Setting Supply Required By Dates on Order Lines
Demand order lines on can help you identify the Supply Required By Date. This information enables you to learn the date the order must be shipped to the customer. Supply allocation calculates which supply sources you can use to meet the demand created from customer orders, transfer orders, and work orders.
Supply orders display all related demand orders that have been allocated from the incoming supply. This then shows you which demand orders are affected when a supply order is not received on the scheduled date. You can then identify which supply order could cause a demand order to miss its supply required by date.
To set a supply required by date on a sales or transfer order line:
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Open or create a sales order or transfer order.
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Click the Items subtab.
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Add an assembly item.
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On an item line, in the Supply Required By Date field, select a date.
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Click Add or Save on the line.
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Repeat the steps above for each line item to which you want to assign a Supply Required By Date.
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Click Save.
To set a supply required by date on a work order line:
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Open or create a work order.
For more information, see Entering an Individual Work Order.
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Click the Items subtab.
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Add an assembly item.
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In the Supply Required By Date field, select a date.
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Click Save.
Set the preference to Perform Supply Allocation After Transaction Entry, Update or Delete and then save the form. The allocation calculations determine whether inventory supplies can meet the demand on the order by the required date. If demand cannot be met, NetSuite displays an allocation alert to warn you that demand for one or more lines cannot be met.
View the lines on the order to compare the Supply Required By Date and the Expected Ship Date to investigate the problem. Click the link in the Allocated Supply field to view details about where NetSuite is allocating the supply. The Allocated Supply window also details the number of days late that supply will arrive.
Related Topics
- Creating Allocation Strategies
- Creating Order Allocation Schedules
- Applying Allocation Strategies to Order Lines
- Supply Allocation Calculations
- Supply Allocation Exceptions
- Supply Allocation Exceptions Management
- Optimizing Fill Rate
- Allocating Supply to Order Demand
- Inbound Shipment in Supply Allocation
- Supply Allocation Order Management
- Supply Allocation Management