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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/performance/wh/P000001_outbound_method" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Outbound methods</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1391705">
         <Level1>Valid for ERP LN FP0, FP1, FP2, FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, Infor10, 10.2 ERP Enterprise</Level1>
         <Level2>outbound methods</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1391710">
         <Level1>FIFO</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1391713">
         <Level1>LIFO</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1391716">
         <Level1>By Location</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1391719">
         <Level1>Effect on CPU</Level1>
         <Level2>outbound methods</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1391724">
         <Level1>Effect on database growth</Level1>
         <Level2>outbound methods</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The outbound method specifies which items will be issued
		  first. You can specify the outbound method in the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.obpr" role="formfield">Outbound Method</Link> field of the following
		  sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000" role="session">Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4101s000" role="session">Item - Warehousing Defaults (whwmd4101s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The outbound method has the following options:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000341" role="glossary">LIFO</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000340" role="glossary">FIFO</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000474" role="glossary" Update="No">By Location</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Comparing FIFO and LIFO to the By Location method, using FIFO or
		LIFO can result in a considerably larger number of records than By Location.
		This is because for FIFO or LIFO, receipts are stored by <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000016" role="glossary">inventory date</Link> in the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000382" role="glossary">stockpoint</Link> inventory. The stock point inventory is
		displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1540m000" role="session">Stock Point Inventory (whinr1540m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For example, five receipts on different dates for a particular
		item in a particular warehouse are registered as five separate entries with
		different inventory dates in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1540m000" role="session">Stock Point Inventory (whinr1540m000)</GUIRef> session. Using By Location, the same
		receipts would result in a single entry, provided that the items are stored in
		the same location.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To avoid unnecessary data increase, which can impact system
		performance, you are recommended to use By Location instead of FIFO or LIFO,
		unless there is a valid reason to use the latter two. Using the FIFO or LIFO <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary" Update="No">inventory valuation methods</Link> has no relation
		to the outbound methods used. For example, you can use inventory valuation
		method LIFO or FIFO with outbound method By Location.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Performance aspects</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListItem>Effect on CPU: Yes</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Effect on database growth: Yes</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>