Special Edition Using Oracle® 11i

Chapter 17. Using Oracle Inventory

In this chapter

• Introduction

• Oracle Inventory Relationships to Other Applications

• Discovering New Features in Release 11i

• Critical Implementation Factors

• Configuring the Application

• Loading System Items

• Processing Transactions

• Additional Application Functions

Introduction

The purpose of the Oracle Inventory application is to assist an organization in defining and tracking inventory items or parts. It helps the organization answer such questions as how many on-hand are there of a particular part and where the parts are located. It provides support for recording the receipt and disbursement of items as well as the physical and cyclical counting of those items. Oracle Inventory also provides for the replenishment of items ...