Calculating Earliest Availability on Sales Orders

Use the following procedure to calculate earliest availability on sales orders.

To calculate earliest availability on sales orders:

Go to Transactions > Sales > Enter Sales Orders.
Complete the sales order page.

For more information, see Creating Sales Orders.
On the Sales Order, click the Items subtab.
Select an Item.
Enter an item Quantity.

Enter other details for this item.
In the Supply Required by Date column, click the Earliest Availability icon ().
Complete the following Earliest Availability popup window fields:

The Subsidiary and Item fields are automatically populated.
1. Select the Location you want to check supply availability.
  
  Selecting other locations may change the Earliest Available Date.
2. The Automatic Location Assignment Configuration for your location is displayed.
  
  A configuration is a collection of rules and back order rules that are evaluated in sequence to determine the ideal fulfillment location for each line in a sales order.
3. Any Sales Channel related to this item is displayed.
4. Enter the Quantity of items you want to ship.
5. The Fulfilled amount is displayed.
6. Select an Allocation Strategy.
7. Enter the Supply Required by Date target that you and your customer have agreed to.
8. Any change to the following fields prompts NetSuite to recompute the Earliest Available Date:
  - Location
  - Quantity
  - Supply Required by Date
  - Allocation Strategy
To accept the earliest availability date, click OK

The Location, Quantity, Supply Required by Date, and Allocation Strategy fields update.

To reject the earliest availability date and to return to the order line without populating the fields, click Close.

To calculate earliest availability on sales orders:

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