| # Outbound methods The outbound method specifies which items will be issued first. You can specify the outbound method in the Outbound Method field of the following sessions: Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) Item - Warehousing Defaults (whwmd4101s000) The outbound method has the following options: LIFO FIFO By Location 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 inventory date in the stockpoint inventory. The stock point inventory is displayed in the Stock Point Inventory (whinr1540m000) session. 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 Stock Point Inventory (whinr1540m000) session. Using By Location, the same receipts would result in a single entry, provided that the items are stored in the same location. 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 inventory valuation methods has no relation to the outbound methods used. For example, you can use inventory valuation method LIFO or FIFO with outbound method By Location. Performance aspects Effect on CPU: Yes Effect on database growth: Yes |