LPN Controlled vs Non LPN Controlled subinventory

LPN Controlled vs Non LPN Controlled

If a subinventory has the LPN Controlled flag

• Subinventory can hold packed and unpacked material
• It can strore LPN’s packed.
• Miscellaneous receipts into this subinventory is not necessarily packed
• Material in this subinventory can be packed

Advantage are huge as you can transact LPN instead of conformation on single item specially items are serial controlled.

If a subinventory has the LPN Controlled flag disabled,
• it cannot store LPNs ( it doesn’t mean that you can’t generate LPN during receiving or select existing LPN)
• LPNs moved into this subinventory are automatically unpacked.
• Miscellaneous receipts into this subinventory must be for loose material
• Material in this subinventory cannot be packed.

Non-LPN controlled subinventories can be used for several different reasons, but two
common scenarios are forward picking areas [retail sales, material is always picked in small quantities ] and backflush subinventories [WIP process, material is automatically pulled for jobs, either as assembly pull or operation pull on the bill of materia ]