Defining a Sales Channel Allocation
NetSuite lets you manage order to cash transactions by channel. You can save a specified amount of inventory and future supplies and allocate them to sales orders in these channels. A sales channel is a category of sales transaction that you can differentiate by customer type and distribution channel, such as web-shop or retail outlet.
The Sales Channel Allocation feature enables you to do the following:
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Define sales channel records to represent your organization’s multi-channel sales hierarchy.
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You can select sales channels you have defined for sales orders and other order to cash transactions that use sales channels.
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You can use sales orders with a designated channel for sales reporting, allocation exception reporting, selective batch allocation, and batch re-allocation.
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Enter order reservations for each sales channel.
To define a sales channel allocation:
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Go to Setup > Order Management > Sales Channel > New.
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If you do not want this sales channel to appear in saved search or transaction, check the Inactive box.
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Enter a sales channel Name.
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Enter a Description for this sales channel.
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Enter an Order Priority number to designate the sales channel priority.
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To use supplies reserved for this sales order in this channel, check the Can Only use Dedicated Order Reservations as Supply box.
Clear this box to use other source allocations that are not assigned to other sales channels.
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Click Save.