You can issue components from inventory to jobs and repetitive schedules and return issued components from jobs and schedules to inventory using the WIP Material Transactions window. There are two issue and return options available from this window: All Material and Specific Component.
You can issue and return components that do not appear as job or schedule material requirements using the Specific Component option. When you issue or return components using this option, the system determines if the item is a material requirement for the job or schedule. If the item is not a material requirement, is a backflush component, or is not required at the operation sequence a warning message is displayed, but you can continue with the transaction. Components added in this manner are commonly referred to as ad hoc components.
You can issue and return component items in their primary or alternate unit of measure. If you select an alternate unit of measure, the system converts the transaction quantity using the conversion factor you specified when you defined the unit of measure in Oracle Inventory. You can change this quantity. If the material is under serial number control, you can only change the transaction quantity to an integer when expressed in the primary unit of measure. For example, you can issue 0.5 dozen (DZ) if the primary unit of measure is each (EA).
You can issue Bulk, Supplier, and Phantom supply type items, which do not normally appear as requirements in the WIP Material Transactions window, using the Specific Component option.
Consigned inventory from supplier refers to the arrangement where one party possesses inventory but it remains the property of another party by mutual agreement. Consigned stock is consumed by transactions such as sales order issues, work in process issues, or any other transactions defined in the consumption setup. When inventory is consumed, the ownership of goods is transferred and subsequently invoiced.
If the consumption transaction is reversed, the material is returned back to inventory as regular stock. If an ownership transfer is needed to move the material to consigned stock, Oracle Consigned Inventory from Supplier provides an optional one-step autoconsign process for WIP component returns to automatically change the ownership of the consigned inventory to the actual supplier.
The consumption advice created during the WIP issue will be net zero, so that an invoice will not be created for the original issue transaction. If the consumption advice has been processed, then the material will be returned as regular stock and an invoice for the original issue will be created. See: Using Automatic Consigned Returns for WIP Issue Transactions
You can issue components to satisfy negative job and schedule requirements. When you issue negative requirement components, the components are returned from the job or schedule to inventory.
You can reverse negative component issues with negative component returns. When you return components that have negative requirements, the components are issued from inventory to the job or repetitive schedule. See: WIP Material Transaction Types.
You can set the Allow Negative Balances Parameter in Oracle Inventory so that the inventory balances of items can be driven negative. If this parameter is set, a warning message is displayed to notify you that balances are about to be driven negative. You can continue with the transaction or stop it and fix the condition.
For jobs associated with projects, components can be issued from projects and common locators if cross project issues are allowed. If cross project issue is not allowed then components can be issued from project locators only. For soft pegged assemblies, components can be issued from common locators even if cross project issues are not allowed.
You can issue and return both push and pull components. You can 'push' components from inventory to specific job and repetitive schedule operations. A component's supply type determines how it is supplied to a job or schedule. See: Supply Types.
You can issue partial requirement quantities. You can also over-issue requirements. Material that is required, but not issued, is considered an open requirement.
You can issue and return component items that are under revision control. The system always defaults the component revision to the current revision as of the transaction date. You can select a different revision. See: Item and Routing Revisions
You can also tag and track serial numbers for items. Serial number tagging is a method for assigning and tracking serial numbers when components are issued and received at the organization level. Serial numbers are not tagged for material that is transacted within the organization from one subinventory to another. Serial number tagging provides the ability to:
Assign serial numbers for WIP Issues and WIP Returns.
Create custom serial numbers at the time of the transaction.
Serial tagging assignments are set up in the Serial Tagging Assignments window in Oracle Inventory. When the appropriate transaction types occur, you are prompted for the serial number for the eligible items.
When items are serial tagged, their serial states are at the status of Defined but not Used, and changed to the status Issued Out of Stores when an issue transaction occurs. If a corresponding return or receipt transaction occurs, that status changes back to Defined but not Used.
Attention: Serial tagging is not supported in Process Manufacturing, Project Manufacturing, Shop Floor Management, and Warehouse Management organizations.
Serial tagging is not supported in organizations using both Work in Process and Shop Floor Control work orders.
See: Overview of Serial Tagging Assignments, and Setting Up Serial Tagging Assignments for an Item
You can issue and return component items that are under lot, serial number, or both lot and serial number control. Available serial number records are restricted for use when issuing a serialized item, returning it to stock, and then to a different job. At the time of completion, serialized components are available from stock if they have the following values set in the Serial Numbers window in Oracle Inventory:
Component Issues and Negative Component Returns
State value: Resides in stores.
Component Returns and Negative Component Issue
State value: Defined but not used.
This is restricted to serial numbers that were previously issued or negative returns-for the same job or schedule that you are performing the component return or negative component issue.
See: Serial Number Validations for Component Returns and Assembly Completions
You can change default supply subinventories and locators by updating component requirements using the Material Requirements window. You can also change default supply subinventories and locators as you issue components. See: .Supply Subinventory and Locator Fields
You can use the All Material option to issue push components to specific departments or operations associated with jobs or schedules with routings. When you issue to a job, the assembly quantity specified determines how many push components are issued. When you issue to repetitive schedules, the component quantity is based on the specified start date and the number of days supply. The start date and days are used to determine the number of days worth of requirements you want to fulfill on the schedule.