In a traditional warehouse environment, inventory of finished goods is represented as a good quality product. Inventory that fails quality control requires representation as bad inventory. For example, shoes with a different shade than what is specified. In best practice situations, these must be maintained and transacted with the understanding that it is bad inventory.
The maintains bad inventory under a different product class. This maintains item integrity and simplifies handling from a global inventory perspective. This also provides immediate visibility of SKUs at their product class level. An example of product class attribute is described in the following table.
Location | Node | Item ID | Product Class | On Hand Quantity |
---|---|---|---|---|
13C01 | Memphis Distribution Center | ITEM1 | FQ | 100 |
ITEM1 | FD | 20 |
Industry examples include:
The advantages provided include a single item ID across multiple product classes.