Difference between backflush transfer and subinventory transfer

Difference between backflush transfer and subinventory transfer

In this post , We will discuss about Difference between backflush transfer and subinventory transfer.

 

Subinventory transfer Vs Backflush transfer

 

In Subinventory transfer , we do transfer the Item Stock from One Subinvnetory to Another Subinventory or from one Locator Inside Subinvnetory to another Locator in the Same Subinventory. so this Involve complete transfer of the Material But it does not involve any deduction of the stock from Inventory. Stock Location is changing but not Item Stock is deducting.

 

But in the Backflush transfer , This involve deduction of the Stock in the Subinventory. Backflush transfer related to the Work in Process (WIP) where we create our Material Jobs. We all know that What is BOM (Bill Of Material) so here I will share one example to understand Backflush transfer in more detail .In Bills of Material module when you create a bill for any assembly or sub assembly or a finished good, you define component supply type for each component in a bill. These supply types are push, operation pull, assembly pull, Bulk, vendor/supplier, phantom etc. This Bills of material is used in Work in Process module for manufacturing a job. When you manufacture an assembly, it requires components at the shop floor as per the list given in a bill. If your supply type of a component is Push you have to manually issue components to shop floor for manufacturing process but if the supply type of a component is either assembly pull or operation pull, you need not to issue components manually to the shop floor but when a particular operation or an assembly is completed , Oracle application  automatically backflush components from the supply subinventory. This backflush will happen according to the Bill of Material of the Assembly.