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  • 1 Overview
    • Overview of Tasks from the Inventory Management Work Area
    • Inventory Management Work Area
    • High-Level Tasks and Roles for Inventory Management
    • FAQs for Inventory Management Roles
      • How can I provide a user with a view-only role in Inventory?
  • 2 Review Inventory Balances and Availability
    • Manage Item Quantities
      • Overview of Manage Item Quantities
      • Available to Reserve and Available to Transact Values
      • Example of Creating Miscellaneous Transactions from Manage Item Quantities Page
      • External Page Linking From Manage Item Quantities
      • Query by Example for Serial Numbers on the Manage Item Quantities Page
      • FAQs for Manage Item Quantities
        • What's the difference between primary quantity and secondary quantity?
        • What's an owning party?
        • Can I store both consigned and owned material in the same location?
    • Review Item Supply and Demand
      • How You Review Item Supply and Demand
      • FAQs for Review Item Supply and Demand
        • What's the difference between nettable and nonnettable quantities for on-hand quantity and availability calculations?
        • What's the difference between the Document Number and Source Document Number on the Review Item Supply and Demand page?
    • Manage Pending Inventory Balances
      • Manage Pending Inventory Balances
    • Perform Inventory On-Hand Quantity Consolidation
      • Inventory On-Hand Quantity Consolidation
      • Perform Inventory On-Hand Quantity Consolidation
  • 3 Inventory Transactions
    • Subinventory Transfers
      • Subinventory Transfers
      • Availability Types
      • FAQs for Subinventory Transfers
        • How can I immediately transfer material between subinventories?
        • How can I create a subinventory transfer for consigned inventory transactions?
    • Miscellaneous Transactions
      • Miscellaneous Transactions
      • Available On-Hand Quantity for Miscellaneous Transactions
      • FAQs for Miscellaneous Transactions
        • What's a miscellaneous transaction?
        • Can I create a new miscellaneous transaction line by copying an existing line?
        • How can I receive material that doesn't have a purchase order number?
        • How can I issue material without creating a movement request?
        • What's Enter Cost Details?
        • How can I enter the unit cost for miscellaneous transactions?
        • How can I default the current item cost when creating miscellaneous transactions?
        • Can I enter the requester for a miscellaneous transaction?
        • How can I create miscellaneous transactions against a specific owning party for consigned inventory items?
        • Can I create a new account combination if the one I want doesn't exist when performing a miscellaneous transaction or movement request issue?
        • How can I restrict back dated transactions in miscellaneous transactions?
    • Interorganization Transfers
      • Interorganization Transfers
      • Available On-Hand Quantity for Interorganization Transfers
      • FAQs for Interorganization Transfers
        • How can I create an interorganization transfer for consigned inventory transactions?
        • How can I prevent my interorganization transfer from triggering an ownership change?
        • Why can't I select a destination organization when creating an interorganization transfer?
    • Movement Requests
      • Movement Requests
      • Perform Movement Requests
      • Set Up Replenishment Movement Requests
      • Cancel or Fulfill the Remaining Quantity on Partially Picked Movement Request Lines
      • Overview of Approval for Movement Requests
      • Movement Request Approval Process
      • Set Up Approvals for Movement Requests
      • Movement Request Approval Stage and Participants
      • Movement Request Approval Rules
      • Transaction Console for Movement Request Approval Transactions
      • FAQs for Movement Requests
        • Can I create a movement request from the Manage Items Quantities page?
        • Can I enter the requester for a requisition movement request?
        • Can I create a new account combination if the one I want doesn't exist when performing a miscellaneous transaction or movement request issue?
        • How can I cancel a pick slip automatically when the related movement request is closed or canceled?
        • What type of movement requests can use approval workflow?
    • Pending Transactions
      • Pending Transactions
      • How You Delete Pending Transactions
      • Purge Inventory Transactions Interface Process
      • Example of How to Purge Inventory Interface Transactions Using the Scheduled Process
      • Pending Inventory Reduction Transactions for Sales Orders
      • FAQs for Pending Transactions
        • How can I edit pending transaction errors?
