Defaulting of SubInventory / Locator

Question

Hi
We have configured Subinventory as locator controlled. I need inputs on below scenarios -
Can we default Subinventory and Locator at the time of PO Receipt. My understanding is SubInventory can be defaulted by maintaining subinventory at Item - Org in Item Master / Subinventory on PO Line / Transaction default. Is there any alternate option?
Locator is dynamically controlled and the user can give the locator at the time of PO Receipt. Locator can be given in Item Transaction Default screen but as we have millions of items so the process will become very cumbersome. Is there any good alternative to default the Locator at the time of PO Receipt.
For drop ship orders, users would not like to enter the subinventory and locator for each line. Subinventory can be defaulted but how to default a single value of locator for multiple lines at the time of PO Receipt.
Pl share your thoughts!
Thanks!
Rajeev

Answer 1

Sandeep Gandhi, Independent Consultant wrote:
Rajeev, assuming your subinventory is locator controlled, you can let a locator default automatically at PO receipt.
You are familiar with the "item transaction defaults" screen. Just go to the locator tab and create a new record with type = Receiving.
If you have a large number of records, you can do load those values programmatically.
Since it is only a default, the user can override it at the time of receiving.
The other option is to modify the receipt traveller. This way, a default can be printed on it based on your custom logic. And when the warehouse person PUTS AWAY the material, he enters the put away tranasction with the locator where it was stored. This works especially well if you are using handheld scanners for put away. You print the non-barcoded locator on the receipt traveler. And you make the person scan the actual locator on the rack. This ensures that he put it away at the right location.
For drop ship orders, why are you receiving them in a locator controlled subinventory? Or you are not using the true drop-ship functionalty in Oracle?
Hope this helps,
Sandeep Gandhi My bad..sandeep is right..what i did was i haven't created a record for subinventory in item default screen..i just created it for locator..so when i was receiving it..i can't find the default values..i just went ahead and created a record for combination of subinventory and locator..and i could see them..been defaulted..
Sandeep..
what do you mean by true drop ship functionality in oracle..can you be more specific please??
we follow by defining the item to a least used org..when we create a SO..we do select it as external source..then we logical receive PO...and do the logical receipt
Any other way you are talking about??
Thanks
Mahendra