Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Handbook 3/E, 3rd Edition

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Oracle Inventory

nventory is at the heart of almost any business and is central to the planning process. The considerations in setting it up are at least as complex as those for any other single application. Commonly, Inventory will be installed during the implementation of Order Management, Purchasing, Manufacturing, or Supply Chain Management, but it is an extremely complex module in its own right with several important setup considerations.

Overview of Inventory

An inventory system provides physical management of a company’s stock ...