"Does enabling the 'Prevent Negative Inventory' setting effectively block Work Order Issues from being created when there isn’t enough on-hand quantity? I’m trying to avoid cases where Work Order Issues post with negative quantities, which later causes a completely broken average cost calculation — sometimes even resulting in negative or wildly inaccurate average costs. Would this setting help prevent that kind of situation?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

Based on the conversations, enabling the 'Prevent Negative Inventory' setting should effectively block Work Order Issues from being created when there isn’t enough on-hand quantity. However, there are some nuances to consider: 1. The 'Prevent Negative Inventory' setting is part of the Enhanced Validations and Defaulting bundle. Make sure this bundle is installed and the feature is enabled. 2. The setting should prevent transactions that would result in negative inventory from being saved. This includes transactions like Sales Orders (SOs), Work Orders (WOs), Item Fulfillments, and Work Order Issues/Assembly Builds. 3. The setting works at the location level. So, when you enter the location and if the transaction would cause the inventory to go negative, it should prevent the record from being saved. 4. There might be some exceptions or cases where transactions can still slip through. For example, deleted transactions might still cause issues. 5. You might also need to enable the 'Validations/Default Discount' setting for the 'Prevent Negative Inventory' setting to work as intended. 6. If you use bins, the inventory detail might be a roadblock. The system might not let you save an inventory detail with negative inventory, even with the 'Prevent Negative Inventory' option unchecked. This might be a feature of Advanced Inventory. Remember, allowing inventory to go negative is generally discouraged as it can cause numerous accounting issues. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******