Creativz Lab

Subinventories are logical seperations of material inventory such as raw material, finished goods and defective material. Material in an organization is held in Subinventory, so we need to define subinventories for an organization.

To Define Subinventory:

1) loginto Oracle Applications.

2) Click on path Inventory -> setup: organizations -> Subinventories.

3) select the organization in which you are going to create subinvenotry, in organizations window displayed.

4) Click on New button in Subinventories Summary window displayed.

5) Subinventories window will appear.

6) Enter unique name for subinventory.

7) Status field: Indicate material status of this subinventory, which controls all material transactions within this subinventory.

Default Cost Group: Assign a default cost group value. This cost group will be there with subinventory until you change cost group. If, cost group assignement material rule fails for a received material, then this default cost group will be assigned.

9) Type field: Select the type of the subinventory Storage or Receiving.

Storage: Designates subinventory as Storage Subinventory.

Receiving: Designates subinventory as Receiving Subinventory, can be used for only Receiving Material. Material in this type of subinventory can’t be onhand or reserved.

Subinventory Parameters:

Quantity Tracked: indicates whether each transaction for this subinventory updates quantity on hand for subinventory.

Asset Subinventory: Indicates whether to maintain value of this subinventory on balance sheet. Update this value only if there is no on hand qunatity for subinventory.

Depriciable: Indicates whether subinventory is depriciable.

Enable PAR Level Planning: Indicates Periodic Automatic Replenishment is enabled. If this is enabled min-max planning can’t be performed on this subinventory.

Locator Control: Select locator control only if this organization has locator control parameter as Determined at Subinventory Level. Updates on this field are allowed only if there is no on hand quantity available.

• None

• : Inventory transactions within this subinventory do not require locator information.
• Prespecified

 

• : Inventory transactions within this subinventory require you to enter a valid predefined locator for each item.
• Dynamic entry

 

• : Inventory transactions within this subinventory require you to enter a locator for each item. You may choose a valid predefined locator, or define a locator dynamically at the time of transaction.
• Item level

 

• : Inventory transactions use locator control information that you define at the item level.

Default Locator Status field will be available only if Warehouse Management installed.

Inactive On: Optionally enter date on which subinventory goes inactive.

Location: Enter location for subinventory, if it is receiving subinventory field is mandatory.

Picking UOM: Indicate the picking unit of measure used to store material in this subinventory.

Picking UOM Default Replenishment: Select the appropriate Default Replenishment Count Type from the drop downlist.

Optionally enter all Lead Times.

Sourcing Type: Select Source Type for Item Replenishment.

• Inventory

• : Replenish items internally, from another organization.
• Supplier

 

• : Replenish items externally, from a supplier you specify in Oracle Purchasing.

• : Replenish items internally, from another subinventory in the same inventory organization.

Organization: Select the organization used to replenish items in this subinventory. You must enter a value in this field if you entered

 

Inventory

in the Type field. The organization you select must have a shipping network defined.

SubInventory: Select the subinventory used to replenish items in this subinventory. You must enter a value in this field if you entered your current organization in the Organization field.