Technical Foundation

Inventory
David Woolbright
DARC Corporation
 Agenda
• Review - Reading an ERD
• Help->Examine-> Block: SYSTEM Field: LAST QUERY
• Overview - Oracle Inventory
• Inventory Organizations
• Setting up Items
• Inventory Transactions
• Inventory APIs – Descriptions and Supporting Tables
Reading an ERD
Utility Diagnostics
 Overview

• Oracle Inventory is one of Oracle’s enterprise

applications products. Oracle Inventory enables
companies to satisfy business needs such as these:
• Modeling organization structures
• Defining part numbers
• Tracking perpetual inventory
• Maintaining accurate on-hand balances
• Planning material replenishments
• Forecasting anticipated demand
Inventory Integration
 Inventory Structure
Set of Books
Legal Entity
Operating Unit
Inventory Organization
• Item Master
• Item Validation
 Inventory Structure
Inventory Organization
Subinventory
Locator
Location
 Organization Form
Define Organization Form
 Inventory Parameters
Define Inventory Parameters Form
Organization ERD
 Item Definition Forms
Define Master Items
 Item Definition Forms
Define Organization Items
 Item Definition ERD
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B HR_ALL_ORGANIZATION_UNITS

MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES

MTL_CATEGORIES_B MTL_CATEGORY_SETS_B
 Inventory Control Forms
• Expected Receipts
 Inventory Control Forms
• Subinventory Transfer
 Inventory Control Forms
• Inter-Organization Transfer, I
 Inventory Control Forms
• Inter-Organization Transfer, II
 Inventory Control Forms
• Material Transaction Interface
 Inventory Control ERD
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS MTL_TXN_SOURCE_TYPES

MTL_ONHAND_QUANTITIES_DETAIL MTL_TRANSACTION_TYPES
 Inventory APIs
Open Item Interface
You can import items from any source into Oracle Inventory
and Oracle Engineering using the Item Interface. With this
interface, you can convert inventory items from another
inventory system, migrate assembly and component items
from a legacy manufacturing system, convert purchased
items from a custom purchasing system, and import new
items from a Product Data Management package. The Item
Interface validates your data, ensuring that your imported
items contain the same item detail as items you enter
manually in the Master Item window.
 Inventory APIs
Open Item Interface ERD
 Inventory APIs
Material Transactions Interface
The Material Transactions Interface (MTI) allows you to
easily load transactions into Oracle Inventory from external
applications and feeder systems. MTI is a very flexible
interface that is able to perform a wide variety of transactions
within the Oracle Inventory module.
 Inventory APIs
Material Transactions Interface ERD
Questions and Answers