You can replenish supply subinventories and locators to replace components that you have issued to jobs or repetitive schedules and to insure a source of material for backflush transactions. You can replenish components for an entire job or repetitive schedule, or for a specified number of days of repetitive production. Specifically you can do the following:

• Replenish supply subinventories and locators by transferring components from any subinventory and locator into the supply subinventory and locator for the job or repetitive schedule. See: Replenishing Supply Subinventories and Locators.

  This method works well if you stage the pull components one job or repetitive assembly at a time. For example, if you wanted to replenish the supply subinventory and locator for all the operation pull material requirements on a job, you would:

  • Generate the Discrete Job Pick List report for pull components. This report identifies material requirements, subinventories and locators with available inventory, and supply subinventories and locators where you backflush from. You would then pick the components using the pick list and transfer them into the appropriate supply subinventories and locators. Repetitive replenishment works the same way except you would replenish for an assembly for a number of days instead of for a job.

  • You can also use the Component Pick Release window to select material using rules based picking. See: Using the Component Pick Release Window

• Replenish supply subinventories and locators for higher level assemblies by completing lower level assemblies into the next level's supply subinventory and locator. See: Replenishing Higher Level Supply.

  This method works well if your plant is set up with feeder lines that physically flow to consuming lines. For example, assume you build a subassembly on a feeder line that ends at the consumption point of the subassembly into the higher level assembly. You can set the completion subinventory and locator on the subassembly to be the supply subinventory and locator of the subassembly on the next level bill of material. Then, as you complete the subassembly into its completion subinventory and locator using the Completion Transactions window, Move Transactions window, or the Inventory Transaction Interface, you automatically replenish the supply subinventory and locator on the next level bill of material.

• Transfer components from any subinventory and locator into the supply subinventory and locator in Oracle Inventory using subinventory transfers to replenish supply subinventories and locators. See: Transferring Between Subinventories.

  This method works well when you are replenishing for more than one job or one assembly on a line. For example, you can run a Repetitive Pick List report for all assemblies on a line to identify all the operation and assembly pull requirements for all repetitive schedules on the line regardless of their parent assembly. You can then use this consolidated pick list to pick the components. Then you can transact the transfer of the components into the supply subinventories and locators. You can also use the Component Pick Release window to select material using rules based picking. See: Using the Component Pick Release Window

• Requisition material automatically to replenish supply subinventories in Oracle Inventory using internal requisitions. See: Sources of Replenishment and Overview of Inventory Planning and Replenishment.

  This method works well when you have consistent material flows within your plant and can estimate reasonable floor stock inventory levels. For example, you can set a minimum quantity for a component item in a supply subinventory. As you reduce the balance in the supply subinventory due to push issues or backflushes, Oracle Inventory automatically generates a requisition when the balance for the component reaches the minimum quantity. Then when you fulfill the internal requisition, you replenish the supply subinventory.

• Receive components directly from your supplier into supply subinventories and locators in Oracle Purchasing. See: Receipts

  This method works well if you have a smooth flow of raw materials from your suppliers and have space on the shop floor to inventory components you receive. For example, if you purchase a component that is consumed out of a supply subinventory, you could receive that component directly into that supply subinventory and locator using the Enter Receipts window in Oracle Purchasing. This method avoids a subsequent subinventory transfer of the component thereby saving both time and a transaction.

  Note: You can simplify repetitive line replenishment by ensuring that the supply subinventory and locator for each item is consistent across the assemblies and across the alternate bills for an assembly. By sharing supply subinventories and locators, you can replenish the line with fewer transactions.