Inventory summary

The Inventory Summary screen enables you to view information about an item, including general item information, an item's total supply and demand, and item availability.

The view icons and actions allows you to view different types of information for the specified inventory item.

Table 1. Inventory summary screen, item information
View Icons Description
Reservations This icon takes you to the Inventory Reservations screen which displays any reservations for the specified inventory item.
Ship Node View This icon takes you to the Ship Nodes screen which displays information pertaining to the nodes from which the specified inventory item is shipped.
Audit This icon takes you to the Inventory Audit List which provides audit activity information pertaining to the specified inventory item.
Kit Components This icon takes you to the Associated Items List which lists any items associated with the specified inventory item for substitution, cross-sell or up-sell purposes.
Negotiations This icon takes you to the Pending Adjustments List which lists any inventory adjustments that are pending for the specified inventory item.
Actions
Adjust Inventory This action button takes you to the Adjust Inventory Detail screen so that you can make adjustments to the inventory for the selected items.
ATP Options This action button takes you to the Availability to Promise (ATP) Options Search By All Attributes screen. The search criteria is pre-populated with the selected inventory Item ID.
Fields
Organization Code The organization associated with the inventory.
Item ID The item ID.
Product Class The item's classification, such as first quality, second quality, or finished good.
Unit of Measure The item's unit of measure.
Tracked Everywhere Displays Y if inventory is tracked at all nodes. Displays N if some ship nodes are configured on the system as INFINITE inventory nodes and therefore actual inventory information is not available.
Description Description of the item.
Lead Days The amount of time (in days) needed to procure the item and make it available for shipping.
Processing Days The amount of time (in days) it takes for an item to be received by a Seller and made ready for shipment.
Expired Supply If the item is time sensitive, this field displays the total amount of inventory across the inventory consolidator that is expired based upon its ship by date.
Consider All Nodes Select Consider All Nodes to see the item's availability picture across all nodes in your inventory consolidation.
Distribution Rule Choose Distribution Rule and select a specific rule to see the availability picture across that distribution. A distribution rule establishes the ship node determination process. It determines the default nodes that an item should be sourced from based on priority.

For example, if you source the same item from multiple ship nodes, but have to set one of the ship nodes as the primary distributor of the item, you may create a distribution rule in the Applications Manager assigning that particular source node with the highest priority for shipping the item.

Segmentation All Inventory - Displays quantity of segmented (set aside in order to fulfill demand from designated customers) and unsegmented items.

Unsegmented Inventory - Enables display of items that have not been designated as segmented.

Consider Segment Type - Choose the type of segmentation (MTC or MTO) and enter the Segment name. Segment is defined at the time of order creation or inventory adjustment.

Horizon End Date Enter the date up to which you want supply, demand, and availability to be calculated.
Table 2. Inventory summary screen, supply
Supply

Total inventory expected at the node, through the date entered in Horizon End Date.

Supply is calculated through the date entered in Horizon End Date.

The supply breakdown is displayed here in both a pie chart and a tabular view depicting the types of supply, the organization that owns the supply, and how much supply there is across all nodes.

Supply inventory screen, which displays the breakdown of inventory through a pie chart and in a tabular view
Supply Type The type of inventory supply of the item. For example, ONHAND, HOLD are valid supply types.
Organization Code The code assigned to the organization that currently owns the inventory.
Quantity The quantity of the supply type. If the supply belongs to the organization for which supply is being checked, a link is provided to view the Supply Type Details.
Table 3. Inventory summary screen, demand
Demand

The amount of inventory that becomes outgoing due to reservations and orders.

Demand is calculated through the date entered in Horizon End Date.

The demand breakdown is displayed here in both a pie chart and a tabular view depicting the types of demand, the organization that has the demand, how much demand there is across all nodes.

Inventory supply screen, which is dispalying the demand for inventory through a pie chart and in tabular view.
Demand Type The type of inventory demand of the item. For example, ALLOCATED, OPEN ORDER are valid demand types.
Organization Code The code assigned to the organization that currently has the demand.
Quantity The quantity of the demand type. If the demand belongs to the organization for which demand is being checked, a link is provided to view the Demand List.
Table 4. Inventory summary screen, available
Available

The availability graph displays actual item availability at the ship node, taking available-to-promise rules, into consideration. The graph displays the following:

  • Supply - Total inventory expected.
  • Demand - The amount of incoming inventory that becomes outgoing due to reservations and orders.
  • Shortage - Any actual shortage after supply, demand, and available-to-promise rules have been applied.
  • Availability - The actual amount available after supply, demand, and available-to-promise rules have been applied.
    Inventory supply screen, which is displaying the demand for supply in both a pie chart and in tabular view.

The available-to-promise rule compares the supply versus demand of an item and determines the demand of the item with the existing supply. If the demand cannot be met with the existing supply it is considered as shortage quantity.

Fields Description
Availability View Select All to view a graph displaying the entire availability picture through the date entered in Horizon End Date.

Select Weekly to view a week-by-week availability picture through the date entered in Horizon End Date.

Select Monthly to view a month-by-month availability picture through the date entered in Horizon End Date.

Availability This is a tabular view of the information displayed in the Item ATP Info graph.
Start Date Date range starting from today.
End Date Date arrived at dependant of whether you chose All, Weekly, or Monthly from Availability.
Supply Total inventory expected during the start and end date range. Click the expand button to view the supply type distribution of inventory.
  • Supply Type - The type of inventory supply of the item. For example, ONHAND, INTRANSIT are valid supply types.
  • Organization Code - The code assigned to the organization that currently owns the inventory.
  • Quantity - The quantity of the supply type. If the supply belongs to the organization for which supply is being checked, a link is provided to view the Supply Type Details.
Demand Total inventory leaving during the fulfillment process between the start and end date range. Click the expand button to view the supply type distribution of inventory.
  • Demand Type - The type of inventory demand of the item. For example, ALLOCATED, OPEN ORDER are valid demand types.
  • Organization Code - The code assigned to the organization that currently has the demand.
  • Quantity - The quantity of the demand type. If the demand belongs to the organization for which demand is being checked, a link is provided to view the Demand List.
Available The actual amount available between the start and end date range after supply, demand, and available-to-promise rules have been applied.
Shortage Any actual shortage between the start and end date range after supply, demand, and available-to-promise rules have been applied.