Move orders allow for the transfer of inventory within the same organization and come in different types for different purposes. Requisition move orders are manually created and may require approval depending on organization parameters. Replenishment move orders are automatically generated from replenishment methods to source inventory. Pick wave move orders are pre-approved and generated to move material during order picking. WIP issue move orders are automatically created for backflush transactions in a pre-approved status.

1. Oracle Inventory – Types of Move Orders
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Move order is a formal request to transfer material within same inventory organization. Move Order
is a request for a subinventory transfer or an account issue.
Move Orders allow planners to request the movement of material within the warehouse or facility
for replenishment, material storage relocations and quality handling, etc.
Move orders are restricted to transactions within an organization. If you are transferring material
between organizations you must use the internal requisition process
Oracle Inventory provides two predefined source types for all Move Orders
Subinventory transfer or
Account transfer.
Move Order approval setup is performed in Organization parameter menu.
Parameters:
Move Order Timeout Period – To define the timeout period in days.
Move Order Timeout Action – To define the timeout action whether to approve / reject the move
orders automatically.
Move orders transaction details are stored in the below tables:
mtl_txn_request_headers
mtl_txn_request_lines
Profile option used for move order transactions is “TP: INV Move Order Transact Form”
This profile option allows the Move Order transaction mode to be set as either online, background
or concurrent request.

2. Types of Move Orders are:
1. Requisition Move Orders
2. Replenishment Move Orders
3. Pick Wave Move Orders
4. WIP issue Move Orders
Requisition move orders:
Requisition move orders are manually created by users. You can set approval conditions for it at
organization parameters like move order timeout period and move order time out action. If these
conditions are set then unless it is approved by planner you cannot transact it. You can allocate
material before transacting the move order
Replenishment move orders:
Replenishment move orders are auto generated move order from inventory replenishment methods
like Min Max planning, Kanban replenishment etc. These move orders are preapproved and
generated when material is sourced from another subinventory for same inventory organization
Pick Wave move orders:
Pick Wave move orders are generated in Order management application. Pick release process
generates the pick wave move order to move material from source to staging sub inventory. This is
also a pre-approved move order.
WIP issue move orders:
WIP issue move orders are automatically generated for backflush transfer & component issue
transactions in preapproved status.
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