Process: Update expected inventory

Flow

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Update expected inventory

Objective

Record information about future inventory receipts and make such information available for backorder processing, where an available date for shipment can be determined based on the date the inventory will be received.

Description

This process differs from Create expected inventory record and Manage expected inventory records, in that it operates in batch mode, where input is a list of inventory items that will be updated or created.

This process takes as input the following information, which is required to create or update an expected-inventory record. The input is the following:

Expected inventory allows the tracking of inventory that has been ordered as well as what has and has not arrived. Expected inventory is used in the calculation of expected ship dates and can be used for tracking costs of goods sold as well as in the calculation of when goods should be reordered.

Features

Customization

Edition

Professional, Business Edition

Tasks

Task Description Role
Accept batch expected avail request

Accept the expected inventory availability request and parse the input.

System
Create the batches

Create a batch of records to be updated together

System
Create expected inventory record

This task creates an expected inventory record for the specified vendor for the specified item.

Input

  • Expected data
System
Update expected inventory record

This tasks creates an expected inventory record for the specified vendor for the specified item.

Input:

System

Business artifacts

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