Inventory summary
The Inventory Summary screen provides information about an item, including general item information, total supply and demand for an item, and item availability.
The view icons and actions allow you to view different types of information for the specified inventory item.
Icons | Description |
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Reservations | This icon takes you to the Inventory Reservations screen, which displays any reservations for the specified inventory item. |
Ship Node View | This icon takes you to the Ship Nodes screen, which displays the information about nodes from which the specified inventory item is shipped. |
Audit | This icon takes you to the Inventory Audit List, which provides audit activity information for the inventory item. |
Kit Components | This icon takes you to the Associated Items List, which lists any items that are associated with the specified inventory item for substitution, cross-sell, or up-sell purposes. |
Negotiations | This icon takes you to the Pending Adjustments List, which lists any inventory adjustments that are pending for the specified inventory item. |
Actions | |
Adjust Inventory | This action takes you to the Adjust Inventory Detail screen so that you can adjust the inventory for the selected items. |
ATP Options | This action button takes you to the Availability to Promise (ATP) Options Search By All Attributes screen. The search criteria are pre-populated with the selected inventory Item ID. |
Fields | |
Organization Code | The organization associated with the inventory. |
Item ID | The item ID. |
Product Class | The item's classification, such as first quality, second quality, or finished good. |
Unit of Measure | The item's unit of measure. |
Tracked Everywhere | Displays Y if inventory is tracked at all nodes. Displays N if some ship nodes are configured on the system as INFINITE inventory nodes and therefore actual inventory information is not available. |
Description | Description of the item. |
Lead Days | The amount of time (in days) needed to procure the item and make it available for shipping. |
Processing Days | The number of days taken to receive an item by a seller and ready for shipment. |
Expired Supply | If the item is time sensitive, this field displays the total amount of inventory across the inventory consolidator that is expired based on its ship by date. |
Consider All Nodes | Select Consider All Nodes to see the item's availability picture across all nodes in your inventory consolidation. |
Distribution Rule | Choose Distribution Rule and select a specific rule to see the availability picture across
that distribution. A distribution rule establishes the determination process for a ship node. It
determines the default nodes that an item must be sourced from based on priority. For example, you source an item from multiple ship nodes, and set one of the ship nodes as the primary distributor of the item. Create a distribution rule in the Applications Manager and assign that particular source node with the highest priority for shipping the item. |
Segmentation | All Inventory - Displays the quantity of segmented and unsegmented items. Here, segmented
means setting aside to fulfill the demand for designated customers. Unsegmented Inventory - Enables display of items that are not designated as segmented. Consider Segment Type - Choose the type of segmentation (MTC or MTO) and enter the Segment name. Segment is defined at the time of order creation or inventory adjustment. |
Horizon End Date | Enter the date up to which you want supply, demand, and availability to be calculated. |
Supply
Total inventory expected at the node, through the date entered in Horizon End Date. Supply is calculated through the date that is entered in Horizon End Date. The supply breakdown illustrates the types of supply, organization that owns the supply, and quantity of supply type present across all nodes. |
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Supply Type | The type of inventory supply of the item. For example, ONHAND, HOLD are valid supply types. |
Organization Code | The code that is assigned to the organization that currently owns the inventory. |
Quantity | The quantity of the supply type. If the supply belongs to the organization for which supply is being checked, a link is provided to view the Supply Type Details. |
Demand
The amount of inventory that becomes outgoing due to reservations and orders. Demand is calculated through the date that is entered in Horizon End Date. The demand breakdown illustrates the types of demand, the organization that has the demand, quantity of demand type present across all nodes. |
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Demand Type | The type of inventory demand of the item. For example, ALLOCATED, OPEN ORDER are valid demand types. |
Organization Code | The code that is assigned to the organization that currently has the demand. |
Quantity | The quantity of the demand type. If the demand belongs to the organization for which demand is being checked, a link is provided to view the Demand List. |
Available
Displays the actual item availability at the ship node by considering the available-to-promise rules. The following information is displayed:
The available-to-promise rule compares the supply versus demand of an item and determines the demand of the item with the existing supply. If the demand cannot be met with the existing supply it is considered as shortage quantity. |
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Availability View | Select All to view the availability picture for the entered date in Horizon End Date. Select Weekly to view a week-by-week availability picture through the date entered in Horizon End Date. Select Monthly to view a month-by-month availability picture through the date entered in Horizon End Date. |
Availability | This is a tabular view of the information that is displayed in the Item ATP Info graph. |
Start Date | Date range, starting from today. |
End Date | Date arrived at dependent of whether you select All, Weekly, or Monthly from Availability. |
Supply | Total inventory that is expected during the start and end date range. Click the expand button
to view the supply type distribution of inventory.
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Demand | Total inventory shipped during the fulfillment process between the start and end date range.
Click the expand button to view the supply type distribution of inventory.
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Available | The actual amount available between the start and end date range after supply, demand, and available-to-promise rules are applied. |
Shortage | Any actual shortage between the start and end date range after supply, demand, and available-to-promise rules are applied. |