Course Description for Maintain Inventory Advanced

This course covers advanced functionalities in the Inventory module that are not used by all companies. For instance, it explains consignment stock, planning of warehouse transports, inventory valuation methods, handling of serial numbers, etc.

Course Length

The estimated time to complete this course is approximately 14 hours.

Target Audience

This course is designed primarily for application consultants who will be specialists in the Maintain Inventory area.

Inventory Planning

This chapter outlines how to create a report on the present demand for parts, and create purchase orders or requisitions from the demand report.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 2 hours.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory planning.

Consignment Stock

This chapter outlines how to set up a consignment stock at your warehouse and how to move parts between the different stock types.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour 15 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory handling.

Warehousing

This chapter outlines how to plan more efficiently the movement of stored parts, and how to inform the warehouse staff of the parts to be moved and to which locations.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed all intermediate courses in Distribution or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory planning and handling.

Bar Codes

This chapter outlines how to use bar codes at inventory locations.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory planning and handling.

Inventory Valuation

This chapter outlines different ways of controlling your inventory valuation. It specifies how different cost levels could be used, how periodic weighted average and transaction based invoice consideration work as inventory valuation methods and how to set up and follow up on cost details.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 4 hours.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with financial control of inventory, particularly with inventory valuation methods.

Pallets

This chapter outlines how to use pallet-handled parts in a warehouse.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory planning and handling.

Configure to Order

This chapter outlines how to handle stored configured parts.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory handling.

Serial  and Lot Batch Numbering

This chapter outlines how to use serial numbers on parts, and to use batch numbers in stock.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory handling.

Warranties

This chapter outlines how to handle customer and supplier warranties on stored parts.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory handling.

Rotable Part Pool

This chapter outlines how to handle inventory parts in a rotable part pool.

Prerequisites

Before starting the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the basic courses in Maintain Inventory or have the equivalent knowledge.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for people who will be working with inventory handling.