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Oracle Inventory
11i Financials Functional Foundation
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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do
the following:
Explain the overall inventory process
Discuss inventory transaction activities
Identify the major tables used in inventory
transactions
Discuss the open interfaces and application
program interfaces for inventory
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Agenda
Overview of the Inventory Process
Inventory transaction activities
Major ERDs and tables used in inventory
transactions
Inventory open interfaces and application program
interfaces for inventory
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Overview
Through Oracle Inventory, you can:
Define part numbers
Model organization structures
Forecast anticipated demand
Plan material replenishments
Track perpetual inventory
Maintain accurate on-hand balances
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Inventory Process
Internal
Shipment
Receive Deliver
Inspect
Transfer
Shop Floor
Inventory
Supplier
Shipment
Expense
Inventory
Order Entry
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Inventory Items
Component
Assembly
Service
Prototype
Purchased Item
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Master Organization
Inventory Organizations
Manufacturing
Dallas
Assembly
Chicago
Distribution
Seattle
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Inventory Organization Structure
Organization
Subinventory
Locators
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Item Attributes
Item
Serviceable Weight
Buy Make Plan
Attributes
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Item Statuses and Attributes
Build in WIP = Yes
Customer Orders
Enabled = Yes
Status Attributes
Item Status
Active
BOM Allowed = Yes
Internal Orders
Enabled = Yes
Purchasable = Yes
Invoice Enabled =
Yes
Stockable = Yes
Transactable = Yes
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Item Status Examples
Prototype
Ramp
Up
Live
Ramp
Down
Obsolete
Stock N Y Y Y N
Trans N Y Y Y N
BOM Y Y Y Y Y
WIP N Y Y N N
Pur N Y Y N N
OE N N Y Y N
Intern N N Y Y N
Bill N N Y Y N
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Item Control
Locator Control Revision Control
Lot Control
Item AS5222
Serial # 5847329
Serial Control
Subinventory
Item AS3339
Lot # C1498.1
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Receipt to Issue Life Cycle
Receive
Inventory
Issue
Inventory
Transfer
Inventory
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On-hand and Available Inventory
Material Workbench
Multiple Organization Inventory Report
Supply/Demand
Item Reservations
Available to Promise
Onhand Availability Reports
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Agenda
Overview of the Inventory Process
Inventory transaction activities
Major ERDs and tables used in inventory
transactions
Inventory open interfaces and application program
interfaces for inventory
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Transaction Flows
Material Flow Business Flow
Receive Goods
Ship Goods
Move Goods
Services
Order Management
Purchasing
Inventory
WIP
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Inventory Transactions
Miscellaneous
Receipt
Miscellaneous
Issue
Organization
Subinventory
Transfer
Subinventory
Locator
Locator
Subinventory
Transfer
Subinventory
Locator
Locator
Organization
Direct
Interorganization
Transfer
Interorganization
Transfer by Way
of Intransit
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Miscellaneous Transactions
Use the
Miscellaneous
Transaction window
to issue material to
or receive material
from General Ledger
accounts in your
current organization.
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Subinventory Transfer
Use the Subinventory Transfer window to transfer
material within your current organization between
subinventories, or between two locators within the
same subinventory.
Raw Materials Finished Goods
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Inventory Direct Shipment

