Friday, October 16, 2015

Oracle SCM Functional Interview Questions & Answers - Inventory Module – Part VIII

Oracle SCM Functional Interview Questions & Answers - Inventory Module – Part VIII

If the Line Type selected in a PO is ‘Outside Processing’, what should be the Destination type?
Shop floor.

Is it possible to schedule an item for Cycle Counting when it is under Serial Control?
Yes from release 11.0 it is possible but for prior release it is not possible as cycle counting and serial number control doesn’t go parallel.

What is Hit/Miss % stands for in a Cycle Count?
A Count is considered a Hit if it is within the Hit/Miss tolerance and a Miss, if it is beyond the tolerance. The Hit/Miss tolerance can be either the approval tolerance or slightly wider. The Hit/Miss tolerance is used to evaluate the accuracy of the Cycle Count procedures rather than the actual accuracy of the Inventory.

If you don’t want the quantity, ordered or due, is to be displayed while receiving an item, how will you do this?
Set the Receiving Option ‘Allow Blind receiving’ to Yes.

How will you ensure that all Receipts will be numbered automatically?
Define the numbering method Automatic or Manual in Receiving Options. If Automatic is selected, enter the starting number also in the field ‘Next number’.

If you want updation of Item Names, where will you mention it?
The profile option ‘INV:Updatable Item Names’ to Yes.

What is an Intransit Inventory?
When materials are transferred between organizations, we use Intransit Inventory if the distance between the shipping and receiving organizations are high and consequently the transportation time is more. The material is in Intransit Inventory means that it is in the transport used (Truck etc.).

How will you track material in Intransit Inventory?
Navigation:
India Local Inventory Responsibility > Oracle Inventory > Transaction > Material Transaction.

Enter the required search criteria and click Find.
The pop up window has the following regions:
Location:
Display the Item, Subinventory, Locator, Revision, Transfer Locator, Transfer Subinventory, Transfer organization, Transaction Date, Transaction Type Information.
Intransit:
Display the Shipment Number, Way bill /Air bill Number, Freight Code, Container, Quantity and Transaction Type Information.
Reason, Reference:
Display the Item, Transaction Reason, Transaction Reference, Costed Indicator, Supplier, Lot, Source Code, Source Line ID and Transaction Type Information.
Transaction ID:
Display the Item, Transfer Transaction ID, Transaction Header Number, Receiving Transaction ID, Completion Transaction ID, Department Code, Operation Seq. Number and Transaction Type Information.
Transaction Type:
Display the Item, Source, Source Type, Transaction Type, Transaction UOM, Transaction Qty., Transaction ID and Transaction Date Information.

What is the difference between Focus Forecasting and Statistical Forecasting?
Focus Forecasting:
This procedure tests, the selected items against a number of forecasting techniques and choose the best one, based on history, as the technique to forecast future demand.
Statistical Forecasting:
Uses the exceptional smoothing, trend and seasonality algorithms to forecast demand for an item.

What does the term ‘Alpha Smoothing Factor’ used in Statistical Forecasting means?
This Factor is used to smooth demand for each successive period in the forecast. This levels the demand throughout the forecast, reducing dramatic upward or downward fluctuations.
The value can range from 0 to 1. Values closer to 0 give more weight to past demand; values closer to 1 give more weight to current demand.

What is the Item Attributes Control Level?
The Item Attributes can be controlled at Organization Level and Master Level.

Can you set item attributes differently for different organizations?
Yes. Those attributes that are controlled at organization level can be set differently for different organizations.
Navigation:
India Local Inventory Responsibility > Oracle Inventory > Items > Organization Items.

Set the required attribute and this will be applicable only to that particular organization.

Which are those item attributes that can be controlled only at one level? Mention the attribute and its unique control level.


While doing the Sales Order scheduling with Demand Reservation, the item is not getting reserved. Where will you check?
1. Check the Item Attribute ‘Reservable’ is set to ‘Yes’ or not.
2. Set the Profile Option ‘OE: Reservations’ is set to ‘Yes’ or not.
Reservation control for a Subinventory overrides reservations control for an item. In other words, if an item is reservable but the Subinventory is not, the item quantity in that Subinventory is not reservable.

Suppose one of your suppliers of a particular item supplies the material only in full truckload. How will you ensure that the Order Quantity will always be the full truckload quantity or it’s multiple?
Enter the full truckload quantity in the ‘Fixed Order Quantity’ field of item Attributes.


Reference: Collected from various web sources.

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