. The sourcing fields include:

• Sourcing Type:

  • Organization: If you select Organization, the Organization field is available for selection and mandatory.

  • Supplier: If you select Supplier, both the Organization or Sourcing Subinventory fields are unavailable for entry.

  • Subinventory: If you select Subinventory, the organization value populates by default and the Sourcing Subinventory field is available for selection. The Sourcing Subinventory field is optional.

• Organization

• Sourcing Subinventory

Relationship Between Sourcing Type and Replenishment Documents

This table shows the relationship between the values in the Sourcing fields and the replenishment document created by min-max planning after submitting the Min-Max Planning process.

Sourcing Type	Replenishment Document
Organization (same organization to which the subinventory belongs)	Intraorganization transfer order If the source type is Organization and you're using the same organization to which the subinventory belongs, then min-max planning generates an intraorganization transfer order.
Organization (different organization to which the subinventory belongs)	Interorganization transfer order If the source type is Organization and you're using a different organization to which the subinventory belongs, then min-max planning generates an interorganization transfer order.
Supplier	Purchase requisition If the item source is a Supplier, Inventory creates a purchase requisition to order the items from an outside supplier when reorder is necessary.
Subinventory	Movement request If the source type is Subinventory, then min-max planning generates a movement request. Once you select Subinventory, the Organization value defaults. You can optionally specify a value for the Sourcing Subinventory. The Sourcing Subinventory represents the source subinventory from which the movement request is sourced.