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Organizations - Define

Date: 4 Sep 99 09:18:17 MDT
From: Ora-Tech Systems ora-tech@usa.net
To: OraApps Mailing List oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: [INV] Defining organizations

Hi,

Q1) Is there any way to define different "Material GL Account" within one Inventory Organization? Is it possible to defined it at Sub-Inventory or based on an Item Template?

Q2) Also, is there any way to restrict the users to only do transactions for a defined range of codes or categories.

Creating Organiztion based on categories might solve both the problems, but that would require creating so may Organiztions, which is practically not possible.

Any help will be appreciated. TIA.
Ahmed.


Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 23:22:58 EDT
From: "Raj P" raj_orapps@hotmail.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: [INV] Defining organizations

if u work on standard costing basis, U can define material account at subinventory level...u cannot have different material gl account at template level as this account is not defined at item level..

2.. in fact we wanted to do restrict the material transactions by planners... but the problem is

once transaction form is accessible to the user, the user can do transaction for all active items that are assigned to that specific org.

Raj panchat


Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 17:08:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ravi Krishnamurthy ravi_krishna@rocketmail.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: [INV] Defining organizations

Ahmed,

You may define security rules wherein you can restrict segment values by responsibility. Refer to Applications Flexfields Guide to set it up.

HTH.
Ravi Krishnamurthy
Senior Consultant
Oracle Applications



Routing sans completion subinventory - Report

Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 09:39:27 -0000
From: "Janik Thorez" jthorez@paramconsult.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Check if routing completion subinventory exists

Hello,

Does somebody know if there is a standard report where it is possible to get a report with all items that have a routing without completion subinventory (locator) ? I already looked in the Audit information report, but no information exists.

Thanks,
Janik Thorez


Mixed queries on Inv. Tables

Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 17:04:46 +0300
From: aragab a_ragab@tccbce.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: [Fwd: question_to_inv_expert]

HI
from your answers i know that you inv expert my question q1 - is mtl_matrial_transaction and mtl_transaction_accounts are the main tables in the inv module, i mean if i update any transaction there will affecte all the module views

q2- if yes how i can select ans sales order no from the mtl_material_transactions and how i can update them, what is the uniqe key.

q3- if i have an sales order in period no8 and we made inventory interface to that sales order it mean the transaction made in period 8 can i update the date of transaction and the period , how to update and how to select to be confirm that the update is right.

Best Regards/A.ragab


Patchset C - FRM - 41832 error

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:28:48 -0500
From: "Carver, Elizabeth" ecarver@MarkAndy.com
To: "'oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca'" oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: INV patchset C

Hello
After applying INV C and OE G we are receiving an error when we open the WIP Material Transaction form. FRM - 41832 Error:Program Unit MODAL_SERIAL in library invslent.pll is uncompiled. We have tried compiling and generating this library (as per Support) with no success. Support then had us apply WIP PatchSet A. We have applied this patch but we are still receiving this error. Has anyone else had this problem? If so any suggestions on how to fix?

Thanks
Beth Carver


Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 10:33:23 EDT
From: "Raj P" raj_orapps@hotmail.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: INV patchset C

We had some problem in wip import programs after attaching those patchsets and we replaced with old wip import files and it worked.

u may try any of the following.

alternative -1

As wip - A is the pre-requisite for inv-c, u have to attach inv-c again after u attached wip-A patchset.

and oe-g needs to be attached again as inv-c is the pre-requisite to oe-g..

Server side patches needs sequential load of patch sets.

alternative-2

if u have not recd any error before attaching these patchsets., u can try copying the old .pll files.

ensure, u take backup of new .pll files before u do so...

Rajagopalan Panchatsharam
Manufacturing consultant



Organization - creation - FRM-40735 and ORA-06512 errors

Date: 7 Sep 99 14:21:34 MDT
From: Ora-Tech Systems ora-tech@usa.net
To: OraApps Mailing List oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: [INV] Organization Error

Hi,

We are running Oracle Apps Rel 11.o.3 on Digital Unix and facing the following problem in creating Inventory Organization. Any help regarding this problem would be appreciated. TIA.

Problem Description :
------------------------------------------------------------------
We created an Organization named "CSC".

We assigned "Inventory Organization" to this Organization in the Organization Classification region and then selected;

[Others]
Additional Organization Information
Inventory Information

We specified all the parameters in the related Alternate regions and tried to save the record and but it gives the following error.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Error Text :

FRM-40735:PRE-INSERT trigger raised unhandeled exception ORA-06512
----------------------------------------------
ORA-06512: at "APPS.FND_FLEX_KEY_API", line 2548
ORA-06512: at "APPS.PJM_INSTALL", line 198
ORA-06512: at "APPS.PJM_INSTALL", line 70
ORA-06512: at line 1

Regards,
Ahmed Bham
ahmed_bham@hotmail.com


Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 22:56:01 GMT
From: "Ananth Swaminath" ananth999@hotmail.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Reply: [INV] Organization Error

Hi

Have you verified the Locator Flexfield. It may reference segments related to Project and Task. If so, you need to speak with support to provide you with the patch.

