Transfer to/from Project Inventory
Use this process to change the ownership of inventory between projects, and
between the standard inventory and project inventory. Although similar to the
Change Inventory Location scenario, this function only changes the project belonging
of the inventory on-hand, and does not physically move the stock between locations.
Inventory can be categorized according to its ownership as Standard Inventory
and Project Inventory. A given project can own its project inventory,
ensuring that the material acquired to its project cannot be issued to fulfill
other demands, from another project or from non-project related demands. This
project pegging distinguishes between what is project material and what is standard
material.
Three transferring possibilities are available:
- Transfer from project inventory to standard inventory:
This may
be, for example, when a project has excess material that can be used as
standard inventory, or when you do not know which other projects will require
the part. This could also be performed before closing the project, when
the project is completed.
- Transfer from standard inventory to project inventory:
This may be,
for example, when a project has a use for the material that exists in standard
inventory, but the material needs to be handled as project-specific inventory
within the project.
- Transfer from one project inventory to another:
This may be, for
example, when a project has excess material that can be used in another
project, either during the project's execution or when the project is about
to be completed.
The above transfers can be initiated from the
Inventory Part In
Stock page according to either one of the following activities:
- Activity Transfer to Standard Inventory (transferring possibility No.1)
- Activity Transfer to Project Inventory (transferring possibility No.
2 and 3)