Accounting-Inventory

Accounting-Inventory

Inventory is ordered in PeopleSoft ePro.  Once an invoice is received for materials, a receipt is created in Maximo automatically via a nightly batch process.  If the materials are being purchased for inventory they have to go into a central bucket since PeopleSoft purchasing does not use Inventory or part numbers.  This is done to accurately calculate the average cost per item for billing for our services.

Processes used to adjust inventory that has come in via the interfaces and now needs to be transferred to the correct storeroom at the correct average price:

  • View Inventory Transactions from the interface

  • Inventory Adjustments

    • Current Balance

    • Average Cost

  • Transfer Current Item

  • Adjust Phantom to account for transactions completed

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Inventory Menu

 

Quick Map - Fuel Inventory

What

Item

Storeroom

What

Item

Storeroom

Receive real quantity and cost into Phantom Storeroom

UNLEADED

or

DIESEL

FUELINVENTORY

Transfer the real quantity and cost into the Real Storeroom

UNLEADED

or

DIESEL

GASOLINE

Adjust the Phantom Storeroom for the interface quantity

FUELINVENTORY

FUELINVENTORY

 

Quick Map - Other Inventory

What

Item

Storeroom

What

Item

Storeroom

Receive real quantity and cost into Phantom Storeroom

Maximo Part Number

OTHERINVENTORY

Transfer the real quantity and cost into the Real Storeroom

Maximo Part Number

Correct Storeroom

ex:

LOCKSHOP

AUTOGARAGE

MACHINESHOP

etc.

Adjust the Phantom Storeroom for the interface quantity

OTHERINVENTORY

OTHERINVENTORY

 

Step-by-Step 

  • Phantom: Reconcile Balance in FUELINVENTORY > FUELINVENTORY or OTHERINVENTORY> OTHERINVENTORY

    • Write down current balance from portlet

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Inventory Portlet
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Inventory View Transactions Not Processed

 

  • Lies: Go to the Lies with Real Part #, Phantom Storeroom (e.g., UNLEADED or DIESEL > FUELINVENTORY or PN008087 > OTHERINVENTORY)

    • Don’t forget to Change the view to All Records

    • Verify the Current Balance = 0

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Inventory Lies

 

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Average Cost Adjustment
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Inventory Current Balance Adjustment

 

  • Reality: Transfer Current Item > This is what move the part into “Reality.”

    • Enter the actual quantity received from above.

    • Enter the “real” Storeroom.

    • Make sure the conversion factor says 1 (this will come in when you enter the storeroom)

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Inventory Transfer Current Item

 

  • Phantom: Reduce the quantity in the Phantom Part # and Phantom Storeroom

    • Go Home

    • Click on the Item and Storeroom you are working on in the Central Inventory portlet

    • Inventory Adjustments > Current Balance

    • Change the New Balance to Current Balance – Quantity from the Phantom Transaction you just took care of (remember this may NOT be the quantity you used for the Lies and Reality, it won’t be for the blanket POs)

    • Click Ok

    • View Inventory Transactions

    • Open the ^ next to the transaction and click ONE TIME ONLY on the button to Toggle the Reception Status (a.k.a. done)

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View Inventory Transactions

 

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Inventory Toggle Reception Status