Oracle Procurement along with Discrete Manufacturing supports maintaining consigned inventory for an item. Buying companies can enable items to have consigned inventory. This enables you to maintain the stock at the buying company location. Buying companies do not incur financial liabilities until they start consuming the stock.

Oracle iSupplier Portal enables you to view on-hand stock for consigned items and also associated procure-to-pay transactions.

To view consigned items:

1. Click the Product tab, and then click Consigned Inventory in the task bar directly below the tabs.

2. On the Consigned Inventory page, search and select your item.

3. For a given item, suppliers can view the following information:

   • Supplier Item

   • Item

   • Item Description

   • Consigned On-Hand - Displays the on-hand stock levels for the item at the buying company.

   • Consigned Shipments - Displays the purchase order shipment details that enable the item to be shipped from you to the buying company location.

   • Consumption Orders - Displays the purchase orders/blanket releases that are created when consigned stock is consumed by the buying company. These are the orders against which you can submit invoices to the buying company.

   • Consigned Receipts - Displays the history of receipts for consigned stock.

   • Consigned Returns - Displays the history of return transactions created for the consigned stock.

   • Material Transactions - Displays the material transactions that occurred for the consigned item. It includes transactions to procure the item, which is the consigned stock, and then the transactions to move the stock to regular inventory for consumption.

If the consigned item is also enabled for Vendor Managed Inventory, suppliers can initiate replenishment requests online.

To view consigned inventory aging items:

1. Click the Product tab, and then click Consigned Inventory Aging in the task bar directly below the tabs.

2. On the Consigned Inventory Aging page, you may search for items that are past due, or items that are due in the next 7, 15, or 30 days. Select the appropriate search criteria for your item and click Go.

3. For a given item, suppliers can view the following information:

   • Supplier Site

   • Organization

   • Supplier Item

   • Item

   • Item Revision

   • Item Description

   • Subinventory

   • UOM

   • Quantity

   • Receipt Date

   • Consume Before - Date the item must be consumed.

   • Days Before Consumption is Due - Displays the number of days before the ownership of the item is transferred.