With Contributing Author:  Amit Rajvanshi

Oracle Inventory provides a fully automated physical inventory feature that you can use to reconcile system-maintained, item on-hand balances with actual counts of inventory.  Accurate system on-hand quantities are essential for managing supply and demand, maintaining high service levels, and planning production.

As a part of this release, the following features are being introduced to physical inventory counting process for non-WMS enabled Organizations only.

1) Support for multiple serials for a single tag:  Until 12.2.12, the physical inventory process can only create a single tag for each serialized item,  i.e. there was only 1:1 mapping between a tag and an item serial.  However, 12.2.13 introduces a new feature where a single tag can be generated for multiple serials.  This feature has been made available both under Forms UI as well as from Mobile (MSCA).

  • Form changes to support multiple serials:  Like Cycle counting, the option is also provided to users in the Define Physical Inventory Screen, under “Serial control” section, to choose ‘Multiple per Request’ if a consolidated single tag is to be generate for multiple serials.     (Navigation)–>Inventory–>Counting–>Physical Counting–>Physical Inventories–>Open Button
  • Changes in MSCA to support multiple serials:  Introduction of new Multiple serial support on top of existing Normal and Tag pages. For that login to MSCA via Materials & Mfg. > Inventory > Counting > Physical Count > Tag

 

2) Count History:  Until 12.2.12, users can only count the previously counted Tag but the count history option is not available for them in the Physical Inventory process.  In 12.2.13, a new button named “Count History” is introduced in the Approve Physical Adjustments Summary Screen, which provides the option of count history to users.     (Navigation) –> Physical Inventory → Approve Adjustments → Count History

 

3) Physical inventory adjustments (XML) report:  Its an existing report which has been enhanced to provide the option to view these newly added Cycle History and Multiple Serial with single tag options in the report.

 

Review following notes for more information:

· Oracle Inventory Management Release Notes for Release 12.2.13 (Doc ID 2980979.1)

· 12.2.13 Oracle Inventory Physical Inventory Enhancements (Doc ID 2985779.1)