Interactive Method

You create putaway reservations interactively using the Online Putaway Reservations program (P46130). This program enables you to reserve space in locations for incoming items. For example, you create a reservation interactively for one item in an incoming shipment. You can enter location reservations directly online. When you create putaway reservations online, if the item quantity is too large to fit in one location, the system might suggest multiple locations. If the system cannot create a suggestion for a purchase order line, it displays an error message. You can create reservations manually for any lines on the purchase order. If an error relates to only part of the purchase order line's quantity, you can still make reservations for the remaining line quantity. The system displays an error message only for the quantity in error.

You can also use the Online Putaway Reservations program to cancel reservations. You cancel reservations to make the reserved location's space available again.

When you access the Online Putaway Reservations program, the system displays both purchase orders that have a corresponding reservation and purchase orders that do not have corresponding reservations. You can differentiate between purchase orders that do and do not have reservations by reviewing open quantity information on the Online Putaway Reservations form. If a purchase order has a corresponding reservation, no open quantity exists because the quantities have been assigned to a reserved location. Conversely, if a purchase order does not have a corresponding reservation, open quantity exists for which the system can suggest a location to reserve.