        • What's the difference between the validated and staged transaction states?
        • What happens when I add a transaction to the Process Schedule?
        • How can I delete a pick pending transaction?
        • Can I delete a sales order pick transaction if the lines have already been shipped or canceled?
        • Why can't I delete cycle count pending transactions?
        • How can I purge data from the Inventory Transactions Interface table?
        • How can I mass update the transaction dates on pending transactions in the UI?
        • Why doesn't the transaction date on the Review Completed Transactions or Manage Pending Transactions pages match the actual source transaction creation date entered through FBDI?
        • Why can't I view my account or account alias transactions on the Manage Pending Transactions page?
    • Review Completed Transactions
      • Overview of Review Completed Transactions
      • FAQs for Review Completed Transactions
        • How can I view completed inventory reduction transactions for sales orders?
        • How can I view receiving transactions for transfer orders?
    • Discrete Manufacturing Sourced Inventory Transactions
      • Discrete Manufacturing Sourced Inventory Transactions
      • Work in Process Negative Material Return Transactions
      • Serial Numbers and Rework Work Orders
      • FAQs for Discrete Manufacturing Sourced Inventory Transactions
        • What happens if I perform a negative material return transaction for lot or serial controlled items?
    • Reservations and Picks
      • Overview of Reservations and Picks
      • Reservations
      • Picks
      • Hierarchy Levels for Reservations and Picks
      • Transfer Supply
      • Transfer Demand
      • Create Inventory Reservation without Existing Demand Document
      • Detailed Reservations for Purchase Orders, Work Orders, and Transfer Orders
      • Reserve Unreleased Orders
      • Purge Inventory Reservations Interface Process
      • FAQs for Reservations and Picks
        • What's a reservation?
        • What's a pick?
        • What's a cycle count reservation?
        • What happens to reservations when I make changes to supply sources?
        • How can I use the Manage Reservations and Picks page to reserve materials for manufacturing work orders?
        • Why can't I detail my sales order reservation to the project and task level?
        • How can I automatically pick release for serialized items?
        • How can I create a manual reservation for sales orders and transfer orders that aren't yet awaiting shipping?
        • How can I remove excess inventory reservations?
        • How can I make a pick release allocate a specific lot to sales orders?
    • Confirm Pick Slips
      • Overview
      • Serial Number Entry at Pick Confirmation
      • Overpick for Sales Orders, Transfer Orders, and Work Orders
      • Enable Overpicking for Sales Orders, Transfer Orders, and Work Orders
      • Example of How to Prioritize Picking Based on Subinventory
      • FAQs for Confirm Pick Slips
        • What happens if I confirm a pick slip and navigate to ship confirm?
        • What are the inventory transactions that support entering serial numbers at pick confirmation?
        • What happens if I select the Close movement request lines at pick confirmation check box?
        • Can I overpick more than the on-hand quantity?
        • Why did I get the partial picking error INV_PICK_NO_QTY_EXCEPTION?
        • How do I query confirmed pick slip data?
    • Lot Transactions
      • Inventory Lot Transactions
      • Review Completed Lot Transactions
      • Implementation Considerations to Perform Lot Transactions
      • Sample REST API Payloads for Lot Split, Lot Merge, and Lot Translate Transactions
    • Units of Measure
      • UOM Conversions for Inventory, Receiving, and Shipping Transactions
      • Residual Quantity Transactions with Dual UOMs
    • Country of Origin Tracking
      • Country of Origin Tracking for Inventory Transactions
      • FAQs for Country of Origin Tracking
        • How can I track inventory transactions by country of origin?
  • 4 Lot and Serial Numbers
    • Lot Numbers
      • Overview of Lot Control
      • Lot Management
      • Lot Number Recording
      • How You Set Up Lot Control
      • Lot-Controlled Items
      • Lot Attribute Restrictions
      • How the Dates in Lot Attributes Are Calculated
      • Considerations for Selecting Lot Number Uniqueness Control
      • How You Disable Inventory Lots
      • How You Transact Lots Without On-Hand Quantity
      • Enable Audit for Lot and Serial Numbers
      • FAQs for Lot Numbers
        • What happens to an inactive lot?
        • What happens when a lot expires?
        • Does a lot retain its expiration date during interorganization and subinventory transfers?
        • What happens if I allow different lot statuses in an organization?
        • What happens if I select different lot generation options for lot control?
        • Can I change the lot number uniqueness control option for an inventory organization?
        • What's a child lot?
        • How can I disable an inventory lot?
        • Why can't I disable inventory lots?
        • What's the difference between creating lot UOM conversions automatically and creating lot UOM conversions as a result of user confirmation?
        • Can I record lot and serial numbers for consigned transactions?
    • Serial Numbers
      • Overview of Serial Number Control
      • Serial Number Management
      • Serial Number Recording Options
      • How You Set Up Serial Number Control
      • Serial-Controlled Items
      • Serial Number Generation Restrictions
      • Serial Number Generation and Assignment
      • Serial Number Generation Option Changes
      • Considerations for Selecting Serial Number Uniqueness Control
      • Serial Entry at Pick
      • Examples of Serial Entry at Pick
      • FAQs for Serial Numbers
        • How can I enter multiple serial numbers when they aren't in a range?
        • Can I override the serial number at ship confirm?
        • Can I change an item's serial generation control when there are pending transactions?
  • 5 Inventory Replenishment
    • Min-Max Planning
    • Min-Max Planning Report Parameter Options
    • How Min-Max Planning Replenishment Quantities Are Calculated
    • How Rounding the Reorder Quantity Affects Min-Max Planning Reorder Calculations
    • How Specifying the Fixed Lot Multiple Affects Min-Max Planning Reorder Calculations
    • Set Up Min-Max Planning
    • Min-Max Sourcing Types
    • Calculate the Min-Max Quantities of an Item Automatically
    • Example of Min-Max Planning with Process Manufacturing and Co-Products
    • Min-Max Movement Request Process Flow
    • How the Replenishment Date is calculated
    • PAR Counts Overview
    • FAQs for Inventory Replenishment
      • What's inventory organization-level min-max planning?
      • What's subinventory-level min-max planning?
      • What happens if I select the supplier item sourcing type for replenishment?
      • How do I use the Demand Cutoff Date and Demand Cutoff Date Offset parameters for the Min-Max Planning Report?
      • Can min-max planning ever exceed your maximum quantity?
      • Can I use both min-max planning and PAR level counting for a subinventory?
      • How can I create a requisition after the min-max process has been run?
      • Why isn't the min-max report creating any requisitions?
      • How can I group all min-max lines together on a single requisition?
  • 6 Item Replacement
    • Overview of Item Replacement
    • Notifications for the Inventory Planner
    • Accessing an Item Replacement Task
    • Mass Replacement of Inventory Entities
      • Perform Mass Replacement of Inventory Entities
      • Select Mass Replacement Options
      • Define Item Subinventory Attributes
      • Define Item Locator Attributes
      • Select a Replacement Option for Item Transaction Defaults
      • Define Item Transaction Defaults
      • Reinstate an Item
  • 7 Cycle Counts
    • Cycle Counting
    • Create and Manage Cycle Counts
      • Cycle Count Criteria
      • Cycle Count Creation
      • How You Add Items to a Cycle Count
      • How Cycle Count Approval Tolerances Are Calculated
      • How Cycle Counts Determine the Number of Items to Count Each Day
      • Query by Example for Cycle Counts
      • Schedule Automatic Cycle Counts
      • Cycle Counts and Consigned Inventory
      • FAQs for Cycle Counts
        • What are positive and negative hit and miss percentages?
        • What happens if I select Adjust if Possible for serial number adjustments?
        • How does the cycle count handle consigned inventory?
        • Why can't I see records in the Cycle Count Open Interface table?
        • How is the due date on the Cycle Count Listing report calculated?