Hope this helped
Ananth
Senior Applications Consultant


Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 22:42:39 PDT
From: "ravi chandran" johnny_ravi@hotmail.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: [INV] Organization Error

Hi!

This error arises from the locator flexfield. The locator flexfield has by default allotted 19 & 20 to PJM which while compiling gives this error. There is a patch 851461 to sort this problem.

Ravi



Attatchment to Master level viewable at Org level

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:40:53 -07:0
From: "Craig Christensen" craig-c@campbellsci.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Attached Documents in Version 11

Hello,

Is there away to attach an Oracle "long" or "short" text document to an item at the Item Master level and have these viewable at the Organization level?

Thanks for your help.

Craig Christensen
craig-c@campbellsci.com
Campbell Scientific Inc.


Subinventory Vs Locator

Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 17:03:33 -0400
From: Sher-Wood / InGlasCo sherwood@qc.aira.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: RUSH: Subinventory vs locator

Hi,

We're working on Oracle Inventory 11.0.2 on NT 4.0 and have a problem regarding that subinventory is attached to a locator and we are not allowed to change it (Menu Path : INV : Set up Organization Stock Locators).

We define a locator and we must attached a subinventory to it. If in the futur we need to change the subinventory attached to that locator : we can not, the field « subinventory » is protected against update.

It means that once a bin is allocated for a subinventory (Ex Finished good) we are not allowed to place something else instead (ex Raw material).

The logic would be that we empty that locator of it’s content, then change the subinventory attached to that locator.Instead : how it works we must inactivate the locator, but can’t recreate the locator with the new subinventory; it say that it is already existing!!!

Is anyone have that problem, and is there any solution to it!

Christain Labrecque
Groupe Drolet


Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:48:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jay Patel-ERP Consultant jpmrp@yahoo.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: RUSH: Subinventory vs locator

Christain,

The only way we have managed to do what you are proposing, is to go into the MTL_ITEM_LOCATIONS table, find the inventory_location_id, and change the segment data (depending on how many segments are in your locator, you may get away with puting an OLD or ERROR in one of the segments) to something else for the existing bin, this will then let you recreate that bin in any other subinventory.

Hope this helps...
Jay


Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 22:49:52 GMT
From: "Ananth Swaminath" ananth999@hotmail.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Reply: RUSH: Subinventory vs locator

Hi Christain

First - a few basics. You assign Locators to Subinventories. Not the other way around. Simply because, a locator is nothing but a particular location in the warehouse. And since any warehouse is segregated into logical areas, you need to define subinventories to map this physical environment.

Before I address your question: I have made one assumption - that the "bin" you have referred to in not one segment of your locator flexfield, but the locator itself. If this is true, then the following reply is in order. Else, you have a problem on hand. And it needs to be looked at in greater detail - more on the lines of what Jay has suggested.

Now your question. From what you have mentioned, it seems that you need to have the flexibility of storing items belonging to different subinventories into one locator. In other words, you need to say store a Raw Material item and a Finished Good item in the same locator (maybe not at the same time). There are not too many business cases that warannt this need. But this does not prclude the fact that it is possible that a few business processes may actually need to have this flexibility in the system.

Locators as a measure of Inventory control function as a rule unto themselves - in that they follow a logic that is the entire reverse of all general inventory rules. What does this mean? Locator Control is first governed at the Organisation level. So if one were to decide that, at this level (when you define Inv. Orgs), there will be no locator control, then there will be none throughout the organisation. Logically, it does seem more rational to delegate this control to the next level - that is the subinventory level. You can decide here, for each subinventory, whether you need to exercise locator control or not. You also have the option to let the level of control flow further down - to the item level.

Let's say you have set the level of locator control to the item level. (You seem to have done this). At this level, you can now decide whether you want to have this item stored in a particualar subinventory only and further to a particualar locator within that. In case you have done this, then you cannot store that item anywhere else. If you need the flexibility of storing the item in different subinventories, then DO NOT restrict the item to a locator in a particualar subinventory or to a particular locator in a particular subinventory. Allow yourself that flexibility.

I would suggest you check the Inventory Attributes for the item in question and verify if the locator control option is set to "Restrict Subinventory" and/or "Prespecified Locator". If so, you may want to change this to achieve the result you desire. Also ensure that you have assigned the item to the various subinventories where you need this flexibility.

Hope this helped. In case you need any further clarifications, do get in touch.

Ananth
Senior Applications Consultant


Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 20:32:15 -0400
From: "Steven C. Kondolf" skondolf@frontiernet.net
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: RUSH: Subinventory vs locator

Hi Christian -

In our 10.7 char environment we came across this same limitation. The way we worked around it is to define a multi-segmented flexfield for the stock locator. Our's is 5 segments and the first segment is subinventory. Here we set up a 2-character independent value set that has an abbreviation of each subinventory. This allows us to create a "unique" locator regardless of the subinventory.

