Dedicated Inventory

This field is enabled only if the Consignment Type is set to None. If the Consignment Type is Customer, the Dedicated Inventory check box is automatically selected and then disabled. If the Consignment Type is Vendor, the Dedicated Inventory check box is disabled in whatever state it was in (selected or cleared).

Select this field to "protect" the inventory stored at this warehouse from use by MRP, APS, and MPS Processor planning functions. When these planning functions search for available on-hand inventory to allocate to demands, they will ignore the inventory in this warehouse. Warehouses with dedicated inventory are useful for serving demands tied to that warehouse and which do not affect planning for the remainder of the site.

The MRP and APS systems and MPS Processor calculate available on-hand inventory and safety stock replenishment needs using the total quantity at all warehouses in which Dedicated Inventory is NOT selected. Also, these planning functions ignore all demands and supplies that specify a dedicated-inventory warehouse.

See About Warehouses for more information about this feature.