    • Purge Cycle Counts
      • Purge Cycle Counts
      • FAQs for Purge Cycle Counts
        • When does the Purge Cycle Count process delete pending cycle count transactions?
        • Why did I get a cycle count sequence purge error?
        • How can I purge successfully imported cycle count interface data created by ADFdi?
    • Create Manual Count Schedules
      • FAQs for Create Manual Count Schedules
        • Why would I create a manual count schedule?
    • Generate Count Schedules
      • How Cycle Count Schedules Are Generated
      • Example of Generating More Count Schedules Than Expected
    • Generate Count Sequences
      • How Cycle Count Sequences Are Generated
      • FAQs for Generate Count Sequences
        • When should I generate count sequences?
        • Can I make secondary quantity adjustments without changing the primary quantity?
    • Approve Count Sequences
      • FAQs for Approve Count Sequences
        • How can I approve count sequences for counts that are associated with consigned inventory?
        • How can I approve a cycle count adjustment when reservations exist?
    • Import Count Sequences
      • How You Integrate Cycle Counting With an External Application
  • 8 Physical Inventory Counts
    • Overview of Physical Inventory
    • Define Physical Inventories
      • Physical Inventory Creation
      • Quantity Tolerance Percentages
      • How Tag Generation Sequences Are Calculated
      • Search Subinventories When Creating a Physical Inventory
      • FAQs for Physical Inventories
        • What happens if I select different approval type options for physical inventories?
    • Generate Physical Inventory Snapshot
      • Physical Inventory Snapshots
      • Generate a Physical Inventory Snapshot
    • Generate Physical Inventory Tags
      • Physical Inventory Tags
      • Print Physical Inventory Tags
    • Record Physical Inventory Tags
      • Overview of Recording Physical Inventory Tags
      • Record Physical Inventory Tags
      • FAQs for Record Physical Inventory Tags
        • What should I do with unused tags?
        • When should I create dynamic tags?
        • How can I record multiple physical inventory tags at one time?
        • How can I record physical inventory tags for a consigned inventory item?
        • How can I create a dynamic or blank tag for a consigned inventory item?
    • Approve Physical Inventory Adjustments
      • Overview of Approving Physical Inventory Adjustments
      • Approve Physical Inventory Adjustments
      • FAQs for Approving Physical Inventory Adjustments
        • How can I approve physical inventory adjustments for consigned inventory items?
    • Post Physical Inventory Adjustments
      • Posts for Physical Inventory Adjustments
      • Post Physical Inventory Adjustments
      • Troubleshooting the Post Physical Inventory Adjustment Process
      • Physical Inventory Adjustments for Consigned Items
      • FAQs for Post Physical Inventory Adjustments
        • What happens when I post physical inventory adjustments?
    • Purge Physical Inventory
      • Physical Inventory Purges
      • Purge a Physical Inventory
      • FAQs for Purge Physical Inventory
        • What happens when I purge physical inventory information?
        • When does the Purge Physical Inventory process delete pending physical inventory transactions?
        • Why did I get a physical inventory purge error?
  • 9 Transfer Orders
    • Transfer Orders
    • Transfer Types
    • Transfer Order Statuses
    • How Transfer Orders Are Processed
    • Transfer Order Billing Details for Requisitions
    • Transfer Order Supply Sources
    • Notes on Transfer Orders
    • How You Create an Ad-Hoc Transfer Order Request
    • Query by Example for Items on Transfer Orders
    • How You Use the Destination Inventory Organization as Customer on Internal Material Transfers
    • Substitute Items on Transfer Orders During Pick Release
    • Use Substitute Items During Pick Release for Transfer Orders
    • How Item Substitution at Pick Release Works for Transfer Order Lines Under Budgetary Control
    • Substitute Items for Transfer Order Lines Interfaced to an External WMS or 3PL
    • Set Up Substitute Items for Transfer Order Lines Interfaced to an External WMS or 3PL
    • Kit Items for Transfer Orders
    • How Transfer Order Change Management Is Calculated
    • How You Cancel Quantities on Transfer Orders
    • How You Automatically Cancel Backordered Transfer Order Lines
    • Examples of Automatically Canceling Backordered Transfer Order Lines
    • Transfer Order Status Report
    • Print Cancel Transfer Order Report
    • How the Print Cancel Transfer Order Report Is Processed
    • FAQs for Transfer Orders
      • What's an internal material transfer?
