Available to Promise in Demand Planning

NetSuite enables you to use Available to Promise in Demand Planning. Use this feature to simplify order allocations, calculate the promise date based on future inventory without allocating them to the order, use the calculated date to schedule fulfillment, and to manually adjust the sales order ship date.

To enable Demand Planning:

Go to Setup > Company > Enable Features.
In the Enable Features page, click the Items & Inventory subtab.
Check the Inventory, Demand Planning, and Available to Promise boxes.
Click Save.

To enable Available to Promise on order lines in Demand Planning

You must first disable Supply Allocation:
1. Go to Setup > Company > Enable Features.
2. In the Enable Features page, click the Items & Inventory subtab.
3. Clear the Supply Allocation box.
4. Clear the Demand Planning box.
5. Check the Available to Promise box.
6. Click Save.
To open the Check Item Availability page, go to Transactions > Order Management > Check Item Availability.
Complete the Check Availability page:
1. Select a Subsidiary.
2. Select a Location.
3. Select an Item.
  
  The following fields are automatically populated:
  - Unit of Measure. Optionally, you can select a different unit.
  - ATP Method
  - Quantity on Hand
  - Quantity Available
  - Quantity Committed
4. Enter a Quantity.
  
  The date shown in the Earliest Available Date field is the earliest date the full quantity is available.
  
  When there is a shortage of supply, the Earliest Available Date represents today’s date plus the ATP Lead Time.
Click Save.
- For each Date shown, the Supply column displays the quantity to be added to the available total.
- The Demand column displays the quantity to be removed from the available total.
  
  To open the Check Item Availability Detail window, click the quantity link in either column.

Check Item Availability Detail

To learn more about this feature, read Checking Item Availability on the Check Item Availability Page.

The detail window lists all transactions that affect the totals for the displayed date.

When you click the Supply link, the Check Item Availability Detail popup window shows existing purchase orders and work orders that add inventory on that date.

When you click the Demand link, the Check Item Availability Detail popup window shows existing sales orders and transfer orders that deplete inventory on that date.

Click the transaction number to open the transaction form. For example, Work Order. Expected Ship Date is not automatically updated when the supply date changes.

To enable Demand Planning:

To enable Available to Promise on order lines in Demand Planning

Check Item Availability Detail

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