11i Overview of Defining and

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Objective

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Agenda

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Items

What is an Item?
An item is a part or service you:
Purchase
Sell
Plan
Manufacture
Stock
Distribute
Prototype

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Agenda

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Oracle Organization

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Inventory Organizations

Inventory Organizations
An inventory organization is an inventory location with its own set of books, costing method,
workday calendar, and list of items. An organization can be a company, subsidiary, or a
warehouse.
Consider the following when you plan your enterprise structure:
Sets of Books: You can tie one Oracle General Ledger set of books to each inventory
organization.
Costing Methods: You set your costing method (Standard or Average) at the organizational
level. The item attribute control level determines the costing organization.
Item Costs: Oracle Inventory keeps one cost per item per inventory organization.
Movement Between Inventory Sites: You can use intransit inventory for interorganization
transfers.
Planning Method: You can choose how to plan your items.
Forecasting: You can forecast your items.
Accuracy Analysis: You can perform a cycle count or a physical inventory.

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Defining Organizations

Defining Organizations
Classify the Organization
Choose an organization classification to describe the general purpose of your organization.
Examples of organization classifications are inventory organization, legal company, and
HR organization.
Choose inventory organization as your organization classification to use your organization
for inventory management.
Set of Books
Tie each inventory organization to an operating unit. Each operating unit is associated to a
legal entity and a general ledger set of books.
Inventory Parameters
Use the Organization Parameters window to complete your organization definition for
inventory purposes.
Define receiving parameters if you receive items on purchase orders, internal orders, and
intransit interorganization shipments.

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Defining Items in Item Master

Item Master
Always define items in the master organization. When you define an item, Oracle
automatically changes your current organization to the master organization. You may enable
your new items in as many child organizations as needed.

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Steps to Setup, Define, and Maintain Items

Steps to Define and Maintain Items

Following are the steps for creating and maintaining items:
1. Create the item templates.
2. Use the templates and existing items to define items.
3. Enter values for additional item attributes.
4. Assign a status to the item.
5. Assign categories to the item.
6. Enable the item in other organizations.
7. Update the organizational-level attributes values.
8. Define the item relationships.
9. Search for items.
10. Delete items.

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Defining Items

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Item Attributes

Item Attributes
Item attributes are the collection of information about an item.

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Item Statuses and Attributes

Item Statuses and Attributes

You define an item status by selecting the value check boxes for the status attribute. You can
control status attributes and item status at the item level or organization level.

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Item Attribute Groups

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Creating Item Templates

Instructor Note
The instructor might mention the predefined templates that Inventory provides:
ATO Model
ATO Option Class
ATO Item
Finished Good
Kit
Outside Processing Item
PTO Model
PTO Option Class
Phantom Item
Planning Item
Purchased
Reference Item
Subassembly
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Supply Item
Freight
Product Family

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Enabling Attributes in a Template

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Organization Assignment and Organization Item

Organization Assignment and Organization Item

You can enable your item in all child organizations under your master organization or you can
choose to enable your item in specific child organizations. You can use the master item
window, in each organization, to enter or change organization-level attribute values for items
that are enabled in the organization. For example you can select Reorder Point planning for an
item in one child organization and select Min-Max planning for the same item in another child
organization.

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Deletion Constraints and Deletion Groups

Deletions Constraints and Deletion Groups

You cannot delete an item if you have on-hand quantity or have performed any type of action
on the item.

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Summary

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