Defining Location in Oracle Inventory

Defining Location in Oracle Inventory

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Location:

Locations are physical site location / address details. The addresses of external organizations that are to be maintained in system, such as employment agencies, tax authorities, and insurance or benefits carriers and also when setting up internal or external organizations, the address can be picked from a list of these locations.

Locations are shared across Business Groups in Oracle HRMS and with two other Oracle applications: Inventory and Purchasing Modules.

Define Location:

Navigation:

India Local Inventory > Oracle Inventory > Setup > Organizations > Locations

1. Header:

Global Check box:

Enabling Global Check box means when the location to be global location and to be available to all Business Groups. Note – Once Global check box enabled cannot be amended for the set location.

Name & Description:

Define the name of the location and a description if required.

Inactive Address:

Locations once defined, cannot be deleted. But can be inactive by defining the Inactive date

2. Address Details Tab:

Select an address style from the list, a window opens based on the address style selected.

Define the address information in the window.

3. Shipping Details Tab:

Contact: Optional contact name for the location Name.

Ship-To Location: Usually this is same as the location name.

Ship-To Site: Select this option to make the location Name a valid Ship-to organization on a purchase order or requisition.

Bill-To Site: Select this option to make the location Name a valid bill–to site. The Bill–To Site, which is used by Payables, is specified on a purchase order header.

Receiving Site: Select this option to make the location a valid receiving Location when creating a receipt or receiving transaction.

Office Site: Select this option to indicate that this location Name is an office site, such as a field office.

Internal Site: Select this option to make the location a valid internal ship–to location when creating an internal requisition.

Selecting the check boxes means that you are making the location Name a valid location in the list of values on a Purchasing document. For example, selecting Ship–To Site makes the location name a valid choice in the list of values for the Ship–To field on a purchase order header.

4. Other Details Tab:

Inventory Organization: Select an Inventory Organization from the list of values, which indicates that the location is linked with the selected inventory organization. If no inventory org is selected, then the location becomes available on purchasing documents in all organizations.