For example 2 of our subinventories are CHEM_FIN and CHEM_RAW. We have our 1st segment set as CF and CR. We can now define 2 locators i.e. CR.123.45.678.90 as well as CF.123.45.678.90

Agreed that it requires a locator be defined for EACH subinventory but it also allows you the flexibility. You could probably come up with a creative way to "automagically"populate this segment based on the item number using a descriptive flexfield or something.

Hope this helps you.


Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 9:26:21 +0100
From: alexandre.gravelin@degremont.com
To: sherwood@qc.aira.com
Cc: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9f._:_RUSH:_Subinventory_vs_locator?=

A big problem in INV is that you have to attached a subinventory to a locator when you define it

This has several consequences :

you can not change the locator of subinventory

you can not re-use this locator for an other subinventory (for exemple if you define a locator code like row/rack/bin, you may want to use the locator 1/5/3 in several subinventories)

A solution to solve this problem that I generaly use, is to define a locator flex-field including the subinventory=2E In this case my locator flex-field will be for exemple with 4 segments like subinventory/row/rack/bin, with a value set table based for the first segment)

Hope this help
Alexandre GRAVELIN
Manufacturing consultant
France



Reconcile inventory for multiple Cost Centers

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:19:37 -0700
From: "Catherine Gauchat" catherine_gauchat@tcibr.com
To: apps oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Reconciling Inventory

Hi,

We are running 11.0.2 version of the applications and are having problem reconciling inventory. We can't find a report that will work if we have more than one cost center. Is anyone else using more than one cost center? What do you use to reconcile inventory?

Thanks,
Catherine


UOM with International implications

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:11:40 -0400
From: "Steven C. Kondolf" skondolf@frontiernet.net
To: "Oracle Listserver" oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: INV: UOM with Int'l Implications

Soon we will be looking at bringing up a Canadian subsidiary on Inventory 10.7char. Currently our uom's are set at the item level so each org has the same default uom. However many of our items are uom gallons and lbs. When we go to our Canadian subsidiary, they will need to be liter and kg. They order these items from us. How do other companies handle this?

Separate sku numbers?
Multi-segment flexfield on system items to make the number "unique"?
Set the default uom attribute to item/org so each org can have a different uom?
Use of uom conversions?

Any suggestions and information given appreciated.

Peace...
Steve


Inventory Table links to SO and PO

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 23:53:59 +0800
From: Eric lee cellolee@ctimail.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Inventory table relationship to SO AND PO

Dear all ,
Could I get help on the following question ?
How could I link MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS and MTL_TRANSACTION_ACCOUNTS to sales order and purchase order ? Cause I'm creating a report which requires relationship between Sales Quantities, Purchased Quantities to Inventory's Quantities.

Thanks in advance.
Eric Lee.



Part Number - change

From: Russell, Pat (IS) [SMTP:PRussell@sigeco.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:19 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Changing part numbers in inventory

Hi -

We went live with Oracle Financials in September of 1998 with these modules(PA,GL,PO,AP,INV,OE). During conversion we set our part numbers (MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS.SEGMENT1) as random numbers from 100001 to 599999. We are in the process of changing those numbers to an intelligent number. My question is what kind of ramifications are we looking at? What happens to Requisitions, open Purchase Orders, booked Orders and so on by us making this change? Has anybody been through this process? If so, what kind of effort and problems arose during this process? Any feedback would greatly be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Pat Russell
System Analysis


Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:25:07 -0400
From: "Maran, Ramanathan (Ramanathan)** CTR **" rammayan@lucent.com
To: "'oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca'" oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: RE: Changing part numbers in inventory

Hi Russell,

Since part number stored only in mtl_system_items table and all others reference them by inventory _ item_id. Just updating segment1 in mtl_system_items table would do. This will not mess up anything unless any triggers associated with mtl_system_items table. But this segment1 needs to be updated across all the orgs where this item is enabled including Master org.

Best of Luck
Maran


Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 20:31:04 MYT-8
From: philip@aleytys.pc.my
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: RE: Changing part numbers in inventory

Remember to make sure that the flexfield-segment-values are also updated.

Philip


Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 22:52:52 -0700
From: "TomHery" TomHery@home.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: RE: Changing part numbers in inventory

Have you given consideration to NOT using an intelligent part number system?

It is difficult to design one that run into problems the day after you design it. Such things as:

* Added new product families and the intelligence can no longer be maintained.
* Buying another company that has part numbers that conflict with yours.
* Having to change the intelligent "format", impacting all of your marketing literature
* Having to pre-assign significant part number ranges for later use.

Just a few thoughts from someone that's been there.


Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:16:39 -0400
From: Steve Harper steve.harper@pragmatek.com
To: "'oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca'" oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: RE: Changing part numbers in inventory

I would echo Tom's thoughts. I have yet to see an intelligent numbering scheme that doesn't break down pretty rapidly and create even more confusion. It is also rather difficult to enforce since it requires ongoing training and monitoring of whoever is responsible for maintaining it.
Steve Harper
PRAGMATEK Consulting Group, Ltd.
Steve.Harper@pragmatek.com