Set Up a Manufacturing Plant

The manufacturing plant parameters are analogous to system parameters and they enable you to specify various functionality of a manufacturing plant. Before setting up the plant parameters, you must set the organization as the manufacturing plant.

Setting a Manufacturing Plant

A manufacturing plant is a type of inventory organization and can be further categorized into: in-house manufacturing plant and contract manufacturing plant.

To set an organization as a manufacturing plant, perform the following steps:

1. In the Manage Inventory Organizations page, select an existing organization or create a new one from the Search Results region. Then, click the Manage Inventory Organization Parameters button to edit the organization settings.

2. In the Manage Inventory Organization Parameters page,

   • Select the Organization is a manufacturing plant check box to set an organization as in-house manufacturing plant.

   • Select the Organization represents a contract manufacturer check box to set an organization as contract manufacturing organization.

Note: If the organization is set as a contract manufacturing plant, you must also provide the supplier and supplier site information for the plant.

Note: If the organization needs to track on hand balances by the country of origin, you must select Enable Tracking by Country of Origin.

Setting the Manufacturing Plant Parameters

Once an organization is set as manufacturing plant, you can set the parameters that determine each functionality of the plant.