Sold Out Retention Method (E63)

Purpose: Use this screen to define the order in which the system evaluates orders for retention when you process auto soldouts.

Code field: Enter FIFO (first in, first out) in this field to have the system begin evaluating the oldest orders for an item for retention first when you process auto soldouts. The system evaluates orders only if you select an item retention quantity.

Enter LIFO (last in, first out) in this field to have the system begin evaluating the newest orders for an item for retention first when you process auto soldouts. The system evaluates orders only if you select an item retention quantity.

Leave this field blank if you do not intend to retain items from selling out when you process auto soldouts. You will not be able to advance to the Enter Quantity to Retain screen when you process auto soldouts.

Retaining items from selling out: When you process auto soldouts, you may prefer to retain a number of open orders for an item if, for example, you expect to receive that number of returns from customers. You use the Enter Quantities to Retain screen, available by select Review Items at the Process Auto Soldouts screen, to specify the items you want to retain and the quantities of each. You must first specify the method for the system to use when it selects the orders to hold open.

If you set this system control value to FIFO, each order is evaluated in turn, starting with the oldest order for the item. The system selects an order line for retention only if it can retain the entire backordered quantity of the item. For example, if you set a retention quantity of 3, and the first order line the system evaluates has a backordered quantity of 5, the system skips this order line and evaluates the next. The order line with the quantity of 5 is sold out. The system continues to evaluate all open order lines until it has retained the entire quantity you specified, or until there are no more order lines with backorder quantities less than or equal to the remaining retention amount.

If you set this system control value to LIFO, each order is evaluated, except that the newest orders are evaluated first.

See Working with Soldout Controls (WSLD) for more information on processing auto soldouts.