Move Order transaction in Oracle Apps

  Q1. What is a Move Order transaction?

 A1. Move Order is a request for a subinventory transfer or an account issue

 also known as an account transfer. Move Orders allow planners and facility

 managers to request the movement of material within the warehouse or facility

 for replenishment, material storage relocations and quality handling, etc. 

 For all Move Orders the final result will be one of two supported transactions:

 subinventory or account transfer. Subinventory transfer transactions may still

 be initiated without utilizing the Move Order function if desired.

 Q2. What Move Order source types are available?

 A2. There are three Move Order source types:

 A.  Move Order Requisition

     Generated by:

 *   Manually generated request inside Inventory

     Navigation  Inventory->Transactions->Move Orders

 The requisition is a manually generated request for a Move Order.

 May optionally utilize the approval processing - the requisition can

 optionally go through an Oracle Workflow approval process before it becomes

 a Move Order. If no approval process is used, the requisition becomes a move

 order immediately.

 B. Replenishment Move Order

     Generated by:      

 *   Kanban Cards when pull sequence calls for subinventory transfer

     (intra-org Kanbans)

 *   Min Max Planning Report planned at the Subinventory Level

 *   Replenishment Counts

 Replenishment Move Orders are pre-approved and ready to be transacted.

 C. Wave Pick Move Order

     Generated by:      

 *   Sales Order picking

 *   Internal Sales Order picking

 The Order Management pick release process generates move orders to bring

 material from its source location in Inventory to a staging location, which is

 defined as a subinventory. In other words, a subinventory transfer. 

 Wave Pick Move Orders are pre-approved and ready to transact. Pick slips can

 also be generated for these Move Orders from Inventory with the release of the

 Oracle Order Management module.

 Q3. What are the components of a Move Order?

 A3.  The Move Order has three components:

 *Move Order Header:             Order Type      Default Source

                                 Order Number    Default Destination

 * Move Order Lines:             Item            Source

                                 Project/Task    Destination

                                 Request Qty     Completed Qty

 * Move Order Line Detail:       Item    Destination Details

                                 Lot/Serial/Locator

                                 Quantity/UOM

                                 Source Details

 Move Order Header - Oracle inventory uses the Move Order header to store the

 Move Order source type which refers to the entity that created the Move Order.

 An Order could be a pick wave, sales order pick, a replenishment type (Kanban,

 Min-Max, Replenishment Count) or  a requisition. The Move Order header also

 stores the default source and destination location in the event of a subinventory

 transfer, or an account in the event of an account transfer. The header also

 stores the Move Order number and the requested date.

 Move Order Lines - Move Order Lines are the requests on a Move Order. They store

 the item, requested quantity, completed quantity (for partially fulfilled Move

 Order), a source and destination if known. The Move Order lines also include

 any project and task references, if the organization is project manufacturing

 enabled.

 Move Order Lines Details - Move Order Lines Details contain the information

 necessary to fulfill a particular request line. For instance, the material

 locator, lot or serial control information will be contained at the line detail

 level.  These details are automatically populated by Oracle Inventory when

 picking rules and item transaction defaults for destination locators have been

 setup, or the user can manually fill in the details.  It is highly recommended

 that the item transaction defaults feature be set up in Release 11i:

 Inventory->Setup->Transactions->Item Transaction Defaults

 Q4. What is the basic process flow of a Move Order Requisiton?

 A4. The Move Order process  deploys the following steps:

 *   Create the Move Order for required material. You can manually create the

     requisition or it may be automatically generated at Pick Release, Kanban

     Replishment, Min-Max or Replishment Count reports.

 *   Approve the Move Order if required. There is a seeded Oracle Workflow for

     Move Order Approvals. If  approval is required then the Item Planner must

     approve the Move Order Lines. All automatically generated Move Orders are

     created with an automatic approval.  If you do not desire to require

     approvals in your Inventory Organization for manual Move Order Requisitions

     then you must set your Time Out period parameter to '0' and the Time-Out

     Action parameter to 'Approve'. 

     Navigation:  Inventory->Setup->Organizations->Parameters

     Choose the Inventory Parameters Tab.

 *   Detail the Move Order. Detailing is the process that uses Oracle Inventory

     picking rules to determine where to source the material to fulfill a request

     line. The detailing process fills in the Move Order Line Details with the

     actual transactions to be performed and allocates the material to the Move

     Order. You should not detail a Move Order too soon in the business process

     because the detailing process for a Move Order creates pending transactions

     and removes that quantity from an availability picture. Detailing should not

     be done until you are ready to print a pick slip and actually move the

     material.

 *   Print a pick slip if desired or push the Move Order Line Details to mobile

     devices for transaction through the Move Order API - Move Orders

     INV_Move_Order_PUB.

 *   You are now ready to transact the Move Order. You can transact all the order

     lines at once or one detail line at a time as the items are moved.  If you

     transact less than the requested quantity, the Move Order will stay open

     until the total quantity is transacted, or the Move Order is closed

     or cancelled.

 Q5. What new tables, forms or profile options are used with the Move Order

     function?

 A5.

 TABLES

      MTL_TXN_REQUEST_HEADERS

      MTL_TXN_REQUEST_LINES

 FORMS

      Move Orders (INVTOMAI)

      This form allows you to create and  approve Move Orders by specifying

      items, source and destination locations, quantities and other order

      information.

      This form includes the following windows:

         Find Move Orders

         Move Order Header Summary

         Move Order Lines Summary

      Transact Move Orders (INVTOTRX)

      This form allows you to transact Move Orders and to view and update

      sourcing information.

      This form includes the following windows:

      Find Move Order Lines

      Transact Move Orders

      Transact Move Order Line Details

 PROFILE OPTION

      TP:INV Move Order Transact Form

      This profile option allows the Move Order transaction mode to be set as

      either online, background or concurrent request.