Inventory Transactions

Transaction
• A transaction is an item movement into, within, or out of inventory.
• A transaction changes the quantity, location, or cost of an item.
• Oracle Inventory supports a number of predefined and user-defined transaction
types.
• Every material movement has a corresponding set of accounting transactions that
Oracle Inventory automatically generates.
• All transactions validate the various controls (revision, locator, lot number, and
serial number) you enable for your items.
• You can choose your own transaction processing methods to use available
computing resources most effectively.


Transaction Source Types
You can add user-defined transaction types to the list of predefined transaction types.


You Can Perform the Following Oracle Inventory Transactions
• Receive items into your organization from a general ledger account number
• Issue items from your organization to a general ledger account number
• Transfer items from a subinventory in your organization to another subinventory
in the same organization
• Transfer items directly between organizations
• Transfer items between organizations by way of intransit
• Reserve items for a specific account or temporarily prevent the release of items
onto the shop floor




Moving Inventory
Inventory organization transfers may be accomplished without using an internal
requisition/internal sales order.
• You can use miscellaneous receipts to receive material without a purchase order
number.
• Use miscellaneous issues to receive material without approvals or a document
number.
• Use subinventory transfers to transfer the location of material without a
document number.

You can use internal requisitions and internal sales orders as an approval mechanism
and to provide a document to track when you transport material between warehouses or
transfer material across inventory organizations.
Use miscellaneous receipts to receive material without a purchase order number.
• Use move orders with an Account Transfer transaction type to approve a
transaction and to provide a document to track the issue of the material.
Previously, sales orders with approvals in the order cycle were used to issue the
material and track the movement.
• Use move orders with a Subinventory Transfer transaction type to approve a
transfer and to provide a document to track the transfer of the material.