Order Enquiry - Stock Check Options for Outstanding Delivery

These new features allow for display of the stock quantity values – physical, reserved, on-order and free – when highlighting an order line within the order enquiry and to highlight any order entry line where there is insufficient stock to supply the outstanding delivered quantity.

Entry lines that fail the stock check will be highlighted in red, the current stock levels are displayed in a help ‘bubble’ at the bottom right of the screen.

Installation

Application User Facilities

The Order Enquiry definition screen within the SOP Application User Facilities contains additional parameters to activate the stock check options. To update select Installation from the main menu followed by Application Manager and then Application User Facilities. Select the Sales Order Processing application and then the Order Enquiry parameter screen.

Display Stock Levels Against Order Details – set to display in help bubble the current stock physical, reserved, on-order and free stock quantities.

Highlight Order Detail in Red if Stock Shortfall – set to highlight order lines where the outstanding delivered quantity cannot be fulfilled.

Base Shortfall Check on Physical, Free or Available – set whether the shortfall check is to be based on:

0 Physical

1 Free Stock (Physical less Reserved plus On-Order)

2 Available (Physical less Reserved)

Note that Free Stock and Available calculations will adjust the reserved value used to take account of the current order line (where this is reserved).