You use the Interorganization Transfer window to
move inventory directly from a shipping organization
to a destination organization.
Shipping
Organization
Destination
Organization
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Inventory In-transit Shipment
Subinventory
Shipment Number
Freight Information
% of TRX Value
Material
Transfer
Inventory
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Agenda
Overview of the Inventory Process
Inventory transaction activities
Major ERDs and tables used in inventory
transactions
Inventory open interfaces and application program
interfaces for inventory
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Organizations
First, you must set up the Business Group
organization, to which all other organizations belong.
Organization Parameters (M1)
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Organization Tables
GL_CODE_
COMBINATIONS
GL_SETS_OF_BOOKS
MTL_INTERORG_
PARAMETERS
HR_ALL_ORGANIZATION_UNITS
HR_ORGANIZATION_
INFORMATION
MTL_PARAMETERS
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HR_ALL_ORGANIZATION_UNITS
Contains information name and location for:
Inventory Organizations
Operating Units
Project Organizations
Asset Classifications
HR Organizations
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MTL_PARAMETERS
Contains defaults that flow down to the items
including:
Master Organization
Cost Organization
Picking Rules
General Ledger Accounts for:
AP Accrual
Material Overhead
Purchase Price Variance
Inter Organization
Average Cost
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Subinventories
Subinventories are unique physical or logical
separations of material inventory, such as raw
inventory, finished goods, or defective material.
Subinventories (M1)
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Locators
Use locators to identify physical areas where you
store inventory items.
Stock Locators (M1)
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Subinventories and Locator Tables
MTL_SECONDARY_LOCATORS
MTL_ITEM_LOCATIONS
MTL_ITEM_SUB_INVENTORIES
MTL_SECONDARY_INVENTORIES
GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
MTL_PARAMETERS
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL
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Items
You can define and control items that you
stock in inventory.
Item Master (M1)
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Item Master
MTL_ITEM_ATTRIBUTES
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
MTL_ITEM_STATUS
MTL_ITEM_TEMPLATES
MTL_ITEM_TEMPL_ATTRIBUTES
MTL_PARAMETERS
MTL_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES
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MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS
This table contains items and over 200 attributes.
These attributes control how inventory items are
used in several applications including:
Purchasing
Order Management
Accounts Receivable
Inventory
Work In Process
Bills of Materials
Service
iStore
Assets and Enterprise Asset Management
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Item Status Codes
Use statuses to provide default values for certain item
attributes to control the functionality of an item.
Item Status
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Item Status Tables
MTL_ITEM_ATTRIBUTES
MTL_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES
MTL_ITEM_STATUS
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
MTL_PENDING_ITEM_STATUS
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Item Categories
You can define an unlimited number of categories and
group subsets of your categories into category sets.
Categories
Category Sets
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Item Categories Tables
MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
MTL_CATEGORIES_B
MTL_CATEGORY_
SET_VALID_CATS
FND_ID_FLEX_
STRUCTURES
MTL_CATEGORY_
SETS_B
MTL_DEFAULT_
CATEGORY_SETS
MTL_CATEGORIES_TL MTL_CATEGORY_SETS_TL
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Item Supply and Demand
You can view supply/demand information, and the
current and projected available quantities of an item.
Supply / Demand Detail (M1)
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Item Reservations
Use the Item Reservation window to create, view,
update, transfer, and delete reservation requests.
Item Reservation
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Item Reservation Tables
MTL_DEMAND
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
MTL_
MATERIAL_
TRANSACTIONS
MTL_SALES_ORDERS
GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS
MTL_GENERIC_
DISPOSITIONS
OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL
OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL
MTL_
DEMAND_
INTERFACE
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Inventory Transaction Tables
RCV_
TRANSACTIONS_
INTERFACE
MTL_
TRANSACTIONS_
INTERFACE
MTL_MATERIAL_
TRANSACTIONS_
TEMP
MTL_
MATERIAL_
TRANSACTIONS
MTL_
TRANSACTION_
ACCOUNTS
Order Entry
Inventory
WIP
Receiving
TXN
Processor

RCV
Processor
TXN
Worker
Cost
Processor
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MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS
This table contains information on all Inventory
transactions.
Transactions are not entered directly into the
table. The transactions come through various
interfaces.
This table includes the inventory item, transaction
details, and project information.

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MTL_TRANSACTION_ACCOUNTS
This table contains the accounting transactions
for inventory transactions.
This information is then transferred to the General
Ledger.
This table includes account code and the amount
of the transaction.

ACCOUNT DR CR
01-410-5800 205
01-420-5800 199
01-000-2210 6
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Agenda
Overview of the Inventory Process
Inventory transaction activities
Major ERDs and tables used in inventory
transactions
Inventory open interfaces and application program
interfaces for inventory
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Inventory Open Interfaces
Open Transaction Interface
Open Replenishment Interface
Open Item Interface
Customer Item and Customer Item Cross
Reference Open Interfaces
Cycle Count Entries Interface
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Inventory APIs
Cycle Count API
Kanban API
Lot API
Material Reservation API
Reservations Manager API
Sales Order API
Move Order API
Pick Release API
Pick Confirm API
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned the following:
Explain the overall inventory process
Discuss inventory transaction activities
Identify the major tables used in inventory
transactions
Discuss the open interfaces and application
program interfaces for inventory