Tracking Inventory and Costs

Hi
One of my client who has a full Oracle E-Biz suite in cluding finacials, PO, Inventory, manufacturing and projects is seeking advise on the following issues. In essence the client want's to perform some window dressing which should be out of their books. However, they need to monitor inventory and track costs of the same.
CFM & Repair Assts requirements: (CFM is an American confirmity for manufacturing companies)
The client needs the cost of CFM and RA to be in the system to:
Operate cycle counting. (Material)
Have cost feasibility. Project & Finance)
Evaluate their liability to the customer (Projects)
Evaluate inventory for insurance purpose (Contracts)
Meet special contracts requirement like not to exceed limit.(Projects)
The client don’t want the cost of CFM and RA to be part of their inventory value since it's not their materials.(Finance)
The client don’t want the CFM and RA to affect the material unit average cost.(Finance)
appreciate any suggestions. pls mail to "[email protected]"
Regards,
Rajani

Hello John,
Probably your honest declaration of I am preparing for a demo this week scare everyone off.
You know, it is not that easy to solve this problem unless you have complete knowledge of all UoM in item master.
My suggestion will be: instead of getting other's option, try to change Purchasing UoM, Item per Purchasing Unit, Packaging  UoM, Quantity per Packaging UoM in your master to understand how per pound can be set up correctly in your case.  If you know exactly how these works, all concept will apply to sales UoM too.
Thanks,
Gordon

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