Managing Inventory Transfer

Using the inventory transfer attributes and commands, you can have the entity receive a new inventory item quantity or transfer an inventory item quantity from a source storage entity to a destination storage entity. The source storage entity is the entity from which you want to move inventory items and the destination storage entity is the entity to which you want to move inventory items.

The inventory transfer attributes and commands are on the Inventory Transfer tab in the Object Editor. For this tab to appear in the Object Editor, the Entity Can Store Items option on the General tab must be selected.

To receive a new inventory item, attributes that begin with the words To and Transfer are used, whereas, to transfer inventory items, all the attributes are used.

You can reclassify an inventory item to a new grade, state, or expiry date by triggering the Move Inventory command.

To reclassify the grade, state, or expiry for an existing inventory item, values of the following attributes must be same:

• To Location and From Location

• To Item and From Item

• To Lot and From Lot

• To Sublot and From Sublot

If an inventory is maintained according to a job, the following additional attributes must also be the same:

• To Work Order and From Work Order

• To Operation and From Operation

• To Sequence Number and From Sequence Number

You must specify source and destination details to transfer an inventory item, such as location, transfer quantity, and lot and sublot numbers.

For information about the attributes available at run time, see Inventory Transfer Attributes Available at Run Time.