Non-Soft Reserve, Non-ATP Items

Items can be defined for no reserve, promise, or lot-allocation. Using this method, the system does not tie up available stock in the business unit until the picking stage. This is especially useful for items that are plentiful and rarely experience shortages.

Note:

For non-soft reserve, non-ATP items, you have the option to skip the reservation process by adding the orders in the releasable state. Use the Non-Soft Reserved State field on the Setup Fulfillment page to choose this option.

The following diagram illustrates the possible fulfillment steps that you might use for non-soft reserve, non-ATP item. The reservations process applies no soft-reserve and the Order Release process can optionally apply an allocation. Without an allocation, you must enter the picking results before running the Picking Confirmation process: