Background: Move Consigned Inventory

Use the Move Consigned Inventory (IVM) program to manually move consignment inventory to on hand. See Overview: Consignment Inventory and Road Map for more work flow.

Consignment System Option

Selecting Auto-pick consignment items? in System Options Maintenance (XM) - Inventory Control Options option moves consignment inventory to on hand based on the picking process. Otherwise, you can force the transfer of stock from consignment with this program.

When a manufacturing order is picked/backflushed, if there is insufficient supply of a consignment component and you have not selected Auto-pick consignment items?, an email is sent to the address entered for Email for mfg order notification in Systems Options Maintenance (XM) (Manufacturing Options).