Item class in Oracle Fusion Inventory

 Oracle Fusion introduced Item class concept in Oracle inventory .Item class is like categories and it will be defined as part of Root Item class Hierarchy (Tree) structure .Primary purpose of Item class is

1.       To provide numbering for Item definition like AC 1001 ,AC 1002

2.       Item security – Item class restricts the Role/user at Inventory organization level  with specific privileges like

a.       Maintain Item data (Edit/Update  Item parameters)

b.      View Item Data  

3.       Item templates are assigned based on item class definition.

E.g Item class : Raw Materials

It includes Purchased goods Template and not Finished goods template.

Please find the detail description of Item class definition with screenshots

In Fusion, Item classes are created at the root item class or within a parent item class, and inherit values based on selections made when defining the item class .


Item class creation is connected with the following attributes groups

Header region

a.       Item class and Parent Item class definition in the header region. Please enable the check box “ Item creation allowed “ so that Item will be created using this item class.


    Item Management

a.       Item Number generation is handled through this attribute group . There are fields like  Prefix and suffix  provided in addition with sequence number generation.  Item Number like AC1000 can be setup with sequence like AC1001,AC1002 with increment of 1. Refer the below screenshot below


 

Security    

     Item class security is defined with the following attributes

1.       Group(Role)/user

2.       Name

3.       Organization (Inventory Org)

4.       Item class(Parent)

5.       Inherited – Enable/disable

6.       Start date


 


Item Template: 

        Assign the list of Item templates which are applicable to Item class .Each Template is associated with inventory Organization .When item is creates from Item class , it will be assigned to the inventory organization based on this association

 


 

 











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