      • What's the difference between inventory and expense destination transfer orders?
      • What's a transfer order requester?
      • Can I use the source organization's business unit for sales orders created from transfer orders?
      • Why doesn't the transfer order number, with a corresponding internal sales order, display in the search criteria on the Create Pick Wave page?
  • 10 Consigned Inventory From Supplier
    • Consigned Inventory
    • Consigned Inventory Lifecycle
    • Consigned Inventory Aging
    • Consigned Inventory Consumption
    • Consumption Advice
    • Considerations for the Create Consumption Advice Process
    • How Consumption Advice Generation Frequency Is Calculated
    • Consumption Advice Errors and Exceptions
    • Examples of Consigned Inventory Returns
    • Logic for Consigned Inventory Receipt and Quantity Adjustments on the Manage Item Quantities Page
    • FAQs for Consigned Inventory
      • How can I transfer consigned inventory to owned inventory when the aging period expires?
      • What's the difference between transfer to owned and transfer to consigned transactions?
      • Can I return material to consigned status after the generation of a consumption advice?
      • How can I resolve consumption advice errors?
      • What's the consumed quantity?
      • Can I pay on use for consigned inventory?
  • 11 Back-to-Back Orders
    • Promise Sales Orders In Your Back-To-Back Flow
    • Reservations Handling in Back-to-Back Fulfillment
    • Change Management in Back-to-Back Fulfillment
    • FAQs for Back-to-Back Processing
      • What's a back-to-back transfer order?
      • What's the difference between a regular transfer order and a back-to-back transfer order?
  • 12 Project-Specific Inventory
    • Segregate and Manage Project-Specific Inventory
      • Overview of Segregating and Managing Project-Specific Inventory
      • Project-Specific Inventory for Segregating and Managing Material
    • Receive Project-Specific Inventory
      • Overview of Receiving Project-Specific Inventory
      • Project-Specific Inventory for Receiving
    • Pick Project-Specific Inventory
      • Overview of Picking Project-Specific Inventory
      • Project-Specific Inventory for Picks
    • Transfer Project-Specific Inventory
      • Overview of Transferring Project-Specific Inventory
      • Project-Specific Inventory for Transfers
    • Accept Project-Specific Customer Returns
      • Overview of Project-Specific Customer Returns
      • Project-Specific Customer Returns
      • Considerations for Project-Specific Customer Returns
      • Project-Specific Customer Return Scenarios
      • FAQs for Project-Specific Customer Returns
        • What's the difference between a referenced and unreferenced return sales order?
        • How can I remove project and task details from a referenced return?
        • Why doesn't the referenced RMA for a project-based sales order have a project or task reference?
    • FAQs for Project-Specific Inventory
      • How can I set up inventory for project-driven supply chain?
  • 13 External System Integrations
    • Inventory Transaction Interface
    • Count Sequence Interface
    • Reservation Interface
    • Considerations for Using the Reservation Interface
    • Inventory Balances Integration with External Systems
    • Third-Party Logistics and Warehouse Management Systems
    • Overview of Inventory Management Integration with 3PL and Warehouse Management Systems
  • 14 Mobile Inventory
    • Overview of Mobile Inventory
    • PAR Counts
    • Stocking Inquiries
    • Pick Confirm
    • Receive Goods
    • Inspect Goods
    • Put Away Goods
    • Deliver Goods
    • Lot and Serial Numbers
    • Miscellaneous Transactions
    • Subinventory Transfers
    • Interorganization Transfers
    • Cycle Count
    • Outbound Shipments
    • Barcode Scanning
    • Barcode Label Printing
    • Healthcare Industry Barcode labels