Setting up consigned inventory

Inventory that is consigned by a vendor can be tracked and processed in the back office, and vendors can use the portal to review consigned inventory levels and evaluate past consumption.

If you get consigned inventory from vendors, you must set up the consignment warehouse and upper and lower boundaries for managing inventory replenishment in the consignment warehouse for all sites from which consigned inventory is provided.

  1. Open the Warehouses form.
  2. Specify the warehouse to be used for inventory consigned from the vendor.
  3. Set the Consignment Type to Vendor.
  4. Specify the vendor and the location from which consignment inventory will be consumed.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Open the Item/Warehouse form.
  7. Set the minimum and maximum consignment quantity for items in the consignment warehouse. These values are displayed on the portal Consigned Inventory page.

    Alerts can be sent to subscribed portal users when consignment quantity goes below the minimum or above the maximum requirement. See the section about setting up event notifications.

  8. Click Save.