How You Review Item Supply and Demand

Use the Review Item Supply and Demand page to see a quick summary of on-hand quantity, incoming supply, and the out-going demand on products.

You can take a time-phased look at on-hand quantity. Plus, you can see details for all types of supply and demand. This helps you quickly assess and take action for your organization.

Access this page from the Review Item Supply and Demand task in the Inventory Management work area.

Note: On the Review Item Supply and Demand page, you can see on-hand quantities listed in the first row of the table. Supply and demand follow these quantities in chronological order.

Let's look at a few important aspects of the Review Item Supply and Demand page:

  • Quantities to include

  • Supply types

  • Demand types

Quantities to Include

You can filter the quantities to include in your search results.

Here are your choices for the Quantities to Include field.

Quantities to Include

Search Results

All

Includes:

  • Quantities that are both available and not available for fulfilling demand

  • Quantities that are available to promise

Nettable only

Includes only nettable quantities.

These are quantities available for fulfilling demand.

ATP only

Includes only available to promise quantities.

These are quantities that are part of a company's inventory and planned production, which are available for future orders.

Supply Types

Here are the available supply types:

  • On-hand quantity

  • Purchase order quantity in Receiving

  • Purchase orders

  • Purchase requisitions

  • In-transit shipments

  • Transfer orders

  • Transfer order quantity in Receiving

  • Work order assembly

It's important to note that all supply types, except for on-hand quantity and transfer orders, increment the available quantity. However, transfer orders can increment the available quantity if there are no in-transit shipments associated with the transfer order.

Demand Types

Here are the available demand types:

  • Sales orders

  • Transfer orders

  • Transfer order shipment lines

  • Shipment lines

  • Outside processing orders

  • Return to supplier orders

  • Return to supplier orders from outside processing manufacturing

  • Sales order reservations

  • Transfer order reservations

  • Work order reservations

  • User-defined reservations

  • Account reservations

  • Account alias reservations

  • Cycle count reservations

  • Movement request transfer demand

  • Movement request issue

  • Work order components

Several demand types always decrement the available quantity. These include outside processing orders, user-defined reservations, movement request transfer demands, movement request issues, and work order components.

A few demand types only decrement the available quantity when the supply isn't on hand. These include sales order reservations, transfer order reservations, and work order reservations.

There are also special cases for sales orders, transfer order shipment lines, and transfer orders. Sales orders and transfer order shipment lines only decrement the available quantity when there are no reservations. And transfer order lines only decrement the available quantity when there are no shipment lines.